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Competences, Skills, Learning Sources And The Support Needs Of Individuals Who Purchase Small Established Enterprises, Susan Jane Perry Jan 2007

Competences, Skills, Learning Sources And The Support Needs Of Individuals Who Purchase Small Established Enterprises, Susan Jane Perry

Plymouth Business School Theses

Although a significant number of small firms are purchased as going-concerns these businesses are rarely studied as a separate sub-group. The research conducted here therefore focuses on small businesses that were purchased as established enterprises, namely the skills and competences that are required to operate them successfully. The study also looks to identify the learning and knowledge sources that are the most beneficial to the Owner-Managers of these firms and determine how their needs might best be supported. The study concerns small firms that are located in the South West of England (Torbay and South Hams) and comprises quantitative and …

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Getting Just Deserts? Policing, Governance And Rurality In Western Australia, Richard Yarwood Jan 2007

Getting Just Deserts? Policing, Governance And Rurality In Western Australia, Richard Yarwood

School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences

This paper examines the perceived shift from police to policing in developed world countries. It focuses on the development of multi-agency policing in rural Western Australia and, using ideas from governance theory, questions whether these partnerships are leading to more inclusive policing and new forms of rural governance. Evidence is taken from the development of a Rural Crime Prevention Strategy and interviews with various stakeholders in rural Australia. It is concluded that multi-agency work does offer a more inclusive way forward but that it is still mainly driven by government, rather than radical changes in rural society and power.

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Icipe Vision And Strategy 2007-2012, International Centre Of Insect Physiology And Ecology (Icipe) Jan 2007

Icipe Vision And Strategy 2007-2012, International Centre Of Insect Physiology And Ecology (Icipe)

icipe Vision & Strategy

Meeting the needs of a changing world: icipe’s vision and strategy 2007 — 2012

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Avian Motoneuron Apoptosis Following Protease Activated Receptor -1 Activation Is Triggered Neither Through Increased Free Intracellular Calcium Levels Nor Decreased Neurotrophic, David Bumpass, Victoria L. Turgeon, Ph.D Jan 2007

Avian Motoneuron Apoptosis Following Protease Activated Receptor -1 Activation Is Triggered Neither Through Increased Free Intracellular Calcium Levels Nor Decreased Neurotrophic, David Bumpass, Victoria L. Turgeon, Ph.D

Journal of the South Carolina Academy of Science

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