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How Movie References Can Make Teaching Theories More Accessible, Lukas K. Danner
How Movie References Can Make Teaching Theories More Accessible, Lukas K. Danner
Dr. Lukas K. Danner
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Do Retail Firms Favor Female Managers? Evidence From Survey Data In Developing Countries, Mohammad Amin, Asif Islam
Do Retail Firms Favor Female Managers? Evidence From Survey Data In Developing Countries, Mohammad Amin, Asif Islam
Mohammad Amin
Using firm-level data for 87 developing countries, the paper analyzes how the likelihood of a firm having female vs. male top manager varies across sectors. The service sector is often considered to be more favorable towards women compared with men vis-à-vis the manufacturing sector. While our results confirm a significantly higher presence of female managers in services vs. manufacturing, the result is entirely driven by the retail firms with little contribution from other service sectors such as wholesale, construction and other services. We also find that the higher presence of female managers in the retail sector vs. manufacturing is much …
New Establishment Dynamics: Business Formation And Survival Trends In Ohio, Afia Yamoah, Ziona Austrian, Joel A. Elvery
New Establishment Dynamics: Business Formation And Survival Trends In Ohio, Afia Yamoah, Ziona Austrian, Joel A. Elvery
Ziona Austrian
The Ohio New Establishments Dynamics data (O-NED) is a new data set, developed by the College and Center. O-NED tracks employment and number of establishments for establishments that first started employing people between the 2nd quarter of 1997 and the 1st quarter of 2008. The report “New Establishment Dynamics: Business Formation and Survival Trends in Ohio” summarizes how trends in employment growth and establishment survivorship differ across sectors of the economy and various regions of Ohio. This new data set allows us to analyze the number of establishments born in a specific year called “birth cohort” and document their survival …
A Guide To Economic Development Practice, Ziona Austrian, Jill S. Taylor
A Guide To Economic Development Practice, Ziona Austrian, Jill S. Taylor
Ziona Austrian
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Knowledge & Innovation In Africa: Scenarios For The Future, Jeremy De Beer, Shirin Elahi, Dick Kawooya, Chidi Oguamanam, Nagla Rizk
Knowledge & Innovation In Africa: Scenarios For The Future, Jeremy De Beer, Shirin Elahi, Dick Kawooya, Chidi Oguamanam, Nagla Rizk
Jeremy de Beer
No abstract provided.