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المشاريع الصغيرة والمتوسطة ودورها في النمو الاقتصادي في العراق, كاظم خماط سلمان

Muthanna Journal of Administrative and Economics Sciences

تلعب المشروعات الصغيرة والمتوسطة دورا اساسيا في التنمية الاقتصادية والاجتماعية وهي مركز اهتمام الحكومات والمنظمات الدولية وفي مقدمتها منظمة الامم المتحدة للتنمية الصناعية ( UNIDO ) والبنك الدولي وتزداد اهميتها في الدول النامية لكونها تمثل الافاق الواقعية الوحيدة للتنمية الاقتصادية واداة فعالة لمعالجة مشكلة البطالة والفقر فيها . وتضمن البحث عدة مفاهيم للصناعات الصغيرة والمتوسطة وخاصة مفهوم المنظمات الدولية وكل دولة في العالم نامية كانت ام متقدمة تختار المفهوم الذي يلائمها وينسجم مع واقعها وتطورها الصناعي والاقتصادي . وفي العراق اعتبر المشروع الذي يستخدم اقل من ( 10 ) عمال مشروع صغير اما المشروع الذي يستخدم من ( 10 – …

تقويم اداء المصارف التجارية باستخدام ادوات التحليل المالي دراسة تطبيقية في مصرف دجلة والفرات للتنمية والإستثمار, سالم محمد عبود

Muthanna Journal of Administrative and Economics Sciences

تعد المصارف من المؤسسات المالية ذات الفاعلية واالتاثير في الاقتصاد الوطني كونها تمثل مصدر من مصادر التمويل والادخار لذا فان تقويم ادائها يعد ضروريا للتعرف على نقاط القوى والضعف والاستجابة للتطور البيئي في ظل المزايا المتناقسية والانفتاح نحو اقتصاد السوق. ومازالت التقارير المالية بكل انواعها و رغم اهميتها في التعبير عن حجم و طبيعة النشاط و نتيجة الاعمال, لم تاخذ أهميتها في عملية التخطيط و اتخاذ القرار و خصوصاً على المديات الاستراتيجية. لذا لابد من تحديد التوجهات الحالية والمستقبلية وطبيعة النشاط بما يمكن الادارة من معرفة أدائها الاستراتيجي. من هنا لابد من دراسة واقع النشاط في المصرف وتقويم اداء المصرف …

أثر الحوافز على الرضا الوظيفي للعاملين في المؤسسة دراسة حالة المجمع الصناعي لإنتاج الألبان – تلمسان-, ليا زيد وهيبة

Muthanna Journal of Administrative and Economics Sciences

ترتبط فاعلية أي مؤسسة بكفاءة العنصر البشري، و قدرته على العمل و رغبته فيه وهو العنصر المؤثر والفعال في استخدام الموارد المادية المتاحة .وعليه فالمؤسسات الجزائرية تسعى جاهدة للتكفل بمواردها البشرية لما لها من دور فعال في الرقي بالبلاد وبروز المؤسسات الاقتصادية و حصولها على مكانة في الأسواق العالمية. إلى جانب هذا تؤثر الحوافز على العديد من الظواهر الإنسانية في المؤسسة، إذ أن عدم اهتمام المؤسسة بتنمية الدوافع الإيجابية نحو العمل يِؤدي إلى بروز بعض الظواهر السلبية لدى العاملين، ولعل من أهم هذه الظواهر، هي ظاهرة عدم الرضا الوظيفي. وعليه فإن الرضا عن العمل هو عامل هام يوفر للفرد العامل …

مدخل محاسبي لجدوى المشاريع الاستثمارية دراسة تطبيقية في مدرسة أوروك الابتدائية الأهلية, محمد محمود جاسم الطائــي

Muthanna Journal of Administrative and Economics Sciences

تسعى هذه الدراسة لتحقيق هدفين رئيسين ، فأما الأول فأنه يتمثل بتسليط الضوء على دراسات الجدوى وماهية القرار الاستثماري العقلاني في قطاع من القطاعات الاستثمارية والذي يحتاج إلى درجة من الاطمئنان على رأس المال المستثمر ، إذ تعد تلك الدراسات والتي تسبق ذلك القرار من الأمور المهمة والعلمية والعملية لصحة اتخاذ ذلك القرار من عدمه ، إذ إن تلك الدراسات إذا ما أعدت وفقاً لأسس صحيحة بتعددها وتنوعها كجوانبها الفنية والتسويقية والمالية وغيرها تتسم بالتكامل . والهدف الثاني يتمثل بتوضيح العلاقة بين دراسات الجدوى والقرارات الاستثمارية ، إذ كلما كانت تلك الدراسات صحيحة وجدية كلما كانت عملية اتخاذ القرار الاستثماري …

إدارة القيمة المحققة الضبابية مع تطبيق عملي, سهيل نجم عبد الله, حاجم عات دحام

Muthanna Journal of Administrative and Economics Sciences

إن تقنية إدارة القيمة المحققة هي من التقنيات الحاسمة التي تستخدم في التحليل والمراقبة على أداء المشروع ، والتي تعطي مقياس دقيق لكل من الأداء والتقدم للمشروع ، إن هذا البحث يقدم نموذج إدارة قيمة محققة اساسه ضبابي مع الفائدة في تطوير وتحليل دلائل القيمة المحققة ، والوقت والكلفة المقدرة للانجاز في ظل وجود حالة عدم التأكد . وبما ان عدم التأكد هي حالة متأصلة في أنشطة الحياة الواقعية ، فأن النموذج المطور مفيد جداً في تقدير التقدم للمشروع حيث عدم التأكد يكون موجوداً ، مع تطبيق عملي يصور كيف إن النموذج الجديد يمكن إن يطبق في الواقع.

لتوجه الريادي في منظمات الاداء العالي: دراسة تحليليه لآراء عينة من القيادات الإدارية في جامعة الإمـــارات العربية المتحـــدة, صالح عبد الرضا رشيد, علي عصام السلطاني

Muthanna Journal of Administrative and Economics Sciences

تناولت هذه الدراسة أثر الخصائص التي تميز منظمات الأداء العالي في التوجّه الرِّيادي لتلك المنظمات، إذ حاولت تقديم إطار نظري متكامل لأهمّ ما تناوله الكتاب والباحثون حول متغيرات الدراسة، إلى جانب إطار عملي تحليلي لآراء عينة مختارة ضمن مجتمع الدراسة شملت القيادات الجامعية في كليات جامعة الإمارات العربية المتحدة: ( مساعد رئيس الجامعة، وعميد، ومعاون عميد، ومدير بحث وتطوير، ورئيس قسم)، والبالغ عددهم ((101 قائداً إدارياً، وقد تم اختيار جامعة الإمارات العربية المتحدة لكونها حصلت على المرتبة ( (227من بين أفضل 500)) جامعة في العالم لعام ( (2008وفقاً لتصنيف ((Time Higher Education (THE-QS). وتمثل المتغير المستقل للدراسة بخصائص منظمات الأداء …

The Feasibility Of A Fresh Fruit And Vegetable Processor In Saluda County, South Carolina, Sarah Macdonald

All Theses

ABSTRACT
This research looks at the topic of agriculture and agricultural processing as a means for rural economic development. The purpose of the study is to determine the feasibility and desirability of a fruit and vegetable processor in Saluda County, South Carolina. A fruit and vegetable co-packer was chosen because of positive community response to the idea, large and growing fruit and vegetable production in the county, lack of fruit and vegetable processing in the county and growing demand for fresh cut and frozen produce. The proposed processor would produce sliced, frozen, bagged peaches during peach season and cut, frozen, …

Pre- And Post- Wage Differences Of Trade Adjustment Assistance Job Training Participants In Arkansas, Kimberley Hall Gordon

Graduate Theses and Dissertations

A number of costs are associated with the implementation of trade agreements not the least of which is the cost to the American workforce. The information age ushered in an era of globalization unlike anything the world economy had experienced before. As countries raced forward to dominate emerging markets and grow market share, millions of American workers were left in the wake. A remedy to the plight of the dislocated worker was found in trade adjustment assistance, specifically in job training benefits.

This study examined the wage differences experienced by Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) job training participants served through the …

Essays On Eminent Domain And Property Rights, Meng Wang

All Dissertations

ABSTRACT
Shortly after the Supreme Court's decision in Kelo vs. City of New London, which expanded the scope of eminent domain power, thirty-seven states enacted legislation to restrict their local governments' use of eminent domain. This paper uses a model of the efficient limitation on government discretion to explain (1) the initial responses of local government to Kelo and (2) the subsequent responses of state legislatures. It shows that elimination of the public-use doctrine is plausibly welfare reducing since it introduces additional uncertainty without offsetting expanded benefits. I test two predictions of the theoretical analysis: First, the post-Kelo actions of …

How To Build Trust, Ishrat Husain Dr., Kavita N. Ramdas

Faculty Research - Newspaper and Magazine Articles

This week, a delegation consisting of heads of leading Pakistani business houses are visiting India. They are being hosted by the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) and will meet with ministers and senior officials of the Indian government. At the heart of their conversations is an intriguing and innovative proposal — the formation of a Joint Business Council that can act as a dispute resolution body for Indian and Pakistani businesses engaged in bilateral trade. This marks a genuine departure from the traditional reliance on bureaucracies and is a significant step forward in building mutual trust that has been deficient …

Impact Of The 2003 Illinois Gaming Tax Rate Increase On Marketing Spending And Cross-State Substitution, Mikael Bengt Ahlgren

UNLV Theses, Dissertations, Professional Papers, and Capstones

The purpose of this research was to investigate three potential consequences related to the 2003 Illinois Gaming Tax rate restructuring. The first section presents the assessment of whether a higher tax rate motivated an Illinois casino operator to reduce of marketing/promotional expenditures in an attempt to negatively influence revenues. The second establishes if the surrounding state gaming operators reacted to the increased Gaming Tax rate in Illinois, by raising their marketing spending. The last section clarifies whether the changes to the Illinois Gaming Tax Schedule impacted gaming volumes in the neighboring/competing states of Indiana, Iowa, and Missouri.

The analysis relied …

Traditional And Market-Based Financial Intermediaries: Three Essays Examining Their Risk Behavior, Delisting Behavior, And Reactions To Economic Policy Uncertainty, Marc S. Schaffer

Dissertations

In the wake of our country’s greatest financial crisis since the Great Depression, the need to better understand the risks and behaviors associated with financial intermediaries has become apparent. In particular, the literature distinguishes between traditional or depository-based financial intermediaries and their market-based or non-depository counterparts. This dissertation focuses on understanding the behavioral differences across these two groups by examining their equity-based risk differences, their stock market delisting differences, and lastly how these firms react to economic policy uncertainty.

The first essay uses an equity-based approach to quantify the average firm-level risk that is associated with these intermediary groups. While …

The Structure Of Strategy-Proof Random Social Choice Functions Over Product Domains And Lexicographically Separable Preferences, Shurojit Chatterji, Souvik Roy, Arunava Sen

Research Collection School Of Economics

We characterize the class of dominant-strategy incentive-compatible (or strategy-proof) random social choice functions in the standard multi-dimensional voting model where voter preferences over the various dimensions (or components) are lexicographically separable. We show that these social choice functions (which we call generalized random dictatorships) are induced by probability distributions on voter sequences of length equal to the number of components. They induce a fixed probability distribution on the product set of voter peaks. The marginal probability distribution over every component is a random dictatorship. Our results generalize the classic random dictatorship result in Gibbard (1977) and the decomposability results for …

Optimal Design Of P-Value Consistent Step-Up Procedures For Multiple Comparisons With A Control In Direction-Mixed Families, Koon Shing Kwong, Siu Hung Cheung

Research Collection School Of Economics

It is common in clinical studies for several treatments to be compared to a control. Most of the related statistical techniques have been developed to accommodate inferential families in which all hypotheses are either one- or two-sided such that the familywise error rate is controlled at a specified level. Several multiple testing procedures were recently proposed to perform multiple comparisons with a control in direction-mixed families that contain a mixture of one- and two-sided inferences. Of these procedures, the p-value consistent step-up procedure is found to be superior in terms of its power and p-value consistent property. In this paper, …

Contracting Over Prices, Shurojit Chatterji, Sayantan Ghosal

Research Collection School Of Economics

We define a solution concept, perfectly contracted equilibrium, for an intertemporal exchange economy where agents are simultaneously price takers in spot commodity markets while engaging inefficient, non-Walrasian contracting over future prices. Without requiring that agents have perfect foresight, we show that perfectly contracted equilibrium outcomes are a subset of Pareto optimal allocations. It is a robust possibility for perfectly contracted equilibrium outcomes to differ from Arrow-Debreu equilibrium outcomes. We show that both centralized banking and retrading with bilateral contracting can lead to perfectly contracted equilibria.

Grandparents As Guards: A Game Theoretic Analysis Of Inheritance And Post Marital Residence In A World Of Uncertain Paternity, Brishti Guha

Research Collection School Of Economics

I unify the following (1) men face paternal uncertainty while women do not face maternal uncertainty, (2) putative fathers and paternal kin care about true paternity, (3) paternity confidence is systematically lower in matrilocal cultures than in patrilocal ones, (4) inheritance tends to be patrilineal in high paternity confidence cultures and matrilineal in low confidence ones, and (5) most societies with patrilineal inheritance were patrilocal while most societies with matrilineal inheritance were matrilocal. I model the co-evolution of inheritance patterns and post-marital residence patterns - and their relationship with paternity uncertainty. Using a game theoretic model, I examine how a …

Honesty And Intermediation: Corporate Cheating, Auditor Involvement And The Implications For Takeoff, Brishti Guha

Research Collection School Of Economics

We examine honesty and credible auditing in firm-investor relations in a repeated game of imperfect information, embedded in a general equilibrium framework. Informed auditors enhance credibility over a range of audit fees – despite the auditor’s incentive to collude – provided the probability of detection is imperfectly correlated across clients. Auditing can enhance growth especially for a relatively egalitarian distribution of wealth. We show that audit fees must be neither too high nor too low to enhance client credibility, highlight the role of mandatory audit fee disclosure, interpret international differences in shareholding patterns and uncover a possible rationale for audit …

Money And Asset Prices With Uninsurable Risks, Nicolas L. Jacquet, Serene Tan

Research Collection School Of Economics

We develop a model where the coexistence of money and a higher yielding asset is endogenously obtained when no restriction is placed on the use of either object as a medium of exchange. Due to the presence of uninsurable risks, agents have, in equilibrium, di⁄erent relative valuations of the asset to money, and hence, the use of money as a means of payment is strictly preferred. This endogenous di⁄erence in the willingness of agents to use money over the asset implies that money carries a greater liquidity premium than the asset. We obtain that the asset strictly dominates money in …

Singapore Inflation Expectations: Expecting The Unexpected, Aurobindo Ghosh, Jun Yu

Research Collection School Of Economics

The study of inflation expectations of Singapore house-holds is a multi-disciplinary industry-relevant research that comes out of a partnership between Singapore Management University (SMU) and MasterCard. The research team for this MasterCard-SKBI Singapore Index of Inflation Expectations (SInDEx) project applied rigorous methods using current internet-based marketing survey tools for data-collection and advanced econometric techniques to analyse the data. The updates from the quarterly waves are keenly followed by policymakers, market watchers and the media because of the enormous importance of cost of living to individuals and businesses alike.

Essays In Development Economics And Economics Of The Family, Aaron Johnson

Graduate Theses and Dissertations

Chapter 1 explores a potential solution to the continuing disequlibrium in microfinance markets. I design a mechanism to aid in securitization of microloans, using a dynamic investment pool governed by a Central Microcredit Clearinghouse (CMC), that would sell investment units back to MFIs and outside investors simultaneously. The CMC would serve as a catalyst to this other avenue of microcredit financing, securitization of microloans, which could help spawn the type of growth in investor-based funding of MFIs that is so urgently needed. Chapter 2 analyzes Official Development Assistance (ODA) commitment and disbursement activity in terms of motivation, considering that the …

A Methodology For Setting State And Local Regression-Adjusted Performance Targets For Workforce Investment Act Programs, Randall W. Eberts, Wei-Jang Huang, Jing Cai

Upjohn Institute Working Papers

Beginning with PY2009, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Employment and Training Administration (USDOL/ETA) adopted a regression-adjusted approach for setting national targets for several federal workforce development programs, including WIA Adult, Dislocated Worker, and Youth programs. Prior to that time, national targets were based on past performance and the desire to encourage continuous improvement in the workforce programs. The continuous improvement approach typically increased target levels from year to year without a systematic way of accounting for changes in economic conditions or the ability to meet previous targets. The onset of the 2007–2009 recession drew into question this practice, and the …

The Russian Village, Urban Infrastructure Issues, And The Vertically Integrated Agriculture Model, Phillip Imel

Faculty Publications and Presentations

Russia’s population total has been in decline since 1992 and this is most evident in the villages of Russia. With the collapse of the Soviet Union and the large farm collectives, many villages’ raison d'être ceased to exist. Today people continue to leave the villages for what they consider to be the better economic promise of the larger cities. There are serious societal and infrastructure issues related to the village exodus to the larger municipalities. In this paper, a vertically integrated agriculture model is examined as one step towards a more vibrant village economy. A vertically integrated model based upon …

The Economic Costs Of Tax Policy Uncertainty: Implications For Fundamental Tax Reform, Seth H. Giertz, Jacob Feldman

Department of Economics: Faculty Publications

The U.S. faces tremendous short-term policy uncertainty, including about $5.4 trillion in tax increases over the next decade. These changes are set to take effect on January 1, 2013. It is unlikely that these changes will fully materialize, but what will happen is anyone’s guess. Over the long term, uncertainty also looms large since the U.S. federal tax system is expected to bring in far less revenue than Congress is projected to spend. In this paper, we detail the tax policy uncertainty that the U.S. faces and the economic literature to assess how this uncertainty may be affecting the economy. …

Economic Impact Of Agriculture On South Dakota, Gary Taylor

Economics Commentator (1972- 2016)

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The Economics Of Black Friday And Buy Nothing Day, Louis D. Johnston

Economics Faculty Publications

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Hiding State's Debt Doesn't Make It Any Less Real, Nathan B. Oman

Popular Media

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The Relationship Among The Liquidity In Real Economy, Financial Economy And Inflation, Zhaoxuan Sun

Lingnan Journal of Banking, Finance and Economics

This paper introduces the principles supporting the fisher transaction equation. Then, it transforms the traditional quantity equation, and adds the financial economic department into the equation to estimate currency liquidity respectively. We show that when liquidity enters into the real economy and the financial economy, the capital price will change earlier than the product price does. We could also interpret that the excess liquidity in the financial economy firstly affects the capital price. Then, the capital price will take positive effects on the product price. This is opposed to the influence mechanism taken by liquidity on the real economy. We …

Stock Market Efficiency In The S&P 500 With Respect To Day Of The Week, Zachary James Rodenbarger

Lingnan Journal of Banking, Finance and Economics

Theoretically speaking, we assume that markets are efficient and that investors should not be able to earn abnormal returns without privately held information. The fact that fund managers beat the market can simply be explained as luck. However, realistically speaking, the markets involve humans that do not always make rational decisions, which can lead to market inefficiencies. This paper looks into one such inefficiency which regards trading day of the week in the S&P 500 through three different forecasting periods coming before, during, and after the financial crisis of 2008. Theoretically we would expect to find no pattern or correlation …

Link Between S&P 500 And Ftse 100 And The Comparison Of That Link Before And After The S&P 500 Peak In October 2007, Michael Joseph Silk

Lingnan Journal of Banking, Finance and Economics

The paper reviews the correlation between the S&P 500 and the FTSE 100 before and during the 2008 global financial crisis. It found that The S&P 500 has a strong causation effect on the FTSE 100, both before and since the financial crisis. This link seems to have increased after the October 2007 peak in the S&P 500. Since the crisis, the FTSE 100 appears to have a weak causation effect on the S&P 500. Before the crisis there was no apparent impact on the S&P 500’s movements from movements in the FTSE 100.

The Empirical Study Of Earnings Management Based On Chinese Listed Companies, Yang Zhang

Lingnan Journal of Banking, Finance and Economics

Earnings management that is used to manipulate book earnings to an expected level has been one of the controversial topics in the accounting field. It occurs two ways: one is accrued earnings management and the other is real earnings management. Many studies show that these two methods have a reciprocal relationship based on the costs of using them. The accrued earnings management method is preferred when the accounting standards are flexible and the real earnings management is preferred when the legal systems are good. This paper verifies its findings by drawing a link to the new accounting standard announced by …