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Celebrating 25 Years Of The Nebraska Rural Poll, Rebecca J. Vogt

Cornhusker Economics

In 2020, the 25th annual Nebraska Rural Poll will arrive in mailboxes across the state. For 25 years, the Poll has examined many topics of concern to rural Nebraskans and accumulated a rich dataset for state and community leaders.

The Nebraska Rural Poll was first conducted by the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Department of Agricultural Economics in 1996 under the leadership of Dr. John Allen and Dr. Sam Cordes. Each year since, 7,000 surveys are mailed to randomly selected households located in the nonmetropolitan counties of the state. The goal of the poll is to give rural Nebraskans and their leaders …

50 Economic Facts And Figures About Kentucky, 2020, Michael Childress

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50 ECONOMIC FACTS AND FIGURES ABOUT KENTUCKY, 2020

Citizen-Consumers Wanted: Revitalizing The American Dream In The Face Of Economic Recessions, 1981-2012, Gokcen Coskuner-Balli

Business Faculty Articles and Research

This article brings sociological theory of governmentality to bear on a longitudinal analysis of American presidential speeches to theorize the formation of the citizen-consumer subject. The 40-year historical analysis which expands through four economic recessions and the presidential terms of Ronald Reagan, William J. Clinton, George W. Bush, and Barack Hussein Obama, illustrates the ways in which the national mythology of American Dream myth has been linked to the political ideology of the state to create the citizen-consumer subject in the United States. The quantitative and qualitative analysis of the data demonstrates first, the consistent emphasis on responsibility as a …

A Study On Impact Of Covid -19 On Msmes In India, Ayesha Siddiqua, Swathi J

International Review of Business and Economics

Small Industries are more vulnerable ones as it dealt a body blow because of Covid-19 and the resultant lockdown. It is difficult for them to survive without assistance. This is because, they are unable to cope up with the difficulties that are forced on them as their survival is difficult even in normal times but now they are dealing with something so unexpected. The significance of MSMEs sector in boosting Indian economy cannot be ignored. Unless we strengthen the MSME sector, it is very little that the economy will have to look forward to. They are reaching out to the …

Effective Capital Budgeting Decisions By Firms, Manunath M. S., Praveen B.

International Review of Business and Economics

Finance is the life blood of business. Finance is said to be the circulatory system of the economy body, making possible the required cooperation between the innumerable units of activity. Finance guides and regulates investment decisions and expenditure of administers economic activities. Capital budgeting means planning for capital assets. Capital budgeting decisions are complex process of paramount importance in financial decisions, because efficient allocation of capital resources is one of the most crucial decisions of financial management. Capital budgeting is budgeting for capital projects.Because the long-term profitability of most enterprises depends on the nature and quality of their capital project …

International Student Mobility: Recent Developments And Prognosis With Special Reference To India, Anand Kulkarni

International Review of Business and Economics

This paper examines global student mobility. It finds that student mobility has been on the rise rapidly in the last five years, mostly of a global nature, rather than intra-regional, especially in the case of Indian students. Students are highly aspirational and seek an edge in the labour market through specialist studies and post study work rights, and are focussed on obtaining a strong return on educational investment. Universities around the world increasingly seek to cater to these aspirations. Beyond the traditionally dominant inbound countries, a number of others, including especially in Asia, are becoming hubs of international student activity …

Human Resource Practices In The Organised Retail Sectors, S. Krithika

International Review of Business and Economics

Indian organized retail market is growing at a fast pace due to the boom in the India retail industry. In 2005, the retail industry in India amounted to Rs 10,000 billion accounting for about 10% to the country’s GDP. The organized retail market in India out of this total market accounted for Rs 350 billion which is about 3.5% of the total revenues. Traditionally the retail industry in India was largely unorganized, comprising of drug stores, medium, and small grocery stores. Most of the organized retailing in India have started recently and is concentrating mainly in metropolitan cities. The growth …

Role Of Self Help Groups In Promoting Rural Entrepreneurship For Strengthening Aatma Nirbhar Bharat, S. R. Nagaraja Ph.D., G. M. Sudharshan Ph.D

International Review of Business and Economics

The corona-19 pandemic has pervaded into every nook & corner of the world. Since the entire globe has announced lockdown for uncertain period, the commercial activity has pushed the indicators of economic health in a state of depression. A multi-centered approach is the need of the hour to take the economy out of this crisis. In India on May 12th, the Prime Minister, Mr. Narendra Modi, announced a special economic package of Rs 20 lakh crore with the aim of making the country independent against the tough competition in the global supply chain and to help in empowering the people …

India’S Government & Globalization In 21st Century Under Pm Modi, Divya Arora

International Review of Business and Economics

India is emerging as Asian and global player facing the future challenges to international market. China’s outward integration has comparably succeeded in East and Southeast Asia whereas India have the inward looking strategy. Globalisation to on new globalisation Era have begin in 2020 under the supervision of Prime Minister Narendra Modi proper lockdown efficient and effective fiscal measures and timely aided monetary measures of RBI Governor have given a strong foundation for the investment attraction after the withdrawal from China. India’s foreign policy is shaped by five broad factors across the globe. The factors affecting the trade are geographylater with …

Role Of Agriculture Banking Towards Economic Development, A. Elavarasan

International Review of Business and Economics

Whether financial structure influences economic growth is still considered a crucial policy issue. The aims of this research are to analyze the influence of banking development indicators, agriculture sector and industrial sector on economic growth in Indonesia and to examine the relationships between banking development and economic growth. VAR, a time-series econometric model used in this study, estimating three banking indicators that are assets, credits and third party fund, economic growth average per capita at constant price 2000 and two variables of economic growth in agriculture and industry. Two dummy variables are also implemented in VAR model, they are monetary …

Imperative Role Of Human Resource Management In Organizational Activities, Nandhini B. R., Vimala B. S.

International Review of Business and Economics

Human Resource Management is the strategic approach to the effective management of people in a company or Organization such that they help their business gain a competitive advantage. The overall purpose of Human Resource is to ensure that the organizational is able to achieve success through people. It practices on organizational performance. The job of HRM is the job of all such departments to ensure that the business gets the most out of its employees. The Human Resources Management needs to provide a high return on the business investment in its people and deals with not just management issues but …

Issues And Challenges Of India’S Unhealthy Economy During Covid-19 Pandemic With Global Outlook, C. Kokila Harini, K. Parimalam

International Review of Business and Economics

The economic activity in global level withhighCOVID-19casessuffering prolonged disruption as restrictions could continue longer. Indeed, given one of the most stringent lockdowns in the world, the worst-performing months for India this fiscal Year. The purpose of study is about highlights the need for urgent action to modify the epidemic’s health and economic consequences by the government in India and as global, and the extensive reform programs to improve the fundamental drivers of economic growth once the crisis lifts.

Occupational Health Hazards Of Working Women In Un-Organized Sector, Shanmuga Priya

International Review of Business and Economics

Working women perform dual jobs, that is, on the domestic front as well as economic front. Her additional role as a working women throws many challenges along with her primary challenge of the household. Both these roles make demands on her time and energy. After a full day’s work with the employer, she has to do another shift at her home. For example, waking up early morning, rolling the beds, cleaning the house, preparing breakfast, cooking lunch, washing clothes, and the rushing off to the workplace. Returning in the evening with shopping in hand to cook the dinner for the …

E-Tailing In India –An Overview, J. Lilly Ph.D., I Santhi Immaculate Jaculin Ph.D.

International Review of Business and Economics

The online retail market has evolved and grown significantly over the past few years. The Indian retail market is witnessing a revolution. The growth of internet has enabled the newretailformatofthevirtualretailer to emerge and forced the existing retailers to consider e-tailing model of retailing as well. The Internet has changed the consumer’s shops in many ways not just in the digital domain, but also in the physical world. In the era of globalization, companies are using the internet technologies to reach out to valued customers and to provide a point of contact 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. In …

Biodynamic Preparations: A Dilemma To Use, Shwetazalavadiya Shwetazalavadiya, Anwarulhaq Payalmakavana

International Review of Business and Economics

Biodynamics is an agricultural management system based on degradation of food produced through farming practices that increasingly relied on additions of inorganic fertilizers and pesticides. Biodynamics were thought to be one of the first alternative approaches to modern agriculture as one of three alternative or ‘‘organic’’ agricultural methodologies. Biodynamic preparations influences organic life on earth through cosmic and terrestrial forces that would stimulate vitalizing and harmonizing processes in the soil. Some preparations are made by packing cow manure or silica, respectively, into cow horns and burying them for a number of months before use. It was believed that cow horns, …

An Economic Analysis Of Marine Boat Owners In Thanjavur District Of Tamilnadu In India, N Chithra Ph.D.

International Review of Business and Economics

The Socio-economic conditions of fisherman are playing a significant role is fishing Industry as production and many others problems of the industry largely depend on the human factors. The development of fishing industry in India largely depends on the provision of better facilities to fishermen. The skill of the individual fishermen and his intimate knowledge of fishing methods. Commercially exploitable area, best season, and the type of year to be used etc., are very essential for this hazardous Industry. The fishermen are working day and night carrying on an unending fight with nature.

An Analysis Of Air Pollution And Human Health Effects, A. Subashini

International Review of Business and Economics

Hazardous chemicals escape to the environment by a number of natural and/or anthropogenic activities and may cause adverse effects onhuman health and the environment. Increased combustion of fossil fuels in the last century is responsible for the progressive change in the atmosphericcomposition. Air pollutants, such as carbon monoxide (CO), sulfur dioxide (SO2), nitrogen oxides (NOx), volatile organic compounds(VOCs), ozone (O3), heavy metals, and respirable particulate matter, differ in their chemical composition, reaction properties,emission, time of disintegration and ability to diffuse in long or short distances. Air pollution has both acute and chronic effects on humanhealth, affecting a number of differentsystemsandorgans.Itranges …

Amalgamation Of Digitalisation, Teaching And Learning –A Temporal Study With A Global Perspective, S Selladouraitchy, K. Marcelline Marine Christine

International Review of Business and Economics

School children of the present day cohort are well aware of the internet and the online services provided in it. The influence of the smart phones and electronic gadgets are being infamous in the contemporary lives of children. Due to the existing Pandemic situation and subsequent quarantine measures, the use of widgets like Smartphones and laptops has been made inevitable. On this regard, the education institutions must undergo a relevant digitalisation to co-exist in accordance with the COVID-19 circumstances. The online education serves as a major step up in manifesting the spread of knowledge among young minds despite such adverse …

A Study On The Causes And Impact Of Unemployment In India, Shruti Nair

International Review of Business and Economics

The rate of unemployment in India has been increasing over the years. The current paper aims to analyze the factors leading to unemployment and its impact on the Indian economy. The study focusses on how employment rate plays a major role in overall development of the economy. The study makes use of secondary data sources and focusses on the present scenario of unemployment in rural and urban areas. The paper analyzes how an increase in population, poverty, illiteracy, inflation and lack of full employment can lead to a slowdown in the growth of the economy.The paper discusses the problems faced …

A Study On External Environment Of Business And Its Influence On Msmes In The Context Of Covid-19, Saranya Devi M., Nm. Anirudh

International Review of Business and Economics

Businesses across the globe has decided ‘just to survive apart from making huge profit’, from a global pandemic which has created huge disaster to economy of almost all countries in the world. In India pharmaceutical industry is improving its status day by day, on the other hand travel and tourism industry, entertainment sector, market for luxury products and services is deteriorating among which the drastic-hit is the MSMEs.This study aims at analysing various external factors influencing the performance of business especially during times of COVID-19 pandemic, those factors include political, social, cultural,economic, legal, technological, etc., The study aims at finding …

A Comparative Analysis On The Distribution Of Population Among The Districts Of Tamilnadu & The Concentration Of Industrial Growth, Jony Fathimal

International Review of Business and Economics

In this paper, I have made an attempt to study the density of population in various districts of Tamil Nadu and the problem arises in highly dense areas. It also analyse the spread of Industrial expansion among the various districts with the migration of population from rural to urban areas. In this study, I try to examine the relationship between the industrial growth and the density of population in the state. Among the highlypopulatedcities,Chennaiisthe topmost with the population of 26,000 persons per sq. km. compared with the second highest dense population which is accounted of 1,119 persons per sq.km in …

Economic Impact Of India-China Trade War: Future Directions, S. Sarangapani Ph.D., N. Muthu Ph.D.

International Review of Business and Economics

The growing trade war among India and China is creating imbalance in the among developing countries. Both countries are affecting in their business prospects. India is basically importing raw material for export of good and services. Growing tension leads to unnecessary growth impetus which affects industry growth, loss of employment opportunities and other trade related problems. India has considerable potential for reducing its trade deficit with China, as we can see from Made-in-China products sold on the Indian market. Most of them are low- and mid-range products. India can make these things itself. The value tune to the cores of …

Impact Of Leather Industries On Groundwater In Tamil Nadu With Special Reference To Vellore District, A. Royal Edward Williams Ph.D., M. P. Parvez Ahmed

International Review of Business and Economics

Tanning industry is a one of the traditional business industry in India. The leather and leather based industries can emphasize to be the world’s one of the largest industrial sector based upon a by-product. Leather and leather goods are vital role in the foreign exchange earnings. Tannery process unit is very important factor for enhancing the quality in leather production. On the other side, during this processes large quantum of toxic waste is disposed into the nature which invites vital threat to the environment at large. It leads to the contamination of water resources (both surface and ground water), soil …

Is Corporate Social Responsibility Ethical? - Recognizing Ethical Issues In Business, Spoorthi A. S. Mba, Chethan M. Kumar

International Review of Business and Economics

Corporate Social Responsibility is all about companies playing their responsible part in society and giving back to society and a big part of that is fund raising for valuable cause. Companies engage in Corporate Social Responsibility when they grant benefits to the communities where they work which are neither required by law nor an integral part of their primary objective is profit oriented company. Today, however businesses must also reflect on the legal, ethical, moral and social consequences of their decisions. The purpose of working on this paper is to identify the ethical issues faced by the organization and how …

Volatility Transmission Among Nigeria, Some Selected African And World Equity Markets, Idolor Eseoghene Joseph Ph.D.

International Review of Business and Economics

I examine the extent of volatility transmission, spill-over and contagion among Nigeria, some selected African and world equity markets. Empirical findings indicate the presence of volatility transmission and spill-over among the Nigerian and world equity markets. However, for the Nigerian and African markets, the results show that there is volatility transmission, but no evidence of volatility spill-over. The results were not statistically significant enough to prove the existence of volatility contagion among all the African markets, arising from the recent global financial crisis.

Role Of Entrepreneur In The Economy, Syed Babu Hb

International Review of Business and Economics

Business is an organization entity engaged in commercial, industrial or professional activities to make profit and nonprofit organization that operate to fulfill a charitable mission. Economics is a social concerned with the production, distribution and consumption of goods and services. It studies how individuals, business, governments and nations make choices on allocating resources to satisfy their wants and needs, trying to determine how these groups should organize and co-ordinate efforts to achieve maximum output. Economics has the solution for all the problems concerned with Gross Domestic Product, Per Capita Income and so on. In 8th Century B.C an economic thinker …

Indian Diaspora: Analysis Of Its Advantage To The Home Country And To The World, N. Shradha Varma

International Review of Business and Economics

Migration has been a common phenomenon since a long time. Movement of people across borders and thus, movement of ideas, new skills and technical know-how result in the benefits not only for the receiving countries but also for the sending countries. In this regard, it is very important to consider the role of Diaspora communities for the receiving countries and our study focuses on the role of Indian Diaspora communities residing in other foreign lands and will analyze their roles in enhancing the working of different sectors of the economy in which they live. The study further illuminates the contribution …

How A Pandemic Crisis Serves As A Predicament In Trade Merchandises?- A Global Panorama, V Yamuna Ph.D., Source Marie

International Review of Business and Economics

Trade and commerce occupies a vital part in burgeoning of a nation’s economy, which thereby is responsible for thriving of several global merchandises. However, the current COVID-19 scenario has casted a dark spell upon the business industry and caused the rate of imports and exports to plummet drastically. Global economists predicted an 18.5 % drop in trade, on regard with the second quarter of 2020. This precipitous decline would be attributed as horrendously enormous on record concerning the history of modern trade. As every cloud has a silver lining, the experts forecasted a much lower decline which was eventually inhibited. …

Social Responsibility Of Private Higher Educational Sector Towardsthe Teaching Faculties, S. Irish Angelin, Y. Ebenezer

International Review of Business and Economics

Sensitization of staff is one of the fundamental agenda behindhand of social responsibility when focused from any view. Recent years we could find emerging of many universities and colleges in and around globally. According to the UGC (University Grants Commission) Feb 2020 list, India has 935 universities includes 409 state universities, 349 private universities, 50 central universities and 127 deemed to be universities. In India, colleges and universities play a vital role in societies. Also from the Educational Statistics at A Glance (ESAG) survey published by Ministry of Human Resource Development, Department of School Education & Literacy Statistics Division, the …

Will 3 + 3 Be Nine?, S. Chandrachud Ph.D.

International Review of Business and Economics

In Economic view, COVID 19, forced ustomake3+3=NINE.Thelogicof this slogan is to create a new economy for our country. The first ‘3’ implies the Agriculture, Industry and Service sectors and the second ‘3’ indicates Public, Private and Foreign sector. These two 3s combined together make New India New Economy (NINE). Chapter one narrates few classical theories to reconcile demand and supply. Chapter two enlists the review of literature. Chapter three pronounces the economic impact of current pandemic situation. Chapter four elucidates the government initiation towards the recovery of economy. Chapter five enumerateshow to create a New India New Economy (NINE). The …