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2. Technical Colleges, Technology Deployment, and Regional Development.
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Regional Technology Strategies, Inc., Carrboro, NC. and Rosenfeld, Stuart
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In this document, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) reports on the state of technical education in Europe, the United States, and Canada. It states that technical colleges are emerging as key institutions in technology-based education to fill industry requirement for more highly skilled and technically proficient workers. In France, the number of students entering programs to train higher technicians increased 150% between 1980 and 1992. Enrollments in higher technical education in the Netherlands increased by 40% between 1980 and 1990. The structure of educational systems varies dramatically across OECD member nations, and the missions and objectives of the institutions are not always the same. Nonetheless, they are all educating students to a level of technical education that succeeds compulsory education and precedes the baccalaureate degree. Nearly every technical college system was formulated or has been reformulated to serve both the student bodies and regional economies. In a 1995 survey of 100 United States colleges, 90% of respondents referenced economic development or modernization services in their mission statement. Colleges in OECD member nations are forming alliances with industry, economic development agencies, and with other colleges as well. The author concludes that the trend seems to be toward a more expansive role for colleges. (NB)
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- 1998
3. OECD Economic Surveys: Canada 2012
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Canada weathered the global economic crisis well, mainly reflecting sustained growth in domestic pending, and the economy is continuing to grow despite the persistence of international turbulence, most recently stemming from the euro zone sovereign debt crisis. In Canada's case, several factors are acting in its favour. Federal fiscal plans are seen by markets as credible, favouring low borrowing costs. The banking system is sound and required no taxpayer bailouts during the 2008-09 crisis. Comparatively strong growth among emerging market economies has shifted global purchasing power to commodity exporters like Canada via both higher export prices and stronger currencies. Nevertheless, uncertainty regarding the global situation and risk-averse financial markets are a drag on business confidence and investment, while prolonged low interest rates could push mortgage-debt and house prices higher from already elevated levels, at least in some large cities. Canada enjoys strong institutions and policy credibility, but for many years its economic growth has relied mainly on increasing labour and capital inputs. By contrast, growth of multi-factor productivity (MFP) has been weak and declined further in the past decade. Innovation indicators such as business R&D and patenting rates are poor. Boosting innovation is an important and well established way of raising MFP growth, which is in turn needed to sustain rising living standards, especially as the population ages. The overarching theme of this "Survey" is improving the policy framework for innovation, including in particular by strengthening the role of the tertiary education sector. Chapter 1 considers how to raise business innovation and concludes that increased service-sector competition and better design of public support, including less reliance on tax credits, would help. Chapter 2 considers policies to expand the supply of highly skilled workers and enhance the performance of Canada's many tertiary education institutions to better meet the economy's skill needs for innovation and growth. (Contains 48 figures, 10 tables, and 15 boxes.) [This paper was featured in "The OECD 2012 Economic Survey of Canada and the Relationship between Higher Education and Productivity," "College Quarterly," Volume 15, Number 2, Spring 2012. To access this report, see EJ979426.]
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- 2012
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4. Trends in Connectivity Technologies and Their Socioeconomic Impacts. Final Report of the Study: Policy Options for the Ubiquitous Internet Society. Technical Report
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RAND Europe, Cave, Jonathan, van Oranje-Nassau, Constantijn, Schindler, Helen Rebecca, Shehabi, Ala'a, Brutscher, Philipp-Bastian, and Robinson, Neil
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This report is intended to inform the European Commission's DG Information Society and Media in developing its policies for the period 2010-2020. It is targeted to policymakers with expert knowledge of the field. The report summarises the work conducted in the study: "Policy Options for the Ubiquitous Internet Society". It builds on three prior documents: (1) a briefing paper on Connectivity Challenges; (2) The Interim report containing trend analysis, scenario development, modelling of socio-economic impacts and a review of changing business models; and (3) a Workshop Report. In addition, an analysis was made of policies in the US, Japan and South Korea to provide a reference for the EU's own policy in the field of ICTs (information and communication technologies) and especially the future of the Internet (its architecture and socio-economic fall out). This report contains a review of technology trends underlying the future Internet Society. It assesses the possible future socio-economic impacts; as well as the changing business models that are likely to emerge in the next 5 to 10 years. The ultimate objective of the study is to make future policy recommendations for the successor programme to the current EU's ICT strategy: the i2010 programme. The project involved trend analysis, econometric modelling, desk research, interviews, a survey, scenario development and gaming. Five appendices are included: (1) Tech Trend Summary Tables; (2) Identifying and Mapping the Scenario Dimensions; (3) Framework for Analysis of Economic Impacts; (4) Cases Studies of Policy Frameworks in Japan, US, South Korea and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD); and (5) Cross Cutting Relevance of Connectivity Challenges. (Contains 28 figures, 29 tables, and 199 footnotes.) [This report was prepared for the DG Information Society and Media.]
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- 2009
5. "IF THE WORK REQUIREMENT IS STRONG": THE BUSINESS RESPONSE TO BASIC INCOME PROPOSALS IN CANADA AND THE US.
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CALNITSKY, DAVID
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BASIC income ,LABOR market ,SOCIAL policy ,INCOME ,GOVERNMENT policy - Abstract
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- 2018
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6. The Impact of Terrorism on the US Economy and Business.
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Alavosius, Mark P., Braksick, Leslie Wilk, Daniels, Aubrey C., Harshbarger, Dwight, Houmanfar, Ramona, and Zeilstra, Jose
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ORGANIZATIONAL behavior ,TERRORISM ,SEPTEMBER 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001 ,BUSINESS ,EXECUTIVES' attitudes ,UNITED States economy - Abstract
This paper is an edited transcript of an invited panel discussion that was presented at the 28th annual meeting of the Association for Behavior Analysis in Toronto, Ontario. The speakers in this discussion addressed how behavior managers might contribute to understanding the impact of terrorism on the economy, and business, behavioral drivers in the new business context, and how we might manage our efforts to renew communities, economies, organizations and businesses. Each presenter provided a unique vantage point from which to view current events, considered powerful drivers of behavior change post-September 11, and evaluated how those affect our personal and professional lives. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2002
7. Worldwide news and comment.
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Evans-Reeves, Karen
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LABELING laws ,FLAVORING essences ,PRESS ,ELECTRONIC cigarettes ,GOVERNMENT regulation ,LEGAL status of sales personnel ,MARKETING ,BUSINESS ,TOBACCO products ,SMOKING - Published
- 2022
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8. International trade and environmental regulation: time series evidence and cross section test
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Xu, Xinpeng
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STATISTICS ,BUSINESS ,ENVIRONMENTAL regulations ,ECONOMETRIC models - Abstract
This paper examines empirically whether more stringent domestic environmental policies reduce the international competitiveness of environmentally sensitive goods (ESGs). Our time series evidence indicates that there are no systematic changes in trade patterns of ESGs in thelast three decades, despite the introduction of more stringent environmental regulations in most of the developed countries in the 1970s and 1980s. This observed phenomenon is then subjected to a multi-country econometric test using an extended gravity-equation framework. The test suggests that, overall, more stringent environmental regulations do not reduce total exports, exports of ESGs and exports of non-resource-based ESGs. Neither was there any evidence to support the hypothesis that new trade barriers emerge to offset the effects of more stringent environmental regulations. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2000
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9. The incommensurability of nursing as a practice and the customer service model: an evolutionary threat to the discipline.
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Austin, Wendy J.
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BUSINESS ,CUSTOMER relations ,HEALTH policy ,NURSE-patient relationships ,NURSING ,NURSING practice ,NURSING ethics ,ORGANIZATIONAL effectiveness ,REENGINEERING (Management) ,WORK environment ,HEALTH care industry - Abstract
Corporate and commercial values are inducing some healthcare organizations to prescribe a customer service model that reframes the provision of nursing care. In this paper it is argued that such a model is incommensurable with nursing conceived as a moral practice and ultimately places nurses at risk. Based upon understanding from ongoing research on compassion fatigue, it is proposed that compassion fatigue as currently experienced by nurses may not arise predominantly from too great a demand for compassion, but rather from barriers to enacting compassionate care. These barriers are often systemic. The paradigm shift in which healthcare environments are viewed as marketplaces rather than moral communities has the potential to radically affect the evolution of nursing as a discipline. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2011
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10. Do National Borders Really Matter? Canada-US Regional Trade Reconsidered.
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Anderson, Michael A. and Smith, Stephen L. S.
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CANADA-United States commerce ,COMMERCE ,BUSINESS - Abstract
Presents a study on the Canada-United States (U.S.) border's effect on trade. Estimation of the size of the border effect with a dataset for 1990 province-U.S. trade; Model specification; Results and conclusion.
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- 1999
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11. Tax-Induced Trading and the Turn-of-the-Year Anomaly: An Intraday Study.
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Griffiths, Mark D. and White, Robert W.
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TAXATION of investments ,STOCK prices ,TAXATION ,BUSINESS ,ASKED price ,FISCAL year ,PURCHASING agents ,BID price - Abstract
This study tests the tax-induced trading hypothesis as an explanation of the turn-of-the-year anomaly using Canadian and U.S. intraday data. Since the Canadian tax year-end precedes the calendar year-end by five business days, tax effects may be isolated. We find the anomaly is related to the degree of seller- and buyer-initiated trading and depends upon the incidence of the taxation year-end. Seller-initiated transactions (at bid prices) dominate until the tax year-end after which buyer-initiated trades (at ask prices) dominate. The anomaly is a function of bid-ask prices. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 1993
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12. The Indispensable Ally.
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CANADIAN economy ,FINANCIAL performance ,INDUSTRIALIZATION - Abstract
The article deals with the improving economic state of Canada which can threaten the financial performance of the U.S. in 1952. The increasing value of the Canadian dollar was a symbol of the country's growing strength. It states that in order to enhance its financial state, the country has undergone the most impressive industrial development of any nation in the world. It also features Clarence Decatur Howe, Canada's Minister of Trade & Commerce and Minister of Defense Production, who is claimed to have contributed most to the state's progress.
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- 1952
13. Stability and the justification of social inequality.
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Laurin, Kristin, Gaucher, Danielle, and Kay, Aaron
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ANALYSIS of variance ,BUSINESS ,STATISTICAL correlation ,DISCRIMINATION (Sociology) ,REGRESSION analysis ,SEX distribution ,GENDER role ,SOCIAL classes ,LABELING theory ,DESCRIPTIVE statistics - Abstract
Modern society is rife with inequality. People's interpretations of these inequalities, however, vary considerably: Different people can interpret, for example, the existing gender gap in wages as being the result of systemic discrimination, or as being the fair and natural result of genuine differences between men and women. Here, we examine one factor that may help explain differing interpretations of existing social inequalities: perceptions of system stability. System justification theory proposes that people are often motivated to rationalize and justify the systems within which they operate, legitimizing whatever social inequalities are present within them. We draw on theories and evidence of rationalization more broadly to predict that people should be most likely to legitimize inequalities in their systems when they perceive those systems as stable and unchanging. In one study, participants who witnessed stability, rather than change, in the domain of gender equality in business subsequently reported less willingness to support programs designed to redress inequalities in completely unrelated domains. In a second study, exposure to the mere concept of stability, via a standard priming procedure, led participants to spontaneously produce legitimizing, rather than blaming, explanations for existing gender inequality in their country. This effect, however, emerged only among politically liberal participants. These findings contribute to an emerging body of research that aims to identify the conditions that promote, and those which prevent, system-justifying tendencies. Copyright © 2013 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2013
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14. Discretion in employment relations policy among foreign-controlled multinationals in Canada.
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Bélanger, Jacques, Lévesque, Christian, Jalette, Patrice, and Murray, Gregor
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BUSINESS ,DECISION making ,GROUP decision making ,INDUSTRIAL relations ,MANAGEMENT ,PERSONNEL management ,CULTURAL pluralism ,PROBABILITY theory ,QUESTIONNAIRES ,RESEARCH funding ,SURVEYS ,MULTIPLE regression analysis ,SECONDARY analysis ,DESCRIPTIVE statistics - Published
- 2013
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15. Beyond Trust: Web Site Design Preferences Across Cultures.
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Cyr, Dianne, Bonanni, Carole, Bowes, John, and Ilsever, Joe
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WEB development ,WEBSITES ,WORLD Wide Web ,BUSINESS ,CONSUMERS - Abstract
The growth of Internet shopping motivates a better understanding of how e-loyalty is built online between businesses and consumers. In this study, Web site design and culture are advanced as important to Web site trust, Web site satisfaction, and e-loyalty in online business relationships. Based on data collected in Canada, the U.S., Germany, and Japan, the research considers (1) examining within culture preferences for design elements of a local vs. a foreign Web site and subsequent participant perceptions of trust, satisfaction, and e-loyalty; and (2) comparisons between cultures for design preferences of local and foreign Web sites and subsequent participant perceptions of trust, satisfaction, and e-loyalty. As predicted, similarities were greatest among Americans, Canadians, and Germans, with the Japanese representing a different and unique case. The results are discussed against hypothesized expectations. Implications for future research are outlined. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2005
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16. Computer Based Information Systems (CBIS) Adoption in Small Businesses: Hong Kong Experience and Success Factors.
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Chi-wai Chung and Mo-lin Tang, Moureen
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INFORMATION storage & retrieval systems ,SMALL business ,CROSS-cultural differences ,BUSINESS ,FINANCE - Abstract
The rapid development of computerized technology has led to increasing use of computer based information systems (CBIS) in small businesses. In view of the high cost of implementing and managing a CBIS, justifications for the application of computer technology in small businesses continue to be debated throughout the world. This study empirically investigates the current usage and success factors of CBIS in small businesses of Hong Kong and compares these findings with those of related studies in Canada, the United Stales, and Singapore. This research has identified several common global factors that would affect the CBIS success of small businesses: 1) Length of computerization experience, 2) Level of financial support, 3) Presence of formal systems planning, 4) Number of administrative applications, 5) Level of computer vendor support, 6) Level of computer knowledge of owner/managers, and 7) Presence of internal systems experts. In addition, this study has also identified two new success factors: the presence of CBIS security control and level of end-user computing training. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 1999
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17. The Figures of the Week.
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BUSINESS ,INDUSTRIAL productivity ,MOTOR vehicle industry ,HOUSE construction - Abstract
The article details the business activity in the U.S. and Canada as of November 23, 1932. Unfilled orders of the U.S. Steel Corp. increased to 11,950 tons. According to the National Automobile Chamber of Commerce, the production of motor vehicle in the two countries during October 1932 reached the lowest total since November 1918. The percentage of residential construction increased in several places including New York, Middle Atlantic states and Texas districts.
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- 1932
18. The Figures of the Week And What They Mean.
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BUSINESS ,STEEL industry ,PRODUCTION (Economic theory) - Abstract
The article looks at the indications of the business condition of the U.S. and Canada as of November 1931. There was a decline in the adjusted index of steel production for the week ending October 30 than the preceding week. Also cited is a drop in automobile production in the U.S. and Canada during October. Weak domestic mill demand is blamed for sagging cotton prices.
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- 1931
19. Herring, Lodge, and the Treaty.
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SMUGGLING ,ATLANTIC herring ,BUSINESS ,AFFIDAVITS - Abstract
The article comments on the smuggling of herring in Massachusetts ports from Newfoundland. The methods of the herring smugglers may be succinctly set forth: undermanned schooners ply from the New England ports to the coast of Newfoundland. There they buy herring of the natives at the legal rate of $1.25 a barrel, these herring are by false affidavits represented as the product of American fisheries. The more scrupulous perjurers in the trade keep an old net, or even a boat that floats, on the Newfoundland coast. Some even send a sailor to watch the Newfoundlanders draw the herring nets.
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- 1903
20. Canada Feels Upturn.
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BUSINESS ,RAILROADS ,BOND prices ,EXPORT subsidies ,WHEAT trade - Abstract
The article presents the business situation in Canada. It indicates an upturn in the rail business and bank clearings with the railroads having the highest traffic earnings. It also points to an improvement in bond prices while wholesale prices slightly declined. It cites concerns over U.S. plans for an export wheat subsidy which is feared to further depress world prices. Canada will further get substantial aircraft orders based on assurances from the British aircraft mission. Pan-American Steel and Allows Co. in Montreal has just been incorporated.
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- 1938
21. International outlook.
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BUSINESS ,TAXATION of international business enterprises ,EXPORTS - Abstract
This section offers business news briefs as of October 1971. The German government wants to place heavier taxes on foreigners owning over 10% in a German firm, and 44% on foreign companies who operate or have subsidiaries on German soil. It is hoped that the visit by Russian Premier Alexei Kosygin to Canada will open more trade, as Canada made 101 million dollars worth of exports to Russia in 1970. The U.S. Commerce Department has approved 280 million dollars worth of licenses to firms wanting to sell equipment to the Kama River truck plant in Russia.
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- 1971
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