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Trends And Predictions In (Open) Innovation
October 1, 2012 Editor 0
What are the main trends in innovation? Mark Turrell, CEO of Imaginatik , shares his 10 predictions. 1.
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Return Migration and the Survival of Entrepreneurial Activities in Egypt
September 13, 2012 Editor 0
Publication year: 2012 Source: World Development, Volume 40, Issue 10 Francesca Marchetta The literature shows that temporary international migrants have a high propensity to opt for an entrepreneurial activity upon return, but the prospects of survival of these activities have not been explored.
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Implicit Taxation of Agriculture: The Cause of Development Failure in Egypt
September 13, 2012 Editor 0
Abstract: Egypt has been unable to sustain rapid economic growth in the past, nor has it been able to generate employment opportunities at a fast enough rate to keep unemployment from rising. It will be argued in this paper that this has been the result of significant implicit taxation of the agricultural sector. The latter has slowed the structural transformation of the Egyptian economy, increased the capital intensity of production in the urban sector, and slowed overall economic growth.
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The Best Sales Leaders Are Trend Hunters
August 7, 2012 Editor 0
Sales is all about hitting your numbers. The rapid fire, adrenalin-infused process of nailing monthly and annual sales targets comes with the territory. But who’s aiming for targets two and three years out? It’s not just a job for strategy; the best sales leaders are hunting for trends.
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The Planning Fallacy and the Innovator’s Dilemma
August 1, 2012 Editor 0
Publishers note (FSG) Emerging Corporations in Africa should take note. “You have to deliver $300 million in incremental growth by 2015,” the business unit head told the leader of his innovation team. “That’s less than 5 percent of our revenues, so that should be quite doable.”
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Innovation Financing, Industrial production and the Growth of Nigeria¡¦s Non-oil Exports
November 5, 2011 Editor 0
The paper examines the role industrial development plays in encouraging non-oil export in Nigeria by seeking to identify the inert problem militating against Nigeria’s industrial growth. Though non-oil export had a significant effect on industrial growth, the sector was not significant enough to drive an upward growth in the Nigerian domestic economy. The paper therefore […]
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