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Analysing employers’ expectations of employee skills in the South African tourism industry

SA Journal of Human Resource Management, 2014
Orientation: Owing to the nature of the tourism industry, which is highly service orientated, employees should possess certain skills such as self-reliance, people and certain specialist skills, and general employability when working in this industry ...
Faith N. Zwane, Lindie du Plessis, Elmarie Slabbert   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Tax Policy and Farm Organization

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) introduced substantial changes to the tax code, affecting farms' organizational incentives. This study examines farms' responses to the TCJA along extensive and intensive margins, focusing on organizational and labor expense adjustments.
Tia M. McDonald, Katherine Lacy
wiley   +1 more source

Competition Policy and Agribusiness in the Biden Administration

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The Biden Administration pursued a set of ambitious competition policy initiatives in agriculture and agribusiness, primarily aimed at livestock and poultry supply chains, farm inputs, and food retailing. The initiatives included expanded antitrust enforcement; new US Department of Agriculture (USDA) contract regulations requiring poultry ...
James M. MacDonald
wiley   +1 more source

High School Vocational Counseling Role in Leveraging Students` Professional Inclinations

Amfiteatru Economic, 2014
The experience of many countries with a well-educated workforce highlights the important role of vocational counselling services for advantageous youth professional orientation.
Gabriel Brătucu, Anca Madar, Nicoleta Andreea Neacşu, Dana Boşcor , Codruţa Adina Băltescu   +4 more
doaj  

Manifestations of ethical values in indigenous African family businesses: An application of the Ubuntu philosophy

South African Journal of Business Management
Purpose: Limited evidence exists on the application of the African philosophy of Ubuntu in family businesses and how it relates to ethical values, ethical behaviour and business outcomes.
Welcome Kupangwa, Elmarie Venter, Shelley M. Farrington   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Role of Social Food Infrastructure in Addressing SNAP Participation Gaps: Evidence From Linked Administrative and Ground‐Sourced Data

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We link American Community Survey and SNAP records for 185,000 units with ground‐sourced social food infrastructure data from FindFoodIL (Illinois Extension SNAP‐Ed) to examine SNAP participation determinants among eligible units. Bivariate probit models reveal, beyond SNAP offices, quantity of social infrastructure is associated with ...
Michael Lotspeich‐Yadao, Caitlin Kownacki, Jennifer McCaffrey, Craig Wesley Carpenter   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

MBA education at the University of Debrecen and its further development towards Double Degree Programmes

Apstract: Applied Studies in Agribusiness and Commerce, 2017
University of Debrecen is the oldest higher educational institution in continuous operation in Hungary based in the same city. MBA training at Debrecen Agricultural University was initiated by 0257-91/1 Tempus Joint European Project Grant.
Zsolt Csapó, András Nábrádi , Krisztián Kovács , Tünde Csapóné Riskó   +3 more
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Understanding the process of policy formulation: the National Development Plan and its post-Washington consensus influences [PDF]

, 2015
Thesis (M.Com. (Development Theory and Policy))--University of the Witwatersrand, Faculty of Commerce, Law and Management, School of Economic and Business Sciences, 2014.No abstract ...
Skosana, Mpumelelo
core  

Do Tax Incentives for Farmland Leases Increase Farm Supply? Evidence From Iowa's Beginning Farmer Tax Credit

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In recent decades, agriculture has become increasingly concentrated through horizontal mergers and acquisitions via corporate entities, and policy makers are concerned this will be exacerbated by the aging population of farm operators. To reduce market concentration in agriculture, many states have enacted policies to entice new prospective ...
Justin M. Ross, Wesley M. Zebrowski, Julia C. D. Valliant   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Modelling and forecasting mobile money customer transaction volumes in rural and semi-urban Malawi: An autoregressive integrated moving average spatial decomposition

Scientific African
Mobile money technologies in Malawi have revolutionised banking and monetary transactions across geographical barriers. Prospects of profit have drawn mobile money agents to invest in the business but find it is more profitable when substantial customers
Danny Namakhwa, Betchani Henry Mbuyampungatete Tchereni, Winford Masanjala, Collins Duke Namakhwa, Steven Limbanazo Kuchande, Wisdom Richard Mgomezulu   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source