... managers and the expectations gap between education and industry. Second, China’s travel agency sector is facingHuman resources issues facing the hotel and travel industryin ChinaHanquin Qui ... staffturnover rates, the unwillingness of university graduates to enter the industry, andthe gap between what is taught in school and college andthe realities of theindustry itself. The aim here is ... toexplore these issues by interviewing industry executives and academics and via the authors’ own experiences of teaching and research in China. It is hoped that these issues will be noted by the Chinese...
... solutions which are included inthe pathways analysed inthe latter part of the thesis. As stated inthe introduction to this thesis, the PPI and especially the kraft pulp industry, due to its ... example, be increased by raising the steam quality (when investing in new boilers), increasing the dry solid content of the black liquor, decreasing any throttling and/ or reducing the process ... sources, is in place. This is especially true when studying CCS intheindustry sector since the industrial point sources usually are smaller than the point sources inthe power and heat sector....
... and prepared for the Safety and Security Sector Education and Training Authority The impact of and responses to HIV/AIDS in the private security and legal services industry in South Africa S ... addressing the ãimmediate concerns of companies inthe wake of the pandemic. As they stand, however, they are neither creative nor far-reaching in their orientation. The progressive nature of the ... planned. Inthe original plan, the private security industry study was meant to include Mpumalanga as the fourth province, while the Eastern Cape had been earmarked as the fourth province in the...
... and closure of many of the gold mines inthe district. The economy of the area has been reducing in size over the last few years. Central to this is the recession inthe mining industry. The ... from when these mines were originally developed andthe gold reserves inthe mines are running out. The collapse of the mining industry raises further problems, for example, most of the migrant ... vulnerabilities34Since the clinics are within reach, patients do not require transportation to access these clinics, therefore there are no extra costs incurred in using them. This increases their access....
... redirecting existing investment;ã restructuring corporate tax in order to increase the tax collected;ã introducing progressive taxes such as land and wealth taxes; and ã increasing the level ... government. Furthermore, in South Africa, an examination of cost recovery must be situated inthe broader context of the political transition after 1994, andthe linkages between SouthAfricaandthe processof ... commercial, industrial and high-income areas. Consider the following. The Durban Chamber of Commerce andIndustry “has in recent years expressed the concern of its members regarding the increasing cost...
... redirecting existing investment;ã restructuring corporate tax in order to increase the tax collected;ã introducing progressive taxes such as land and wealth taxes; and ã increasing the level ... Foundation, began to splinter inthe 1980s with the retreat of the National Party from state housing, and largely disintegrated inthe 1990s. In fact, ithas been under the post-1994 African National ... long way off inSouthAfrica (and in virtuallyevery other country inthe world), but it is useful to keep it in mind as an ideological antonymas we work our way through the theory and practice...
... expectation of a strengthening of the rand) or by raising interest rates. Under either of these options, it would probably be both difficult and undesirable for the SARB to maintain the higher rates ... two-thirds since the currency crisis of 1998. Nevertheless, the NOFP and other indicators of international reserve adequacy remain a source of concern for investors that is reflected inSouthAfrica s ... buying inflows to reduce the NOFP. Nonetheless, in certain cases involving large one-off inflows of FDI, the SARB may have sufficient prior information to make an assessment as to whether the...
... Madison Grant, and others of his school, succeed in persuading thinking men and women that the Scandinavians andthe English are the only people that ever could initiate and sustain great civilisations. ... invaders andthe immigrants have often achieved more in their new surroundings than in their homelands, as the Moors in Spain andthe Irish in America, but it must not be forgotten that the civilisation ... without having at the same time the restraining influences of their home life to help them to overcome the temptations to which they are exposed. The seaports of Europe and America, andthe Great...
... us in understanding the current institutional conditions within which teacher education takes place, andwithin which policy goals are to be attained.Finally, in its approach to restructuring, ... on the possible biases of the interviews conducted, which influenced the analysis inthe case study report andthe comparative synthesis. Secondary sources and other research studies of the ... suggested that restructuring had four main trajectories, in distinct periods:ã Inthemid-to-late1990s,manyofthethen35universitiesrestructuredinternally in response to changing global and national higher...
... getting a job. These suggest the importance of putting in place effective training programmes. The data suggest that there was a great willingness to train to get the necessary skills and this ... group)Looking at this in another way, we asked whether any of the respondents had moved to another province or municipality withinthe last five years. Of the 17% who had, the reasons for moving ... system inSouth Africa, in particular whether cash transfers undermine work motivation and create dependency, do not appear to be supported by the results of this study. The key findings from the...
... projects initiated since the inception of the Innovation Fund, were included. 8 Details of the HEI and/ or SETI partners are discussed in Chapter 8 and that of theindustry partners in Chapter ... education andindustry beneficiaries, to provide information about the motivation, initiation, operation, financing and termination of the partnership, and to provide information about the scale and ... arising from the project must be agreed upon between the HEI/SETI andtheindustry partner before commencing the project. In terms of funding, THRIP support is limited to South African HEIs and...
... including funds of funds, except for France, Germany and Italy for which the funds of funds data areincluded inthe other fund categories; (3) net sales of non-UCITS are included in "other" ... net inflows of EUR 23 billion during the quarter. Overall, net inflows into UCITS amounted to EUR 48 billion during the first half of 2011, slightly behind the EUR 55 billion recorded inthe ... during the first half of the year, down from net inflows of EUR 142 billion for the same period in 2010. This reduction reflects the change in investor confidence from a high level at the beginning...
... percent) and Germany (2.1 percent). On the other hand, countries in Southern Europe continued to record negative growth during the quarter reflecting net outflows. Table 4. Net Assets of the ... including funds of funds, except for France, Germany and Italy for which the funds of funds data areincluded inthe other fund categories; (3) net sales of non-UCITS are included in "other" ... DDoommiicciilliiaattiioonn The combined assets of the investment fund market in Europe, i.e. the market for UCITS and non-UCITS, increased by 0.9 percent inthe second quarter of 2012 to stand at EUR 8,437...
... of hardwood but not in cooking time. Generally speaking, further processing inthe fiber production line such as screening, bleaching and drying is largely the same for the non-wood fibers ... on the Pulp and Paper Industryin Vietnam and Related Environmental Issues 2.6.1 Overview on Pulp and Paper IndustryThe number of pulp and paper mill and designed capacity of existing ... of the pulp and paper production. The main processing sections consuming water are washing, diluting pulp before pumped to beaters, beating and paper making. Actually, in this mill beating...