UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE INTERNATIONAL EXAMINATIONS General Certificate of Education Advanced Level ECONOMICS Paper 3 Multiple Choice (Supplement) 9708/32 October/November 2013 1 hour Additional Materials: Multiple Choice Answer Sheet Soft clean eraser Soft pencil (type B or HB is recommended) *9990546754* READ THESE INSTRUCTIONS FIRST Write in soft pencil. Do not use staples, paper clips, highlighters, glue or correction fluid. Write your name, Centre number and candidate number
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mentioned which relevant industry it’s referred to. The initial perception of being in this study is there is a positive correlation between the times spent working in the workplace and the work performance. This study also analyse about the working productivity between the two countries which possess a very distinct working culture - Japan and Malaysia. There are some factors that influence the employee behaviour in the workplace, and this includes the influence from social media and the work-life balance
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Prospects of shipbuilding industry in Bangladesh by Dr NM Golam Zakaria The rich history of shipbuilding in Bangladesh dates back to a long ago. Due to congenial geographical location of this part of sub-continent, people living here used to craft wooden boat for commuting and transporting goods. They also nurtured their heritage of craftsmanship in boat building over many centuries and transferred this artistic skill to subsequent generations across different
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Prospects of shipbuilding industry in Bangladesh Admin by Dr NM Golam Zakaria The rich history of shipbuilding in Bangladesh dates back to a long ago. Due to congenial geographical location of this part of sub-continent, people living here used to craft wooden boat for commuting and transporting goods. They also nurtured their heritage of craftsmanship in boat building over many centuries and transferred this artistic skill to subsequent generations across different cluster of population. Historical
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Purchasing Australian Made Goods and its Effect on Our Economy ABSTRACT The purpose of this essay is to analyse the effects of purchasing Australian made goods on the Australian economy in relation to determining the degree to which it is advantageous. The research concludes that in fact it is far more beneficial for consumers to purchase goods unbiasedly. The economic theory of a comparative advantage denotes that a country should aim to specialise its production as to channel resources efficiently
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that of labour intensive industries such as those in China. Also, India has a large pool of well – Trained engineers and scientists capable of adapting and restructuring imported know – how to suit local factor and product market condition all of these factors promote effective spillovers of technology and know- how from foreign firms to locally own firms. The optimum level of FDI, which generates substantial spillovers, enhances learning on the job, and contributes to the growth of productivity, is
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key factors which significantly cause businesses to gain competitive advantage in a particular industry. Moreover, knowledge resources, raw material, unskilled labour force are the non-key factors. Last reported number of total labour force in Chile is 8,037,177 (Trading economies (2013). Nevertheless, skills, abilities and cost of the labour force are factors which significantly affect to development of competitive advantage (REF). Education systems in Chile are not stronger as other developed countries
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mainly relies on technological innovation. However, as for developing countries, growth and development follows developed countries by forcing the technology mechanism and changing the structure of production towards activities with higher levels of productivity. The evidence show that during 1970s and 1980s there were of structural changes in economic activities where developing countries enters the global markets. In his preface, Giplin (2001; xi) point out that “…important step toward the creation of
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investment in British manufacturing industry. Earlier research by Rostas (1948), Frankel (1955) and some Anglo ± American study teams1 had shown that the labour productivity in US manufacturing industry was, on average, 2 to 5 times higher than that in UK industry. The question this fact posed in my mind was: was this difference in productivity a reflection of the superior indigenous (and immobile) resources of the US (cf. the UK) economy; or was it due to the more proficient way in which the managers
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