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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Agricultural Productivity and Poverty Alleviation: What Role for Technological Innovation  ]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:abstract><![CDATA[The role of agriculture in economic development remains much debated. This paper takes an empirical perspective and focuses on the relationships between agriculture productivity and poverty reduction. The contribution of agriculture sector to poverty is shown to depend on its own growth performance, its indirect impact on growth in other sectors, the extent to which poor people participate in the sector, and the size of the sector in the overall economy. Bringing together these different effects and taking into consideration the role played by technological innovation, we use an aggregate annual panel data, on a sample composed of 32Sub-SaharanAfrica (SSA) countries, from 1990-2011 to estimate a simultaneous equation model that capture the interrelationship between agriculture productivity, technological innovation and poverty. Findings show first that agricultural productivity contributes significantly to economic growth and poverty in SSA. Second, technological innovation appears to have a positive and significant impact on poverty through its direct and indirect impact through agriculture productivity and growth.]]></dcterms:abstract>
    <dcterms:publisher><![CDATA[International Burch University]]></dcterms:publisher>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[2014-03-15]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[2400]]></dcterms:extent>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://omeka.ibu.edu.ba/items/show/847">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Conflict and the Freedom of the Press]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:abstract><![CDATA[Using data from 146 countries, this study empirically tests the relationship between conflict and press freedom. Holding all else constant, the results indicate that the relationship between conflict and press freedom is best described as nonlinear such that the greatest conflict is observed at an intermediate level of press freedom. It is theorized that while past research has found that greater press freedom serves to reduce conflict, governments with a tightly controlled press can also observe lower levels of conflict as these government can use their control to censored information, images, and messaging to minimize conflict and unrest.      ]]></dcterms:abstract>
    <dcterms:publisher><![CDATA[International Burch University]]></dcterms:publisher>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[2014-03-15]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[2398]]></dcterms:extent>
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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Determinations of Firm Growth: A Study of Rural SMEs in Bosnia-Herzegovina]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:abstract><![CDATA[Rural development is identified as one of the key areas of intervention in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH). The main drivers of rural development can be small sized companies run by rural entrepreneurs, and intervention should be focused on enabling environment for their growth. The paper presents analysis of the factors determining growth in employment by small rural businesses in BiH, using quantitative data from original survey conducted in 2012. The direction and magnitude of different factors were further analyzed through qualitative data analysis. Findings from this research identify the key obstacles affecting growth of rural businesses, primarily related to infrastructure, access to finance, access to market, and availability of “soft” skills. The paper proposed possible ways of intervention in reducing these obstacles in order to promote rural development in BiH.]]></dcterms:abstract>
    <dcterms:publisher><![CDATA[International Burch University]]></dcterms:publisher>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[2014-03-15]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[2393]]></dcterms:extent>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://omeka.ibu.edu.ba/items/show/845">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Knowledge Management Processes in Thermal Hotels:  An Application in Afyonkarahisar Province, Turkey  ]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:abstract><![CDATA[This study aims to analyze knowledge management (KM) processes in thermal hotels in Afyonkarahisar province in Turkey. Within the scope of this research, the KM processes applied in thermal hotels have been determined through conducting questionnaire surveys. Descriptive analyses of hotel managers’ views on KM processes were presented. Also, discriminant analysis was used to determine differences between participants’ views based on their demographic characteristics. As a result of the study, it was found that thermal hotels highly apply KM processes. Knowledge creation is the most applied KM process among others. In addition, it was found that informal communication should be encouraged in order to improve knowledge sharing.]]></dcterms:abstract>
    <dcterms:publisher><![CDATA[International Burch University]]></dcterms:publisher>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[2014-03-15]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[2401]]></dcterms:extent>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://omeka.ibu.edu.ba/items/show/844">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[External Environment Analysis: A Focus on SME’s in the Republic of Macedonia]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:abstract><![CDATA[External environment analysis during the last couple of decades has become one of the main issues in contemporary business organizations. The main objective of this paper is not to simply address the widely spread and accepted body of knowledge in the field of external environment analysis, but rather to provide a description insights regarding the implementation of the widely known techniques for external environment analysis by SME’s in the Republic of Macedonia, more particularly in the Pollog region . The paper is based on a practical questionnaire analysis of SME managers in the Republic of Macedonia and strives to provide insides regarding the degree to which external analysis is conducted by the companies and determine the main barriers influencing their implementation.    Keywords: external environment, techniques, SME, Macedonia.  ]]></dcterms:abstract>
    <dcterms:publisher><![CDATA[International Burch University]]></dcterms:publisher>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[2014-04]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[2615]]></dcterms:extent>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[ISSN 2303-4564     ]]></dcterms:identifier>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://omeka.ibu.edu.ba/items/show/843">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Creating Value for Leasing Service Customers on the Example of VB Leasing In the Market of Bosnia And Herzegovina]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:abstract><![CDATA[The paper is aimed at analyzing the process of creating the customer value added in the area of leasing services, as well as at determining what the value added implies for leasing product customers. The leasing company&#039;s goal is to develop and maintain its client relations through creating the leasing service customer value added, and thus achieve increased business efficiency and an increase in its market share. The paper will analyze advantages and disadvantages of the leasing package, both from economic and from financial aspect of leasing. Leasing package development is based on the mutual economic interest of both lessor and lessee. The financial basis of leasing is financing, i.e. acquisition of given goods without engaging one&#039;s own capital and without entering a classic loan-based relationship. The paper will also discuss types of leasing that are the most frequent in Bosnia and Herzegovina market. In order to determine what represents the total value for the leasing service customer, for the paper purposes, we will conduct primary research pertaining to the importance of individual elements in dealing with a leasing company, and study the present customer satisfaction in dealing with leasing companies. Data will be collected through survey questionnaires with close ended questions based on the Likert scale from one to five. Survey questionnaire will comprise two parts: the importance of individual elements dealing with a leasing company and the present customer satisfactions in dealing with a leasing company. Each part will comprise five elements.  The respondents will be requested to rank each element according to importance in dealing with a leasing company. The questionnaire surveys will be distributed among leasing customers, legal and private persons in Bosnia and Herzegovina. 500 questionnaire surveys will be distributed. Besides the described primary data, the analysis will also use the secondary data of international and local organizations involved in analyzing the leasing market. The research will provide an insight into what affects the creation of the leasing service customer value added, and how it is reflected on the company&#039;s market share.  Keywords: operational leasing, financial leasing, service, customer value added, marketing.  ]]></dcterms:abstract>
    <dcterms:publisher><![CDATA[International Burch University]]></dcterms:publisher>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[2014-04]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[2642]]></dcterms:extent>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[ISSN 2303-4564     ]]></dcterms:identifier>
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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[A Field Research about Oppression Incurred Upon Woman Entrepreneurs in Patriarchal Societies]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:abstract><![CDATA[In societies where men are dominant, women generally live under the domination of men. In these societies; women do not think, produce and express an opinion. According to man; woman does household chores, take care of children and provide fundamental requirements of man. Women have recently started to involve more in societies because of development of information, technology and education system and raising economic level of societies. This situation made the effect of man domination decrease significantly. It is especially seen that women recently trust themselves more and start entrepreneurship activities to gain economic independence. Technological advancements, increase in education levels and government policies aimed at women caused this situation. How was seen entrance of women into business life by man and which type of pressures were implemented to women entrepreneurs were needed to be as research topic, so this study was done. For this purpose, a survey which consists of 13 questions was prepared by making literature review. The questionnaire included both entrepreneurship qualities and difficulties which were faced by woman entrepreneurs. The questionnaire was conducted to those women who constructed a business in Adiyaman and Balikesir. It was reached 84 woman entrepreneurs who met the requirements and face to face questionnaires were conducted. Analyses were done by entering data to SPSS 20.0 program data file. Reliability of measurement (Cronbach’s Alpha) was seen as 0,818 in these analyses. It was seen that being innovative and having high self confidence are becoming prominent characteristics in question which is related to the qualities which must entrepreneurs have. It was also seen that they used mainly equity in establishment of their businesses. Also, KOSGEB and Micro credit possibilities were utilized by them. In addition, it was seen that woman entrepreneurs did not suffer oppression in establishment and operation of their businesses. It was seen that there is not significant differences between various demographic attributes with entrepreneur skills and oppression with initiative barriers of woman entrepreneurs. The result of this study is expected to promote and encourage woman entrepreneur candidates.    Keywords: Entrepreneurship, Entrepreneurial Characteristics, Women Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship suppression, Entrepreneurship Education.  ]]></dcterms:abstract>
    <dcterms:publisher><![CDATA[International Burch University]]></dcterms:publisher>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[2014-04]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[2643]]></dcterms:extent>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[ISSN 2303-4564     ]]></dcterms:identifier>
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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[How The Level Of Emotional Intelligence Affects Opportunity Identification?]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:abstract><![CDATA[Opportunity identification is emerging as a critical component of the entrepreneurial process representing the ‘most distinctive and fundamental entrepreneurial behavior’ (Hayton et. al. 2011; 15). Opportunity recognition has long been accepted as a key aspect of the entrepreneurial process (Ozgenve Baron, 2007:174). The issue why some individuals take advantage of opportunities and some cannot is usually studied. While some studies found that personality traits, psychological variables and demographic factors may affect on entrepreneurial activity, other researchers have looked to the importance of social capital and network ties to new venture creation.    In this study, we focus on the effects of emotional intelligence on opportunity identification. We attempt to explain these effects by creating a theoretical framework that considers the interaction between emotional intelligence levels and opportunity identification. To test research hypotheses, data will be gathered from students at the Business Program of The Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences in a university in Turkey. The resulting data will be analyzed by appropriate statistical methods. In accordance with this analysis, it will be determined whether individuals&#039; emotional intelligence level has an impact on opportunity identification skills.    Keywords: Opportunity identification, emotional intelligence, entrepreneurial process.  ]]></dcterms:abstract>
    <dcterms:publisher><![CDATA[International Burch University]]></dcterms:publisher>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[2014-04]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[2616]]></dcterms:extent>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[ISSN 2303-4564     ]]></dcterms:identifier>
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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[An Evaluation of Municipality Services in Sivas, Turkey through the lens of CSS scope]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:abstract><![CDATA[For quite a long time, municipalities in Turkey are offering a wide array of exceptional services such as art courses, dining &amp; drinking, health &amp; elderly care, cultural services etc. In this paper, through public administration and Turkish law, we take a look at basic missions of municipalities and then, move on for an evaluation of these exceptional services through corporate social responsibility perspective. Our work tries to answer the question whether these municipality actions can be considered as socially responsible management or not. Authors argue that, due to increased competition among political parties, municipalities are expanding their services beyond their mission stated in Turkish law.     We also visit the concept of corporate social responsibility in this paper and provide brief descriptions from existing literature. In the last section of the paper, we conduct a quantitative survey with the residents of Sivas city. By using this survey, we aim to understand how residents of Sivas evaluate –beyond mission- services of their municipality. Our survey includes questions and/or factors from European Union CSR initiative. We hope that results of this paper can open directions for further CSR and public administration research. With an emphasis on mission, responsibility and evaluation concepts, municipalities can review their stance and researchers can expand these empiric results for further knowledge creation.    Keywords: public, administration, municipality, corporate, social, responsibility.  ]]></dcterms:abstract>
    <dcterms:publisher><![CDATA[International Burch University]]></dcterms:publisher>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[2014-04]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[2652]]></dcterms:extent>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[ISSN 2303-4564     ]]></dcterms:identifier>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://omeka.ibu.edu.ba/items/show/839">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[A Comprehensive Look at Generation Z and Their Expectations from Public Administration]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:abstract><![CDATA[One can argue that there is vast amount of difference in behavior and expectation of generations. In this paper, we try to bring together some insights about generation z and their role in today&#039;s world.  Firstly, we take a brief look at the phenomenon and review basic descriptions.  We try to demonstrate basic differentiation of this new generation. We have seen some revolts and riots throughout the world, mostly led by generation z, against governments. Based on these definitions and actions, secondly, we try to develop empirical knowledge of generation z&#039;s main expectations from public administration, using a questionnaire conducted on a limited number of generation z members.     Authors are using a quantitative research methodology on this paper, with the aim of understanding how expectations of generation z differ from previous ones. Based on some factors from existing literature, we argue that they demand more transparency, accountability, social welfare and fair administration. Current study can be expanded as; comparative studies based on similar questionnaire with members of other generations. Some limitations of the study should be noted as well. Sample group is selected on a narrow geographical location and in limited numbers. Time and budget constraints prevented researchers from reaching a wider sample group. In summary, this paper tries to focus on generation z and their expectations from public administration.  	  Keywords: generation z, public administration.  ]]></dcterms:abstract>
    <dcterms:publisher><![CDATA[International Burch University]]></dcterms:publisher>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[2014-04]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[2653]]></dcterms:extent>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[ISSN 2303-4564     ]]></dcterms:identifier>
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