Search Results - subject:"Workforce development"

Inclusive cluster-based development strategies for inner cities : a conference summary

Toussaint-Comeau, Maude; Newberger, Robin; Augustine, … - In: Economic development quarterly : the journal of … 30 (2016) 2, pp. 171-184

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A systems approach to identify skill needs for agrifood nanotechnology : a multiphase mixed methods study

Yawson, Robert M.; Greiman, Bradley C. - In: Human resource development quarterly 27 (2016) 4, pp. 517-545

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Malaysia's education crisis : can TVET help?

Cheong, Kee Cheok; Lee, Kionghock - In: Malaysian journal of economic studies 53 (2016) 1, pp. 115-134

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Capacity and capability building for national HRD : a multi-level conceptual framework

Alagaraja, Meera; Githens, Rod P. - In: Human resource development review : HRD review 15 (2016) 1, pp. 77-100

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Are self-employment training programs effective? Evidence from Project GATE

Michaelides, Marios; Benus, Jacob - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010

In 2002, the U.S. Department of Labor and the Small Business Administration implemented Project GATE, an experimental demonstration program designed to provide free self-employment assistance to individuals interested in starting their own business. This paper uses data from Project GATE to...

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Race and self-employment: The role of training programs, self-employment background, and access to financing

Michaelides, Marios - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010

This paper uses data from Project GATE to examine the efficacy of offering free self-employment assistance to unemployed individuals interested in self-employment, overall and by race. We also examine the effect of participants’ self-employment background, finances, and personal circumstances...

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Are self-employment training programs effective? Evidence from Project GATE

Michaelides, Marios; Benus, Jacob - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010

This paper presents new evidence on the efficacy of self-employment training programs using data from Project GATE (Growing America Through Entrepreneurship). Project GATE was an experimental design demonstration program that offered free self-employment training to a random sample of...

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The Restructured Landscape of Economic Development

Meléndez, Edwin; Borges-Mendez, Ramon; Visser, M. Anne; … - In: Economic Development Quarterly 29 (2015) 2, pp. 150-166

Regional workforce development collaborations have emerged as a notable approach to tackle complex problems within … workforce development systems. While much of the existing research on workforce development documents the importance of … promoting regional workforce development collaborations, little research exists that adequately identifies the specific barriers …

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From folk high school to human resource development : Polish experience

Różański, Andrzej - In: Human resource development international : enhancing … 18 (2015) 2, pp. 191-202

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AHRD! : take the opportunity and pioneer vocational MOOCs

Beigi, Mina; Wang, Jia; Shirmohammadi, Melika - In: Human resource development international : enhancing … 18 (2015) 2, pp. 203-212

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