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The Telephone Interview Questionnaire

Be Prepared to Interview Be prepared, Be very prepared. It is one thing to gather the courage to walk up to a perfect stranger, put on your best smile and ask them to fill out a questionnaire. It is a...

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The Effect of Natural Disasters on Remittance Inflows: Jamaica’s Experience

Purpose of Study: To Quantify the effects of natural disasters on remittance inflows to Jamaica Data source: The researcher utilized quarterly time series data ranging from 1998 to 2010 The data was...

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What’s stopping your Financial Success?

Purpose of Article: To highlight some of the main factors preventing achievement of goals To present plausible actions and recommendations to overcome above mentioned problems Discussion of Findings:...

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The Statistical link between Violent Crimes and Investment (FDI) in Jamaica

Statement of Problem: Puerto Rico, the Caribbean – Jamaica in particular – and other developing countries, since the 1980’s, have placed great emphasis on a ‘FDI’ lead development strategy. This...

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Jamaica and ‘Big Data’: The Future of Research

The emergence of ‘big data‘ – the wealth of information being collected daily on customer behaviour and attitude via websites such as Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin etc – will cause a change in research...

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Another look at Questionnaire Design

“It is not every question that deserves an answer.” – Pubius Syrus Questionnaire design is  imperative to the success of a research project. When all is said and done, the results of your research...

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Increased liability of Directors for the actions of their companies: Caribbean

The sacrosanct principle of limited liability is explicitly stated in the House of Lords decision Salomon v Salomon[1]. The learned judges in this case held that the company and its shareholders have...

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“Thou shalt not be black”: Christianity & the distribution of power

Within the Caribbean, and more specifically the Jamaican context, the failure to acknowledge religion as a significant factor in the distribution of power, opportunities and status still exists. And...

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