Factors Affecting Business Students’ Willingness to Study Abroad:Evidence from the Caribbean

While grass may suffice to meet the nutritional needs of grazing ruminants in terms of carbohydrate and protein, they may not necessarily provide the minimal levels of minerals necessary to maintain health. Since, with the exception of salt, it is unusual to provide supplementary minerals it is necessary to ensure that the grazed grass is so managed that mineral levels are adequate. This article reviews the various factors that influence the mineral profiles of tropical grasses in the Caribbean, Latin America, and Africa.

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Exploring the Factors Affecting Entrepreneurial Intention Among Business Students in Saudi Arabia

SSRN Electronic Journal ◽

10.2139/ssrn.3276889 ◽

2018 ◽

Author(s):

Najmul Hoda ◽

Abdullah Kinsara ◽

Afnan Mushtaq ◽

Mohammad Hakeem

Keyword(s):

Saudi Arabia ◽

Business Students ◽

Entrepreneurial Intention ◽

Factors Affecting

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Factors Affecting Wetland Connectivity for Wintering Semipalmated Sandpipers (Calidris pusilla) in the Caribbean

Waterbirds ◽

10.1675/063.039.0304 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 39 (3) ◽

pp. 250-259

Author(s):

Morgan A. Parks ◽

Jaime A. Collazo ◽

Katsí R. Ramos Álvarez

Keyword(s):

Factors Affecting ◽

Wetland Connectivity ◽

The Caribbean ◽

Calidris Pusilla ◽

Semipalmated Sandpipers

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Factors Affecting Career Choice of Business Students in the Senior High Schools: A Study of Selected Schools in the Cape Coast Metropolis

Naše gospodarstvo/Our economy ◽

10.2478/ngoe-2021-0006 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 67 (1) ◽

pp. 61-70

Author(s):

John Archison Duku ◽

Leticia Bosu ◽

Dominic Ekow Ansah ◽

Abigail Achiaa Agyapong ◽

Abigail Afia Bafowaah ◽

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Keyword(s):

High Schools ◽

Peer Influence ◽

Business Students ◽

Influential Factors ◽

Family Influence ◽

Career Counselling ◽

Cape Coast ◽

Factors Affecting ◽

Job Opportunities ◽

Analyze Data

Abstract Factors affecting business students’ choice of career in accounting and factors affecting business students’ inability to choose a career in accounting remains unclear. We used SPSS to analyze data collected from four randomly selected senior high schools in the central region of Ghana through questionnaires. This paper investigated the influences of job opportunities, personal interest, family influence, social status, peer influence, salary expectation, weakness in mathematics, time it takes to become an accountant, and stress involved in the accounting career. The paper then revealed the effects of these influencing factors. Though other factors were found to have substantial effects, the results clearly shows that high salary expectation and job opportunities are the most influential factors that influences a business student’s choice to choose or not to choose a career in accounting. These results could be used as a reference for educational reforms and career counselling.

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TEMPORAL AND GEOGRAPHICAL YIELD PATTERNS OF SEMI-INTENSIVE SHRIMP CULTURE (PENAEUS VANNAMEI (BOONE)) DURING THE PERIOD 1991-1993 IN THE CARIBBEAN COLOMBIA

Bulletin of Marine and Coastal Research ◽

10.25268/bimc.invemar.1997.26.0.360 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 26 ◽

Author(s):

Lovana Moreno Amezquita ◽

Federico Newmark ◽

Camilo B. Garcia

Keyword(s):

Conversion Rate ◽

Stocking Density ◽

Penaeus Vannamei ◽

Von Bertalanffy ◽

Feed Conversion ◽

Shrimp Culture ◽

Factors Affecting ◽

Geographical Patterns ◽

The Caribbean ◽

Feed Conversion Rate

Temporal and geographical patterns of yield and selected factors affecting it: growth (von Bertalanffy K and L90: length reached after 90 days culture), survival, feed conversion rate and stocking density, were analyzed for shrimp (Penaeus vannamei) cultured in the Caribbean Colombia for the period 1991-1993. Yield did not vary between years, but it did between sites, showing the Bahía de Cispatá farm the statistically highest yield in the period considered. This pattern can be explained by the fact that shrimp there grew slowly to attain a good size, concomitantly with the highest stocking density and good feed conversion rate. In contrast, shrimp of the other sites tended to grow quicker but to stagnate at smaller sizes, stocking density tended to be lower and feed conversion rate was not so good. The growth performance index 0 of P. vannamei cultured in the Caribbean Colombia were much higher than 0 values of wild penaeids, but (transformed as 0") comparable with 0, values of P. vannamei cultured in Perú.

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Caribbean Commission

International Organization ◽

10.1017/s0020818300021238 ◽

1950 ◽

Vol 4 (3) ◽

pp. 507-510

Keyword(s):

United States ◽

Industrial Development ◽

Research Council ◽

Virgin Islands ◽

Education Economics ◽

Factors Affecting ◽

Caribbean Area ◽

Industrial Productivity ◽

The Caribbean ◽

The Cost

Ninth SessionThe ninth meeting of the Caribbean Commission was held at St. Thomas, Virgin Islands, from December 5 to 9 under the chairmanship of Ward M. Canaday (United States). One of the first items to be considered was the Secretary General's report on secretariat activities since the eighth meeting of the Commission. The Secretary-General (Cramer) reported that in addition to servicing the Commission and the Caribbean Research Council, the secretariat had carried out the publications program of the Commission, had handled numerous requests for information and assistance, and had undertaken studies on such subjects as soil erosion, Caribbean industry and the utilization of sugar by-products. The Commission approved appointments to the Caribbean Research Council and its committees on medicine, public health and nutrition, sociology and education, economics and statistics, engineering, and industrial development. It was decided to convene in 1950 a small conference of territorial statistical officers to discuss standardization of methods of reporting trade statistics. A United States paper on “Socio Economic Surveys in the Caribbean Area” which had been submitted at the eighth meeting was considered in the light of governmental comments on the projects proposed, and the Commission agreed to give priority to two projects deemed to be of the most immediate value to the social and economic development of the area: a study of Caribbean employment patterns and the factors affecting industrial productivity, and a study of educational and leadership requirements. Third order of priority was given to a survey of variations in the cost and levels of living in the various Caribbean territories.

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Factors affecting business graduates' employability–empirical evidence using partial least squares (PLS)

Education + Training ◽

10.1108/et-12-2018-0258 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 62 (3) ◽

pp. 292-310

Author(s):

Md Moazzem Hossain ◽

Manzurul Alam ◽

Mohammed Alamgir ◽

Amirus Salat

Keyword(s):

Least Squares ◽

Partial Least Squares ◽

Social Mobility ◽

Structural Equation ◽

Business Students ◽

Content Type ◽

Factors Affecting ◽

Business Graduates ◽

Graduate Employability ◽

The Relationship

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to examine the relationship between skills and employability of business graduates. The study also examines the moderating effect of ‘social mobility factors’ in the ‘skills–employability’ relationship.Design/methodology/approachA quantitative positivist approach was undertaken to test the hypotheses. Business graduates from two universities in a developing country responded to a questionnaire about their perceptions of different sets of employability factors. Partial least squares (PLS)-based structural equation modelling (SEM) was used to examine the relationships between skills and employability of business graduates.FindingsThe findings show that both soft skills and technical skills are positively related to employability, which is consistent with prior studies. The findings also indicate that social mobility factors play a significant role in employability.Research limitations/implicationsThe study is based on data from two public universities, and its findings need to be interpreted with care as universities differ in their size, area of concentration and ownership structure.Practical implicationsThe findings advance the evidence of graduate employability of business students. Based on these results, university authorities, policymakers, teachers and business graduates will benefit from the findings related to students preparedness for the competitive global job market.Originality/valueThe study's findings contribute to business graduates' skill set development in the developing countries that share a similar education system, culture and values.

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