gemstones

Gemstones

Agate (4)
Alexandrite (3)
Amazonite (3)
Amethyst (2)
Aquamarine (3)
Aventurine (3)
Bixbite (3)
Cat's eye (3)
Chalcedony (3)
Citrine (3)
Diamond (12)
Emerald (14)
Gemstone (87)
Jade (2)
Moonstone (3)
Morganite (3)
Onyx (3)
Opal (2)
Pearl (6)
Ruby (13)
Sapphire (2)
Spinel (3)
Sunstone (3)
Topaz (3)
Tourmaline (3)
Turquoise (6)

Figures compiled from Entrepreneurship in Ireland 2010 Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) Report and GEM Report 2011;*

Figures compiled from Entrepreneurship in Ireland 2010 GEM report and GEM Report 2011; Ireland is not alone in experiencing this decline in entrepreneurial activity.

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Head of Ad Adult Popula dult Populat ation 2004 & tion 2004 & & 2010 2010 FORFÃ S EVALUATION OF ENTERPRISE SUPPORTS FOR START-UPS & ENTREPRENEURSHIP 25

s July 2013 Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) 2012 Global Entrepreneurship Monitor July 2013 Annual Employment Survey 2012 Forfã¡

and supports available to any person wishing to-18-9 CSO (2012) Migration and Diversity. 10 GEM (2012) Entrepreneurship in Ireland recommendations recommendations recommendations establish a business

Reports GEM Ireland National Report,(2012) GEM USA National Report (2012) Gibb, A.,Haskins, G,

The Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM), which provides useful international comparative information on entrepreneurship, reflects the difficulties for entrepreneurship which Ireland has experienced in recent years.

The GEM measure of total early-stage entrepreneurial activity6 (TEA) peaked at 9. 8%in 2005

Ireland was ranked second across the EU-15 and ninth across the EU-28 for TEA by GEM in its 2013 report.

The 2013 GEM report also revealed a significant improvement in attitudes towards entrepreneurship. It showed that 50%of Irish adults considered entrepreneurship to be a good career choice

According to GEM 2013, Irish men are 1. 9 times more likely than Irish women to be an early stage entrepreneur, with rates of early stage entrepreneurs at 12.1%for men and 6

Altogether, the index construction integrates 31 variables, 16 from GEM and 15 from other data sources, into 14 pillars and three sub-indexes.

Culture, Human Capital & Education The Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) provides an annual assessment of the entrepreneurial activity,

GEM measures the involvement of individuals in entrepreneurial activity through a number of stages, from aspiring entrepreneurs to nascent entrepreneurs and new business owners.

Performance Indicators Culture, Human Capital & Education Metric Source Baseline-2013 Output-2014 CULTURE Aspirational Entrepreneurs GEM 14.7%Nascent Entrepreneurs GEM

5. 5%Total Early Stage Entrepreneurial Activity GEM 9. 2%Public Attitude to Entrepreneurship GEM 50%Participation rates in competitions/awards Student

Employment and Investment Incentive scheme GEDI Global Entrepreneurship Development Index GEM Global Entrepreneurship Monitor HEA Higher education Authority HEI Higher education institutions HBAP Halo Business

Foreign Direct Investment FET Further Education and Training FH2020 Food Harvest 2020 GEDI Global Entrepreneurship Development Index GEM Global Entrepreneurship Monitor

Finding the diamond in the rough, and tumbleâ€, AMIA Annu Symp Proc.,November 11â€ 15,2006, WASHINGTON DC, pp. 1172â€ 1173.3.

G#2v 8519 Barrow-man 0#3#barrow-man Barrow-man G#2v 8520 Brakesman 0#3#brakesman Brakesman

G#2v 8521 Breaker boy 0#3#breaker boy Breaker boy G#2v 8522 Driller 0#3#driller Driller

0#3#timberer Timberer G#1v 8529 Mineral exploration 0#2#mineral exploration Mineral exploration G#1v 8530 Minerals

G#2v 8531 Abelsonite 0#3#abelsonite Abelsonite G#2v 8532 Abenakiite 0#3#abenakiite Abenakiite

G#2v 8533 Abernathyite 0#3#abernathyite Abernathyite G#2v 8534 Abhurite 0#3#abhurite Abhurite

G#2v 8535 Abswurmbachite 0#3#abswurmbachite Abswurmbachite G#2v 8536 Actinolite 0#3#actinolite Actinolite

G#2v 8537 Acuminite 0#3#acuminite Acuminite G#2v 8538 Adamite 0#3#adamite Adamite

G#2v 8541 Admontite 0#3#admontite Admontite G#2v 8542 Aegirine 0#3#aegirine Aegirine

G#2v 8543 Aenigmatite 0#3#aenigmatite Aenigmatite G#2v 8544 Aerinite 0#3#aerinite Aerinite

G#2v 8545 Aerugite 0#3#aerugite Aerugite G#2v 8546 Afghanite 0#3#afghanite Afghanite

G#2v 8547 Afwillite 0#3#afwillite Afwillite G#2v 8548 Agardite 0#3#agardite Agardite

G#2v 8549 Agrellite 0#3#agrellite Agrellite G#2v 8550 Agrinierite 0#3#agrinierite Agrinierite

G#2v 8551 Aguilarite 0#3#aguilarite Aguilarite G#2v 8552 Aheylite 0#3#aheylite Aheylite

G#2v 8553 Ahlfeldite 0#3#ahlfeldite Ahlfeldite G#2v 8554 Aikinite 0#3#aikinite Aikinite

G#2v 8555 Ajoite 0#3#ajoite Ajoite G#2v 8556 Akaganeite 0#3#akaganeite Akaganeite

0#3#akaganéite Akaganeite G#2v 8557 Akatoreite 0#3#akatoreite Akatoreite G#2v 8558 Akdalaite

0#3#akdalaite Akdalaite G#2v 8952 Åkermanite 0#3#akermanite Åkermanite 0#3#åkermanite Åkermanite

G#2v 8559 Aksaite 0#3#aksaite Aksaite G#2v 8560 Alabandite 0#3#alabandite Alabandite

G#2v 8561 Alamosite 0#3#alamosite Alamosite G#2v 8562 Alarsite 0#3#alarsite Alarsite

G#2v 8563 Albite 0#3#albite Albite G#2v 8564 Aldermanite 0#3#aldermanite Aldermanite

G#2v 8565 Alforsite 0#3#alforsite Alforsite G#2v 8566 Algodonite 0#3#algodonite Algodonite

G#2v 8567 Aliettite 0#3#aliettite Aliettite G#2v 8568 Allabogdanite 0#3#allabogdanite Allabogdanite

G#2v 8569 Alloclasite 0#3#alloclasite Alloclasite G#2v 8570 Allophane 0#3#allophane Allophane

G#2v 8571 Almandine 0#3#almandine Almandine G#2v 8572 Alstonite 0#3#alstonite Alstonite

G#2v 8573 Altaite 0#3#altaite Altaite G#2v 8574 Aluminite 0#3#aluminite Aluminite

G#2v 8577 Amblygonite 0#3#amblygonite Amblygonite G#2v 8578 Ameghinite 0#3#ameghinite Ameghinite

G#2v 8579 Amphibole 0#3#amphibole Amphibole G#2v 8580 Analcite 0#3#analcite Analcite

G#2v 8583 Andalusite 0#3#andalusite Andalusite G#2v 8584 Andesine 0#3#andesine Andesine

G#2v 8585 Andradite 0#3#andradite Andradite G#2v 8586 Anglesite 0#3#anglesite Anglesite

G#2v 8587 Anhydrite 0#3#anhydrite Anhydrite G#2v 8588 Ankerite 0#3#ankerite Ankerite

G#2v 8589 Annabergite 0#3#annabergite Annabergite G#2v 8590 Anorthite 0#3#anorthite Anorthite

G#2v 8591 Anorthoclase 0#3#anorthoclase Anorthoclase G#2v 8592 Anorthosite 0#3#anorthosite Anorthosite

G#2v 8593 Anthophyllite 0#3#anthophyllite Anthophyllite G#2v 8594 Antigorite 0#3#antigorite Antigorite

G#2v 8595 Antimony 0#3#antimony Antimony G#2v 8596 Antitaenite 0#3#antitaenite Antitaenite

G#2v 8597 Antlerite 0#3#antlerite Antlerite G#2v 8598 Antozonite 0#3#antozonite Antozonite

The GEM is the largest ongoing global study of entrepreneurial dynamics in the world, measures multiple phases on entrepreneurship, sponsored by Babson College (USA

Monitor (GEM) estimated that 388 million entrepreneurs were engaged actively in starting and running new businesses in 2011 around the globe,

126 Global Entrepreneurship Monitor, â€oe2011 GEM Global Report. â€ It should be noted that the GEM surveys entrepreneurs

Global Entrepreneurship Monitor. â€oe2011 GEM Global Report. â€ Babson Park, Mass: Babson College 2011 www. gemconsortium. org/about. aspx?

and diamond cutting in Surat, India Clusters include not only businesses but institutions such as academic programs, trade associations, and standards

data (turquoise Successful actors in DSI have managed to leverage large networks using the Internet in order to accomplish innova

Guaranteed Electronic Market (GEM), a web-based market for people to exchange time and loans of products.

/The website is a Ruby on Rails app, but uses Tripod and Mongodb instead of Activerecord.

in Ruby and Sinatra. Data stored in Postgresql/Postgis database Collaboration using digital technologies is done mainly using e-mail, vid

Python and Ruby on Rails) to build their open web applications On a larger scale, this might be indicative of how Commons 4 EU looks

The team mainly code in Ruby on Rails, the plat -form is built with also a group of UX practitioners,

highly scalable application built in Ruby on Rails that runs on Amazon web services and uses Mongodb, Redis and

/The website is a Ruby on Rails app, but uses Tripod and Mongodb instead of Activerecord.

in Ruby and Sinatra. Data stored in Postgresql/Postgis database Collaboration using digital technologies is done mainly using e-mail, vid

Python and Ruby on Rails) to build their open web applications On a larger scale, this might be indicative of how Commons 4 EU looks

The team mainly code in Ruby on Rails, the plat -form is built with also a group of UX practitioners,

highly scalable application built in Ruby on Rails that runs on Amazon web services and uses Mongodb, Redis and

Economics and Globalization, Volume 10), Emerald Group Publishing Limited, 2011, pp. 243-262 JÃ¤ntti, M.,â€oeinequality in Five Countries in the 1980s:

of Economics and Globalization, Volume 10, Emerald Group Publishing Limited, pp. 243-262 Luttig, M.,The Structure of Inequality and Americansâ€ Attitudes Toward Redistribution, Public opinion

Andalusiaâ€ s entrepreneurship level was assessed by the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM in 2006. The GEM highlights some of the most pertinent entrepreneurship features of the region

ï Highest scoring aspects: access to physical infrastructure, promotion of growth, government programmes, and commercial/services infrastructure

A key issue addressed in the GEM is the entrepreneurship potential or, more specifically, whether

out of 17 regions) by the GEM. This appears to bear out a perception that the inhabitants of Andalusia are not the most entrepreneurial.

the GEM indicated that some 270 000 Andalusian people plan to become entrepreneurs in due course; the main reason being a desire to gain economic

Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) data, the density of enterprises was approaching the national level. The same report also suggested that the population of the region has a fairly high level of

GEM, 2006) call for a greater focus on providing opportunities for people to establish their own businesses though self employment or creation of firms.

to thank Dr. Yancy Vaillant for his contribution with the GEM database. My gratitude is extended also to Dr. Joaquin Vergã s and Dr. Diego Prior;

9 Survey from GEM database 9 Ordinal regression and Logit regressions Key findings 9 There is a positive effect of

2). Then, in essay 3, we used the GEM adult population survey. The innovativeness construct is part of the GEM-available information

and its dimensions refer to the poise of an organization to develop creative or novel internal solutions or external offerings

GEM survey is the same. In our questionnaire this concept is captured rather well via the tendency to engage in and support new ideas generation, novelty, experimentation

Equally, in GEM survey the questions concerning innovativeness indicate the degrees of effort by the firm in an attempt for potential

Based on the Spanish GEM dataset, our study investigates the mutual effects between innovativeness and exports.

Monitor (GEM) by considering the adult population survey for the years 2007 and 2008. GEM is a research program,

initiated in 1998 and it provides the required fundamental knowledge by assembling relevant harmonized data on an annual basis

GEM-available information and its dimensions refer to the poise of an organization to develop creative or novel internal solutions

Considering the available information in the GEM database, we used it in two different steps:

Golovko, 2011) reported in year of the GEM survey Firm age We measured firm age as the number of years that the firm has been operating (Caldera

evidence from GEM data. Small Business Economics, 24,335 -350 Yamada, K. and Eshima, Y. 2009.

Li, D.-Y.,Z. Ya-Qing (2006), Cluster Competitiveness and Strategy Based on Modified GEM Model

The GEM entrepreneurship survey found that the level of early stage entrepreneurship within the South East (in 2008) was compared relatively high to other regions in Ireland.

The GEM 2008 findings are reflected in EI data with respect to the emergence of high potential start-ups from the region.

among men, 15.5 percent (GEM Entrepreneurship in Ireland, 2008 20 EI also launched a new format for the Enterprise Platform Programme in early 2012, to

according to GEM research. However, start-ups typically remain small and focused on the domestic market. The performance of the region in terms of HPSUS is about half of

The GEM entrepreneurship report contains some positive indicators for the Southeast Region Of particular note is that the region generates the highest rate of early stage

data (turquoise Successful actors in DSI have managed to leverage large networks using the Internet in order to accomplish innova

The concept of clusters, originating from Porterâ€ s diamond (Porter 1998,2000), has strong overlaps with the industrial district model;

Diamonds indicate gates 37 stage, for example, TSD recommends that the firm work closely with potential customers

regions (Ahmed and Retzloff 1995, Huang et al. 2002, GEM 1999, Stringer 2000 Castrogiovanni 1996, Monk 2000, Ross 1996, NUTEK 2004.

GEM. (1999. Global entrepreneurship monitor: National entrepreneurship assessmentâ€ United states of america. Kansas city, Missouri: Kauffman Centre for Entrepreneurial

poorest, as other firms presented their diamond products. So when I came back I made the series of

jewellery I called the fake diamond collection. I brought to Mutu Manikam exhibition in Jakarta

of Diamond v Chakrabarty (1982) produced a flood of patent applications for biotech-related products and sparked the impressive growth of

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data (turquoise Successful actors in DSI have managed to leverage large networks using the Internet in order to accomplish innova

Kutvonen, A. 2011)" Strategic application of outbound open innovation",Emerald 14 21. Lasagni, A. 2012), How Can External Relationships Enhance Innovation in SMES?

Diamond and Morlino 2005; Oâ€ Donnell 2004; Rommetveit et al. 2010; Schumpeter 1976; Tilly 2007 8) The area â€ equity and security across the worldâ€ refers to

Be More Innovative Through Co-Creation, Agate Publishing 75. Yin K. R. 2003. Case study Research:

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six Freshwater Pearl Mussel catchments designated as protected areas in the region. Restoration of surface

those of wetland and aquatic environments such as Atlantic salmon, Otter and Freshwater Pearl Mussel, are 1 Also informed by the EPAÂ€ s â€ Water Quality in Ireland 2007-2008:

Areas under the water Framework Directive including Freshwater Pearl Mussel Catchments -Protection of Fisheries and Shellfisheries

Monitor (GEM) UK project to estimate the percentage of social entrepreneurs in UK society using population survey data.

The GEM report found that 1. 2 million people, which corresponds to 3. 2%of the working-age UK population,

as underlined by the GEM symposium in September 2009 It is important to recognise that successful social innovation requires a range of actors

GEM United kingdom (2006), â€oesocial Entrepreneurshipâ€, report Goldenberg, M.,et al. 2009), â€oesocial Innovation in Canada: An Updateâ€, Canadian Policy Research

GEM 2006 â€oesocial entrepreneurship is any attempt at new social enterprise activity or new enterprise creation such

Curtis, T. 2008. â€oefinding that Grit Makes a Pearl: A Critical Rereading of Research into Social

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Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) 2003 global report. Wellesley: Babson/London Business school/Kauffman Foundation Reynolds, PD, & White, SB.

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