Caribbean businesses face a number of challenges in growing and internationalising to foreign markets. This qualitative study adopts an ethnographic approach focused on the Jamaica National Bank Ltd,and its emergence and spread from Jamaica to global markets.

It has been argued that foreign direct investment (FDI) can exert upward or downward pressure on the domestic interest rate depending onforeign investors' relative weights on internal and external finance with respect to the domestic economy. It has also been argued that a country's level of institutional uncertainty influences firms' ability to obtain external finance. We empirically test the hypothesis that institutional uncertainty matters in the association between the domestic interest rate and FDI flows.

Jamaica uses almost one billion PET bottles each year. Improper disposal of these bottles results in blocked drainages, which leads to floods, in polluted beaches, and in the creation of breeding sites for disease-carrying insects such as the Aedes Aegypti mosquito, facilitating the spread of diseases like Zika and dengue fever. It is estimated that tens of millions of dollars could be saved each year if PET bottles alone were diverted from the country’s waste stream.

INTRODUCTION

Technology has become so pervasive and prevalent in society, it is now considered a necessity in our daily lives. With ubiquitous technology evolving and spreading throughout the world at a rapid pace, the Internet of Things has become the new computing paradigm that many companies and organizations are preparing for. However, having all devices connected to the Internet and sharing information poses numerous risks and challenges.

INTRODUCTION

UWI Mona -WJC Special Initiatives and Outputs include:

The University of the West Indies, Mona –Western Jamaica campus (UWI Mona-WJC) was established in the city of Montego Bay in August 2008 as a direct response to the critical demand for higher educational opportunities and access across Western Jamaica. In accordance with its mandate, the UWI Mona-WJC has successfully engaged with its publics in diverse ways.

Background

Background

In 2017, CAPRI produced a study which sought to find how innovation could help address Jamaica’s pervasive corruption problem. Having assessed the corruption situation in Jamaica and examined what the existing anti-corruption framework allows, we proposed the implementation of a Citizen Feedback Monitoring Program (CFMP), which would address petty corruption across the country’s governmental agencies and services.