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Your New Business Doesn't Have to Fail

Francis X. Hezel S.J.

Promise and problems in setting up a private business in Micronesia.

2000-04-01 BUSINESS

The YTK Proposal and the Future of Fishing in Pohnpei

Francis X. Hezel S.J.

Japanese proposal to establish a large fishing industry on Pohnpei may threaten other fishing interests.

1997-02-13 BUSINESS ECONOMICS GOVERNMENT

What Can We Do to Promote Private Business

Francis X. Hezel S.J.

Exploration of ways in which the private sector in the economy could be helped to expand.

1994-01-26 BUSINESS ECONOMICS

Video Listings

Off The Beaten Path

Francis X. Hezel S.J.

2001 BUSINESS

Take Me to Your Island

Francis X. Hezel S.J.

1998 BUSINESS CULTURAL

Mind Your Own Business

Francis X. Hezel S.J.

1999 BUSINESS CULTURAL

Staying Connected

Francis X. Hezel S.J.

2006 BUSINESS

Micronesian Counselors

Swimming with the Tide

C.L. Cheshire

Island development today could learn from the past: the importance of trading partnerships and self-enforced contracts.

April 2010 BUSINESS ECONOMICS

Why I Can't Get A Loan...and Probably Shouldn't Anyway!

C.L. Cheshire

Helping prospective businessmen draw up a business plan for a loan may be a bad idea

August 2000 BUSINESS

Business and Family in Micronesia

C.L. Cheshire

Compilation of best practices for balancing kin obligations with what is needed to make a business work.

November 2001 BUSINESS

An Alternative Strategy for Developing a Micronesian Export Industry

C.L. Cheshire

An inventory of factors to be considered before opening an export business in the islands.

June 2003 BUSINESS

A Tuna Industry in Micronesia?

Peter Wilson

The case for launching a large fishing industry in the islands despite a long list of past failures.

April 2007 BUSINESS ECONOMICS

Who Will Own Business in Majuro

Francis X. Hezel, SJ

Study of how Chinese immigrants have become dominant in business on Majuro and what effects this is having on the local population.

April 2006 BUSINESS

The Clam Industry in the Marshalls

Francis X. Hezel, SJ

History of the clam industry and the problems encountered along the way.

August 2004 BUSINESS ECONOMICS

Books

On Your Mark, Get Set... Tourism’s Take-Off in Micronesia

Francis X. Hezel, SJ

When Continental Air Micronesia inaugurated regular jet air service to the Trust Territory in the late 1960s, it opened commercial possibilities for islands then struggling with an uncertain political and economic future. Tourism became a distant hope as an engine for economic growth. In 1970, Continental built three new 50 room hotels in Chuuk, Palau, and the Northern Marianas and began vigorously promoting the islands as a Pacific paradise getaway destination. What happened over subsequent decades in these three island groups is the subject of this study. It offers lessons for other island nations hoping for a tourism boom today.

When Continental Air Micronesia inaugurated regular jet air service to the Trust Territory in the late 1960s, it opened commercial possibilities for islands then struggling with an uncertain political and economic future. Tourism became a distant hope as an engine for economic growth. In 1970, Continental built three new 50 room hotels in Chuuk, Palau, and the Northern Marianas and began vigorously promoting the islands as a Pacific paradise getaway destination. What happened over subsequent decades in these three island groups is the subject of this study. It offers lessons for other island nations hoping for a tourism boom today. BUSINESS ECONOMICS