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Corruption in higher education: causes, consequences, reforms - the case of Georgia

Orkodashvili, Mariam - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010

Certain cases from any single country might provide examples for consideration of corruption issues for other countries or regions. Corruption cases and the strategies of fighting them in Georgian flagship universities might be noteworthy and useful for other countries facing similar problems....

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A Litmus Test of Academic Quality

Orkodashvili, Mariam - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009

The paper discusses the major issues connected with the accreditation procedures in higher education system in the U … measured in the process of accreditation of higher education institutions? How does greater transparency in the accreditation …. state involvement in the accreditation process? What is accreditation’s role in addressing problems raised by arbitrary …

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Salient Trends in Organic Standards: the Opportunities and Challenges for Developing Countries

Giovannucci, Daniele - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2006

An overview of the fundamental issues in the production, trade and regulation of organic products. It notes the changing consumer and trade environments that are driving organics beyond the realm of niche products toward an increasingly relevant position among other important agricultural...

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Disentangling the relationship between nonprofit and social capital: the role of social cooperatives and social welfare associations in the development of networks of strong and we...

Giacomo, Degli Antoni; Fabio, Sabatini - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013

We use a unique dataset to study how participation in two specific types of nonprofit organizations, i.e. social welfare associations and social cooperatives, affects individual social capital. A descriptive analysis shows that both the types of organization have a positive impact. The...

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The Survival of Nonprofits in the United States

Henson, James - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2014

The ability of publicly available tax information to determine the survival of nonprofit organizations is analyzed. Survival analysis estimates the predictive power and hazard ratios of several financial variables. The tax information comes from the National Center for Charitable Statistics...

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Do cooperative enterprises create social trust?

Sabatini, Fabio; Modena, Francesca; Tortia, Ermanno - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012

This paper contributes to the literature by carrying out the first empirical investigation into the role of different types of enterprises in the creation of social trust. Drawing on a unique dataset collected through the administration of a questionnaire to a representative sample of the...

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Proceedings“Regulation and Best Practices in Public and Nonprofit Marketing”

Matei, Lucica; Dinu, Teodora - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010

The volume contains the papers presented during the 9th International Congress of the International Association on Public and Nonprofit Marketing (IAPNM) entitled "Regulation and Best Practices in Public and Nonprofit Marketing", organised by the Faculty of Public Administratiom of National...

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