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Re-inventing Africa's development : linking Africa to the Korean development model
Park, Jong-Dae - 2019
This open access book analyses the development problems of sub-Sahara Africa (SSA) from the eyes of a Korean diplomat … with knowledge of the economic growth Korea has experienced in recent decades. The author argues that Africa's development … Africa's problems are caused by a lack of leadership. In exploring an approach based on mind-set and nation-building, rather …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012397021
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Social Capital in Development Planning : Linking the Actors
Nanetti, Raffaella Y. - 2016
The pursuit of sustainable development and smart growth is a main challenge today in countries around the world. Social capital is an asset of their territorial communities. It is also a precondition for national and local policies that aim to better the economic base and quality of life for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012698658
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The Political Economy of Wasta: Use and Abuse of Social Capital Networking
Ramady, Mohamed A. (ed.) - 2016
The term ‘wasta’ stems from the Arabic root for ‘middle’ or ‘medium' and describes the phenomenon of using ‘connections’ to find job, government services or other favors to circumvent bureaucracy or bypass the system as a whole. The effects of ‘wasta’ may be both positive or...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012397139
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Integrating Human Capital with Human Development : The Path to a More Productive and Humane Economy
Tomer, John F. - 2016
Tomer considers recently accumulated knowledge related to the human brain's functioning and development to better understand the relationship between human capital and human development in successful economies
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012397566
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The Role of Universities in the Europe 2020 Strategy : The Cases of Slovenia, Croatia, Serbia and Kosovo
Ricciardelli, Alessandra - 2017
This book provides a unique study of the role of universities, as organisation systems, in the pursuit of the Europe 2020 strategy. While Europe 2020 focuses on creating the basis for the advancement and cohesion of the EU’s member states, it also has an important role in influencing the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012397680
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The Social Capital of Entrepreneurial Newcomers : Bridging, Status-power and Cognition
Lee, Robert - 2017
'Lee takes the oft cited belief that entrepreneurial endeavour lives and dies by the quality of the networks set in play, and subjects it to a rigorous and sustained analysis. In this he not only provides the reader with an authoritative theoretical and empirical foray into how entrepreneurs can...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012397855
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For-Profit Universities : The Shifting Landscape of Marketized Higher Education
McMillan Cottom, Tressie (ed.); Darity, Jr., William A. (ed.) - 2017
This edited volume proposes that the phenomenon of private sector, financialized higher education expansion in the United States benefits from a range of theoretical and methodological treatments. Social scientists, policy analysts, researches, and for-profit sector leaders discuss how and to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012397981
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How Firms Can Strategically Influence Open Source Communities : The Employment of ‘Men on the Inside’
Lee, Viktor - 2012
Firms have discovered that open source (OS) communities can be valuable sources of innovation. However, the access for firms to these communities turned to be intricate. One proven way of how firms can enter OS communities is via their personnel (“men on the inside”). Focusing on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014015700
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The Next Economics : Global Cases in Energy, Environment, and Climate Change
Clark II, Woodrow W. - 2013
1. Market Solutions for Climate Change -- 2. Energy Security in the Asia-Pacific Region -- 3. Asia’s Role in the Global Economic Architecture -- 4. Energy Economics in China’s Policy-Making Plan -- 5. The Economics of The Green Industrial Revolution -- 6. The Logic of Qualitative Business...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014016303
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User-Generated Content and its Impact on Branding : How Users and Communities Create and Manage Brands in Social Media
Dennhardt, Severin - 2014
The emergence of social media as one of the driving forces of consumers’ online experiences today also challenges our current understanding on marketing and brand management. The effects of brands’ social media involvement are to this day uncertain. Severin Dennhardt shows that social media...
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