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Indigenous Social Entrepreneurship: The Gumatj Clan Enterprise in East Arnhem Land
Pearson, Cecil A. L.; Helms, Klaus - In: The Journal of Entrepreneurship 22 (2013) 1, pp. 43-70
alleviating poverty and enhancing the socio-economic environment of an Indigenous community. An appreciation of the role of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010778181
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Narcissistic and dangerous 'alphas': 'sovereign individuals' and the problem of cultivating the 'civic' in cyberspace
Thorne, Kym - In: International Journal of Critical Accounting 2 (2010) 1, pp. 96-109
sovereign individual discourse and practice which eliminates all alternative approaches to social capital, community and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008755465
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Main issues of an evacuation in case of volcanic crisis: social stakes in Guadeloupe (Lesser Antilles Arc)
Chenet, Marie; Grancher, Delphine; Redon, Marie - In: Natural Hazards 73 (2014) 3, pp. 2127-2147
The last major eruption of La Soufrière volcano in Guadeloupe (Lesser Antilles) in 1976–1977 caused the mass evacuation of part of the population, whereby a total of 76,000 people were displaced for a period of 3–6 months. This evacuation has left a bitter memory among the inhabitants who...
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The Correlation between Economic Status and Medical Circumstances
ALPAGU, Hasan - In: Turkish Economic Review 2 (2015) 1, pp. 3-8
Genetically modified foods, arsenic contaminated water, hormonal fruit and vegetables, genetically modified organisms, biological and chemical weapons, radioactive equipment, unsanitary living habitations, malnutrition, mental health complications and burnout are the major source of health...
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Education 2.0: Exploring the challenges of Corvinus University in the long tail economy of global higher education
Kerekes, Sándor; Nemeslaki, András - In: Society and Economy 31 (2009) June, pp. 125-146
Our basic storyline is how the business and economics higher education landscape has changed with the introduction of the Bologna programs. We borrowed the fashionable long tail concept from e-business, and used it for modeling the new landscape of internationalization of universities....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010739754
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Reflection on the use of rating and score cards for asset and service assessment
Platt, D.; Jordan, G.; Kumar, A.; Koronios, A. - 2009
. The following paper provides a brief discussion on the use and merits of star rating within community asset management. We … suggest that the current adoption of the star rating system to manage community investment in services is lacking in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009438363
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If You Build It, They still May Not Come: Outcomes and Process of Implementing a Community-based Integrated Knowledge Translation Mapping Innovation
Driedger, S. Michelle; Kothari, Anita; Graham, Ian D.; … - 2010
about community needs, make financially-sensitive decisions more transparent, evaluate programs, and work with community … maps as a decision support tool. Further, it represents an integrated knowledge project in the community setting, calling … to question the applicability of traditional KT approaches when community values, minimal resources, and partners play a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009447220
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Sample registration of vital events with verbal autopsy: a renewed commitment to measuring and monitoring vital statistics
Setel, P. W.; Sankoh, O.; Rao, C. P. V.; Velkoff, V. A.; … - 2005
research and development monitoring. If the global community wishes to have mortality measurements 5 or 10 years hence, the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009447936
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Fair Trade Practices In Contemporary Bangladeshi Society: The Case Of AARONG
Hasan, Fadia - 2010
Community, as traditionally conceptualized, has been an issue of widespread conversation and analysis. The conversation … on community is extended here by engaging in the business practice of fair trade, which boasts of being an ethical … environmental responsibility, however, the extent to which it is indeed effective in creating such a sustainable community in varied …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009468090
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Promising Business Models for Community-Company Collaboration in Brazil and Mexico
Vidal, Natália G.; Donini, Gabriela - 2004
related to the origin of forest company-community agreements as well as information about these partnerships in Mexico and … forest company-community agreements in these two countries." …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009468329