The purpose of this paper is to emphasis the significance of public asset management in Indonesia that is by identifying opportunities and challenges of Indonesian local governments in adopting current practice of Public Asset Management System. A Case Study, in South Sulawesi Provincial...

Purpose: To identify the challenges faced by local government in Indonesia when adopting a Public Asset Management Framework. Design: A Case Study in South Sulawesi Provincial Government was used as the approach to achieving the research objective. The case study involved two data collection...

This paper addresses the coordination and innovation issues needed for promoting value added at the rural and regional level. Thereare two sides to value added: the ability to meet consumer demand, and to identify least cost ways of supplying the demanded goods. Humanand social capital plays an...

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From macroeconomics perspective entrepreneurship of natural persons can be not infrequently perceived as a marginal matter. Close-up view however shows that on the lower economical level the analysis of the physical persons entrepreneurial activities can contribute to explanation of regional...

The lignite energy industry of North Dakota has become a significant force in the state's economy since the energy crisis of the 1970s. Key economic measures of the industry's contribution to the state's economy have been estimated annually since 1982. Industry expenditures peaked in 1995 at...

Taxing sugar-sweetened beverages has been proposed as a means to reduce calorie intake, improve diet and health, and generate revenue that governments can use to address the obesity-caused health and economic burden. Two beverage demand systems were estimated using beverage purchase data for...