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Capturing Fugitive Resources in a Globalized Economy: The Case of Marine Aquaculture in Hawai`i
Suryanata, Krisna; Umemoto, Karen - 2001
"Technological development in breeding and growing Pacific threadfin (mo`i) in open-ocean cages has opened up the possibility of a new growth industry for Hawai`i. However, two types of challenges must be overcome before this potential could be realized. First, the issues of equity and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009468420
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Human Resource Management Strategies in the Chinese Multinational Corporations: Ideology, Institutions, and Culture
George, Babu; Li, Caifeng; Hou, Yuting - 2020
With the Peoples’ Republic of China (PRC) having inextricably been interconnected with the international economy and with the increasing footprints of the Chinese firms globally, management styles too needed to be evolved accordingly. The generic literature on internationalization of firms...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012271277
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Nonparametric conditional inference for regression coefficients with application to configural polysampling
Ho, YHS; Lee, SMS - 2008
confrontation of contrasting scenarios. We demonstrate this by investigating the conditional mean squared error of location …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009471396
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Essays on Adverse Selection and Moral Hazard in Insurance Market
Wen, Jian - 2010
using data from the Florida Citizens Insurance Corporation, the Florida Hurricane Catastrophe Fund, the Flood Insurance and … national flood insurance and the catastrophe fund complement the development of the private insurance sector, while the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009463407
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In search of a new paradigm for rural insurance in Brazil
Ozaki, Vitor A. - 2008
The implementation of a crop insurance program is an oldrequirement of the agricultural sector. After the failure of the NationalCrop Insurance Company (CNSA), in the period of 1954 through 1966,the federal government started to stimulate the agricultural insurance market. Aiming increase the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009446930
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How to write an unsuccessful entrepreneurial business plan : content analysis of the normative literature reveals a flawed paradigm
Hindle, Kevin - 1997
The study's aim was to investigate whether an Entrepreneurial Business Planning (EBP) paradigm could be discovered as a … interpretative richness to discover that an established Entrepreneurial Business Planning paradigm does exist. Its major elements …. First, it provides a formally-researched, explicitly-articulated EBP paradigm. This can replace the anecdotal, unarticulated …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009483857
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PARADIGMATIC APPROACH TO THE EVOLUTION OF TOURISM AS A FORM OF INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC RELATIONS
SHISHCAN (ȘIȘCAN), ZORINA; ROITMAN, IRINA - 2017
Having leaned upon the T. Kuhn’s paradigm conception, the authors have developed a paradigmatic approach to be applied … resulted in revealing some paradigms in the past of tourism which have allowed conceptualizing a tourism paradigm of present … tourism take part of an obsolete paradigm and lead to a destructive tourism while the principles of a new paradigm allow …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011734844
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Border Wars: Tax Revenues, Annexation, and Urban Growth in Phoenix
Heim, Carol E. - 2006
Phoenix and neighboring municipalities, like many in the South and West, pursued a growth strategy based on annexation in the decades after World War II. This paper explores the link between annexation and competition for tax revenues. After discussing arguments for annexation, it traces the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009467901
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Status quo on fiscal decentralisation in Mongolia
Lkhagvadorj, Ariunaa - 2007
This paper gives a review on the theoretical foundation for fiscal decentralisation and a status quo analysis of the intergovernmental relations in Mongolia. It consists of two parts. Part I briefly reviews the theories of fiscal decentralisation and its impact on the nations’ welfare...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009449253
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HRD Strategies Making a Difference in Regional Australia: Implications for Local Action in a Global Context
Hyland, Paul; Becker, Karen L.; Acutt, Bruce - 2005
Effective Human Resource Development (HRD) has long been recognised as a critical element in overall organisational strategy, and in turn is important to the ongoing sustainability of organisations. In this paper, the importance of effective HRD strategies and interventions are considered,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009438263