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Amish enterprise: the collective power of ethnic entrepreneurship
Kraybill, Donald B.; Nolt, Steven M.; Wesner, Erik J. - In: Global Business and Economics Review 12 (2010) 1/2, pp. 3-20
in the USA, the authors develop a transformative model of ethnic community entrepreneurship. The analytical model …
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The church in place and space: the case of the Springfield diocese
Formosi, Michael; Kotval, Zenia; Mullin, John - In: International Journal of Public Policy 6 (2010) 3/4, pp. 386-396
In community after community across the USA our churches have long served as iconic anchors to our village and town …
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The ethics of future business leaders: a cross-cultural comparison
Elkin, Graham; King, Stuart - In: International Journal of Economics and Business Research 1 (2009) 3, pp. 263-276
. Our research examined attitudes towards business ethics among business students in the USA and New Zealand. We surveyed …. These findings were compared to a survey conducted in the USA by Albaum and Peterson (2006) 'Ethical attitudes of future … generally reflected the literature that the USA and New Zealand business students, having similar cultural backgrounds, display …
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Is Religiosity of Immigrants a Bridge or a Buffer in the Process of Integration? A Comparative Study of Europe and the United States
García Muñoz, Teresa; Neuman, Shoshana - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
several data sets (the International Social Survey Program – ISSP: Module Religion, 2008; the European Social Survey – ESS … religiosity and integration different in Europe and in the United States, due to historical differences in the state-religion …
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The scientist and the church
Nitzan, Jonathan; Bichler, Shimshon - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2005
The April 21, 2005 issue of the LONDON REVIEW OF BOOKS carried a lead article titled ‘Blood for Oil?’ The paper is attributed to a group of writers and activists – Iain Boal, T.J. Clark, Joseph Matthews and Michael Watts – who identify themselves by the collective name ‘Retort.’ In...
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The effect of belonging to an alcohol-proscribing religious group on the relationship between moderate alcohol consumption and mortality
Hayward, R. David; Krause, Neal - In: Social Science & Medicine 101 (2014) C, pp. 1-8
The purpose of this study was to examine whether belonging to a religious group that proscribes alcohol use moderated the relationship between moderate alcohol use and mortality. Data came from the Americans' Changing Lives study, based on a representative probability sample of adults 25 and...
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Religion, religiousness and fertility in the U.S. and in Europe
Frejka, Tomas; Westoff, Charles F. - Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock, … - 2006
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Attitudes and beliefs related to HIV/AIDS in urban religious congregations: Barriers and opportunities for HIV-related interventions
Bluthenthal, Ricky N.; Palar, Kartika; Mendel, Peter; … - In: Social Science & Medicine 74 (2012) 10, pp. 1520-1527
HIV-related stigmas have been seen as a barrier to greater religious congregation involvement in HIV prevention and care in the United States and elsewhere. We explored congregational and community norms and attitudes regarding HIV, sexuality, and drug use through a qualitative case study of 14...
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Maternal religious attendance and low birth weight
Burdette, Amy M.; Weeks, Janet; Hill, Terrence D.; … - In: Social Science & Medicine 74 (2012) 12, pp. 1961-1967
We use data from the U.S. Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing study to test whether maternal religious attendance is protective against low birth weight. Building on previous research, we also consider the mediating influence of mental health, cigarette use, alcohol use, illicit drug use, poor...
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How to identify science being bent: The tobacco industry's fight to deny second-hand smoking health hazards as an example
Rochel de Camargo, Kenneth - In: Social Science & Medicine 75 (2012) 7, pp. 1230-1235
Social studies of science have produced a critical description of science that challenges traditional ideas about “objectivity” and “neutrality”. Given evidence that scientific tools have been used to undermine solid science against the interests of the general public as opposed to...
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