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Towards a reassessment of the role of divorce in suicide outcomes: Evidence from five pacific rim populations
Yip, Paul S.F.; Chen, Ying-Yeh; Yousuf, Saman; Lee, … - In: Social Science & Medicine 75 (2012) 2, pp. 358-366
, we consider Hong Kong and Taiwan to lie between the more individualistic Australian culture and the more collectivistic …
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Linking indigenous bonding and bridging social capital
O'BRIEN, David; Phillips, John; Patsiorkovsky, Valeri - In: Regional Studies 39 (2005) 8, pp. 1041-1051
O'Brien D. J., Phillips J. L. and Patsiorkovsky V. V. (2005) Linking indigenous bonding and bridging social capital, Regional Studies 39 , 1041-1051. Reconciling indigenous bonding and bridging social capital remains a difficult issue in economic development and global issues of inequality. A...
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Long Term Persistence
Guiso, Luigi; Sapienza, Paola; Zingales, Luigi - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2008
’s conjecture that today marked differences in social capital between the North and South of Italy were due to the culture of …
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Long Term Persistence
Guiso, Luigi; Sapienza, Paola; Zingales, Luigi - Department of Economics, European University Institute - 2008
’s conjecture that today marked differences in social capital between the North and South of Italy were due to the culture of …
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The limits of guanxi from the perspective of the Israeli diamond industry
Berger, Ron; Herstein, Ram - In: Journal of Chinese Economic and Foreign Trade Studies 5 (2012) 1, pp. 29-41
economy, dominated by the Confucianism culture from a social to a transactional business mechanism. Originality … Confucianism. Findings – This study found parallels between the evolution of the Israeli diamond industry, dominated by Orthodox …
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Social Capital and Civil Society
Fukuyama, Francis - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2000
Social capital is an instantiated informal norm that promotes cooperation between individuals. In the economic sphere it reduces transaction costs, and in the political sphere it promotes the kind of associational life that is necessary for the success of limited government and modern democracy....
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Does Religion Mitigate Tunneling? Evidence from Chinese Buddhism
Du, Xingqiang - In: Journal of Business Ethics 125 (2014) 2, pp. 299-327
In the Chinese stock market, controlling shareholders often use inter-corporate loans to expropriate a great amount of cash from listed firms, through a process called “tunneling.” Using a sample of 10,170 firm-year observations from the Chinese stock market for the period of 2001–2010, I...
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Confucianism and the Legalism: A Model of the National Strategy of Governance in Ancient China
Zhou, Haiwen - In: Frontiers of Economics in China 6 (2011) 4, pp. 616-637
The Confucian school emphasizes family value, moral persuasions, and personal relations. Under Confucianism, there is a … ruler and the ruled under Confucianism and the strength of institution-building under the Legalism, the ruler may benefit … from a combination of Confucianism approach and the Legalism approach as the national strategy of governance. As each …
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Confucianism and the Legalism: A model of the national strategy of governance in ancient China
Zhou, Haiwen - In: Frontiers of Economics in China 6 (2011) 4, pp. 616-637
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Specifics of Chinese Business Negotiation Practices
Odehnalová, Jitka - In: The AMFITEATRU ECONOMIC journal 10 (2008) 24, pp. 283-296
to understand the Chinese way of negotiation? What are the key elements of the Chinese business culture? What are the …
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