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Ein Drittel der 17-jährigen Jugendlichen in Deutschland treibt keinen Sport
Erlinghagen, Marcel; Frick, Joachim R.; Wagner, Gert G. - In: DIW Wochenbericht 73 (2006) 29, pp. 421-427
Sport trägt zu einer besseren gesundheitlichen Konstitution bei. Sportliche Betätigung weiter Kreise der Bevölkerung könnte demnach über den individuellen Nutzen hinaus positive gesundheitsökonomische und gesamtwirtschaftliche Effekte nach sich ziehen. Im Mittelpunkt dieses Berichtes steht...
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"It'll Turn Your Heart Black You Can Trust": Angst, Sicherheit und Ethik
Quinn, Regina Ammicht; Rampp, Benjamin - In: Vierteljahrshefte zur Wirtschaftsforschung 78 (2009) 4, pp. 136-149
ethische Reflexion eine ideologiekritische Funktion haben kann; in welcher Weise in der Ethik eine normative Grundlage für die … Argumentationsformen einer Ethik im Kontext der Sicherheitsdiskurse gefragt und abschließend skizziert, wie mit dem Komplex eines …
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Understanding the Drivers of Economic Growth: Grounding Endogenous Economic Growth Models in Resource-Advantage Theory
Hunt, Shelby D. - In: Contemporary Economics 6 (2012) 4, pp. 4-6
Foss (2012) provides an informed and informative comment on my article 'Trust, Personal Moral Codes, and the Resource-Advantage Theory of Competition: Explaining Productivity, Economic Growth, and Wealth Creation' (Hunt, 2012). In general, his comment is highly supportive of both the theory and...
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Behavioral and mental responses towards the COVID-19 pandemic among Chinese older adults: A cross-sectional study
Liang, Wei; Duan, Yanping; Yang, Min; Shang, Borui; Hu, Chun - In: Journal of Risk and Financial Management 14 (2021) 12, pp. 1-14
consumption) and mental responses (i.e., depression and loneliness) towards the COVID-19 pandemic among Chinese older adults. A … responses, 30.8% and 69.2% of participants indicated significantly depressive symptoms and severe loneliness, respectively …
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Loneliness in leadership: A study applied to the portuguese banking sector
Magalhães, Carla Marisa; Machado, Carolina; Nunes, … - In: Administrative Sciences 12 (2022) 4, pp. 1-20
In this study, we analyzed the feeling of loneliness in leadership in the Portuguese banking sector, seeking to … operate in Portugal. We concluded that while some variables influence the feeling of loneliness in leadership (years of work … between loneliness and demotivation and proved that the feeling of loneliness affects leadership but does not affect decision …
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Swedish shippers' strategies for coping with slow-steaming in deep sea container shipping
Finnsgård, Christian; Kalantari, Joakim; Raza, Zeeshan; … - In: Journal of Shipping and Trade (JST) 3 (2018) 8, pp. 1-24
When container shipping lines experience over-capacity and high fuel costs, they typically respond by decreasing sailing speeds and, consequently, increasing transport time. Most of the literature on this phenomenon, often referred to as slow-steaming, takes the perspective of the shipping lines...
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Two hearts beating in a research centers’ chest: how scholars in interdisciplinary research settings cope with monodisciplinary deep structures
Woiwode, Hendrik; Froese, Anna - In: Studies in Higher Education 46 (2021) 11, pp. 2230-2244
Interdisciplinary research is a popular mode of knowledge production that becomes intensively promoted by research centers all across the globe. Despite the facilitation of interdisciplinary research, however, scholars working in these centers are ‘disciplined.’ Career promotions, funding...
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The role of betting on digital credit repayment, coping mechanisms and welfare outcomes: Evidence from Kenya
Chamboko, Richard; Guvuriro, Sevias - In: International Journal of Financial Studies 9 (2021) 1, pp. 1-12
Digital financial services and more importantly, mobile money, have become an important financial innovation to advance financial inclusion in developing and emerging economies. While digital financial services have improved the lives of many Kenyans, to the growing betting segment of the Kenyan...
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Changed roles and strategies of professionals in the (co)production of public services
van Gestel, Nicolette; Kuiper, Marlot; Hendrikx, Wiljan - In: Administrative Sciences 9 (2019) 3, pp. 1-15
This paper investigates the changed roles and strategies of professionals in a context of hybrid welfare state reform. This context exposes public professionals to market regulation and rationalization (new public management), and simultaneously expects them to work across professional borders...
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Household Vulnerability to Food Insecurity and the Regional Food Insecurity Gap in Kenya
Korir, Lilian; Rizov, Marian; Ruto, Eric; Walsh, … - In: Sustainability 13 (2021) 16
Food insecurity remains a vital concern in Kenya. Vulnerable members of the population, such as children, the elderly, marginalised ethnic minorities, and low-income households, are disproportionately affected by food insecurity. Following the pioneering work of Sen, which examined exposure to...
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