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Agroecology accounting: biodiversity and sustainable livelihoods from the margins
Lanka, Sanjay V.; Khadaroo, Iqbal; Böhm, Steffen - In: Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal 30 (2017) 7, pp. 1592-1613
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to provide a socio-ecological counter account of the role that agroecology plays in supporting the sustainable livelihoods of a co-operative of smallholder coffee farmers, where very little value is created at their end of the coffee commodity chain....
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Higher education financing and equality of educational opportunities in Swaziland
Akinkugbe, Oluyele - In: International Journal of Social Economics 27 (2000) 11, pp. 1074-1097
as in computing the households, relative to public contribution to unit costs in education. It found that financial … resources to the education system derive from the traditional sources, that is, government, local communities and households … primary, secondary and high school levels. This is an indication of the fact that higher education is heavily subsidized by …
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Assessment of residents’ perceptions and attitudes towards the appropriation of public spaces by tourists: the case of Aveiro
Moleiro, Diogo Filipe; Carneiro, Maria João; Breda, Zélia - In: International Journal of Tourism Cities 7 (2021) 4, pp. 922-942
Purpose This paper aims to provide an empirical analysis of residents’ perceptions and attitudes in the city of Aveiro …, Portugal, regarding the appropriation of public spaces by tourists. An analysis of how the perceptions of this appropriation … the empirical study is to use multiple linear regression analyses to assess the extent to which the residents’ perceptions …
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Differentiation by design: the importance of design in retailer repositioning and differentiation
Doyle, Stephen A.; Broadbridge, Adelina - In: International Journal of Retail & Distribution Management 27 (1999) 2, pp. 72-83
The importance of design as a composite in the strategic mix is often undervalued or ignored by retailers, yet it may present a significant competitive tool by which small/medium‐sized retailers can compete more effectively. Considers the significance of design factors to customers in...
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Can Opera Be Brought to the Masses?
Currie, Graeme; Hobart, Carrie - In: Marketing Intelligence & Planning 12 (1994) 2, pp. 13-18
Addresses the question as to whether opera can be brought to the masses (defined as socio‐economic groups other than A and B). First, it describes the methodology used in collecting the data. Goes on to describe and analyse the audience profile of opera‐goers, and on‐opera‐goers, in...
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The cult of risk taking and social learning: a study of Irish entrepreneurs
McCarthy, Breda - In: Management Decision 38 (2000) 8, pp. 563-575
’s perceptions of risk, and capacity to bear risk, evolved over time. The main proposal of this exploratory study is that risk taking …
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Alternative service delivery and public service transformation in South Africa
Russell, Edward W.; Bvuma, Dick G. - In: International Journal of Public Sector Management 14 (2001) 3, pp. 241-265
The new South Africa came into being in 1994. The new government inherited the national public service and those of a variety of former provinces and homelands that had to be amalgamated to form a national unified public service. Although this task was accomplished rapidly, the resulting public...
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Corruption – the challenge to good governance: a South African perspective
Pillay, Soma - In: International Journal of Public Sector Management 17 (2004) 7, pp. 586-605
The effect of corruption in South Africa has seriously constrained development of the national economy and has significantly inhibited good governance in the country. South Africa's complex political design is a contributing factor to the rise of corruption, which has adversely affected...
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Democratic decentralization and central/provincial/local relations in South Africa
Reddy, P.S.; Sabelo, T. - In: International Journal of Public Sector Management 10 (1997) 7, pp. 572-588
Local government is the second or third tier of government deliberately created to bring government to the grassroots population, as well as give its members a sense of involvement in the political process that controls their daily lives. Decentralization is a natural indispensable counterpart...
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The contestation for, and management of, public places in Johannesburg, South Africa
Fraser, Neil - In: Journal of Place Management and Development 1 (2008) 2, pp. 177-198
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to show the changes to date between the apartheid (ideological) and democratic use and management of public space. The abolition of apartheid laws in urban areas led to a great deal of contestation for space and also to new forms of management of public...
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