Objective: To outline the importance of the clarity of data analysis in the doing and reporting of interview-based qualitative research. Approach: We explore the clear links between data analysis and evidence. We argue that transparency in the data analysis process is integral to determining the...

Principal-agent theory alerts principals to their problematic relationship with agents. The former are encouraged to take deliberate action to counter asymmetries in knowledge, moral hazard etc. To avoid this, principals should determine outcomes and contracts and incentives should be designed...

Clustered innovation networks, capable of delivering Regional Innovatin Systems (RIS) are important for individual regional prosperity within the new innovation economy. Local accesss to sustainably managed common pool resoources (CPR) can provide a basis for constructing innovation-based...

Are the independent economic activities of poor people "petty commodity production"-an informal way to earn a subsistence wage? Or are they "microentrepreneurship", a launching point for capital accumulation and growth? This paper draws on fieldwork in Bolivia, Peru and Guatemala, focusing...

This study investigates the export performance of indigenous firms in Aotearoa/NewZealand by analysing the contribution of five strategic resources, namely Maoriculture, organisational structure, human capital, access to finance and the role of thegovernment. The Resource-Based View of the Finn...

The emergence of online labor markets makes it far easier to use individual human raters to evaluate materials for data collection and analysis in the social sciences. In this paper, we report the results of an experiment - conducted in an online labor market - that measured the effectiveness of...