This paper develops a framework which analyzes how a population's culture affects the decisions of rational profit … maximizing firms, while simultaneously exploring how the actions of these firms in turn affect the population's culture ….By endogenizing culture as well as the more usual economic variables, it shows how an economically valuablebehavioural trait can be …

Culture can now be used as an instrument for sustainable economic growth and developmental instrument of cities. By … towards sustainable development. This was successfully demonstrated in case of Monrovia, the capital of Liberia, which … remained in crises for 10 years. This paper examines the role of culture in overall economic growth sighting evidences from …

the interaction of culture and development, from which power, class, domination and the international division of labour …Arguing that some attitudes that may constitute an obstacle to the development process are culturally funded, cultural … these arguments has seduced a large number of scholars but what seems to be a cultural brake on economic development could …

social science advances in the comparative study of empires and the development of cultures and social systems. The essay …

present evidence of different correlations of various banking regulation measures with banking efficiency, development and … overall financial development. The findings imply a ‘big push’ view of reforming banking regulation, i.e., a big push to … economic and financial sector development will lead to subsequent improvements in banking regulation, which in turn will help …

reference as to the effects of organizational culture on the development of SMEs. Initial analysis of the empirical data … groundwork for the empirical study comprised a literature review of existing perspectives on SME growth and development. The … informed by “growth model” literature. This perspective identifies clear stages of growth and development over time, each of …

model, which draws and builds on its geographical location, history, culture and ecology. In making this case, the paper …This paper argues that tourism development in Belize should avoid going the traditional mass tourism route of most … Caribbean destinations. Instead, it suggests that Belize is at the appropriate stage in its development to forge an alternative …

organizations ensure this through their Western/Northern development models, and perpetuate post-colonial influences over South … World development agendas. That said, there are two regulatory worlds, and hybrids between. Despite this, regulatory …

and qualitative of information level gained by the members of the target groups regarding the initiation and development … basis of the elaborati2ng of a development strategy for the rural tourism for the border rural communities, the research … development of the activities of the Centre for Border Rural Tourism. These instruments have contributed to the knowledge and …