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In 2011, Edoardo Nesi - a former industrialist of the Prato textile district - won the most prestigious Italian literary Prize for his autobiographical novel Storia della mia gente, a book centered upon Prato's past industrial success and present decline. Nesi has since become a regular...
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The access to justice problem of unaffordable legal services (the A2J problem) afflicts the majority of society. Its cause is the obsolescence of the method by which lawyers produce legal services. Lawyers use what economists call a “cottage industry” method of production—the manufacturer...
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It is common for political parties and certain individuals that during the election campaign they try to use a negative campaign in order to achieve a certain advantage over their rivals. What are the effects of such campaigns, whether they are successful or even counter-productive. The authors...
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It is common for political parties and certain individuals that during the election campaign they try to use a negative campaign in order to achieve a certain advantage over their rivals. What are the effects of such campaigns, whether they are successful or even counter-productive. The authors...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010789934
Purpose – This study aims to examine basic factors that may influence success of political marketing. Design/methodology/approach – Drawing on relevant literature, the author empirically tested the relationship between study variables on a sample of 650 Jordanian respondents. Findings –...
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Purpose – This study aims to examine basic factors that may influence success of political marketing. Design/methodology/approach – Drawing on relevant literature, the author empirically tested the relationship between study variables on a sample of 650 Jordanian respondents. Findings –...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010686917
impact on the voters' selection decision (a case study of Jordanian voters). For the purpose of identifying the most … important basic components that influence voters choice decision, the study's model was designed based on these criteria taking … candidates and campaign management) and how they influence voters’ selection decision. In addition, a hypothesis was developed …
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This paper presents two synthetic estimations of the Gini coefficient at a municipality level for Colombia in the years 2000-2020. The methodology relies on several machine learning models to select the best model for imputation of the data. This derives in two Random Forest models were the...
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International Cooperative Alliance defines a cooperative as an autonomous association of persons united voluntarily to meet their common economic, social and cultural needs and aspirations through a jointly-owned and democratically-controlled enterprise. Cooperatives are based on the values of...
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This study examines the challenges and opportunities of electricity generation from coal on growth of South African economy. The study utilizes the available annual time series data collected from secondary sources (World Bank) spanning for the period from 1971 to 2015. The study employs the...
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