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Globalization of small islands: the case of Curaçao

Goede, Miguel - In: International Journal of Social Economics 35 (2008) 5, pp. 344-363

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to present a case study of Curaçao as a small island coping with globalization … and to contribute to the development of a framework to discuss globalization and corporate governance. Design …/methodology/approach – The paper starts to integrate three scenarios: globalization, the paradigmatic approach of corporate governance, and the …

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New public management and the corporatisation of the public sector in peripheral capitalist countries

Marobela, Motsomi - In: International Journal of Social Economics 35 (2008) 6, pp. 423-434

Purpose – Capitalist transformation of the public sector is global phenomenon that affects many countries. This paper seeks to examine recent public sector reforms introduced by the Government of Botswana to improve civil service performance. The underlying political philosophy behind the...

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Drugs, the informal economy and globalization

Seddon, Toby - In: International Journal of Social Economics 35 (2008) 10, pp. 717-728

impact of different aspects of globalization. Findings – Patterns of heroin and crack‐cocaine use need to be understood in …

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The post‐conservative orphan: why the USA needs an effective government economic policy

Wolnicki, Miron - In: International Journal of Social Economics 36 (2009) 1/2, pp. 5-22

and might be poorly prepared to face the challenge of globalization in the knowledge‐based industries. Design …

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A relationship between current globalisation, unemployment, inequality and poverty

Ukpere, Wilfred I.; Slabbert, Andre D. - In: International Journal of Social Economics 36 (2009) 1/2, pp. 37-46

Purpose – This paper contends that there is a positive relationship between current globalisation, unemployment, inequality and poverty, which paves a vista for further academic discourse. Design/methodology/approach – As a meta‐analytical study, the paper relied on secondary data. It is a...

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Analyses of FDI determinants in developing countries

Kok, Recep; Acikgoz Ersoy, Bernur - In: International Journal of Social Economics 36 (2009) 1/2, pp. 105-123

to define the main FDI determinants that show the capital flows to developing countries in a globalization framework. The … main dynamics of globalization phenomenon thus FDI flow determinations will contribute to countries' process of political …

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Globalization and culture: four paradigmatic views

Ardalan, Kavous - In: International Journal of Social Economics 36 (2009) 5, pp. 513-534

globalization and culture differently. Design/methodology/approach – This paper places the existing philosophical schools of thought … how each of these four broad categories view the relation between globalization and culture differently. Findings – This … paper finds that the functionalist paradigm views globalization and culture as universal, the interpretive paradigm views …

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Global shifts

Westover, Jonathan H. - In: International Journal of Social Economics 37 (2010) 2, pp. 84-100

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to extend Handel's intrinsic and extrinsic framework for understanding job characteristics and job satisfaction to the worker experience in socialist and post‐socialist Hungary. Design/methodology/approach – Non‐panel longitudinal data from the...

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Poverty as a transient reality in a globalised world: an economic choice

Slabbert, A.D.; Ukpere, W.I. - In: International Journal of Social Economics 38 (2011) 10, pp. 858-868

Purpose – Poverty is indeed a terrible monster confronting humanity today. It is alarming and, indeed, not without despair to note that 22,000 children under five die every day as a result of poverty. Thus, in a calendar year, more than eight million children do not progress past the age of...

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The new phase of globalization and brain drain

Chaichian, Mohammad A. - In: International Journal of Social Economics 39 (2011) 1/2, pp. 18-38

phase of globalization (post‐Fordist flexible production) to distinguish the emigration dynamics of Iran's educated … the latter period (1980‐present) are guided by a new culture of the post‐Fordist globalization phase that thrives on the …

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