China faces a shortfall in its provision of affordable housing. This paper explores the potential to use Public Private Partnerships (PPP) to address these supply problems. A review of the housing market and an examination of its historical development is presented. This is followed by an...

China's GDP reached US$ 1.159 trillion in 2001, making it the sixth largest economy in the world. In addition the Chinese government has reformed its economy, liberated market forces and opened up many industries to foreign investors. However, the surge of Foreign Direct Investment in China will...

Research within social entrepreneurship traditionally operates in the social domain and lacks direct commercial attributes. The aim of this paper is to highlight that social entrepreneurship can be utilised within commercial context. Article attempts to clarify social entrepreneurship relative...

In this paper, we attempt to link the International Transparency index with economic development, specifically entrepreneurial activity. Using data collected through Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM), CIA's World Factbook and the 1997 Transparency International, we found that overall...

Whilst China is the largest single world economy, e-commerce has been relatively slow to develop, especially within consumer markets. In more advanced e-economies such as the USA the switch between traditional retail sales and e-sales is growing all the time and is predicted to be as high as...

The UK service industry has the ability to reduce costs by introducing energy efficiency to its operations. Barriers exist which hinder the implementation of energy efficient practices, but the current actions including government initiatives and social pressure groups has created opportunity...

Drawing from a broad range of sources, we define and discuss the two primary ways of contemplating issues related to environmental economics, namely, interventionism and libertarianism. We then interpret a cellular automaton as a model that allows for either approach, as well as anarchy, and...

As entrepreneurship is recognised as vital to the global economy, issues surrounding individual economic freedom are of increasing concern. The need to understand the principles and considerations that govern today's local and international business practices is thus more important than ever....

Corporate social responsibility (CSR) reporting nowadays is an important issue in most countries. Due to environmental pollution problems and social disparities in China, CSR has become a prominent issue in Chinese academic and policy forums as well. Therefore, the paper shall give an up to date...

The purpose of this paper is to analyse the possibility of corporate environmental reporting (CER) in a developing country so as to present the possible factors encouraging as well as those inhibiting the practice. It responds to the observation of prior research that CER research in developing...