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Uncovering wicked problem’s system structure : seeing the forest for the trees.
(Emerald, 2017)Purpose: This article uses systems thinking, systems theory, and Camillus’ (2008) framework for responding to wicked problems to provide social marketers with a theoretically based framework for approaching strategy formation ... -
Upstream social marketing strategy.
(Emerald, 2018)In the case of complex social problems such as obesity and environmental degradation, structural change is needed to provide people with the ability to change (Andreasen, 2006). Strategic social marketing has identified ... -
Towards a Non-Essentialist Approach to Management Education: Philosophical Underpinnings from Phenomenography
(2018)The classic approach to management education is manager-centric and assumes there is an essential nature to management. Drawing on ideas from interpretivist epistemologies, the social construction of leadership, phenomenography, ... -
Resource Dependence and the Causes of Local Economic Growth: An Empirical Investigation
(PePEc, 2018)Previous research has found that in Indonesia, a resource giant in South East Asia, resource dependence is positively associated with economic growth, contrary to a ‘resource curse’ hypothesis. We test four potential ... -
Searching for profit-shifting in China
(2018)This paper investigates profit-shifting behavior among multinational corporations (MNCs) in China. The authors exploit the flat-rate structure of China’s corporate income tax, along with its system of targeted, preferential ... -
Creating Europe through culture? The Impact of the European Song Contest on European identity
(2018)The UK's Brexit vote marked a major institutional crisis for the EU and re-opened both the scholarly and the popular debate about the importance and drivers of a "European identity". We use quasi-experimental data to ... -
Robots, Job Characteristics and Job Insecurity
(2018)In this paper, I use data from a recent Pew survey to analyse the reasons behind people's fear of losing their job to robots. I find that more people fear losing their job to other people than fear losing it to robots, ... -
Replicating “Predicting the present with Google trends” by Hyunyoung Choi and Hal Varian (The Economic Record, 2012)
(2018)In this paper, the author describes different ways in which one can replicate a paper and illustrate them by applying them to the study by Choi and Varian (Predicting the Present with Google Trends, The Economic Record 2012). -
Simplification lessons from New Zealand: Can they be relevant to South Africa?
(2018)This paper describes the concept of tax simplification and outlines the need for tax simplification in South Africa (SA). In order to provide potential guidance, the paper provides an overview of what New Zealand (NZ) ... -
Tax Design and Administration in a Post - BEPS Era: A Study of Key Reform Measures in 18 Countries
(2018)The OECD’s Base erosion and Profit Shifting (BEPS) initiative is undergoing what may be the most challenging phase, namely ratification and implementation by countries and jurisdictions. In this paper we provide a ... -
Organizational resilience and financial performance
(2018)Organization resilience has two dimensions – planned and adaptive (Lee, Vargo & Seville, 2013). Planned resilience occurs pre-disaster, whereas adaptive resilience typically emerges post-disaster and requires leadership, ... -
¿Necesitan derechos los ríos? Comparando estructuras legales para la regulación de los ríos en Nueva Zelanda, Australia y Chile
(2018)Este artículo aborda lo que el otorgamiento de “personalidad jurídica” a los ríos puede ofrecer a las opciones institucionales para la regulación medio ambiental del agua. Se examina esta pregunta al estudiar la ... -
Midterm elections’ stock market surge – an unintentional gift from US politicians
(2018)The paper provides evidence for the existence of a midterm election effect on the US equity market. By examining the quarterly total returns on the S&P 500 Index between 1954 and 2017, we show that, nine times out of 10, ... -
The Determinants of Office Rents and Yields: The International Evidence
(2018)Monocentric urban models predict that office rents will be higher in larger and more prosperous cities with better transport and stronger agglomeration benefits. In addition, rental yields should be lower in growing ... -
An investigation into the early stages of New Zealand's voluntary carbon market
(2018)The voluntary carbon market (VCM) is a relatively mature field where institutions have become firmly established. This empirical paper explores findings obtained from interviewing key actors within the VCM in New Zealand, ... -
An Update on Hong Kong’s Exchange of Information Developments and Engaging with BEPS
(2017)The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) implemented automatic exchange of information (AEOI) with the Inland Revenue (Amendment) (No. 3) Ordinance 2016 coming into effect on 30 June 2016. This development ... -
An exploration of interventions in ISO 9001 and ISO 14001 certification context – a multiple case study approach
(2017)Firms are reliant on third party certification schemes to provide an independent account of their quality, environmental and social practices. Although firms are typically involved with certification schemes over long ... -
Which panel data estimator should I use?: A corrigendum and extension
(2018)This study uses Monte Carlo experiments to produce new evidence on the performance of a wide range of panel data estimators. It focuses on estimators that are readily available in statistical software packages such as ...
