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evolution of customary land tenure and agroforestry management in Sumatra
, 2022 It is widely believed that land tenure insecurity under a customary tenure system leads to socially inefficient resource allocation. This article demonstrates that land tenure insecurity promotes tree planting, which is inefficient from the private point
Otsuka, Keijiro; Suyanto, S.; Tomich, Thomas P.
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Integrating Diverse Perspectives for Safer Fire Designs: The Case for Convergence Research
Fire and Materials, EarlyView.ABSTRACT A narrow view of fire safety often overlooks the complex web of factors that shape the real‐world risks for building occupants, community members, people in temporary shelter, and those without housing. Many studies examine individual components of fire safety, such as fire hazards, building performance, and human behavior.
Sandra Vaiciulyte, Brian Meacham
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Bridging Policy and Practice ; Advancing Justice in Community Land Use Planning in Kenya
African Journal on Land Policy and Geospatial SciencesContext and background Community land rights in Kenya have endured historical and contemporary pressures since the colonial period. The imposition of English statutory tenure systems alongside African customary tenure established a dualistic ...
Mwenda, Robert Kibugi
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Governing land and landscapes: Political ecology of enclosures and commons
Canadian Food Studies, 2015 Most of the world’s food is still produced by small farmers, many of whom remain organized though customary land tenure. Customary tenure is a general term for specific cultural ways in which farmers embedded in ecological contexts allocate rights and ...
Harriet Friedmann
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Practice adoption in MNCS: A multi‐level interactionist model of trait activation
Global Strategy Journal, EarlyView.Abstract Research Summary Sharing knowledge through organizational practices is an important source of advantage for multinational corporations (MNCs). While prior research on practice adoption by subsidiaries of MNCs has identified several individual and organizational factors, this study examines their interplay in the context of HQ‐mandated ...
Sven Kunisch +4 more
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Further offshoring, nearshoring, and reshoring: Exploring the role of experience
Global Strategy Journal, EarlyView.Abstract Research Summary This study examines the role of firms' experience in shaping strategic decisions to relocate offshored activities. Adopting an experiential learning perspective, we test the influence of two types of experience—international production experience and reshoring experience—on the choice of relocating to another foreign country ...
Daniel Pedroletti +2 more
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Who owns the land?: Perspectives from rural Ugandans and implications for land acquisitions [PDF]
Rapid growth of demand for agricultural land is putting pressure on property rights systems, particularly in Sub-Saharan Africa, where customary tenure systems have provided secure land access.
Bomuhangi, Allan +2 more
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Human Resource Development Quarterly, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The research‐practice gap (the gap) in HRD remains a significant challenge, hindering the application of academic research to practice and the integration of workplace challenges into research efforts. It is critical for HRD research to address the gap to develop evidence‐based solutions for learning and organizational performance. The purpose
Kelly Moore, Yonjoo Cho
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FORMALISATION OF CUSTOMARY TENURE OR ‘INFORMALISATION’ OF NON-CUSTOMARY TENURE? PARADOX IN THE CADASTRAL SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT EFFORTS IN MOST OF AFRICA [PDF]
, 2020 Generally, in most African countries, cadastral systems have not developed well. This paper, first, uncovers the critical problem surrounding customary tenure in Africa under the theory the author has introduced ‒ ‘custom paradox’ theory.
Belachew Moges, Melkamu
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CEO Reputation and Corporate Sustainability: International Evidence
International Journal of Finance &Economics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Using a sample of 7107 unique firms across 41 countries from 2002 to 2022, we examined whether CEO reputation influences corporate sustainability performance. Consistent with stakeholder theory, CEO reputation is found to be positively associated with sustainability performance.
Zhongxue Wu +2 more
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