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Balancing bossism: State expansion in the face of elite capture
American Journal of Political Science, EarlyView.Abstract Central states have often relied on local elites to implement policies in peripheral areas. These strategies may allow otherwise weak states to impose their directives, but they can also be inefficient, particularly when a single elite commands total control over local politics (monopolist capture).
Anna F. Callis, Christopher L. Carter
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One‐Class Autoencoders for Porcelain Art Attribution: The Case of William Billingsley
Archaeometry, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This comprehensive study explores the application of advanced machine learning techniques, specifically one‐class autoencoders, for the authentication and attribution of English porcelain artworks. Focusing primarily on the works of William Billingsley (1758–1828), one of England's most celebrated porcelain decorators, we demonstrate how ...
Hassan Ugail +3 more
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Mobile Work: Handcart and Bicycle Workers Across the Urban Economy of Greater Accra Region
Area, EarlyView.Short Abstract This article explores the role of handcart and bicycle workers—mobile workers—in the urban economy of Accra and Tema, Ghana. Drawing on qualitative fieldwork, it shows how their practices of food vending, e‐waste collection and mobile trade exemplify a form of relational infrastructure that sustains urban life through improvisation ...
Kauê Lopes dos Santos +1 more
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Franchise in Romanian tourism [PDF]
Both on national and international scale, tourism business is improving continuously, by adjusting to the tourists' demands, resulting in modification and adaptation of organization and association forms in this area.
Bunea-Bontaş, Cristina Aurora +1 more
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Franchising in Frontier Markets: What's Working, What's Not, and Why [PDF]
, 2009 Summarizes research on franchising as a way to scale small businesses and, in turn, provide jobs and economic and skills development in Africa and South Asia.
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Clinical Obesity, Volume 15, Issue 2, April 2025.Summary In 2021, the UK Government announced additional funding in England for Adult Weight Management Services (AWMS); it was specified that the extra funding must be used to commission or extend existing tier 2 services. The Office for Health Improvement and Disparities encouraged commissioners to prioritise services for higher‐risk groups such as ...
Lorraine McSweeney +6 more
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Beyond the Rebel ‘Territorial Trap’: Governing Armed Sovereign Formations in Eastern Myanmar
Development and Change, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Territorial control is a central concept in the study of civil wars and rebel governance. However, scholars often fall into a ‘territorial trap’, assuming that territorial control is either an outcome of or a precondition for armed governance. Based on immersive fieldwork in eastern Myanmar, this article traces how different spatial orderings ...
Tony Neil, Saw Day Chit Htoo
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TV SeriesUgly Betty is an American comedy-drama television series that is the product of the internationalization of the franchise “Betty la Fea”. It comes from the Columbian telenovela Yo soy Betty La Fea (RNC, 1999-2001). The show was broadcast on ABC at a time
Sophie Chadelle
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Women in business: Gender and commercial space in nineteenth‐century Glasgow
The Economic History Review, EarlyView.Abstract Focusing on women entrepreneurs in a large British city, we examine how women's commercially listed businesses populated that city. Using commercial property rental records, our study allows us to understand sectoral variation and the distribution of businesses across the city and to assess both the absolute and relative contribution of women ...
Graeme Acheson +2 more
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European Management Review, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Multi‐sided platform (MSP) models have become more relevant for incumbent companies, requiring them to develop MSP engagement strategies. This study sheds light on the complex process incumbents undergo in developing platform strategies. Adopting an inductive research design, we conducted interviews with 37 decision‐makers across 35 incumbent ...
Lukas Zechel, Vivek K. Velamuri
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