Приватните воени компании и безбедноста [PDF]
Bezbednosni Dijalozi, 2014 The private military companies had an inferior role during the previous years and were found in the broad labor division of the public sectors, where their work was underestimated by the public sector, marginalized by the media, and unaccepted by ...
Oliver BAKRESKI
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, 2007 AbstractThe main aim of this book is to argue that the use of private force by states has been restricted by a norm against mercenary use. It traces the evolution of this norm, from mercenaries in medieval Europe through to private security companies in modern day Iraq, telling a story about how the mercenaries of yesterday have evolved into those of ...
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Loneliness and the Customer Journey: Toward a Framework for Customer Experience Management
Psychology &Marketing, EarlyView.ABSTRACT How can customer experience (CX) frameworks be used to understand and support service firms to mitigate loneliness and social isolation? This paper addresses this question by developing the Lonely Customer Journey, a conceptual framework that uses the Touchpoints‐Context‐Qualities (TCQ) framework (De Keyser et al.
Nina Veflen, Lars Witell, Lars Fuglsang
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Cross-sectional survey in Central African Republic finds mortality 4-times higher than UN statistics: how can we not know the Central African Republic is in such an acute humanitarian crisis? [PDF]
Confl Health, 2023 Gang KBA +3 more
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Consumer Cultural Renaissance: Conceptualisation, Scale Development, and Validation
Psychology &Marketing, EarlyView.ABSTRACT As incessant globalisation leads to the pervasive erosion of traditional Asian culture by Western consumerism, a recent phenomenon has emerged that allures Asian consumers to reconnect with their traditional culture via consumption. We postulate that this behaviour is rooted in a self‐identity, consumer cultural renaissance (CCR), that has not
Richard Lee +3 more
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The last battle of Anne of Brittany: Solving mass grave through an interdisciplinary approach (paleopathology, biological anthropology, history, multiple isotopes and radiocarbon dating). [PDF]
PLoS One, 2021 Colleter R +16 more
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Manufacturing Nostalgia in the Digital Age: A Foreverism Perspective
Psychology &Marketing, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Many scholars argue that we are experiencing the era of “retro”—nostalgia‐driven marketing and consumption phenomena reinforced by digital technologies. However, existing research lacks a critical analysis of nostalgia in contemporary markets and of how digital content, tools, and environments transform retro consumption experiences and alter ...
Dinara Davlembayeva +4 more
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Psychology &Marketing, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study introduces the Paradox of Escapism, exploring how the act of escaping reality can evolve from a short‐term avoidance strategy to a mechanism for self‐regulation and enhanced life satisfaction. Employing five rigorous, multimethod investigations, including qualitative interviews and sentiment analysis (Study 1), Structural Equation ...
Thamiris Magalhães de Sousa +3 more
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Potchefstroom Electronic Law Journal, 2011 South Africa has adopted two pieces of legislation since 1998 aimed at restricting one of the fastest growing sectors of the global economy: the private security industry. Not only is this legislation completely unique, but it appears wholly at odds with
M Maritz, S Bosch
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Volunteer Foreign Fighters in the Ukrainian Conflict and Considerations for Forensic Psychiatry: Toward an Interdisciplinary Dialogue. [PDF]
Front Psychiatry, 2022 Smith A +4 more
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