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A community‐driven approach to address substance use and create a Great Plains American Indian addiction and recovery research agenda

American Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract Substance use, specifically opioid and methamphetamine use, is of increasing concern among American Indian (AI) populations in the Great Plains. This community‐driven participatory study investigated the impacts of substance use and community‐defined needs in treating addiction.
Brynn Luger, Anna Kihlström, Brinda Sivaramakrishnan, Allison Kelliher, Frankie Kropp, Carmen Rosa, T. John Winhusen, Donald Warne, the CTN0129 participating Tribal communities   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Connecting policy change, experimentation, and entrepreneurs: advancing conceptual and empirical insights

Ecology and Society, 2019
With global environmental problems worsening, policy makers and nonstate actors are looking for viable solutions through policy innovation, entrepreneurship, and experimentation.
Belinda K. McFadgen
doaj   +1 more source

Ethnic entrepreneurs and online home-based businesses [PDF]

, 2014
Objectives The study considers how online home-based businesses offer opportunities for ethnic entrepreneurs to ‘break out’ of the traditional highly competitive and low margin sectors they are often associated with.
Anwar, Naveed, Daniel, Elizabeth
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Underemployment and Job Quality Among Young Australians: A Gendered Analysis Using the HILDA Survey (2009–2022)

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Over almost two decades, young people's employment opportunities have been significantly impacted by events like the Global Financial Crisis (2008–2009) and the COVID‐19 pandemic (2020‐). Thus, underemployment has become a more pervasive and persistent feature of young people's labour market experiences. This research focuses on three forms of
Brendan Churchill
wiley   +1 more source

Cultivating Urban Agriculture Policies: Local Government Entrepreneurs’ Strategies in Three Brazilian Cities

Urban Planning
Urban agriculture (UA) is increasingly recognized in policy and academic discussions for its potential to promote sustainable food systems and reduce food insecurity.
Marcela Alonso Ferreira, Giselle Mendonça Abreu, Camila Nastari Fernandes, Vitória Leão, Jaqueline Ferreira, Juliana Luiz   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

An Analysis of the Obstructive Factors that Impact the Empowerment of Women Entrepreneurs in Sri Lanka [PDF]

Kelaniya Journal of Management
The sector of small and medium enterprises is considered an encouraging platform for the economic empowerment of women through participating in economic development as entrepreneurs.
D. N. P. Amarasooriya, S. P. Premarathna, S. Rajadurei   +2 more
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Policy entrepreneurs: catalysts for policy innovation

, 1987
In Minnesota, Gov. Rudy Perpich and an ad hoc group of eight policy entrepreneurs - advocates of innovation policy ideas - altered the contours of the educational policy debate. Policymakers in others states responses to the alarm bells sounded by the National Commission on Excellence in Education's 1983 report A Nation at Risk with curriculum reform (
King, Paula J., Roberts, Nancy C.
openaire   +1 more source

The Effect of Motivation on Self-Employment Duration in Germany: Necessity versus Opportunity Entrepreneurs [PDF]

Using data from the German Socio-Economic Panel Study (GSOEP), we analyze whether necessity and opportunity entrepreneurs differ in terms of self-employment duration.
Block, Joern, Sandner, Philipp
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Kite-marks, standards and privileged legal structures; artefacts of constraint disciplining structure choices [PDF]

, 2019
As different countries and regions continue to develop policy and legal frameworks for social enterprises this paper offers new insights into the dynamics of legal structure choice by social entrepreneurs.
O'Dor, Jules
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The celebrity entrepreneur on television: profile, politics and power [PDF]

, 2010
This article examines the rise of the ‘celebrity entrepreneur’ on television through the emergence of the ‘business entertainment format’ and considers the ways in which regular television exposure can be converted into political influence.
Bannatyne D., Bishop M., Bonner F., Bower T., Branson R., Caan J., Davies N., Davis A., Davis A., Drake P., Dyer R., Dyson J., Elnaugh R., Guthey E., Hargreaves I., Harvey-Jones J., Horton D., Jones P., Kelly L.W., Lewis T., Lichter S.R., Littler J., Lury K., Marshall P.D., Marshall P.D., Meyer T., Miller D., Moran C., Morgan P., Oborne P., Ouellette L., Paphitis T., Stanyer J., Turner G., Weber B.R., Wernick A., Williams J.   +36 more
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