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Entrepreneurs: Jacks of all Trades or Hobos? [PDF]

open access: yes
Human capital investment theory suggests that entrepreneurs should be generalists, while those who work for others should be specialists; it also predicts higher incomes for entrepreneurs with generalist skills.
Thomas Astebro, Peter Thompson
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Early Effects of the Serious Accidents Punishment Act on Occupational Health Outcomes in Korea: A Nationwide Difference‐in‐Differences Study (2017–2023)

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Industrial Medicine, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Work‐related injury and occupational disease remain major public health challenges worldwide; South Korea continues to report comparatively high industrial accident rates among OECD countries. To strengthen managerial accountability for worker safety, the Korean government enacted the Serious Accidents Punishment Act (SAPA) in 2021,
Hyewon Park, Misong Woo, Wanhyung Lee
wiley   +1 more source

Mapping policy agents : policy entrepreneurs, advocacy coalitions, epistemic communities and instrument constituencies

open access: yes, 2020
Public policy research prominently features the study of the individual and collective agents that populate the various moments of the policy process across different policy subsystems.
Béland, Daniel   +3 more
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Participatory Policy Development: Reflections on Designing the Strong Roots for Our Futures Program in Victoria

open access: yesAustralian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In this paper, we trace the journey to create the Strong Roots for our Futures Program, a government program to resource and support Traditional Owners to undertake a range of activities in areas where no state recognition existed. We provide a background to state recognition in Victoria before considering the program design, leading to an ...
Nell Reidy   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

The eye of every storm: policy entrepreneurs to strengthen the role of energy efficiency in EU climate policy

open access: yesEnergy, Sustainability and Society
Background Improving energy efficiency on a global scale is crucial to meet climate targets of the Paris Agreement and the UN sustainable development goal on ensuring access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all.
Fredrik von Malmborg
doaj   +1 more source

A Yin-Yang Perspective of Street-Level Policy Entrepreneurs

open access: yesAmerican Business Review
We introduce a cultural perspective, Yin-Yang logic, to explore how street-level policy entrepreneurs (SLPEs) formulate policy and foster inter-local collaborations across 14 Chinese cities.
Monica Ren, Hua Xing, Puyao Xing
doaj   +1 more source

Building Community Amidst the Institutional Whiteness of Graduate Study: Black Joy and Maroon Moves in an Academic Marronage

open access: yesAustralian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article reflects on the construction of a supportive community of Black Afro‐diasporic graduate students and their supervisors researching issues relating to race in the field of education in Australia. It draws on the concept of marronage—a term rooted in the fugitive act of becoming a maroon, where enslaved people enacted an escape in ...
Hellen Magoi   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

On the Prospects for African Philosophy in Australia

open access: yesAustralian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper grapples with the situation of people of African descent in Australia by working through the constitution of the body of academic philosophy in the country. It contends with the parochialism of the Australian philosophical community and the prospects for the cultivation of greater pluralism. Taking African philosophy as one possible
Bryan Mukandi
wiley   +1 more source

Trends and Current Situation of China's Meat Sector

open access: yesAnimal Research and One Health, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT As the world's largest meat producer, consumer, and importer, China's meat sector has undergone profound transformation over the past decade, driven by biological crises (e.g., African Swine Fever), environmental policies, and global market integration. This study analyzes the sector's production restructuring, consumption diversification, and
Zengyong Zhu
wiley   +1 more source

Do risk attitudes differ within the group of entrepreneurs?

open access: yes
The notion of risk and entrepreneurship has been widely discussed in the entrepreneurship literature. Starting a business involves risk and requires a risk-taking attitude. Most studies have com-pared entrepreneurs with non-entrepreneurs such as managers
Block, Joern   +2 more
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