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Complexity, Volume 2022, Issue 1, 2022., 2022 Credit unions are one of the most widely established corporate entities in the financial systems of most of the world’s nations. Their historical support to the financing needs of small savers, as well as their assimilation into the framework of contemporary microfinance, gives them an important specific weight in the economic‐financial literature of ...
Carlos Gabriel Parrales Choez +3 more
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Politics &Policy, Volume 49, Issue 2, Page 280-308, April 2021., 2021 Abstract As the world starts reopening following the lockdowns prompted by the COVID‐19 pandemic, regional collaborations and trade matters have resurfaced. While the Brexit (British exit from the EU) negotiations have dominated regional trade headlines, the fate of the African Continental Free Trade Agreement is also being rethought.
Paul Agu Igwe +2 more
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Parents, individualism and education: three paradigms and four countries
Review of Education, Volume 8, Issue 3, Page 693-726, October 2020., 2020 Abstract The UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (1989) is an important indicator of the increased global importance of education. It defines the goal of education at the level of the child rather than the state, the community or household. The requirement that each child be treated as an individual who can expect to see their ‘personality ...
Ralph Fevre, Isabel Guimarães, Wei Zhao
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Law &Policy, Volume 42, Issue 4, Page 315-343, October 2020., 2020 Abstract This article demonstrates that arbitration system design and the training that arbitrators receive shape the extent to which repeat players gain advantages in arbitration hearings. While prior arbitration research does suggest that arbitrator training matters, this is the first article to show how it matters, as we observe actual arbitration ...
Shauhin A. Talesh, Peter C. Alter
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, 2020 Review of Education, Volume 8, Issue 3, Page 727-732, October 2020.
Ralph Fevre, Isabel Guimarães, Wei Zhao
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New Working-Class Studies [PDF]
, 2005 In this book, contributors trace the origins of the new working-class studies, explore how it is being developed both within and across fields, and identify key themes and issues.
Linkon (Editor), Sherry Lee +1 more
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Consultocracy and its discontents: A critical typology and a call for a research agenda
Governance, Volume 32, Issue 2, Page 241-258, April 2019., 2019 In the past few decades, many sector‐specific case studies have been conducted on the use of consultants in the public sector. However, the overall picture of the qualitative changes facilitated by consultants remains fragmented, and a comprehensive framework on how “consultocracy” affects governance is lacking. This article shows how the increased use
Matti Ylönen, Hanna Kuusela
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Strategic e-government development and the role of benchmarking [PDF]
, 2012 Developing information systems and e-government requires a lot of strategic and financial resources that developing countries often do not have. Facing such challenges, some countries are supported by international assistance and donors.
Kromidha, Endrit
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Global rankings in the Nordic region: challenging the identity of research-intensive universities? [PDF]
, 2016 Global university rankings currently attract considerable attention, and it is often assumed that such rankings may cause universities to prioritize activities and outcomes that will have a positive effect in their ranking position.
Elken, Mari +2 more
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“I Wish I Had Better Answers”: Organizational Ignorance in US Criminal Courts
Sociological Forum, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Systems of monetary sanctions in US criminal courts present an opportunity for furthering the sociological understanding of complex and consequential organizations. We examine whether and how court actors across eight states understand the organizational processes supporting the fiscal logic of legal financial obligations (LFOs).
Sarah K. S. Shannon +3 more
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