By tracing Japan’s history, we argue that families and communities have played important roles in the country’s successful socieconomic performance. The argument is first made by comparing Japan’s socioeconomic data with those of other Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) countries. Then, we look into some case studies to gain a better understanding of the roles played ...

The existence of an impact of HIV on labor market participation is hotly debated in South Africa. Some argue that HIV is a severe constraint on current economic growth because those who are too ill to work represent lost economic output. Others argue that because unemployment is so high (in the 30 to 40 percent range according to the broad definition1), HIV has minimal economic impact today. Pr...

Although not immediately apparent, the discipline of behavioral finance is rapidly adopting an implicit prescriptive agenda. Behavioralfinance does not merely describe financial market reality, it shapes it. Economic rationality is taken as the ideal toward to which individuals 'should' strive. In this paper I show that, as a behavioral ideal, economic rationality is unjustified both from a str...

a country’s foreign policy is greatly influenced by various internal, regional, trans-regional, and international factors.  in recent years china has adopted a peaceful foreign policy.  this paper aims to analyze the continuity of china’s peaceful foreign policy in the 21st century, and identify the most influential factors of the policy.  this paper will argue that china’s peaceful foreign pol...

Most past studies have analyzed the development and impact of e-Government and e-Business in a nation separately from each other. In contrast to these studies, we analyze the development and impact of e-Government and e-Business together from a global perspective. Using secondary data from 113 countries and the Technology-Organization-Environment (TOE) and IT impact literature as the guiding th...

E ective forest management is crucial to maximising the economic bene ts obtained from forests. However, the arrival of novel pests and pathogens may have a negative e ect on timber values. We argue that management strategies should be calibrated to consider the e ect of disease and in this paper explore the optimal rotation length of a single rotation, even-aged, plantation forest under varyin...

In the pursuit of enhanced competitiveness organisations are today searching for innovative business models in order to foster economic benefits. In Slovenia, several clusters are being formed, including the Slovenian Transport Logistics Cluster (STLC) as one of the most important. The STLC is currently in the stage of dynamic growth, demanding business model formation and adequate informatisat...