The National Sex Offender Registration and Notification (SORN) policies in the United States have been one of the major policies against sex offense since 2006. In this paper, we attempt to assess the policies within a framework of four types of failure in criminal justice reform by Berman and Fox – Theory, Marketing and Politics, Implication, and Self-Reflection. According to the evaluation, t...

In China, alcohol consumption is increasing faster than anywhere else in the world. A steady increase in alcohol production has also been observed in the country, together with a rise in alcohol-related harm. Despite these trends, China's policies on the sale and consumption of alcoholic beverages are weak compared with those of other countries in Asia. Weakest of all are its policies on taxati...

Objectives The recent shift, from merely traditional approach providing only financial services to the new trend implying banks can be considered as business partners meeting their whole financial needs and creating a win-win relationship, in customers’ opinion towards banks has made banks try to apply banking marketing strategies to help attract more customers and respond to their needs. Hence...

T his paper discusses complementarities and tensions between competition policies and consumer protection policies. The paper argues that markets will often supply adequate customer protection without the need for extra public intervention. Special areas where intervention might be needed are discussed , including the need to combat deceptive marketing and the need to provide additional market ...

In this paper, the idea of providing personalized, location-based information services via rule-based policies is demonstrated. After a short introduction about related technologies and approaches, an innovative Personalized Location Information System (PLIS) is designed and implemented. PLIS delivers personalized and contextualized information to users according to rule-based policies. More sp...

In this paper, the idea of providing personalized, location-based information services via rule-based policies is demonstrated. After a short introduction, an innovative Personalized Location Information System (PLIS+) is designed and implemented. PLIS+ delivers personalized and contextualized information to users according to rule-based policies. More specifically, many categories of points of...

Human body digitization, in other words “mating” with technology, represents a fusion of technologies that shrinks the boundaries of physical, digital and biological world. Throughout history, trade perception has changed significantly, from a mere intermediary to creative activities. Adapting marketing activities and strategy, generated by the technology development of modern society requires ...