Abstract Despite the growing body of research on corporate philanthropy, there remains a lack understanding regarding how local embeddedness impacts philanthropic activities firms. Our study addresses this gap in philanthropy literature by proposing and testing model that elucidates mechanism. Drawing data from 166 firms operating mining industry, our findings indicate has positive effect firm'...

In 1982, Betamax, the world’s first personal recording service was ruled as a fair use in court. Although the copyright holders of TV content claimed that Betamax was an infringement of copyright, the court determined that the benefits of personal recording services were significant and that the copyright holder’s profits could be protected because the original service was of better quality and...

Small scale fishing profits in two communities in the Upper Paraná River floodplain (Porto Rico - PRI and Porto São José - PSJ villages) are assessed based on interviews carried out with professional fishermen. There is a high illiteracy level in both PRI (50%) and PSJ (44.5%). The main contributions to income are "vessel costs" and "fish consumption" by the family. Specific tackle (such as cev...