The commercial drivers of the obesity epidemic are so influential that obesity can be considered a robust sign of commercial success - consumers are buying more food, more cars and more energy-saving machines. It is unlikely that these powerful economic forces will change sufficiently in response to consumer desires to eat less and move more or corporate desires to be more socially responsible....

The global area under genetically modified (GM) crops grew rapidly in the first ten years of GM technology adoption. However, the protection of innovators’ intellectual property rights (IPRs) has remained controversial, especially in developing countries, where IPR enforcement is lax. Weak enforcement of IPRs in developing countries has resulted in the failure of markets to transfer rents from ...

Under EMU,monetary policy is oriented towards union-wide economic conditions, and cannot effectively address country-specific macroeconomic disturbances. Should national fiscal policy be used more actively, for stabilizing individual economies, now that exchange rate changes among member countries are no longer possible? Several recent studies answer this important normative question, based on ...

Andrzej Maksymilian Fredro is one of the leading Polish writers Old era who dealt with military reform issues. The article presents his ideas on replacing mass levy a new type unit made up peasants appointed in number proportionate to size arable land, presented four writings from period between 1668 and 1675. Those soldiers were designated by landowners noble, royal, Church estates. Initially,...

The study was conducted to assess influence of product differentiation strategy on performance commercial banks’ diaspora remittances in Kenya. evolution globalization, regionalization and deregulation experienced the world business has exposed entities a lot competitions both locally internationally. Commercial banks Kenya have not been spared stiff competitive environment. resulted into using...

The anti-pandemic measures taken to prevent the spread of coronavirus has slowed down economic activities many businesses. Particularly vulnerable are SMEs in industries hardest hit by crisis. These which, due nature their activities, have seen operations severely restricted or even had shut during pandemic. Key ensure survival government support measures. aim paper is find out whether there a ...

Abstract The devastating impacts that bio-degradable products such as plastic bags are having on human health, wildlife, and the environment is enormous, especially single-use once. Single-use plastics non-biodegradable does not undergo biological decomposition nor degenerate. This review examines various government regulations targeted at changing behaviour against consumption their effectiven...

This study aims to find out how the Toba Regency Tourism Sector Development Strategy is and much Revenue Contribution Regency's Original is. type of research descriptive qualitative. The informants in this consisted key informants, namely Head Culture Office Secretary Office, main informant was Product Marketing Section, additional were community tourism business actors around objects. also Cha...

The article is a study of the peculiarities preventing tax and levy offenses. In particular, it established that taxes levies play an important role in country’s financial system, providing resources for carrying out state functions, developing infrastructure, social programs. An effective system affects stability contributes to its economic development. It has been investigated administrative ...

Abstract There is a broad willingness to act on global plastic pollution as well plethora of available technological, governance, and societal solutions. However, this solution space has not been organized in larger conceptual framework yet. In essay, I propose such framework, place the solutions it, use it explore value-laden issues that motivate diverse problem formulations preferences for ce...