This paper discusses the General Agreement on Trade in Services or GATS and assesses some of the key issues and concerns that have been voiced about this agreement, particularly with regard to its implications for policymaking in important social service sectors. The paper provides an overview of the GATS in terms of its key features, structural characteristics, and negotiating modalities. It a...

Environmental regulators often use environmental policy to induce green investment by firms. However, if an environmental policy fails to exert a long-run effect on regulating the economic agents' behavior, it may be more reasonable to think of the firm as the leader in the game, since the investment in green technology is usually a strategic decision. In this paper, we consider a three-stage S...

The emerging field of green work–life balance (growing from the and sustainability fields) largely centres its analysis around organisational benefits policies. Consequently, it often focuses on way in which individual behaviours can reduce environmental footprint organisation. This paper argues that gendered assumptions underpinning research mean nascent has failed to theorise personal, commun...

BACKGROUND: Following the lead of evidence-based medicine, practice based on effectiveness research has become the new gold standard of contemporary public policy. Studies of this sort are increasingly demanded to evaluate services provided by mental health, social services and criminal justice systems. AIMS: The paper questions whether the simple randomized controlled trial (RCT) paradigm as a...

Nike's tagline,"Just do it," is an inspirational call to action for the millions who wear the company's athletic gear. But in terms of corporate responsibility, Nike didn't always follow its own advice. In the 1990s, protesters railed against sweatshop conditions at some of its overseas suppliers and made Nike the global poster child for corporate ethical fecklessness. The intense pressure that...

I greatly appreciate the opportunity to testify before this Committee during its consideration of multiyear budgeting processes and possible biennial budgeting reforms in the United States. In particular, I would like to commend the Committee for taking an international perspective on the pitfalls and potentially useful practices involved in setting fiscal policy from a long-term perspective. T...

Internet usage for non-work activities during work hours is an increasingly common concern among management scholars and practitioners as well employees, particularly in relation to its impact on work-life conflict individual well-being. Drawing memory goals theory, this study investigates the distinction between digital intrusions interruptions their concomitant conflict. Using a set-theoretic...

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