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202. Soldier, Contractor, Trauma: The Governance of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder in the Private Military Labour Market.
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BUSINESS ,CONTRACTING out ,LABOR market ,VETERANS ,PRACTICAL politics ,POST-traumatic stress disorder ,PROFIT ,MILITARY personnel ,CLINICAL governance - Abstract
This article explores the governance of post-traumatic stress disorder among soldiers-turned-contractors in the private military labour market. Using original data relating to the UK case, it argues that this governance regime is best understood as a political economic process which transcends the public–private divide. On one side, post-traumatic stress disorder is managed as an economic issue—a calculation to be factored into the pursuit of profit maximization. On the other side, it is managed as a political or social issue—a component of the civil–military relationship in which state and society have a duty to care for all those who have served and sacrificed in defense of the nation. In other words, this process is shaped by—and gives shape to—the complex professional identity of the individuals under examination: they are private military contractors and, at the same time, armed forces veterans. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2019
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203. Vision for a National Food Strategy.
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Buttriss, J. L.
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AGRICULTURE ,BUSINESS ,CLIMATE change ,ECOLOGY ,ENVIRONMENTAL health ,FOOD industry ,FOOD service ,FOOD supply ,INGESTION ,NUTRITION ,NUTRITION policy ,SERIAL publications - Abstract
The article focuses on improving productivity and produce more food domestically in Great Britain. It mentions that initiative from the government, geared to develop and deliver an innovative food strategy, provides an once in a lifetime opportunity to look at food, nutrition and the environment. It also informs on upskilling of medical and healthcare professions in evidence-based nutrition and its application in health promotion.
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- 2019
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204. Managing the consumption of death and digital media: The funeral director as market intermediary.
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van Ryn, Luke, Meese, James, Arnold, Michael, Nansen, Bjorn, Gibbs, Martin, and Kohn, Tamara
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INTERMENT ,BUSINESS ,CREATIVE ability ,PSYCHOLOGY of executives ,INTERDISCIPLINARY research ,MARKETING ,FUNERAL industry ,MANUFACTURING industries ,CLIENT relations ,SOCIAL media - Abstract
A growing number of companies are offering digital products and services for use in funerals. Drawing on interdisciplinary research in Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States, we explore how funeral directors operate as intermediaries for these digital products and services. We critically examine the popular framing of the funeral industry as a "conservative" business and examine how funeral directors actively mediate between their clients and the companies offering innovative products and services. This study provides an account of current developments in the funeral economy as well as a broader narrative about how funeral industry professionals have engaged with technology. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2019
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205. Alignment, integration, and consistency in HRM across multi-employer networks.
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Marchington, Mick, Rubery, Jill, and Grimshaw, Damian
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BUSINESS ,COMMUNITY health services ,DECISION making ,GOAL (Psychology) ,INFORMATION services ,INFORMATION technology ,INTERVIEWING ,LABOR market ,MANAGEMENT ,NATIONAL health services ,ORGANIZATIONAL effectiveness ,PERSONNEL management ,SOCIAL networks ,PRIVATE sector ,PUBLIC sector ,INSTITUTIONAL cooperation - Abstract
Most studies of human resource management (HRM) have been conducted within the context of the single employing organization, which is strange given the recent growth in multi-employer networks. In this study, the authors examine whether alignment, integration, and consistency-concepts central to or implicit in most analyses of HRM-has meaning and relevance in the multi-employer context. They focus specifically on networks in which collaboration is intended to deliver high levels of product quality or customer service, precisely where one might expect employers would be attracted to 'strong' HRM systems. Data was collected via interviews and document analysis in four networks, spanning both the public and private sectors in the United Kingdom. Despite a set of potentially favorable conditions within these networks to promote alignment, integration, and consistency, implementation was impeded by other equally powerful forces, including differences in employer goals within networks, especially between public and private sector organizations; intraorganizational tensions within internal labor markets for organizations involved in networks; using divergent HR policies between organizations within multi-employer networks; and contradictions between the pursuit of 'among employee' or 'temporal' consistency for workers. Rather than prescribing a one-size-fits-all solution for these problems, it is argued that detailed analysis of each network is necessary. ©2011 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2011
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206. Export Market Expansion Strategies of Direct-Selling Small and Medium-Sized Firms: Implications for Export Sales Management Activities.
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Katsikea, Evangelia S., Theodosiou, Marios, Morgan, Robert E., and Papavassiliou, Nikolaos
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EXPORTS ,INTERNATIONAL trade ,SALES management ,MARKETING ,BUSINESS ,EXPORT sales contracts ,EXPORT marketing ,MARKET share ,MARKETING strategy - Abstract
The authors use punctuated equilibrium theory as a framework to help explain potential differences in the export sales management arrangements between firms that adopt an export market expansion strategy of either market concentration or market spreading. On the basis of a thorough review of the extant literature, the authors identify certain export sales managers' characteristics and behavior, export sales behavioral control, and satisfaction with export sales territory design as potential discriminators between these two groups of direct exporting firms. Consistent with the hypotheses, in general, the authors find that the tenets of punctuated equilibrium theory hold for the sample of small and medium-sized U.K. exporters. In addition, the results indicate that export market expansion strategy has important implications for a firm's export sales management arrangements. The authors discuss the findings and outline implications for business practitioners and further research. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2005
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207. Talking toolkits.
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INDUSTRIAL hygiene standards ,BUSINESS ,EMPLOYMENT reentry ,HAND washing ,EMPLOYMENT of people with disabilities ,INDUSTRIAL relations ,INDUSTRIAL safety ,MEDICAL protocols ,PUBLIC health ,RISK assessment ,WELL-being ,DATA security ,SOCIAL distancing - Abstract
The article offers some of the useful toolkits, advice and guidance that are available to occupational health (OH) practitioners wrestling. It mentions that occupational health practitioners will inevitably need to keep fully abreast of the regularly updated information being published by Public Health England. It also mentions Society of Occupational Medicine (SOM) toolkit is free to download from the society's website.
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- 2020
208. Building Up to a Bright Future: Dissolution testing is experiencing a refresh thanks to a variety of market drivers.
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Thomas, Felicity
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PHARMACEUTICAL technology ,VIRTUAL reality ,MARKETING ,BUSINESS ,PHARMACEUTICAL industry - Abstract
The article offers information about the Dissolution testing as an integral part of pharmaceutical development, providing drug companies with the analytical ability to determine the efficacy, bioequivalence, and bioavailability of the active drug substance, as well as control quality, stability, and consistency of the final drug product. It mentions that generics sector has been driving the bulk of growth in the pharmaceutical field.
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- 2022
209. Business Management in Japan—A Comparative Historical Study.
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Nakagawa, Keiichiro
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BUSINESS ,INDUSTRIAL management ,COMPARATIVE studies - Abstract
The author summarizes the various developments of business strategy, business finance and labor management in Great Britain, U.S. and Japan, and explains from a long-term business history perspective the meaning of the business system in Japan after World War II as compared to those in Great Britain and the U.S. The international differences in basic business strategies which developed at the early stages of the countries' industrialization resulted in the emergence of industrial and business organizations unique to the respective nations which in turn gave rise to the different modes of business performance among the industrial nations.
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- 1993
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210. Business-education relations: tackling youth unemployment.
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BUSINESS ,SCHOOLS ,WORK environment ,JOB vacancies ,YOUTH - Abstract
The article presents information on relationship between business community and education institutions in Great Britain. It informs that the Government will improve the communication between education institutes and the workplace to reduce the employment crises. It informs that the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) published their responses to the Wilson review of business-university engagement that focused on government effort to create prosperity for young people.
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- 2012
211. MATTERS OF SPIRIT.
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Karlgaard, Rich
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ENTREPRENEURSHIP ,CAPITALISM ,BUSINESS enterprises ,BUSINESS - Abstract
Discusses entrepreneurship in Great Britain, as of August 9, 1999. Government poll that revealed most people view entrepreneurship with grave doubts; July 1999 meeting that British officials had with Americans regarding capitalism; Reasons for the lack of entrepreneurial spirit in Britain, including the harsh bankruptcy laws.
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- 1999
212. Reversing the tide of nationalization.
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BRITISH prime ministers ,ECONOMIC competition ,BUSINESS - Abstract
The article discusses the effort of British Prime Minister Edward Heath to make the country more competitive in business by selling several state-owned companies. The government is planning to sell a brewery, 200 pubs and placed Skyways Coach Air Ltd. in receivership. In addition, the prime minister plans to convince the National Coal Board to sell companies not related to the industry.
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- 1971
213. Road to Disillusion.
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MARKET exit ,FOREIGN business enterprises ,COMMUNISM - Abstract
The article deals with the decision of British firm Jardine, Matheson & Co. to end trading with China. Following the Communists' victory in mainland China, several British firms such as Butterfield & Swire and Hong Kong & Shanghai Banking Corp. had the misguided notion that they could do profitable business with Communist leader Mao Tse-tung. The foreign firms faced big taxes, confiscations and bans against layoffs.
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- 1954
214. Editorially Speaking—.
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BUSINESS ,RICE industry ,INTERNATIONAL trade ,MEAT packing houses ,SAUSAGES ,INDUSTRIAL productivity - Abstract
The article discusses business and other issues from around the world. The Southern Rice Industry has scheduled its Rice Week event from February 7 to 14, 1937. One commentator emphasizes the need for Great Britain to develop strategies to improve its foreign trade activities following the completion of its rearmament program. The Institute of American Meat Packers announced an increase in sausage production in 1936.
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- 1937
215. 'Defend and extend': British business strategy, EU employment policy and the emerging politics of Brexit.
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Lavery, Scott
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EMPLOYMENT policy ,BUSINESS planning ,PRACTICAL politics ,REFERENDUM - Abstract
As the British government embarks upon the process of exiting the European Union (EU), it will have to navigate the preferences of powerful business interest groups. However, the British politics and political economy literatures have tended to neglect the question of business agency in general and its relation to EU integration in particular. This article analyses British business strategy in relation to EU employment policy between 2010 and 2016. Through a document analysis of business responses to the Balance of Competences Review on EU Employment Policy and Confederation of British Industry (CBI) policy documents, the article argues that British business has attempted to 'defend and extend' a liberalising agenda within the EU in the recent past. Brexit fundamentally undermines this strategic orientation. The article accordingly outlines some of the key strategic dilemmas which the 'Leave' vote generates for British capital within the emerging politics of Brexit. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2017
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216. An Invitation to Encourage Due Consideration for the Survivability of Rescued Businesses in the Business Rescue System of England and Wales.
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Adebola, Bolanle
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BUSINESS ,STAKEHOLDERS ,BUSINESSPEOPLE ,BUSINESS failures ,RECIDIVISM - Abstract
Rescue seeks to preserve the going concern in a financially distressed but potentially viable business. It aims, on one hand, to maximise the value in distressed businesses and, on the other, to give potentially viable but distressed businesses the opportunity of a second chance. In England and Wales, the main rescue process is structured to strive for the former but pays relatively little attention to the latter. The mechanisms that have been introduced to maximise the prospects of the achieving a going concern sale have been associated with the subsequent failure of the rescued business. It appears, therefore, that there is a discord between value maximisation and the survivability of rescued businesses. In 2015, the Graham Review sought to alleviate this discord by proposing the voluntary independent viability report and viability statement. While this article agrees with the reforms to the extent that they encourage due consideration for the future survival of rescued businesses, it argues that the requirements ought to be mandatory and that the buyer should be required to demonstrate that the amount of leverage carried forward and the time span for repayment are calculated with due consideration for the earning capacity of the rescued business and its own operational needs. Copyright © 2017 INSOL International and John Wiley & Sons, Ltd [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2017
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217. Power, corruption and lies: Mis-selling and the production of culture in financial services.
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Brannan, Matthew J.
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BEHAVIOR ,BUSINESS ,CORPORATE culture ,CORRUPTION ,DECEPTION ,DECISION making ,MANAGEMENT ,SCIENTIFIC observation ,ORGANIZATIONAL behavior ,PERSONNEL management ,POWER (Social sciences) ,SALES personnel ,ETHNOLOGY research ,RULES ,FINANCIAL management ,FIELD research ,FIELD notes (Science) - Abstract
The extent of recent misconduct in retail financial services questions assumptions that mis-selling is perpetrated by rogue traders dealing in sub-prime markets. Yet we know little about the organizational dimensions of mis-selling and specifically how new employees are introduced to and subsequently enact mis-selling behaviour when not explicitly encouraged to do so. This article seeks to understand the mechanics of mis-selling through an ethnographic account of the opening of a new retail financial services call centre, and analysis of the ritual nature of the sales interaction. The study documents the training, induction and initial work of direct sales agents to better understand the complexity, social relations and organization of mis-selling, together with the way in which regulation and management regimes shape sales practice and consequent employee behaviour. The critical analysis of sales rituals allows us to explain how mis-selling becomes embedded in organizational practice and contributes to our understanding of the everydayness of mis-selling in contrast to approaches that focus either on individual decision-making or on cultural explanations. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2017
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218. The new fire in British business.
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BUSINESS ,BUSINESS enterprises - Abstract
The article discusses the changes that are taking place in business in Great Britain. From the opinion of a leading American management consultant, British business is changing in terms of attitude, structure, and operational methods. Pointed out in this article is the adoption of Britain's companies and industries of the American ideas and techniques. Peter Runge, vice president of the Confederation of British Industry, is saying fundamental change is in the air.
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- 1968
219. New Kind of Revolution for Britain.
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BUSINESS ,INDUSTRIAL management ,EXECUTIVES - Abstract
The article discusses business and industrial management in Great Britain in 1959. It reports that like in the U.S., the rise of an executive group professional in background, outlook and method is also happening in Great Britain. The British Institute of Management, an organization modeled after the American Management Association, is also noted for issuing pamphlets about work study, operational research and indexes of productivity.
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- 1959
220. SIGNIFICANT NEWS of Interest to Business Men.
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BUSINESS ,INDUSTRIAL workers ,COAL mining strikes & lockouts ,WAGES - Abstract
This section offers business news briefs around the world. The American Federation of Labor has totally repudiated the International Federation of Trade Unions, and will have no ties whatsoever with this organization. Factory workers' earnings in New York State continue to drop from April 1921 to May 1921. The British coal strike has been settled after being in effect for 89 days.
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- 1921
221. Business Abroad.
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BUSINESS ,WEAPONS industry ,TRANSPORTATION laws ,PRICE increases - Abstract
The article offers news briefs related to business as of March 1937. There is likelihood that the armament industry in Great Britain would lead to economic crisis. The topics that form part of the reform program of Canadian Transport Minister C. D. Howe include the capitalization of Canadian National Railways, the establishment of a tans-Canada air service, and control of carriers under federal license. Prices of several products in Japan have increased including tuna fish, beef, and bread.
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- 1937
222. The U.K.'s Sugar Tax Looks Promising: Richard Martyn-Hemphill.
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Martyn-Hemphill, Richard
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TAXATION of sugar ,TAXATION - Published
- 2018
223. Interpreting business partnerships in late Victorian Britain.
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Bennett, Robert J.
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ECONOMIC conditions in Great Britain -- 19th century ,BUSINESS partnerships ,BUSINESS ,FAMILY-owned business enterprises ,NINETEENTH century ,HISTORY - Abstract
This article gives the first large-scale assessment of business partnerships in England and Wales using business records within the population census for 1881. It seeks to understand the variety of ways that 'partnership' was used: explicit partnership, 'de facto' partnership, 'joint' activity, and asset ownership together. The article confirms that partnerships were chiefly between two people. Complexity and transaction costs largely precluded larger size and squeezed the partnership into a 'middle ground' between the sole proprietor and the corporation. The main size contrast was between farms with small employee numbers, and larger non-farm business partnerships. Generally differences in the gender of business owners have greater salience than sectors. Few female business partnerships employed more than four people (mean 3.4), while male partnerships ranged up to several thousand employees (mean 33.6), and 18.6 for mixed gender. While many women were involved in businesses, their opportunities remained restricted, and most were in partnership with male partners. Family structures were important, with three-quarters of all identifiable partnerships having some form of family relationship, with a strong preponderance of single women in female-only partnerships, married men in male-only partnerships, and widows in mixed gender businesses. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2016
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224. GDPR And Brexit: What's Next for the UK?
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Harris, Matt and Perera, Supuni
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DATA protection ,PERSONALLY identifiable information ,BUSINESS - Abstract
The article focuses on the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is directly applicable to the UK. Topics discussed include international transfers of personal data under GDPR; data protection is based upon a standard adequacy decision and defends the positions of trade; and the UK will automatically withdraw from the European Economic Area (EEA).
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- 2018
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225. NEWSBYTES.
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MOTION pictures ,BUSINESS ,LIBRARIES ,BIBLIOGRAPHICAL citations ,BIBLIOGRAPHY ,BIBLIOMETRICS ,COOPERATIVE cataloging databases ,COMPUTER software ,MERGERS & acquisitions ,ECOLOGY ,ENDOWMENTS ,GENETICS ,INFORMATION retrieval ,INTELLECTUAL property ,LITERATURE ,MEDICAL libraries ,MEDICAL literature ,OPTICS ,SCIENCE ,SERIAL publications ,SUBJECT headings ,GENOMICS ,ACCESS to information - Abstract
The article presents several information technology news briefs as of January 2013. Topics include the acquisition of the Ex Libris Group by the software firm Golden Gate Capital, a grant awarded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to the open source software organization LYRASIS, and a partnership between Alexander Street Press and Asia Pacific Films (APF) to distribute video content from Asia to the rest of the world.
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- 2013
226. Discourses of Enterprise in Hyperlocal Community News in the UK.
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Harte, Dave, Turner, Jerome, and Williams, Andy
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CITIZEN journalism ,HYPERLOCAL news media ,ENTREPRENEURSHIP ,LOCAL mass media - Abstract
In recent years, a new wave of hyperlocal community news websites has developed in the United Kingdom (UK), with many taking advantage of new opportunities provided by free open-source publishing platforms. Given the trend in the UK newspaper industry towards closure and retrenchment of their local and regional press titles, it is perhaps understandable that policy-makers have shifted their gaze to these sites. This article examines the viability of hyperlocal news services with a particular focus on those that are independently owned and managed. Such operations often have a longevity that sits in contrast to a number of failed attempts by major media organisations to operate in the hyperlocal space. Yet many of the business models that underpin these sites seem precarious, often benefiting from a degree of self-exploitation. Drawing on 35 interviews with hyperlocal news publishers from across the UK, this article argues that publishers draw upon a civic discourse in order to make sense of their practice. This framing may limit the potential to develop economic sustainability and risks alienating policy-makers keen to work with an idealised “fictive” hyperlocal entrepreneur. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]
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- 2016
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227. Supplying London's Workhouses in the Mid-Nineteenth Century.
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Brown, Douglas
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ALMSHOUSES ,SOCIAL conditions of poor people ,DEALERS (Retail trade) ,FOOD & society ,POOR laws ,HISTORY ,SOCIAL history ,NINETEENTH century - Abstract
London's workhouses bought vast quantities of provisions to feed and clothe their pauper populations. This article explores the business of supplying these institutions. Several large suppliers dominated the markets for goods required in bulk. These businesses also sold to other institutions such as hospitals, barracks and prisons. But poor law unions were also keen to buy from smaller local suppliers such as high-street retailers. This can be seen in the provisioning arrangements of a central London union, St Saviour Southwark, and a peripheral parish, St John Hampstead. Guardians wanted to keep rates low by buying from large dealers, but also liked to keep the poor rates circulating within the local economy if possible. There was not a significant geographical variation in pricing across London, but some suppliers charged different amounts to different unions. Possible reasons for these disparities include transport costs, sizes of orders, the quality of goods and anti-competitive behaviour. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]
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- 2016
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228. Careering through academia: Securing identities or engaging ethical subjectivities?
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Clarke, Caroline A. and Knights, David
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UNIVERSITIES & colleges ,VOCATIONAL guidance ,BUSINESS ,ATTITUDE (Psychology) ,CONCEPTUAL structures ,CRITICAL theory ,GROUP identity ,INTERVIEWING ,RESEARCH methodology ,SELF-perception ,SERIAL publications ,DATA analysis software - Abstract
This article reflects upon careering, securing identities and ethical subjectivities in academia in the context of audit, accountability and control surrounding new managerialism in UK Business Schools. Drawing upon empirical research, we illustrate how rather than resisting an ever-proliferating array of governmental technologies of power, academics chase the illusive sense of a secure self through ‘careering’; a frantic and frenetic individualistic strategy designed to moderate the pressures of excessive managerial competitive demands. Emerging from our data was an increased portrayal of academics as subjected to technologies of power and self, simultaneously being objects of an organizational gaze through normalizing judgements, hierarchical observations and examinations. Still, this was not a monolithic response, as there were those who expressed considerable disquiet as well as a minority who reported ways to seek out a more embodied engagement with their work. In analysing the careerism and preoccupation with securing identities that these technologies of visibility and self-discipline produce, we draw on certain philosophical deliberations and especially the later Foucault on ethics and active engagement to explore how academics might refuse the ways they have been constituted as subjects through new managerial regimes. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2015
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229. Food at checkouts in non-food stores: a cross-sectional study of a large indoor shopping mall.
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Wright, James, Kamp, Erin, White, Martin, Adams, Jean, and Sowden, Sarah
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SHOPPING malls ,RETAIL stores ,CROSS-sectional method ,PUBLIC health ,FOOD sales & prices ,BUSINESS ,DIET ,FOOD ,FOOD supply ,HEALTH ,NUTRITIONAL value - Abstract
Objective: To investigate the display of food at non-food store checkouts; and to classify foods by type and nutrient content, presence of price promotions and whether food was at child height.Design: Cross-sectional survey of checkout displays at non-food stores. Foods were classified as 'less healthy' or healthier using the UK Food Standards Agency's Nutrient Profile Model. Written price promotions were recorded. Child height was defined as the sight line of an 11-year-old approximated from UK growth charts.Setting: A large indoor shopping mall, Gateshead, UK, February-March 2014.Subjects: Two hundred and five out of 219 non-food stores in the shopping mall directory which were open for trading.Results: Thirty-two (15·6%) of 205 non-food stores displayed food at the checkout. All displayed less healthy foods, and fourteen (43·8%) had healthier foods. Overall, 5911 checkout foods were identified. Of these, 4763 (80·6%) were 'less healthy'. No fruits, vegetables, nuts or seeds were found. Of 4763 less healthy foods displayed, 195 (4·1%) were subject to price promotions, compared with twelve of 1148 (1·0%) healthier foods (χ 2(df=1)=25·4, P<0·0001). There was no difference in the proportion of less healthy (95·1%) and healthier (96·2%) foods displayed at child height.Conclusions: Almost one-sixth of non-food stores displayed checkout food, the majority of which was 'less healthy' and displayed at child height. Less healthy food was more likely to be subject to a written price promotion than healthier food. Further research into the drivers and consequences of checkout food in non-food stores is needed. Public health regulation may be warranted. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]- Published
- 2015
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230. Trends in E-Cigarette Awareness, Trial, and Use Under the Different Regulatory Environments of Australia and the United Kingdom.
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Hua-Hie Yong, Borland, Ron, Balmford, James, McNeill, Ann, Hitchman, Sara, Driezen, Pete, Thompson, Mary E., Fong, Geoffrey T., Cummings, K. Michael, and Yong, Hua-Hie
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SMOKING laws ,SMOKING prevention ,SMOKING cessation -- Law & legislation ,BUSINESS ,HEALTH attitudes ,LONGITUDINAL method ,NICOTINE ,RESEARCH funding ,SMOKING ,SMOKING cessation ,SOCIOECONOMIC factors ,ELECTRONIC cigarettes - Abstract
Introduction: E-cigarettes (ECs) have gained significant attention in recent years. They have been introduced in jurisdictions with divergent existing laws that affect their legality. This provides the opportunity for natural experiments to assess effects of such laws in some cases independent of any formulated government policy. We compare patterns of EC awareness and use over a 3 year period in Australia where laws severely restrict EC availability, with awareness and use in the United Kingdom where ECs are readily available.Methods: Data analyzed come from Waves 8 and 9 (collected in 2010 and 2013, respectively) of the International Tobacco Control surveys in Australia and the United Kingdom (approximately 1,500 respondents per wave per country).Results: Across both waves, EC awareness, trial, and use among current and former smokers were significantly greater in the United Kingdom than in Australia, but all 3 of these measures increased significantly between 2010 and 2013 in both countries, and the rate of increase was equivalent between countries. Seventy-three percent of U.K. respondents reported that their current brands contained nicotine as did 43% in Australia even though sale, possession and/or use of nicotine-containing ECs without a permit are illegal in Australia. EC use was greater among smokers in both countries, at least in part due to less uptake by ex-smokers.Conclusions: EC awareness and use have risen rapidly between 2010 and 2013 among current and former smokers in both Australia and the United Kingdom despite different EC regulatory environments. Substantial numbers in both countries are using ECs that contain nicotine. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]- Published
- 2015
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231. EU Talks to Focus on Liquidity, Gas Price Cap: Energy Update.
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PRICE regulation ,GAS prices ,LIQUIDITY (Economics) ,NATURAL gas prices ,BANK liquidity - Abstract
Keywords: 0629846DBB; CNA@LN; EQNR@NO; FORTUM@FH; GAZP@RM; INSE@LN; SHEL@LN; SLDZ@FH; UCG@IM; UN01@GR; ALLTOP; BUSINESS; CMD; COS; ELC; EUROPE; GEN; GER; GOV; INDUSTRIES; MARKETS; NRG; UK; UTI; WORLD; WWTOP EN 0629846DBB CNA@LN EQNR@NO FORTUM@FH GAZP@RM INSE@LN SHEL@LN SLDZ@FH UCG@IM UN01@GR ALLTOP BUSINESS CMD COS ELC EUROPE GEN GER GOV INDUSTRIES MARKETS NRG UK UTI WORLD WWTOP Switzerland and Finland joined Germany in offering credit facilities to energy companies as the worsening supply crunch and surging prices threaten to create financial havoc in Europe. When EU energy ministers meet in Brussels on Friday, deploying "emergency liquidity instruments" is one of the key items on the agenda pushed by the Czech presidency. [Extracted from the article]
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- 2022
232. Swift Survey of Business Abroad.
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BUSINESS ,UNEMPLOYMENT ,GOLD ,EXTERNAL debts - Abstract
This section offers world news briefs as of October 1930. Unemployment rate in Great Britain has declined by 36,158. The accumulation of gold in Paris, France is projected to cease as tourist expenditures come to an end and seasonal raw material purchases begin. A new 50 million dollar loan has been contracted by Argentina with New York banks to cover the loan for an identical amount which comes due October 1, 1930.
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- 1930
233. Swift Survey of Business Abroad.
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INTERNATIONAL competition ,BUSINESS ,BUSINESS enterprises ,BANK notes ,TARIFF - Abstract
This section offers news briefs about business and economy worldwide. Business situation in Great Britain is characterized as depressed, despite the slight improvement of individual commodities. In Germany, Reichsbank could follow international trends by reducing bank rates. A new tariff could be implemented in Argentina following the move of the finance minister to appoint a committee of customs appraisers.
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- 1930
234. Business Abroad.
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BUSINESS ,DEVALUATION of currency ,STOCK exchanges ,RETAIL stores ,ELECTRIC lamps - Abstract
This section offers business news briefs from around the world in 1936. Berlin, Germany, is looking into open devaluation for the fall of 1936, and arrangements to regain normal trade with the U.S. and other countries. In Great Britain, stock markets are performing good, stores continue to report good earnings and duty on electric hand lamps will be increased. The Soviet Union is making improvements in all transport services and plans to buy some rail equipment from Great Britain.
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- 1936
235. Business Abroad.
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BUSINESS ,DISTRIBUTION (Economic theory) ,SURPLUS agricultural commodities ,FARMERS ,INTERNATIONAL mediation - Abstract
This section offers international news briefs on business. In Italy, the actions prompted by the demands for colonial security, territorial and economic expansion have brought up the problem of redistribution of economic resources. In Germany, the government has threatened to punish farmers who are refusing to sell their surplus. In Great Britain, the government is planning a new approach to address the possibility of trouble with Italy in line with the peace negotiations.
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- 1935
236. Business Abroad.
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BUSINESS ,UNEMPLOYED people ,EMPLOYEES - Abstract
This section offers business news briefs outside the U.S. In Great Britain, the unemployed population shrank by 54,600 in Septmber 1934, resulting to 10.233 million registered employees in the state. In Germany, unemployed employees were reduced by 116,000 in September 1934 and the U.S. declined on agreeing to a new trade deal with the German government. In Canada, interest rate on savings deposits had shrank since May 1934 from 3 percent to 2 percent, despite the issuing of the 250 million dollars worth of conversion loan by the Canadian government.
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- 1934
237. Utilities winbacks: counting the pennies.
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ENERGY industries ,POWER resources ,BUSINESS planning ,STRATEGIC planning ,BUSINESS - Abstract
Reports that British energy suppliers have increased their investment in market expansion strategies. Efforts of power companies to win back customers who were lost to poor service; Level of competition in then national power industry compared to the European setting; Factors that will determine the success of the business strategy.
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- 2003
238. WORLD BUSINESS BRIEFING.
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BUSINESS , *MERGERS & acquisitions , *CORPORATE debt ,WORLD news briefs - Abstract
Presents business news briefs from around the word as of June 2003. Examination of a television merger in Great Britain; Steady quarter at Cadbury Schweppes; Debt agreement advances in Singapore at the Asia Pulp and Paper Company.
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- 2003
239. SMEs not ready to support sick staff.
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BUSINESS ,SICK leave ,DECISION making ,INSURANCE ,MANAGEMENT ,WAGES - Abstract
The article informs that a new research from group risk insurer Ellipse reveal that small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) are not ready to support sick employees.
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- 2016
240. Why do women seek ultrasound scans from commercial providers during pregnancy?
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Roberts, Julie, Griffiths, Frances E., Verran, Alice, and Ayre, Catherine
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BUSINESS ,FETAL ultrasonic imaging ,HEALTH behavior ,INTERVIEWING ,RESEARCH methodology ,UNNECESSARY surgery ,QUALITATIVE research ,THEMATIC analysis ,PATIENTS' attitudes - Published
- 2015
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241. Industry Actors, Think Tanks, and Alcohol Policy in the United Kingdom.
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Hawkins, Benjamin and McCambridge, Jim
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ALCOHOLIC beverages ,ALCOHOLISM ,BUSINESS ,FEDERAL government ,INDUSTRIES ,PUBLIC health ,SALES personnel ,GOVERNMENT policy ,BINGE drinking ,ECONOMICS - Abstract
Corporate actors seek to influence alcohol policies through various means, including attempts to shape the evidential content of policy debates. In this case study, we examined how SABMiller engaged the thinktank Demos to produce reports on binge drinking, which were heavily promoted among policymakers at crucial stages in the development of the UK government's 2012 alcohol strategy. One key report coincided with other SABMiller-funded publications, advocating measures to enhance parenting as an alternative to minimum unit pricing. In this instance, the perceived independence of an influential think tank was used to promote industry interests in tactics similar to those of transnational tobacco corporations. This approach is in keeping with other alcohol industry efforts to marginalize the peer-reviewed literature. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2014
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242. European Energy Prices Plunge as EU Plans to Intervene in Crisis.
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Dezem, Vanessa and Gillespie, Todd
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PRICES ,EUROPEAN Sovereign Debt Crisis, 2009-2018 ,LIQUEFIED natural gas ,PRICE regulation ,ELECTRICITY pricing - Abstract
Keywords: 0629846DBB; ENGI@FP; GAZP@RM; INGA@NA; ALLTOP; BUSINESS; CMD; CMDTOP; COS; ELC; EUROPE; EURTOP; FRA; FUTURES; GEN; GER; GOV; GOVTOP; INDUSTRIES; MARKETS; NRG; NRGTOP; TOP; UK; UTI; WORLD; WWTOP; WWTOPAM; WWTOPAS; WWTOPEU EN 0629846DBB ENGI@FP GAZP@RM INGA@NA ALLTOP BUSINESS CMD CMDTOP COS ELC EUROPE EURTOP FRA FUTURES GEN GER GOV GOVTOP INDUSTRIES MARKETS NRG NRGTOP TOP UK UTI WORLD WWTOP WWTOPAM WWTOPAS WWTOPEU European energy prices plunged on signs that the region is stepping up efforts to curb a crisis that threatens to tip the region into recession with winter approaching. RHF4IADWX2PS (Bloomberg) -- European energy prices plunged on signs that the region is stepping up efforts to curb a crisis that threatens to tip the region into recession with winter approaching. [Extracted from the article]
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- 2022
243. Mental Health Epidemic Driving Up UK Disability Claims, IFS Says.
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Aldrick, Philip
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DISABILITY insurance claims ,MENTAL health ,EPIDEMICS - Abstract
A total of 2.2 million working age people in the UK are now on disability benefit, with 944,000 citing mental health as their main condition. Keywords: ALLTOP; BON; BUSINESS; CORONAVIR; COS; EUROPE; GLOBALMACR; GOV; HEA; INDUSTRIES; MARKETS; UK; WORLD EN ALLTOP BON BUSINESS CORONAVIR COS EUROPE GLOBALMACR GOV HEA INDUSTRIES MARKETS UK WORLD Britain is in the grip of a mental health epidemic that has left almost 1 million people on disability support and is costing the government billions of pounds, analysis of official figures by the Institute for Fiscal Studies has found. [Extracted from the article]
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- 2022
244. PARTICIPATION AND NON-PARTICIPATION IN THE STANDARD SETTING PROCESS.
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Gilfedder, Doreen and HÓgartaigh, Ciaran Ó
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ACCOUNTING standards ,BOOKKEEPING ,BUSINESS ,FINANCE - Abstract
This chapter examines the characteristics of those who formally involve themselves in the standard setting process of the Accounting Standards Board in Great Britain by making submissions regarding its proposals for accounting standards. The chapter contributes to a view of the public consultation that shapes accounting standards.
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- 2001
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245. RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS: A CASE STUDY OF STANDARD SETTING IN THE UK.
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Cottingham, Juliet and Hussey, Roger
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RELATED party transactions ,CORPORATE finance ,ACCOUNTING standards ,BUSINESS - Abstract
This chapter examines the development of standard on related party transactions in Great Britain. Related party transactions occur as part of the normal activities a company conducts and refers to those transactions that occur between entitles where a relationship of control or significant influence exists.
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- 2001
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246. A Genteel Hand in the Malt Business: Barbara Ford (1755-1840) of Ashbourne.
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Collinge, Peter
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BUSINESSWOMEN ,BUSINESS ,WOMEN ,WOMEN'S employment ,MALT industry ,MALTING ,HISTORY - Abstract
This examination of a late-Georgian businesswoman, Barbara Ford of Ashbourne in Derbyshire, utilises an extensive but partial and fragmentary range of contemporary sources to demonstrate the significance of a familial network and its commercial undertakings in one woman's enterprise. The activities of Barbara's prosperous family, and its ability to exploit the changing economic circumstances of the age, were not lost on the newly-widowed Mrs Ford. It was not inevitable that she should enter the commercial world but her actions, viewed in the light of her extended familial network, are entirely consistent with their extensive business interests. The research places Barbara Ford in a local and provincial world where commercial success depended as much on interpersonal communication and reputation as it did upon business acumen. Rather than regarding Barbara Ford as an outlier, an atypical woman of middle-rank, forced into a commercial world by economic necessity, the evidence is strongly suggestive that her decision to continue her husband's business was guided by choice. Her reputation in the community was enhanced, not diminished, in consequence. Most of all, the research demonstrates female agency: the strength, skill, and determination of one woman to negotiate her way in an age that placed so many limitations on the lives of women. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2014
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247. Beyond Interests and Institutions: US Health Policy Reform and the Surprising Silence of Big Business.
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Smyrl, Marc E.
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CORPORATIONS ,BUSINESS ,EMPLOYMENT ,HEALTH policy ,INTERNATIONAL business enterprises ,MEDICAL care costs ,PATIENT Protection & Affordable Care Act - Abstract
Interest-based arguments do not provide satisfying explanations for the surprising reticence of major US employers to take a more active role in the debate surrounding the 2010 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA). Through focused comparison with the Bismarckian systems of France and Germany, on the one hand, and with the 1950s and 1960s in the United States, on the other, this article concludes that while institutional elements do account for some of the observed behavior of big business, a necessary complement to this is a fuller understanding of the historically determined legitimating ideology of US firms. From the era of the "corporate commonwealth," US business inherited the principles of private welfare provision and of resistance to any expansion of government control. Once complementary, these principles are now mutually exclusive: employer-provided health insurance increasingly is possible only at the cost of ever-increasing government subsidy and regulation. Paralyzed by the uncertainty that followed from this clash of legitimate ideas, major employers found themselves unable to take a coherent and unified stand for or against the law. As a consequence, they failed either to oppose it successfully or to secure modifications to it that would have been useful to them. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2014
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248. Cracks in the Post-War Keynesian Settlement? The Role of Organised Business in Britain in the Rise of Neoliberalism Before Margaret Thatcher.
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Rollings, Neil
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NEOLIBERALISM ,BUSINESS ,KEYNESIAN economics ,BRITISH economic policy ,RESEARCH institutes - Abstract
This article modifies our understanding of the rise of neoliberalism in Britain by highlighting the links between neoliberal circles and organised business in Britain. It focuses on the role of two individuals who played an active role in both spheres as Economic Director of the Confederation of British Industry and its predecessor over the period 1955–73. Incorporation of this evidence shows that neoliberal intellectuals and think tanks were not always as isolated as commonly suggested. It also shows how business opinion was less united in its support for Keynesian and corporatist solutions than traditionally implied. This helps to explain why the neoliberal counterrevolution was able to occur so rapidly in Britain. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]
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- 2013
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249. UK: TOBACCO COMPANIES INVESTIGATED OVER MENTHOL BAN.
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SMOKING prevention ,ALCOHOLS (Chemical class) ,BUSINESS ,PUBLIC health ,TOBACCO ,MANUFACTURING industries - Published
- 2020
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250. Why the post-Brexit UK market research industry needs to consolidate.
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Priest, Jon
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BREXIT Referendum, 2016 ,BUSINESS ,SUPPLIERS ,INNOVATION adoption ,MARKETING research - Abstract
The UK may be a tiny island in the North Atlantic, but it has become one of the chief concerns for business leaders everywhere. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2017
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