...Jonathan Calof Purpose This paper aims to present a categorization scheme and use it to classify Canadian Government (federal and provincial) competitive intelligence (CI) programs and to also look at the impact of these programs on sectoral and regional economic development. Design/methodology...

... , p. 524): © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2013 Economic development Middle East Land of the future Sports development Sports This viewpoint paper seeks to establish to what extent the Middle East may be prepared for an evaluation of readiness on the looming deadline...

... be contacted at: geci@sampnode.org.za © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2011 Africa Emerging markets Economic development The majority of African countries will celebrate their 50th independence anniversary before the end of this decade. Many have already marked this milestone. Despite...

...‐market orthodoxy too far, arguing that since economic theory does not prove that free markets are always best, there is an intellectually solid case for some government promotion of industry (Krugman, 1992 , p. 32). Africa Economic development Epistemology Emerging markets When...

... implications for practitioners. The paper also describes proposed solutions to the current crisis. Originality/value The model developed synthesizes disparate institutional theories to build a new explanation for long‐term economic development. Previous historical research has identified...

... at: c.c.williams@sheffield.ac.uk © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2008 Employment Economic development Hierarchical organizations Many competing visions of the future of employment exist. Indeed, there are near enough as many visions as there are commentators. For some, the future...

...Trevor Williams Purpose Via philosophy of science, the paper seeks to identify the role of trial and error in business and other managed activities, including economic development. Design/methodology/approach Drawing first on Karl Popper's view of trial and error as essential...

... elections at the end of 2005. Pavel Nováček can be contacted at: pavel.novacek@upol.cz © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2007 Forecasting Economic development Haiti During the course of history several times there have been ideas that have appeared that, when realized, became...