.../value This type of research paper has never been presented in relation to the personal real estate market in Sri Lanka. Thus, it explores the behavioural patterns of the various players who are engaged in the personal real estate business in Sri Lanka currently. Enterprise Real Estate Management...

... to identify the root of differences in outcomes from negotiations should be able to inform institutional design issues. Originality/value Little work has been done connecting the rich literature in social psychology and management on personality to economic outcomes. The research on bargaining neglects...

... and materialistic orientation of today’s business management which produces large scale ecological, social and ethical “ills.” The paper shows that alternative business management practices need a spiritual foundation to be more creative and caring. Sharda Nandram argues that “business devoid of spirituality...

.... 08 03 2015 21 07 2015 07 12 2015 © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2016 Emerald Group Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Management Islamic banking/finance E44 G21 G32 Another specific risk inherent in Islamic banks is because of the special...

... in the loan appraisal stage to improve the repayment performance of microfinancing institutions saving hundreds of millions of dollars in bad debt write offs. Gender Microcredit Management Poverty The microfinancing concept was introduced to the world in 1976 by Professor Muhammad Yunus when he...

... Zangoueinezhad can be contacted at: azangoeinezhad@modares.ac.ir © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2014 Management Social economy Developing countries The aim of the present study is not to analyze the determinants of the economic growth but to examine the statistical causal relationship...

..., individuals move towards greater autonomy and more effective functioning. Management Sustainability Well-being Social goods Environmental economics Common good The concerns addressed by this paper fall within the broad domain of sustainability-economics, which aims at justice within “human...

...David Katamba; Charles Tushabomwe Kazooba; Sulayman Babiiha Mpisi; Cedric Marvin Nkiko; Annet. K. Nabatanzi‐Muyimba; Jean Hensley Kekaramu Purpose The purpose of this study is to investigate how business enterprises in Uganda manage their corporate social responsibility (CSR) activities...

... and demand‐driven programmes, and effective management can have a significant influence on the sustainability of local NGOs. Significantly, leadership emerged as the most important factor to organisational sustainability of local NGOs. Equally, the availability and quality of material resources for work were...

...C. Béné; A. Neiland; T. Jolley; B. Ladu; S. Ovie; O. Sule; M. Baba; E. Belal; K. Mindjimba; F. Tiotsop; L. Dara; A. Zakara; J. Quensiere Although there exists a rich literature on fisheries traditional management systems in North and South America, Caribbean, Asia and Pacific islands, much less...

... the likelihood of a financial crisis that could spread beyond the country’s own border. Table I – which draws heavily on Vittas (1992) – provides a simple framework that allows one to locate the importance of prudential and related regulations in the efficient management of financial systems. Table I makes...

... to be unsafe with respect to fire safety. Looks at the role of government in reducing the social cost of the real estate management system. Based on a theory of collective action between flat owners, using a transaction cost approach, identifies the formal laws and informal social culture in the management...

...C.A.L. Pearson; S.R. Chatterjee Societal values are emerging as critical variables in providing context relevance to extending international management research. A hallmark of the 1990s was the widespread adoption of market cultures in Asian nations that embraced large‐scale reform...

...John Asafu‐Adjaye Takes a critical look at a current model of fisheries management which is based on principles related to Hardin’s “Tragedy of the Commons”. According to this model, where access to a fishery is free, it is not in the interest of the community to limit their fishing effort...

... ideology began to take form. Old suppositions according to the classical economic theory about the nature of economic activities started to give way when the modern professional manager type came into the management of the firm. At that time also there developed the idea of the firm as an institution...

... the demand. Hence, without conservation and prudent management of resources the environment cannot be preserved. This paper examines the case of water supply, which is the fundamental requirement for the sustenance of all life forms on earth. The human population is expected to double to at least 8 billion...

... communities are heading towards acute social stratification and that the society requires an institutional hierarchy which is responsive to its needs if it is to be safeguarded. Agriculture India Management National cultures Rural economy Urban economy Jhum is still a predominant form...

...Lei Ming Introduces incentive strategy as a market‐oriented and highly efficient macro‐economy management system (MEMS). By means of the hierarchical decision‐making theory and the stochastic optimization theory, two static models with perfect information structure and partial information structure...

...R. Larry Reynolds; Chuck Skoro Presents some of the economic forces which are shaping the transformation of management thought. Examines the views of Polanyi and Anderson, stating that the reciprocal aspects of community and social relationships are necessary if the benefits of exchange...

...” and“unintended effects”. © MCB UP Limited 1995 Co‐ordination European Union Management Since the mid‐1970s the phenomenon of the Welfare State has been the subject of discussion. Initially the debate was dominated by internal problems relating to the perceived “unaffordability...