Institutions, Fiscal Performance, and Development Trajectories in ECOWAS: Implications for Sustainability

2018 ◽  
pp. 121-141 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ibukun Beecroft ◽  
Evans Osabuohien ◽  
Isaiah Olurinola
Keyword(s):  
Fiscal Performance ◽  
Development Trajectories

Transitional economies development trajectories and global change

Erdkunde ◽  
1994 ◽  
Vol 48 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Olgav Gritsai ◽  
Vladimir Kotlyakov
Keyword(s):  
Global Change ◽  
Transitional Economies ◽  
Development Trajectories

Sino-Japanese Reactive Diplomacy as Seen Through the Interplay of the Belt Road Initiative (BRI) and the Free and Open Indo-Pacific Vision (FOIP)

China Report ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 57 (1) ◽  
pp. 7-21
Author(s):  
Stephen Nagy
Keyword(s):  
Matrix Analysis ◽  
State Sovereignty ◽  
Pacific Region ◽  
Legal Perspective ◽  
Road Maps ◽  
Process Oriented ◽  
Development Trajectories ◽  
High Degree ◽  
The Relationship

The Indo-Pacific region is now home to at least two competing regionalism road maps, China’s Belt Road Initiative (BRI) and Japan’s Free and Open Indo-Pacific Vision (FOIP). Through comparing their respective development trajectories, this article examines the relationship between these two regionalisation initiatives. Key lines of enquiry include the following: Is the interaction between the BRI and the FOIP Vision reactive, proactive or both? Why has each initiative changed its trajectory? How can we characterise these competing initiatives? This article employs a regionalism matrix analysis that compares two different approaches, integration from a ‘rational-legal perspective’ with an emphasis on broad cooperation and state sovereignty from a ‘process-oriented perspective’ with a focus on exact goals. It finds that the BRI focuses on both a high degree of state sovereignty based on a ‘process-oriented perspective’ and exact cooperation. In contrast, FOIP stresses integration through a ‘rational-legal perspective’, broad cooperation and a shared rules-based order. Furthermore, there is a reactive interplay between these two regionalism frameworks that shapes their orientation and influences their focus.

Single currency and fiscal performance: the early Euro Area in perspective

2017 ◽  
Vol 25 (6) ◽  
pp. 415-419 ◽  
Author(s):  
João Tovar Jalles ◽  
Carlos Mulas-Granados ◽  
José Tavares ◽  
Carolina Correa Caro
Keyword(s):  
Euro Area ◽  
Single Currency ◽  
Fiscal Performance

scholarly journals Trajectories and antecedents of integration in mergers and acquisitions: A comparison of two longitudinal studies

2017 ◽  
Vol 70 (10) ◽  
pp. 1258-1290 ◽  
Author(s):  
Martin R Edwards ◽  
Jukka Lipponen ◽  
Tony Edwards ◽  
Marko Hakonen
Keyword(s):  
Mergers And Acquisitions ◽  
Organizational Identification ◽  
Linear Increase ◽  
Growth Modelling ◽  
Latent Growth ◽  
Threat Perceptions ◽  
Rates Of Change ◽  
Latent Growth Modelling ◽  
Trajectories Of Change ◽  
Development Trajectories

Despite existing research examining snapshots of employee reactions to organizational mergers and acquisitions (M&A), there is a complete absence of work theorizing or exploring rates of change in employees’ organizational identification with the merged entity. We address this gap using two three-wave longitudinal panel samples from different M&A settings, tracking change in identification through a two-year period. Theorizing trajectories of change in identification across the organizations in both settings, we make predictions linked to expected antecedents of change in identification. Our research context (M&A-1) involves a merger of three Finish universities tracking 938 employees from each organization in three waves (nine months pre-merger to 24 months post-merger). Our second context (M&A-2) involves a multinational acquisition tracking 346 employees from both the acquired and acquiring organization in three waves (from two to 26 months post-acquisition). Using Latent Growth Modelling, we confirm predicted trajectories of change in identification. Across both samples, a linear increase (across Time 1, Time 2 and Time 3) in justice and linear decrease in threat perceptions were found to significantly predict a linear increase in identification across the post-M&A period. We discuss organizational identification development trajectories and how changes in these two antecedents account for changes in identification across M&A contexts.

Diffusion imaging perspectives on brain development in childhood and adolescence

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bryce L. Geeraert ◽  
Jess E. Reynolds ◽  
Catherine Lebel
Keyword(s):  
White Matter ◽  
Brain Development ◽  
Diffusion Imaging ◽  
Childhood And Adolescence ◽  
Tissue Properties ◽  
Versatile Tool ◽  
P Diffusion ◽  
White Matter Development ◽  
Brain Microstructure ◽  
Development Trajectories

Diffusion magnetic resonance imaging (dMRI) is a versatile tool which can be applied to investigate brain microstructure. This chapter outlines brain development trajectories from infancy to adulthood as described by dMRI. The chapter focuses on white matter development, as dMRI is particularly well suited to describing white matter tissue properties. The chapter also discusses sources of individual variation which are simultaneously fascinating and confounding to research efforts. Next, the chapter discusses links between white matter development and cognition, with specific examples drawn from reading research. Additional techniques which may complement future diffusion-based research are introduced in the chapter’s final section.

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