A multivariate perspective of resource acquisition behaviours in bighorn sheep

Qinghai-Tibet Plateau is a typical resource-rich but economically backward region in western China, and it is of great urgency to improve human well-being. Combined with previous scholars’ research and the characteristics of Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, this paper constructs an index system of human well-being including four dimensions: income and consumption, means of production, means of subsistence, and resource acquisition ability. Then, it uses generalized matrix method estimations to measure the influence of energy utilization and economic development on human well-being and makes a regression analysis on the influence of energy utilization and economic development on human well-being in various provinces in this region. It is found that per capita GDP and coke utilization promote the well-being of all dimensions, while the urban registered unemployment rate only promotes the well-being of means of subsistence. The utilization of gasoline and natural gas promotes income and consumption and inhibits the means of subsistence and resource acquisition ability, but they have opposite effects on means of production. The impacts of energy utilization and economic development in different provinces on human well-being are different. This study is of great significance to the related research aiming at improving people’s livelihood and promoting regional development.

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And Then There Were None: The Demise of Desert Bighorn Sheep in the Pusch Ridge Wilderness. By Paul R. Krausman; Foreword by William W. Shaw; illustrated by Bethann Garramon Merkle. Albuquerque (New Mexico): University of New Mexico Press. $65.00. xvi + 229 p.; ill.; index. ISBN: 9780826357854 (hc); 9780826357861 (eb). 2017.

The Quarterly Review of Biology ◽

10.1086/698058 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 93 (2) ◽

pp. 148-149

Author(s):

Marco Festa-Bianchet

Keyword(s):

New Mexico ◽

Bighorn Sheep ◽

Desert Bighorn Sheep ◽

University Of New Mexico

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The influence of cronyism on entrepreneurial resource acquisition

Asia Pacific Journal of Management ◽

10.1007/s10490-021-09769-7 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Junfan Yu ◽

Saskia De Klerk ◽

Michael Hess

Keyword(s):

Community Involvement ◽

Private Property ◽

Resource Acquisition ◽

Property Development ◽

Network Utilization ◽

Start Up ◽

Entrepreneurial Strategies ◽

Staged Model ◽

The Impact

AbstractThis research focuses on how entrepreneurs utilize cronyism to acquire resources. A case study method allowed us to explore three firms in the private property development industry in China. These firms uniquely cultivated cronyism and achieved distinctly different outcomes. Our findings highlight Chinese entrepreneurs in start-up ventures and later-stage enterprises employ cronyism. The underlying rationale for using cronyism have common and heterogeneous motivations. The similarity and distinguishing rationale also apply to the impact of cronyism. We also find two contingency working mechanisms for cronyism: entrepreneurial characteristics and a staged model for cronyism. With the firm’s growth, cronyism remains important, but firms with more community involvement outperform others. This research contributes to the theory on strategic network utilization for resource acquisition during entrepreneurial development stages. We investigate how entrepreneurial strategies can assist in adapting to the “rules of the game” while utilizing resources within the set contextual constraints.

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