scholarly journals Growth and Its Discontents

2016 ◽  
Vol 37 (2) ◽  
pp. 131-142 ◽  
Author(s):  
Javier Lloveras ◽  
Lee Quinn
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Green Growth ◽  
Alternative Economies ◽  
Economic Practices ◽  
The Future ◽  
Marketing Systems ◽  
Future Direction

Fragmented marketing debates concerning the role of alternative economies are attributable to the lack of a meaningful macromarketing dimension to which alternative economic practices can be anchored. This research frames an evaluation of existing macromarketing developments aimed at reformulating the mindless pursuit of economic growth. Raising concerns with the treadmill dynamics of marketing systems, three different approaches - green growth, a-growth and degrowth - are critically evaluated to: (a) introduce degrowth as a widely overlooked concept in the macromarketing literature; (b) expose how each perspective entails a specific organization of provisioning activities; and (c) foreground the role of alternative economic practices beyond the growth paradigm. We conclude that socially sustainable degrowth is the missing voice within macromarketing debates that lie central to elucidating the future direction of alternative economic practices.

scholarly journals Alternative Economies as Marketing Systems? The Role of Value Creation and the Criticism of Economic Growth

2017 ◽  
Vol 38 (1) ◽  
pp. 57-72 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michaela Haase ◽  
Ingrid Becker ◽  
Doreén Pick
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Theoretical Analysis ◽  
Conceptual Framework ◽  
Value Creation ◽  
Systems Approach ◽  
Alternative Economies ◽  
Marketing Systems ◽  
Resource Transfers

Actors engaged in alternative economies organize resource transfers, exchange resources (with and without the use of money), and create value. As value creation is a definitional attribute of marketing systems, we examine whether alternative economies fall under the concept of marketing systems. That is, the conceptual framework of the marketingsystems approach applicable to alternative economies must help answer this question, and the approach’s empirical claims must hold true in alternative economies. We refer to the distinction between the conceptual framework of a theory and its empirical claims to substantiate our notion that alternative economies are marketing systems. Informed by the theoretical analysis and insights gleaned from interviews, we suggest modifications of the conceptual framework of the marketing-systems approach to improve or extend its applicability to alternative economies.

Is Zakat Capable of Alleviating Poverty and Reducing Income Inequality?

2021 ◽  
pp. 168-185
Author(s):  
Maizaitulaidawati Md Husin ◽  
Nor Aiza Mohd Zamil ◽  
Zarina Abdul Salam
Keyword(s):  
Income Inequality ◽  
Daily Living ◽  
Poverty Eradication ◽  
The Poor ◽  
The Future ◽  
Future Direction

This chapter aims to discuss the role of zakat in alleviating poverty and reducing income inequality, specifically in Malaysia. To achieve its objective, this chapter elaborates on the interlinkages between the institution of zakat and Maqasid-al-Shari'ah, deliberate Malaysian zakat institution as well as discuss the strategies and policies implemented by the Malaysia government in poverty eradication and income inequality reduction. Further, this chapter also discusses the role of Malaysian zakat institutions in supporting government poverty eradication and income inequality reduction initiatives. This chapter offers practical help to practitioners in providing a direction for zakat institutions in supporting the daily living of the poor. In addition, this chapter suggests an agenda for the future direction of the zakat institutions.

scholarly journals From Catch-Up to Transcend: The Development of Emerging Countries’ Green Economy

2019 ◽  
Vol 2019 ◽  
pp. 1-14
Author(s):  
Bie-Yu Lin ◽  
Shi-Xiao Wang
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Growth Index ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Emerging Countries ◽  
Green Technology ◽  
Green Economy ◽  
Green Growth ◽  
Technical Leadership ◽  
Catch Up

As domestic concerns on clean economic growth arise, promoting green economy has become an urgent issue for emerging countries that are facing serious environment problems in industrialization. Through international imitation, emerging countries have the opportunity to adopt clean techniques of developed countries. Because of different industrial structures, it is unachievable to learn the green technology across all fields. Previous studies consider that innovations could create green production models to improve the production capacity that reduces energy input and waste discharge. However, while evaluating emerging countries’ economic growth, the environment indicators were often neglected. Empirical investigation of the role of innovation in green economy’s growth is still rare. The first objective of this study is to adopt an integrated framework to investigate emerging countries’ green economy by considering environmental factors. Secondly, environmentally sensitive productivity growth index was employed to decompose the productivity progress of green economy into catch-up effect, innovation effect, and technical leadership to examine the role of innovation. Thirdly, implications were provided for the policy makers in relation to green growth. Thirty-nine emerging countries were chosen as samples, which were divided into America, Asia, and Europe according to their locations. We found that America is still an imitator in developing green economy. In contrast, Asia starts to transition to innovation, which has become another critical promoter for green growth. Europe was found to lead on the technology frontier because of proper industrial planning and technology accumulation. The progress to innovation and technical leadership could ensure a stable green growth in the future. This research could be a route to open up the possibility of extending current study of green economy.

MAKING SENSE OF THE WAYS WE MAKE SENSE OF THE PAST: THE PERIODO PROJECT

2016 ◽  
Vol 59 (2) ◽  
pp. 42-55 ◽  
Author(s):  
ADAM RABINOWITZ ◽  
RYAN SHAW ◽  
SARAH BUCHANAN ◽  
PATRICK GOLDEN ◽  
ERIC KANSA
Keyword(s):  
Data Visualization ◽  
Data Model ◽  
Linked Data ◽  
Digital Data ◽  
The Past ◽  
Making Sense ◽  
The Future ◽  
History Of ◽  
Future Direction

Abstract The PeriodO project seeks to fill a gap in the landscape of digital antiquity through the creation of a Linked Data gazetteer of period definitions that transparently record the spatial and temporal boundaries assigned to a given period by an authoritative source. Our presentation of the PeriodO gazetteer is prefaced by a history of the role of periodization in the study of the past, and an analysis of the difficulties created by the use of periods for both digital data visualization and integration. This is followed by an overview of the PeriodO data model, a description of the platform's architecture, and a discussion of the future direction of the project.

scholarly journals Are We Still Illyrians?

2016 ◽  
Vol 1 ◽  
pp. 25-36
Author(s):  
Valerie Higgins
Keyword(s):  
National Identity ◽  
Cold War ◽  
National Narrative ◽  
Archaeological Heritage ◽  
Heritage Sites ◽  
The Future ◽  
Future Direction ◽  
Changing Attitudes ◽  
World Perspective

This paper examines the changing attitudes of young Albanian archaeologists to Albania’s archaeological heritage. As Cold War archaeologists retire and are replaced by a generation trained after the fall of communism, this paper asks how their different world perspective will influence the future direction of archaeology. Particular issues that are addressed are the perceived role of the Illyrians in national identity and the willingness of young archaeologists to embrace new types of heritage sites, such as industrial and Cold War archaeology. Examples of the latter are very prominent in the Albanian landscape, but their interpretation and incorporation into the national narrative are still contentious issues for many.

scholarly journals The Role of Anesthetic Selection in Perioperative Bleeding

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 ◽  
pp. 1-6
Author(s):  
Koichi Yuki ◽  
James A. DiNardo ◽  
Sophia Koutsogiannaki
Keyword(s):  
Clinical Studies ◽  
Underlying Mechanism ◽  
Critical Component ◽  
Anesthetic Drugs ◽  
Perioperative Bleeding ◽  
The Future ◽  
Future Direction

Perioperative bleeding is one of the major comorbidities associated with surgery. While anesthesia is a critical component to perform surgery, a number of clinical studies supported the contribution of anesthetic drugs to perioperative bleeding. Here, we reviewed the literature on this topic including the underlying mechanism and discussed the future direction on coagulation research in anesthesia.

Towards Rearmament, 1934–1935

2018 ◽  
pp. 125-142
Author(s):  
Christopher W. Miller
Keyword(s):  
The Future ◽  
British Policy ◽  
Future Direction ◽  
Potential Enemy

This chapter outlines the major developments in the years 1934 and 1935, as Britain entered a period of planning without spending, and attempting to lay the groundwork for a potential rearmament without physically ordering a great deal of weapons. This involved a protracted debate over the ‘ultimate potential enemy’, including the role of Neville Chamberlain and Maurice Hankey in attempting to impose their will upon the future direction of British policy in light of the rise of Hitler, as well as creating a set of hypotheses upon which rearmament was to be based via the Defence Requirements Committee.

scholarly journals The Mechanism of Driving Green Growth and Decreasing Energy Security Risks by Innovation in China

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (9) ◽  
pp. 4733
Author(s):  
Feng Wang ◽  
Ruiqi Wang
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Energy Security ◽  
Threshold Effect ◽  
Environmental Cost ◽  
Added Value ◽  
Security Risk ◽  
Green Growth ◽  
Security Risks ◽  
Endogenous Growth Model

The role of innovation for economic growth has been proved by studies. However, whether innovation can decrease environmental cost and energy security risks remains to be studied. To explore the theoretical mechanism of driving green economic growth by innovation, we constructed a four-sector endogenous growth model, including the final-goods sector, the intermediate-goods sector, the Research and Development (R&D) sector, and the energy sector. Then we measured the innovation-driven effect of green growth and calculated the green added value of 40 industries in China during 2005–2016. Based on the calculations, we used a threshold regression model to test the mechanism of driving green growth and decreasing energy security risks by innovation. The results showed that: (1) the innovation-driven effect on green growth increased from 0.2729 in 2005 to 0.3446 in 2016. (2) The proportion of green added value in the traditionally added value increased from 79.54% in 2005 to 92.25% in 2016. (3) Innovation had a threshold effect on green growth: the role of innovation in driving green growth weakened in the long term, but not in the short term (4) Innovation also had a threshold effect on energy security risk: after the innovation-driven effect crossed the threshold, innovation decreased energy security risk more significantly.

Una lettera italiana di J.A. Schumpeter

1983 ◽  
Vol 1 (3) ◽  
pp. 199-207
Author(s):  
Domenico da Empoli
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Economic Growth ◽  
New Deal ◽  
Modern Society ◽  
The United States ◽  
The Future ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The New Deal

Abstract This article refers to a letter written in 1931 by J. A. Schumpeter to an Italian professor, Celestino Arena, on the subject of the Italian edition of the Theory of Economic Growth.1931 was the last year spent by Schumpeter in Europe. The year after, he moved from Germany to the United States, where the New Deal environment would have profoundly changed his views about the role of the entrepreneur in modern society and, by consequence, about the future of capitalism.

scholarly journals Institutional Environment and Green Economic Growth in China

Complexity ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 ◽  
pp. 1-10
Author(s):  
Xiaoxiao Zhou ◽  
Lu Wang ◽  
Juntao Du
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Method Of Moments ◽  
Institutional Economics ◽  
Institutional Environment ◽  
Generalized Method Of Moments ◽  
Econometric Models ◽  
New Institutional Economics ◽  
Three Dimensions ◽  
Green Growth

As the answer to sustainability concerns, green economic growth has gradually attracted considerable attention. Notably, the optimization of the institutional environment contributes to green economic growth from the perspective of new institutional economics. However, few studies have systematically explained the connection between the institutional environment and green growth. In this study, the institutional environment was divided into three dimensions: governmental, legal, and cultural subenvironments. We adopted econometric models with the effect of every dimension on green growth and empirically analyzed with the generalized method of moments, based on Chinese provincial panel data from the years 2000–2016. The results indicated that there was an inverted U-shaped relationship between China’s institutional environment and its green growth. That is, the institutional environment can initially promote China’s green growth but, if it is not changed, will eventually inhibit it. In addition, the analysis on the three dimensions of the institutional environment highlighted that the role of the cultural subenvironment in green growth is greater than those of the governmental and legal subenvironments.

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