University Competition and Transnational Education: The Choice of Branch Campus

AbstractWe present a theoretical framework in which an elitist and a non-elitist university in a developed country compete by choosing admission standards and deciding whether or not to open a branch campus in a developing country. Students from a developing country attend university if either a branch campus is opened or, they can afford to move to the developed country. We find that the elitist university is more likely to open a branch campus. This result is reversed if the gain, in terms of prestige, to attend the home campus of the elitist university more than offsets a student’s mobility costs. A rise in the graduate wage increases the incentive for opening a branch campus, although this incentive is stronger for the elitist university.

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Work Productivity Loss In A Warming World: Developed Country Vs Developing Country

10.31988/scitrends.45055 ◽

2018 ◽

Author(s):

{{FIXME}} Xia {{FIXME}} Xia ◽

{{FIXME}} Jiangjiang {{FIXME}} Jiangjiang

Keyword(s):

Developing Country ◽

Productivity Loss ◽

Work Productivity ◽

Developed Country ◽

Warming World

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Globalization Impact on Multinational Enterprises

World ◽

10.3390/world2020014 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 2 (2) ◽

pp. 216-230

Author(s):

Justine Kyove ◽

Katerina Streltsova ◽

Ufuoma Odibo ◽

Giuseppe T. Cirella

Keyword(s):

Developing Country ◽

Multinational Enterprises ◽

Developed Countries ◽

Global Market ◽

Data Availability ◽

Negative Effects ◽

Developed Country ◽

Excellent Starting Point ◽

Starting Point ◽

The Impact

The impact of globalization on multinational enterprises was examined from the years 1980 to 2020. A scoping literature review was conducted for a total of 141 articles. Qualitative, quantitative, and mixed typologies were categorized and conclusions were drawn regarding the influence and performance (i.e., positive or negative effects) of globalization. Developed countries show more saturated markets than developing countries that favor developing country multinational enterprises to rely heavily on foreign sales for revenue growth. Developed country multinationals are likely to use more advanced factors of production to create revenue, whereas developing country multinationals are more likely to use less advanced forms. A number of common trends and issues showed corporate social responsibility, emerging markets, political issues, and economic matters as key to global market production. Recommendations signal a strong need for more research that addresses contributive effects in the different economies, starting with the emerging to the developed. Limitations of data availability and inconsistency posed a challenge for this review, yet the use of operationalization, techniques, and analyses from the business literature enabled this study to be an excellent starting point for additional work in the field.

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Predictors of Desire to Institutionalization in Dementia Caregivers From a Developing Country

American Journal of Alzheimer s Disease & Other Dementias® ◽

10.1177/1533317517714888 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 32 (5) ◽

pp. 245-251 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Preeti Sinha ◽

Sherin Yohannan ◽

A. Thirumoorthy ◽

Palanimuthu Thangaraju Sivakumar

Keyword(s):

Developing Country ◽

Caregiver Burden ◽

Clinical Care ◽

Cross Sectional Study ◽

Dementia Caregivers ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Developed Country ◽

Caregiver Education ◽

Sociocultural Differences ◽

Personal Strain

Older adults with dementia have higher rates of institutionalization than those without dementia. Desire to institutionalization (DTI) is an important factor influencing the actual institutionalization but is less well studied. This cross-sectional study examines the DTI with the scale of same name developed by Morycz, in 1985, in a sample of 50 caregivers of patients with dementia in a tertiary clinical care setting in a developing country. Caregiver burden associated with personal strain (by factor analyzed Zarit Burden Interview scale), and stress perceived out of caregiving (by Perceived Stress Scale) predicted higher DTI. Besides, those who were married had lower DTI scores. The factors which didn’t affect DTI were total caregiver burden, family and social support, age of patient and caregiver, education of caregiver, severity and duration of dementia, and treatment duration. These results were different from those of developed country-based DTI studies and may indicate sociocultural differences.

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TRAVELERS EXPERIENCES IN RAIL TOURISM AMONG SPECIAL INTEREST TOURIST IN SABAH MALAYSIA: THEORETICAL REVIEW

Journal of Tourism, Hospitality and Environment Management ◽

10.35631/jthem.626018 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 6 (26) ◽

pp. 204-214

Author(s):

Nur Ainna Aznida Abdullah ◽

Syed Muhammad Rafy Syed Jaafar

Keyword(s):

Content Analysis ◽

Literature Review ◽

Rural Areas ◽

Special Interest ◽

Theoretical Framework ◽

Tourism Industry ◽

Developed Country ◽

Transportation Corridor ◽

The World ◽

Rail Travel

Rail sometimes serves mainly as a transportation corridor connecting rural areas, or urban settings and green strips. However, the rise in the tourism industry in a developed country has increased the popularity of trails used in recreation. Apart from that, rail travel can be experienced as an enhancement of travel especially the onboard journey. Even though the rail tourism industry is well developed around the world, the studies related to rail travel in Malaysia are less plentiful. Therefore, this paper aims to review the idea of traveller’s experiences in rail tourism and identify the factors that contribute to rail tourism in Sabah Malaysia, especially among Special Interest Tourists (SITs). SITs can be defined as a specialized style of touristy that focuses on one topic and personally conducted tour by folks that wish to develop their interests. A content analysis on rail tourism, traveller’s experience, and the dimension of rail services was conducted for this paper. This is also involved an interview with the stakeholder to clarify and explain the features of rail tourism based on the content analysis and literature review. As for that, it's pointed out that the features and characteristics of the rail tourism setting as the variables of development criteria can make the touring route from the railway station is a pleasurable experience for tourists. It will give an impact on the experience and generate the intention of travellers to revisit and experience the services again. The final theoretical framework has been developed to show the concept of rail tourism among Special Interest Tourists (SITs) in Sabah Malaysia.

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