A Critical Analysis of the Tourism Policies of the BRICS Nations –A new approach to understand the importance of Tourism

2012 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 209-212
Author(s):  
Bivek Datta ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Critical Analysis ◽  
New Approach

scholarly journals A fresh look at the fossil evidence for early Archaean cellular life

2006 ◽  
Vol 361 (1470) ◽  
pp. 887-902 ◽  
Author(s):  
Martin Brasier ◽  
Nicola McLoughlin ◽  
Owen Green ◽  
David Wacey
Keyword(s):  
Critical Analysis ◽  
Fossil Record ◽  
Volcanic Glass ◽  
New Approach ◽  
Microbial Origin ◽  
Cellular Life ◽  
Fossil Evidence ◽  
Rock Record ◽  
Inclusion Trails ◽  
Self Organizing

The rock record provides us with unique evidence for testing models as to when and where cellular life first appeared on Earth. Its study, however, requires caution. The biogenicity of stromatolites and ‘microfossils’ older than 3.0 Gyr should not be accepted without critical analysis of morphospace and context, using multiple modern techniques, plus rejection of alternative non-biological (null) hypotheses. The previous view that the co-occurrence of biology-like morphology and carbonaceous chemistry in ancient, microfossil-like objects is a presumptive indicator of biogenicity is not enough. As with the famous Martian microfossils, we need to ask not ‘what do these structures remind us of?’, but ‘what are these structures?’ Earth's oldest putative ‘microfossil’ assemblages within 3.4–3.5 Gyr carbonaceous cherts, such as the Apex Chert, are likewise self-organizing structures that do not pass tests for biogenicity. There is a preservational paradox in the fossil record prior to ca 2.7 Gyr: suitable rocks (e.g. isotopically light carbonaceous cherts) are widely present, but signals of life are enigmatic and hard to decipher. One new approach includes detailed mapping of well-preserved sandstone grains in the ca 3.4 Gyr Strelley Pool Chert. These can contain endolithic microtubes showing syngenicity, grain selectivity and several levels of geochemical processing. Preliminary studies invite comparison with a class of ambient inclusion trails of putative microbial origin and with the activities of modern anaerobic proteobacteria and volcanic glass euendoliths.

scholarly journals Improving the Methodology for Assessing the Effectiveness of Economic Entities in Modern Conditions

2022 ◽  
Vol 2021 (4) ◽  
pp. 560-567
Author(s):  
Elena Orehova ◽  
Irina Korovnikova ◽  
Galina Korovnikova
Keyword(s):  
Performance Indicators ◽  
Critical Analysis ◽  
Methodological Approach ◽  
Comprehensive Model ◽  
New Approach ◽  
Economic Entity ◽  
Efficiency Assessment ◽  
Business Efficiency ◽  
Modern Economic ◽  
Classical Economic

Modern conditions impose special requirements to the assessment of economic entities. Efficiency is an important parameter of the activity of any business. The present research involved a critical analysis of standard methods for assessing the effectiveness of both domestic and foreign practices. The analysis revealed a need to apply new approaches to business efficiency assessment because the standard approach is not systematic and its indicators repeat themselves. The article offers a new conceptual methodological approach to understanding the term efficiency. The new methodological concept is hybrid in nature and includes classical economic, financial, and institutional methods. It also adopts some methods and approaches from management and natural sciences. The authors built a comprehensive model for assessing the effectiveness of an economic entity in modern conditions. It is based on the idea that the optimal methods are those that do not use relative indicators. This model includes three levels of indicators: standard, qualitative, and synergistic. The new approach is systemic and corresponds to modern economic environment, which resolves the issue of relative performance indicators.

scholarly journals A New Approach to Conservation: A Critical Analysis of DOC’s Commercial Partnership Strategy

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Ben Stantiall
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Critical Analysis ◽  
Conservation Strategies ◽  
New Approach ◽  
External Resources ◽  
Conservation Movement ◽  
Aotearoa New Zealand ◽  
New Concepts ◽  
Neoliberal Ideology ◽  
National Significance

<p>The complex range of challenges facing the environment has prompted the conservation movement to evolve and incorporate new concepts, attitudes and strategies. A prominent approach that has attracted scholarly attention is the appeal for broader societal involvement and an increased human-focus for the conservation movement. This new approach is particularly notable for the inclusion of private business in conservation strategies. Subsequently, these strategies have prompted criticism of their links to neoliberal ideology and the encouragement of consumption-based measures.  Conservation in Aotearoa New Zealand has followed this strategy of business involvement, represented by the Department of Conservation’s (DOC) commercial partnerships. The deliberate use of large businesses is used to access external resources and expertise alongside exposure to their respective customer bases. However, the criticisms of neoliberal ideology, matched by the national significance of the conservation estate and its relationship with the New Zealand public has created numerous challenges and considerations for DOC to navigate.  To acknowledge the different attitudes and relationships that people have to the environment and conservation, a constructivist approach was used to examine the implementation of DOC’s partnership strategy. A case study consisting of seven interviews with representatives from DOC, environmental NGOs and the businesses involved in the partnerships was carried out. The data revealed three central themes; initially, of the need for a wider approach to conservation, followed by the intrusion and influence of neoliberal ideology into the domain, and the presentation of win-win strategies. This research provides a critical analysis of DOC’s recent shift in strategy and the implications of it on future strategies.</p>

scholarly journals A New Approach to Conservation: A Critical Analysis of DOC’s Commercial Partnership Strategy

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Ben Stantiall
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Critical Analysis ◽  
Conservation Strategies ◽  
New Approach ◽  
External Resources ◽  
Conservation Movement ◽  
Aotearoa New Zealand ◽  
New Concepts ◽  
Neoliberal Ideology ◽  
National Significance

<p>The complex range of challenges facing the environment has prompted the conservation movement to evolve and incorporate new concepts, attitudes and strategies. A prominent approach that has attracted scholarly attention is the appeal for broader societal involvement and an increased human-focus for the conservation movement. This new approach is particularly notable for the inclusion of private business in conservation strategies. Subsequently, these strategies have prompted criticism of their links to neoliberal ideology and the encouragement of consumption-based measures.  Conservation in Aotearoa New Zealand has followed this strategy of business involvement, represented by the Department of Conservation’s (DOC) commercial partnerships. The deliberate use of large businesses is used to access external resources and expertise alongside exposure to their respective customer bases. However, the criticisms of neoliberal ideology, matched by the national significance of the conservation estate and its relationship with the New Zealand public has created numerous challenges and considerations for DOC to navigate.  To acknowledge the different attitudes and relationships that people have to the environment and conservation, a constructivist approach was used to examine the implementation of DOC’s partnership strategy. A case study consisting of seven interviews with representatives from DOC, environmental NGOs and the businesses involved in the partnerships was carried out. The data revealed three central themes; initially, of the need for a wider approach to conservation, followed by the intrusion and influence of neoliberal ideology into the domain, and the presentation of win-win strategies. This research provides a critical analysis of DOC’s recent shift in strategy and the implications of it on future strategies.</p>

scholarly journals Intellectual capital research and practice: 7 myths and one golden rule

2018 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 859-879 ◽  
Author(s):  
Constantin Bratianu
Keyword(s):  
Intellectual Capital ◽  
Critical Analysis ◽  
Real Life ◽  
Golden Rule ◽  
Editorial Staff ◽  
New Approach ◽  
Research And Practice ◽  
New Perspective ◽  
Mind Set ◽  
The Mind

Abstract The intellectual capital research and practice entered in the last years into a visible decline due to some barriers in understanding its intangible nature and designing Newtonian metrics for its measurement and reporting. Inertial thinking is very powerful in promoting new approaches for the need of a new perspective in working with intellectual capital. Unfortunately, even some top journals in the domain of intellectual capital remained trapped into this Newtonian logic and standard statistical analysis, as a result of the mind-set of their editorial staff and reviewers. The purpose of this paper is to present a critical analysis of the intellectual capital research and practice today and to reveal some of the most important barriers in understanding the complexity and nature of the intellectual capital. These barriers manifest like myths in approaching the research into intellectual capital, myths that create a false reality and false research questions, which enter into collision with the real life of companies and their business. The paper identifies seven myths which created a Newtonian version of the non-Newtonian reality, and a golden rule for further research into the intellectual capital of organizations. The conclusion of the present critical analysis is that we need a new approach to understand the complexity of the intellectual capital and new metrics to measure it.

scholarly journals Breaking the measurement and evaluation deadlock: a new approach and model

2015 ◽  
Vol 19 (4) ◽  
pp. 371-387 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jim Macnamara
Keyword(s):  
Public Relations ◽  
Delphi Study ◽  
Critical Analysis ◽  
Large Body ◽  
Corporate Communication ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Practical Implementation ◽  
New Approach ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Measurement And Evaluation

Purpose – Noting findings by Michaelson and Stacks in the USA and Zerfass and colleagues in Europe that research-based measurement and evaluation (M & E) of public relations and corporate communication are still not widely applied despite more than a century of discussion and intense focus since the 1970s, the purpose of this paper is to explore the causes of this deadlock and presents an alternative approach and model to overcome identified obstacles and provide new insights to advance this important area of theory and practice. Design/methodology/approach – This paper is informed by critical analysis of the large body of literature on M & E, analysis of M & E reports, and ethnographic research among senior management. Findings – This analysis reveals that, along with long-cited barriers such as lack of budget, lack of knowledge and lack of standards, three other obstacles prevent demonstration of the value of PR and corporate communication. Based on critical analysis of literature and M & E reports and ethnography, this paper presents a new approach and model for M & E to help practitioners overcome these obstacles. Research limitations/implications – This analysis and the approach and model presented address an area of concern identified in research globally, such as a 2008 Delphi study by Watson and the European Communication Monitor in 2011 and 2012. The findings provide theoretical and practical contributions to address the deadlock between normative theories of M & E and practical implementation. Originality/value – The approach and M & E model presented make a significant original contribution to theory and practice.

scholarly journals Model Interpretasi al-Qur’ân Abdullah Saeed

2014 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 25
Author(s):  
Achmad Zaini
Keyword(s):  
Critical Analysis ◽  
Historical Context ◽  
Seventh Century ◽  
New Approach ◽  
The World ◽  
Preliminary Study ◽  
Contextualist Approach

This article tries to deliver Abdullah Saeed’s idea on the new approach to inter pret the Qur’ân called contextualist approach. He proposes his ideas based on his finding that there is a gap between texts which have been understood literally by majority of ulama’ and socio-historical context of the Qur’ân at the time of revelation in the first/seventh century and the contemporary concerns and needs of Muslims today. Based on his expertise on hermeneutic, he proposes four stages: encounter with the world of the text, critical analysis, meaning for the first recipients and meaning for the present. The proposed idea should be appreciated even though it seems that it is a preliminary study which has to be elaborated into practical way.

Project and logistic task in relation to logistic planning

2019 ◽  
Vol 127 ◽  
pp. 69-79
Author(s):  
Wiesław Staniuk ◽  
Michał Staniuk ◽  
Norbert Chamier-Gliszczyński
Keyword(s):  
Project Management ◽  
Critical Analysis ◽  
Technological Progress ◽  
Continuous Process ◽  
Investment Activity ◽  
New Approach ◽  
Economic Transformations ◽  
Market Requirements ◽  
Logistic Planning ◽  
Oriented Approach

The logistic project resulting from technological progress and social and economic transformations is no longer just a one-off event in the company's life. More and more often, it is a process that sanctions the company's development and investment activity. It can also be a continuous process, aiming at the company's adaptation to the changing environment and market requirements. A process-oriented approach to a logistics project requires a new methodology and a new approach to logistics design and planning. This article is a critical analysis of the literature on logistics projects and project management methods. The authors attempt to redefine the logistic project and describe its basic elements, such as logistic tasks, logistics resources, and other, important for supporting and managing a logistic project employing IT technologies.

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