Case Studies

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Professor John Swarbrooke
Keyword(s):  
Case Studies ◽  
Marine Environment ◽  
The World ◽  
The Relationship

In this section I offer a range of short case studies to illustrate issues covered in the text and provide detailed examples of what is happening in the relationship between tourism and the marine environment around the world at the time of writing, between autumn 2019 and spring 2020. As far as possible the sequencing of the case studies below seeks to mirror the structure used in the book starting at Chapter 1.

Historical Foundations, Strategic Visions, and World Order

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul J. Bolt ◽  
Sharyl N. Cross
Keyword(s):  
World Order ◽  
International Order ◽  
Power Relationships ◽  
State Behavior ◽  
Political Situation ◽  
Security Issues ◽  
The World ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Relationship

Chapter 1 explores perspectives on world order, including power relationships and the rules that shape state behavior and perceptions of legitimacy. After outlining a brief history of the relationship between Russia and China that ranged from cooperation to military clashes, the chapter details Chinese and Russian perspectives on the contemporary international order as shaped by their histories and current political situation. Chinese and Russian views largely coincide on security issues, the desirability of a more multipolar order, and institutions that would enhance their standing in the world. While the Chinese–Russian partnership has accelerated considerably, particularly since the crisis in Ukraine in 2014, there are still some areas of competition that limit the extent of the relationship.

scholarly journals Supply chain strategy for companies in the luxury-fashion market

2015 ◽  
Vol 43 (10/11) ◽  
pp. 940-966 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cecilia Maria Castelli ◽  
Andrea Sianesi
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Success Factors ◽  
Extensive Literature ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Supply Chain Strategy ◽  
Critical Success ◽  
The World ◽  
Luxury Market ◽  
The Relationship

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to show how it is possible to take into account the objectives that fashion-luxury companies pursue on the final market (i.e. critical success factors (CSF) – of luxury) and propagate them in the upstream steps of the supply chain (SC) in order to understand how the latter can be aligned to the market. Design/methodology/approach – An extensive literature review allowed the identification of SC objectives. Case studies were used in order to asses choices and practices applied along the SC of luxury companies were assessed through in depth case studies; hence, the relationship between choices/practices, SC objectives and luxury CSF was explored. Findings – The paper documents that success in the luxury market not only depends on branding and marketing but also on the choices made along the SC, to the point that it is possible to identify some SC choices and practices that support the achievement of luxury CSF. Research limitations/implications – The results presented represent a useful guideline and offer some methodological suggestions; however, the precise set of SC objectives have to be tailored on each specific brand, according to the uniqueness that characterizes luxury companies. Practical implications – The paper suggests which areas of the SC should be mostly targeted in order to achieve success in the luxury market, also indicating some possible concrete choices. Originality/value – The main value of this paper consists in shaping a first explicit connection among the world of luxury as it is perceived by the consumers and the world of the SC.

scholarly journals Hong Kong Public Social Communication Strategies in a Demonstration Against the Proposed Extradition Law

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
pp. 305-311
Author(s):  
Rico Rico ◽  
Siti Fatimah ◽  
Muzahid Akbar Hayat
Keyword(s):  
Hong Kong ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Direct Observation ◽  
Social Communication ◽  
Communication Strategies ◽  
Chinese Government ◽  
Political Systems ◽  
The World ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Special Region

Hong Kong, one of the global financial centers, was plunged into chaos for almost two months straight from June to July 2019. For eight weeks, demonstrations by the Hong Kong people have been going on and on until they become violent. The demonstration was intended to deny the proposed extradition law, which would allow Hong Kong prisoners, including foreigners, to be extradited to China. The extradition bill is also called to threaten the freedom of local people, to threaten democracy and law in the Hong Kong region. The different political systems between China and Hong Kong make the relationship both vulnerable. As a special region in China, Hong Kong needs to get the attention of the Chinese government by conceding its rights and upholding its systems so that demonstrations need not be too worried. Hong Kong people are making a variety of attempts at demonstration and even some social communication strategies are used to reject the traditional bill. The method used in this study is qualitative deskriftive with case studies of direct observation of sites and several demonstration articles in Hong Kong. As a result of this study, several unique strategies of Hong Kong's demonstrations have been carried out to maintain a message being delivered by another group that the Hong Kong government has even brought attention to the world.

Strikes, Ballots, Law, and Democracy

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-40
Author(s):  
Breen Creighton ◽  
Catrina Denvir ◽  
Richard Johnstone ◽  
Shae McCrystal ◽  
Alice Orchiston
Keyword(s):  
Collective Bargaining ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Economic Interests ◽  
Historical Outline ◽  
The Social ◽  
Democratic Rights ◽  
The Law ◽  
The Relationship

This chapter examines the nature and purposes of strike action. It suggests that strikes are a means of protecting and promoting the social and economic interests of workers—especially in the context of collective bargaining. It provides an historical outline of the relationship between strikes and the law by tracing the transition from repression of union organization, and more specifically the capacity to take strike action, through toleration to recognition, and recently back to reluctant toleration. The chapter also notes that the capacity to take strike action is almost always limited in one or more ways, including restrictions on the organizations and/or individuals that can lawfully take strike action, the forms of strike action that can legitimately be taken, the matters in relation to which strike action may be taken, and the procedural requirements for lawful strike action. A very common procedural constraint is a requirement that proposed strike action be authorized by a pre-strike ballot. Chapter 1 introduces the usual ostensible rationale for pre-strike ballots—the need to protect the democratic rights of individuals: the so-called ‘democratic imperative’. It also uses two case studies to introduce important theoretical and practical issues raised by the use of pre-strike ballots.

How Preplatonic Worlds Became Ensouled

2018 ◽  
pp. 1-34
Author(s):  
André Laks
Keyword(s):  
Case Studies ◽  
Adequate Understanding ◽  
The World ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Relationship

This article shows how two basic meanings of psuchē—namely, ‘breath’ and ‘life’—may have helped Platonizing, or for that matter Stoicizing, doxographers in endowing various Preplatonic philosophers with the view that the world is ‘ensouled'. Although I do not attempt a systematic reconstruction of how these cosmo-philosophers conceived the relationship between the world and what was to become ‘the soul’, I suggest that framing the problem in terms of ‘breath’ and ‘life’ helps us to arrive at a more adequate understanding both of the authentic evidence and of the history of its reception. Indeed, to the extent that it is possible I try to reconstruct the interpretative steps that led, with various degrees of legitimacy, from the original wording to its Platonizing or Stoicizing deformations, which remain all too often the framework of analysis in modern interpretations. Five case studies are considered: Thales, Anaximenes, Heraclitus, some Pythagoreans, and Alcmaeon.

Ontology

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anjan Chakravartty
Keyword(s):  
Philosophy Of Science ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
History Of Philosophy ◽  
Philosophical Thinking ◽  
The World ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Scientific Ontology

This chapter considers the relationship between scientific and philosophical approaches to ontology, with the aim of clarifying what it means to engage in the project of scientific ontology. It introduces the most influential conceptions of ontology to emerge in the history of philosophy of science. These include deflationary views, which redescribe talk of ontology in terms of other things, as well as views which, conversely, take ontology at face value as an inquiry seeking knowledge of what there is in the world—a world whose existence is independent of the thoughts one may have concerning it. It is argued that the sciences do not yield ontologies until and unless they are interpreted, which requires some recourse to philosophical thinking, and that case studies of science cannot by themselves settle disputes about how these interpretations should go.

Cordon approach to rivers

2020 ◽  
pp. 198-241
Author(s):  
S. Nazrul Islam
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
The United States ◽  
River Channels ◽  
The World ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Levee System ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Different Parts

Chapter 9 presents the Cordon approach, describing its methods, reviewing its spread across the world, and analyzing its consequences. It discusses the general relationship between river channels and their floodplains and explains the nurturing functions that regular river inundations perform. The chapter then outlines the instruments of the Cordon approach, such as embankments, floodwalls, channelization, and canalization. It goes on to explain the relationship between the Cordon and the Polder approaches and offers a classification of cordons into different types. The chapter reviews the consequences of the Cordon approach, distinguishing between those for river channels and for floodplains. It provides an overview of the experience of the Cordon approach in different parts of the world, focusing on the United States, Europe, and India. It also presents two case studies of the Cordon approach: the Mississippi levee system in the United States and the Huang He River embankments in China.

Autism and Music Therapy — Is Change Possible, and Why Music?

1994 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 15-25 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sandra M.K. Brown
Keyword(s):  
Music Therapy ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Final Section ◽  
Children With Autism ◽  
The World ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
The Way

This article looks at the way we make sense of the world around us, and how autism can affect this. It goes on to consider the relationship of music to ourselves, and then, in the light of these issues, why music used therapeutically may have particular relevance for people with autism. This is illustrated in the final section by brief case studies of individual music therapy work with children with autism.

scholarly journals Losing My Language: How the Subaltern Speaks

2015 ◽  
Vol 23 (1) ◽  
pp. 70-77
Author(s):  
Kate Pashby
Keyword(s):  
Case Studies ◽  
Language Ideology ◽  
Academic Community ◽  
Immigrant Communities ◽  
Language And Culture ◽  
Language Identity ◽  
The World ◽  
The Relationship

The stories of immigrant communities throughout the world are fairly well-documented—most face some combination of assimilation, segregation, and unification. However, scholars and journalists alike have paid far less attention to those who fall somewhere in between these immigrant communities and in-state nationals. People often struggle to fit into the group they identify with when they are multiracial or their family immigrated one or more generations ago. Through previously conducted ethnographic case studies and autoethnography, this article seeks to examine the contested relationship between language, culture, and identity. Specifically, the article investigates how language ideology affects this language-identity-culture bind. The author’s experiences add a further dimension to the problem: minority individuals interested in another minority group’s history, language, or culture. Ultimately, the objective of this article is to stimulate greater conversation in the academic community about the relationship between language and culture.

scholarly journals The Invention of Sacred Places and Rituals: A Comparative Study of Pilgrimage

Religions ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (12) ◽  
pp. 649
Author(s):  
John Eade
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Study ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Sacred Places ◽  
Discussion Section ◽  
Personal Involvement ◽  
The World ◽  
The Creation ◽  
And Performance ◽  
The Relationship

During the last twenty years around the world there has been a rapid increase in the number of people visiting long established religious shrines as well as the creation of new sites by those operating outside the boundaries of institutional religion. This increase is intimately associated with the revival of traditional routes, the creation of new ones and the invention of new rituals (religious, spiritual and secular). To examine this process, I will focus on the European region and two contrasting destinations in particular—the Catholic shrine of Lourdes, France, and the pre-Christian shrine of Avebury, England—drawing on my personal involvement in travelling to both destinations and being involved in ritual activities along the route and at the two destinations. In the discussion section of the paper, I will explore the relevance of these two case studies to the analysis of power, agency and performance and the ways in which they expose (a) the role of institutions and entrepreneurs in creating rituals and sacred places and (b) the relationship between people and the domesticated landscape.

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