scholarly journals Cryptocurrencies and Finance Theories

2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. 315-365
Author(s):  
AbdulQuddoos AbdulBasith ◽  
◽  
Mohammed M Elgammal ◽  
Bana Abuzayed ◽  
◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Interdisciplinary Research ◽  
Theoretical Framework ◽  
Sufficient Data ◽  
Asset Class ◽  
Critical Feedback ◽  
The Times ◽  
Finance Theory ◽  
Term Analysis

Cryptocurrency (CCY) as a new key player in the currency system that has drawn the attention of scholars to examine its influence, relations and the opportunities that it may provide. However, a financial theoretical framework to connect CCY with financial theory is missing. This paper fills this gap by providing a review for the theoretical framework introduced in the literature to position CCY in investment and finance theories. This is done by studying the CCY literature and providing a critical feedback on the overall contributions in the area and possible venues for improvement. We report a need for a long-term analysis for CCY as this asset class is fairly new and sufficient data may not be available. Moreover, a better connection and linking with finance theories is required as it is significantly deficient. The promising potential of blockchain/ CCY stresses the need for interdisciplinary research including business, legal and information technology disciplines. In addition, the Covid-19 pandemic opens the door for further research to investigate the role of CCY as a hedge in the times of crises. Keywords: digital ledger technology, cryptocurrency bitcoin, finance theory, investment, fintech

scholarly journals Mediator as a Story Recipient in Narrative Mediation: What Types of Questions Should I Ask?

2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 84
Author(s):  
Chen Ying ◽  
Tan Chee Lay
Keyword(s):  
Turning Points ◽  
Theoretical Framework ◽  
Good Story ◽  
The Past ◽  
Conflict Talk

<p><em>This study adopted the theoretical framework of narrative mediation to investigate a storied conflict talk between a landlord and her tenant in which the mediator played the role of a story recipient in the co-construction of stories with disputants. The focus of this research is on the function of questions posed by the mediator in the production of turning points which are favourable to the evolution of “better-formed” stories. The results of this study indicate that there are at least two types of questions mediators ask: 1) the questions that can help disputants reflect on their imperfectness; 2) the questions that awaken disputants’ memories of their good stories from the past. It is shown that the de-legitimacy for Self laid a foundation for the production of a good story towards a meaningful outcome for the mediation. The inadequacy of the context formed by first having legitimacy for Other followed by the de-legitimacy for Self led to the failure of destabilizing the problematic story in the mediation. The lack of the dominant party’s legitimacy for Other resulted in the absence of legitimacy from the marginalized side and would likely cause unfavourable consequences to the mediation in the long term.</em></p>

Trajectories of Social Innovation

2019 ◽  
pp. 109-148
Author(s):  
Gudrun-Christine Schimpf ◽  
Georg Mildenberger ◽  
Susanne Giesecke ◽  
Attila Havas
Keyword(s):  
Social Networks ◽  
Social Housing ◽  
Social Innovation ◽  
Short Description ◽  
Social Innovations ◽  
Successful Innovation ◽  
Term Analysis

The chapter deals with the trajectory of social housing as a social innovation in European countries from the nineteenth century to the present. The long-term analysis of this comprehensive case study is guided by the Extended Social Grid Model (ESGM). Following a short description of seven different phases of social housing, the chapter turns to the role of social powers and the capability approach. All in all, the involvement of various actors and social networks in shaping a successful innovation becomes visible. Another important point is the insight that social innovations have to adjust to ever changing contexts du their trajectory. The analysis sheds light on supporting conditions of successful social innovations and reflects on the co-evolution of social and business innovations.

Family, Friends and Neighbors: The Role of Primary Groups in Preventing the Misuse of Drugs

1989 ◽  
Vol 19 (2) ◽  
pp. 261-281 ◽  
Author(s):  
Barbara Lynn Kail ◽  
Eugene Litwak
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Health Care Providers ◽  
Theoretical Framework ◽  
Prescription Medicine ◽  
Care Providers ◽  
Minority Woman ◽  
Term Basis ◽  
Primary Groups

Primary groups such as relatives, neighbors and friends are a source of support that health care providers overlook. We present a theoretical framework which suggests primary groups can help prevent the misuse of prescription medicine. Kin are especially helpful in assisting elderly to take medications on a long-term basis where the regimens are fairly simple. It may also be especially important to engage kin in helping the older minority woman to understand the doctor. Even at a distance, kin may be able to provide such assistance and should not be discounted as a resource. Neighbors can be helpful in getting a medicine needed unexpectedly and might assist with relatively complex routines that last for only a brief period. Friends who have had similar experiences are especially helpful when the medicine is prescribed on an as needed basis by teaching the client how to judge when a dose is needed.

scholarly journals Controls Over Base Cation Concentrations in Stream and River Waters: A Long-Term Analysis on the Role of Deposition and Climate

Ecosystems ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 16 (5) ◽  
pp. 707-721 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard W. Lucas ◽  
Ryan A. Sponseller ◽  
Hjalmar Laudon
Keyword(s):  
Base Cation ◽  
River Waters ◽  
Term Analysis

scholarly journals The Role of Long-Term Finance: Theory and Evidence

1999 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gerard Caprio ◽  
Asli Demirgüç-Kunt
Keyword(s):  
Finance Theory

scholarly journals Silicon confers protective effect against ginseng root rot by regulating sugar efflux into apoplast

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ragavendran Abbai ◽  
Yu-Jin Kim ◽  
Padmanaban Mohanan ◽  
Mohamed El-Agamy Farh ◽  
Ramya Mathiyalagan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Protective Effect ◽  
Root Rot ◽  
Molecular Basis ◽  
Severity Index ◽  
Protective Role ◽  
Ginseng Root ◽  
Term Analysis ◽  
Root Quality

AbstractRoot rot caused by Ilyonectria mors-panacis is a devastating fungal disease leading to defect in root quality and causes reduced yield during the perennial life cycle of Panax ginseng Meyer. This indicates the imperative need to understand the molecular basis of disease development and also to enhance tolerance against the fungus. With this idea, the protective effect of silicon (supplied as silica nanoparticles) in P. ginseng root rot pathosystem and its molecular mechanism was investigated in the current study. We have tested different concentrations of silicon (Si) to disease-infected ginseng and found that long term analysis (30 dpi) displayed a striking 50% reduction in disease severity index upon the treatment of Si. Expectedly, Si had no direct degradative effect against the pathogen. Instead, in infected roots it resulted in reduced expression of PgSWEET leading to regulated sugar efflux into apoplast and enhanced tolerance against I. mors-panacis. In addition, under diseased condition, both protopanaxadiol (PPD) and protopanaxatriol (PPT) type ginsenoside profile in roots were higher in Si treated plants. This is the first report indicating the protective role of Si in ginseng-root rot pathosystem, thereby uncovering novel features of ginseng mineral physiology and at the same time, enabling its usage to overcome root rot.

Smart Specialization Strategies and Universities

2019 ◽  
pp. 31-59
Author(s):  
Christophe Feder
Keyword(s):  
Technological Change ◽  
Theoretical Framework ◽  
Pivotal Role ◽  
Discovery Process ◽  
Entrepreneurial Discovery ◽  
Biased Technological Change ◽  
Smart Specialization ◽  
The University

The smart specialization strategy is a cornerstone in the EU policy. The smart specialization policy and the entrepreneurial discovery process is formalized in order to generalize and implement the smart specialization concept. The main conclusion of the proposed theoretical framework is that the smart specialization strategy is efficient if it increases the productivity of the largest factor in the region. Starting from the biased technological change notion, the proposed theoretical framework shows the pivotal role of the university for the efficient implementation of the smart specialization strategy not only in the short and medium term but also in the long term.

A PHILOSOPHY OF EDUCATION: OUR EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS AND THE ECONOMY

Think ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 16 (45) ◽  
pp. 53-65
Author(s):  
Adrian Brockless
Keyword(s):  
Economic Impact ◽  
Philosophy Of Education ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
Economic Welfare ◽  
Material Wealth ◽  
The Times ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Critical Resistance

The topics of education and the role of educational institutions in society are seldom far from the headlines, the lips of politicians, schoolteachers and parents. Discussion of education (and its associated institutions) within these forums tends to assume uncritically that its ultimate point is to benefit the economy and, by extension, empower the individual through increased prestige and material wealth. This article argues that such a conception of education is misguided and, indeed dangerous, as it estranges us from forms of thought that are frequently united with our conception of what it means to be human, alongside damaging prospects of long-term economic welfare. It is, therefore, the responsibility of our educational institutions to maintain a critical resistance to the culture of the times by ensuring that they do not merely become factories that train their students in ways purely designed to maximize economic impact and increased personal wealth.

scholarly journals The Role of Long-Term Finance: Theory and Evidence

1998 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 171-189 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. Caprio ◽  
A. Demirgu-Kunt
Keyword(s):  
Finance Theory

Biopsychosocial Mechanisms Linking Discrimination to Health: A Focus on Social Cognition

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elizabeth Brondolo ◽  
Irene V. Blair ◽  
Amandeep Kaur
Keyword(s):  
Social Cognition ◽  
Cognitive Control ◽  
Stress Responses ◽  
Stress Reactivity ◽  
Theoretical Framework ◽  
Stress Recovery ◽  
Health Promoting ◽  
Appraisal Processes

This chapter presents a theoretical framework that highlights the role of social cognition in mediating the effects of discrimination on health. This framework suggests that through alterations in schemas and appraisal processes, long-term discrimination increases the experienced frequency, intensity, and duration of threat exposure and concomitant distress. At the same time, the ability to recover from threat exposure may be impaired by the effects of discrimination on cognitive control processes that are necessary for modulating stress responses. Together, these processes may influence the ability to initiate and sustain health-promoting behavior, avoid health-impairing behavior, attenuate stress reactivity, and facilitate stress recovery. Through effects on social cognition, persistent exposure to discrimination may potentiate sustained dysregulation of psychophysiological systems responsible for maintaining health.

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