‘High net worth’ migration in Mauritius: A critical analysis

2016 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 16-32 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ramola Ramtohul
Keyword(s):  
Local Population ◽  
Private Investment ◽  
Political Stability ◽  
Small Island ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Net Worth ◽  
Key Stakeholders ◽  
The Press ◽  
Media Reports

As a small island African nation, Mauritius is famed for its economic success, democratic governance and political stability. The Mauritian government recently embarked on a migration scheme geared towards attracting ‘high net worth’ migrants to the country. The scheme offers foreigners the possibility of obtaining permanent residence and naturalizing as citizens under specifically designed investment and residential programmes devised to attract private investment. While it is undeniable that this scheme has brought considerable foreign direct investment into the country, it has also caused discontent among the local population. Using media reports and interviews of key stakeholders in the press as well as qualitative date gathered from semi-structured interviews of key stakeholders, this paper examines the implications of the long term and often, permanent presence of ‘high net worth’ migrants on the local population. Public debate on this matter includes issues such as culture clash and diminished access to the beach for Mauritian citizens. Moreover, given the smallness of the country and the fact that land is already scarce, there is fear that facilities granted to foreigners to purchase property will have inflationary consequences and make property unaffordable to the local population. 

The utility of relationships in the creation and maintenance of an event portfolio

2018 ◽  
Vol 36 (2) ◽  
pp. 260-275 ◽  
Author(s):  
Donna M. Kelly ◽  
Sheranne Fairley
Keyword(s):  
Process Model ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Key Stakeholders ◽  
Strategic Goals ◽  
The Creation ◽  
Practical Implications ◽  
Insight Into

Purpose Event portfolios promote synergies among events and stakeholders within a destination in order to maximise resources. The purpose of this paper is to examine the role of relationships in the creation and maintenance of an event portfolio using the four stages of Parvatiyar and Sheth’s (2000) process model of relationship marketing: formation, management and governance, performance evaluation, and evolution. Design/methodology/approach Nine semi-structured interviews were conducted with tourism and government stakeholders involved in the creation and maintenance of an event portfolio within a single destination. Findings The destination outlined clear strategic goals through an event strategy. An Events Board was established to bring together key stakeholders from tourism, events, and government to oversee the development of an event portfolio. The Events Board gave advice to relevant tourism and government stakeholders on which events they should provide funding. Developing relationships was not a stated objective, but the Events Board realised the importance of relationships to create and maintain the destination’s event portfolio. Long-term funding contracts were used as a mechanism to establish relationships and were an impetus for interaction. Relationships were also maintained through dedicated staff who managed the relationships between the destination stakeholders and the events. Practical implications Understanding factors that contribute to the successful creation and maintenance of event portfolios can inform destination stakeholders who are responsible for generating tourism through events. Originality/value Limited research has examined the creation and maintenance of event portfolios. This study provides insight into the central importance of relationships in creating and maintaining an event portfolio.

Influences of key stakeholders’ involvement in maintenance management

2017 ◽  
Vol 35 (2) ◽  
pp. 217-231 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cheong Peng Au-Yong ◽  
Azlan-Shah Ali ◽  
Faizah Ahmad ◽  
Shirley Jin Lin Chua
Keyword(s):  
Mixed Method ◽  
Maintenance Management ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Building Maintenance ◽  
Key Stakeholders ◽  
Maintenance Service ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Method Approach

Purpose Proper maintenance management ensures a long-term investment and provides a support function in business continuity to achieve organisational goal. However, inadequate involvement and participation of key stakeholders in maintenance management limit the continuous improvement of maintenance performance. Currently, there is a lack of studies about the influence of key stakeholders’ involvement in maintenance. Thus, the purpose of this paper is to deal with enhancement of maintenance management through the involvement of key stakeholders. Design/methodology/approach This research adopted a mixed method approach to determine the relationship between involvement of key stakeholders in maintenance management and maintenance effectiveness. The approach comprised of literature review, questionnaire survey and semi-structured interviews. Findings This research suggests a positive correlation between involvement of maintenance manager (MM), maintenance staff, organisation, user and maintenance service provider (SP) in improving the effectiveness of maintenance management. The logistic regression analysis indicated that the involvement of MM and SP are significant predictors of maintenance effectiveness. The research further identified that there was a lack of involvement of the user and SP in maintenance management. Originality/value The research demonstrated that all key stakeholders should value the important roles of their participation in maintenance management to ensure an optimum return on a long-term investment. To create the awareness for the involvement of key stakeholders in building maintenance, studies on the advantages of participating in building maintenance and the impacts of ignorant towards building maintenance can be beneficial to the industry.

scholarly journals BARRIERS AND FACILITATORS TO IMPLEMENTING THE BALANCING INCENTIVE PROGRAM (BIP)

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. S156-S156
Author(s):  
Lisa Beauregard ◽  
Edward A Miller
Keyword(s):  
Structural Changes ◽  
Internal State ◽  
Barriers And Facilitators ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Incentive Program ◽  
Key Stakeholders ◽  
Services And Supports ◽  
Consumer Advocates ◽  
Community Based Services

Abstract The Balancing Incentive Program (BIP) was an optional Medicaid program within the Affordable Care Act. States spending less than 50% of Medicaid long-term services and supports on home and community-based services (HCBS) were eligible for the program and could participate from 2011 to 2015. Participating states received an enhanced federal match in exchange for rebalancing LTSS spending and adopting structural changes to their long-term services and supports system. The purpose of this study is to understand the barriers and facilitators to implementing the BIP in two states. Data was collected through semi-structured interviews with individuals involved in HCBS policy nationally and in Maryland and Texas, including government bureaucrats, consumer advocates, and provider representatives. Findings indicate that factors that facilitated Maryland and Texas’ implementation of the BIP were regular communication with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and their consultants, Mission Analytics Group, merging the BIP with existing HCBS programs, and the substantial amount of funding associated with the program. On the other hand, the short duration of the BIP presented a challenge for states because they needed to enact multiple changes within a limited period of time. In addition, state procurement and contracting processes impeded the speed with which BIP requirements could be met. Key stakeholders, including consumer advocacy and provider organizations, often felt as though their state implemented the BIP with minimal input from interested groups. The findings indicate that the structure of the Balancing Incentive Program as well as internal state factors influenced the program’s implementation.

scholarly journals Long-Term Care Registered Dietitians’ Initial Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. 952-952
Author(s):  
Julie Beitel ◽  
Allison Cammer
Keyword(s):  
Long Term Care ◽  
Initial Response ◽  
Control Measures ◽  
Registered Dietitians ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Term Care ◽  
Infection Control Measures ◽  
Media Reports ◽  
The Many

Abstract At the outset of the global pandemic, long-term care (LTC) homes in Canada were captured in media reports as the centre of Canada’s COVID-19 epidemic. An estimated 80% of all COVID-19 deaths in Canada were associated with LTC outbreaks as of May 25, 2020. Infection control measures have swiftly changed the environment in many LTC homes for residents, workers, loved ones, and other supports. Registered Dietitians (RDs) are among the many care professionals working in LTC affected by these changes. The aim of this qualitative study was to examine the roles of RDs in supporting LTC residents during the initial phases of the pandemic. RDs faced remote practice, redeployment to address pandemic priorities, or cohorting to a sole practice site, yet were responsible for resident nutritional health. In-depth, web-based, semi-structured interviews with thirteen RDs working in LTC in a prairie province of Canada were used to explore the changes to work, challenges faced, impact on residents, and innovations in practice. The findings from this study capture nutrition and wellness-related implications of the COVID-19 pandemic within LTC homes. Examining the initial response of LTC RDs to the COVID-19 pandemic can help in planning for opportunities to support or enhance delivery of nutrition care in LTC homes, both in the context of the ongoing pandemic as well as future practice.

scholarly journals Stakeholders and Apart Hotels: Multiple Case Study

2012 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 145-169
Author(s):  
Elizabeth Kyoko Wada
Keyword(s):  
Business Models ◽  
Management Strategies ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Business Organizations ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Social Actors ◽  
Key Stakeholders ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Multiple Case

Means of accommodation involve a wide range of social actors and agents, as well as different business models. Management strategies in this sector have been increasingly important for long-term sustainability and competitiveness of business organizations. This study aims to analyze the interactions between apart-hotels and their stakeholders to foster an improvement of services provided, aligning the interface of strategic management from the point of view of managers and their key stakeholders. It is an exploratory study, with qualitative chacter, along with multiple case studies of the following establishments: Travel Inn, Hotels Slaviero and Etoile george v. Brazilian enterprises, which manage lodging facilities with apart-hotel concepts, combining features that enable comparative analysis of the study. For conceptual understanding, this study was based on literature about stakeholders, taking the work of Freeman (1984) and Freeman et al (2010) as main references. The research was conducted through semi-structured interviews with managers of lodging facilities and their key stakeholders and through direct observation and documentation. We found that not all groups of influence are considered in the planning of service flats. However, the organizations surveyed indicated that the market has realized the importance of the groups that exert influence and are influenced by their goals, and are therefore increasingly alert for integration of such groups in their strategic planning.

scholarly journals Investigating the Implications of the London Heathrow Airport Expansion for the Landside Freight Industry

Logistics ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. 50
Author(s):  
Ryan Lee ◽  
Moayad Shammut ◽  
Julian Allen ◽  
Xing Gao ◽  
Tianren Yang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Adverse Effects ◽  
Rail Transport ◽  
Air Cargo ◽  
Low Carbon ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Key Stakeholders ◽  
Negative Implication ◽  
Low Carbon Technologies ◽  
National Economies

The air cargo industry is hugely important to national economies, trade, and development. Thus far, there has been limited research on the landside freight industry. Therefore, the purpose of this paper is to extend the understanding of how alterations in the air cargo industry impact on its landside freight counterpart. It also seeks to explore the potential opportunities and challenges this presents, as well as the measures that can be taken to mitigate unsustainable development for the landside freight industry. Semi-structured interviews were used to collect the views of key stakeholders, freight industry experts, and other professionals. Our findings show that, if the airport expansion went ahead, the opportunities would generally outweigh the challenges. Increased freight activities and other positive spinoffs would result in the long-term. Increased freight activities and employment were the prime positive implications. Conversely, increased delays due to congestion was the main negative implication. Measures suggested to mitigate the adverse effects of the London Heathrow Airport (LHR) expansion entailed strengthening of consolidation centre efforts, freight collaboration, intelligent booking systems, use of low-carbon technologies, smart scheduling for revising the timetabling of deliveries, and greater use of rail transport for air cargo. The research highlights novel insights regarding existing freight-related issues from industry and academic experts, and further thoughts in relation to increased cargo activities stemming from the LHR expansion.

Towards a European Constitution? The European Parliament and the Institutional Reform of the European Communities 1979-84

2021 ◽  
Vol 27 (1) ◽  
pp. 79-98
Author(s):  
Wolfram KAISER
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Institutional Reform ◽  
European Parliament ◽  
Long Term Effects ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Institutional Dynamics ◽  
European Constitution ◽  
Contemporary Media ◽  
Media Reports

Drawing on archival sources of the European Parliament (EP), the EP Groups, and Spinelli’s private papers as well as contemporary media reports and 13 semi-structured interviews with eyewitnesses, this article examines the EP’s attempt to foster European union after its first direct election in 1979. In tracing the conflicts and compromises within the EP during the preparation of its Draft Treaty on European Union (DTEU) the article makes a three-fold argument. First, it demonstrates how this internal process enhanced cross-party cooperation on institutional reform in the EP. Second, it shows how the EP’s work on institutional reform impacted the inter-institutional dynamics with the European Commission and the European Council. Third, it elaborates how the DTEU, although not ratified, nevertheless constituted an important constitutional marker with long-term effects on European integration until the 2009 Lisbon Treaty.

scholarly journals Long-Term Impact of Closing Rural Schools on Local Social Capital: A Multiple-Case Study from Poland

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (4) ◽  
pp. 598-617
Author(s):  
Anna Kłoczko-Gajewska
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
Local Population ◽  
Social Activity ◽  
Multiple Case Study ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
School Closures ◽  
Multiple Case ◽  
Long Term Impact

AbstractIn many European countries, for both demographic and financial reasons, small schools are being closed. A rural school is one of the few public places which enables formal and informal meetings of community residents. When it is closed, social activity changes. This paper presents a multiple-case study of four Polish villages which in the year 2000 organized protests against school closures; two schools were saved and two were closed. Semi-structured interviews with local leaders and office workers were conducted in 2004 and 2016. The study shows that the decline of structural social capital was significantly smaller in those villages where the school was saved. In the village in which the building of the school did not serve the local population due to the decision of the authorities, a significant and long-term decline in both structural and cognitive social capital was observed. That means that local authorities may contribute to the degradation of the local social capital.

scholarly journals How can we get more people with long-term health conditions involved in parkrun? A qualitative study evaluating parkrun’s PROVE project

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Helen Quirk ◽  
Steve Haake
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Health Condition ◽  
Health Conditions ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Supportive Environment ◽  
Key Stakeholders ◽  
Mass Participation

Abstract Background People with long-term health conditions face barriers to physical activity and community health interventions despite potential life-changing benefits for self-management of their condition and wellbeing. A weekly mass participation running, walking and volunteering event called parkrun launched a project called PROVE in 2016 to engage people living with long-term health conditions in England. Over the 3 year project, parkrun appointed volunteer Outreach Ambassadors with a specialist interest in the health condition they represented whose role was to ensure parkrun was welcoming, supportive and inclusive. This qualitative study aimed to understand the experience of the PROVE project for people with long-term health conditions. Methods Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 15 PROVE Outreach Ambassadors representing 13 different long-term health conditions in England. Interviews were recorded, transcribed verbatim and analysed using thematic analysis. Rigour and transparency were sought in addition to utilising independent researchers to offer alternative interpretations of the data. Results Data analysis resulted in 4 overarching themes and 13 subthemes. Outreach Ambassadors believed that parkrun was already supportive of people with long-term health conditions, but that the PROVE project enabled the support to be delivered in a more structured way across health conditions and locations. Outreach Ambassadors believed that the PROVE project had the potential to create a welcoming, safe space for people with long-term health conditions to participate as walkers, runners or volunteers. Success of the PROVE project was believed to be dependent on being realistic about the potential to bring about change, challenging people’s perceptions of parkrun and engaging with key stakeholders and advocacy groups. Challenges for parkrun were believed to be around communication, demonstrating impact and the project’s dependence on volunteers for delivery. Conclusions This is the first study of its kind to explore the public health potential of parkrun for people with long-term health conditions. parkrun’s PROVE project was regarded to be important for ensuring that people with long-term health conditions can engage in physical activity and volunteering in a safe and supportive environment. The findings have important implications for parkrun, policy makers and physical activity providers looking to deliver inclusive community physical activity opportunities.

scholarly journals The Attitude of the Regional Editors of Lithuanian Periodicals to the Principles of Distribution of State Support for the Media

2021 ◽  
Vol 14 ◽  
pp. 39-64
Author(s):  
Magnus Tomas Kėvišas ◽  
Arūnas Brazauskas ◽  
Violeta Nedzveckienė ◽  
Milda Myštautaitė
Keyword(s):  
Editorial Staff ◽  
Business Owners ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
State Support ◽  
Editorial Boards ◽  
The Press ◽  
The Media ◽  
Direct Payments ◽  
Funding Opportunities

It is often maintained that there is no one consistent mass media policy in Lithuania. There are, indeed, many mechanisms of state financial aid and support, and the allocation of funds itself is rather inconsistent and accidental. There is no data or information available as to how the strengths and weaknesses of the particular mechanisms created and aid/funding opportunities available are perceived by the target audience of such efforts – the staff of the editorial boards of the news outlets and the particular business owners. Having conducted a questionaire-based study and a series of in-depth structured interviews with selected typical representatives from the industry, here we delineate the perception: the editorial staff maintain that the most impactful mechanism of allocating state support for the press are direct payments, especially those distributed by the Lithuanian Media Support Foundation, though the principles regulating its decision-making should be amended so as to allow for more transparency. One should also ensure that whatever is being funded has a case for continuity, sustainability and long-term future in regard to its activities. Additionally, especially inasmuch as any allocation of funds is related to an attempt to ensure the long-term success of democratic governance, the funding is to be targeted at local news rather than national or international news. These findings are shown to be comparable to tendencies observed abroad.

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