scholarly journals STATE AND DEVELOPMENT OF INDUSTRIAL AND PUBLIC SECTOR IN COMPARISON OF GREECE WITH THE REST OF THE WORLD

2020 ◽  
Vol v8 (2) ◽  
pp. 27-34
Author(s):  
Kyriaki Papadopoulou
Keyword(s):  
Public Sector ◽  
Manufacturing Sector ◽  
Industrial Sector ◽  
Manufacturing Industries ◽  
Good Growth ◽  
The Public ◽  
Local Currency ◽  
The World ◽  
Greek Economy ◽  
Of Greece

The present study aims at critically accessing and comparing the state and the development of the industrial and the public sector of Greece with the rest of the world. It was found that the Greek economy has faced many ups and downs. Starting from the launch of the euro as the local currency to the massive destruction caused by the financial crisis of 2007. Public and industrial sector of Greek even after witnessing all these major events has been able to establish a good growth trajectory in comparison to the rest of the world. The economy showed strong growth in terms of its manufacturing sector. With food and beverages sector, pulp and paper sector, petroleum and refinery standing out as the major manufacturing industries. While the structural reform taken place in the public sector of Greece helped it to maintain its position in comparison with the rest of the world.

scholarly journals Public Policy and Changing Pattern of Industrial R&D System in India: A Comparative Analysis of Pre- and Post-reform Periods

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 103-122
Author(s):  
Baldev Singh Shergill
Keyword(s):  
Public Sector ◽  
Private Sector ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Manufacturing Sector ◽  
Labour Force ◽  
Industrial Sector ◽  
Technological Capabilities ◽  
Capital Goods ◽  
The Public ◽  
Reform Period

This article is an attempt to examine the trends of industrial R&D expenditure by the private sector and public sector during pre-reform (1980–1992) and post-reform period (1993–2010). The agenda of economic reform is to liberalise the industrial sector and make it more competitive in the global scenario. The analysis indicates that in the post-reform period, the percentage share of R&D expenditure drastically shifted from public sector to private sector. The major share of R&D expenditure remained in capital goods manufacturing sector. R&D expenditure is highly concentrated in the capital goods sector by public and private sectors. Second, preferential sector in terms of share of R&D expenditure has been intermediate sector by the public sector and consumer non-durables by the private sector overtime. Consumer durables sector is a completely ignored sector across the board. R&D intensity has been in the range of low and medium across industry groups and time. It may be argued that industries might not be enabling to realise spillovers from the transfer of technology and also would be fragile to enhance its ability to make product and process innovations of its own. The changing pattern of R&D expenditure by the industrial sector confirms the supremacy and autonomy of the market. These are the areas where R&D expenditure is required to gain technological capabilities and absorptive capacity for a low R&D intensity country like India. The article argues that technological and industrial policies should be taken into consideration with respect to the demand and production processes. Especially since the Indian economy is a low-income country with a massive agrarian and rural labour force, it needs to transform technological capabilities and organisation of industrialisation according to the indigenous and categorised necessities by both the public and the private sectors.

A Smarter Fight Against Corruption

Contexts ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 20 (2) ◽  
pp. 63-65
Author(s):  
Marina Zaloznaya ◽  
Freda B. Lynn
Keyword(s):  
Public Sector ◽  
Socially Responsible ◽  
The Public ◽  
The World ◽  
High Level

According to a recent study, in forty-eight countries around the world, more than a quarter of citizens pays bribes in exchange for service. In this article, the authors suggest that a key to a more effective and socially responsible fight against corruption lies in sequencing. Here, they explain how initiatives targeting high-level corruption in government and business must take priority, preceding the reforms of the public sector.

scholarly journals How Rational Is the Greek Plan for Opening up Tourism?

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Emmanuel Lazaridis ◽  
Estelle Clark
Keyword(s):  
Rational Choice ◽  
Current Policy ◽  
The Public ◽  
The World ◽  
Greek Economy ◽  
Opening Up ◽  
Executives And Managers

The issue of when and how to return to business following COVID-19 lockdown is occupying the minds of policymakers, C-Suite executives and managers the world over. We are concerned by the extent to which it appears that these decisions are being taken on a wing and a prayer, while being pitched to the public as though they shouldn’t be questioned. In this paper, we compare the likely impact of COVID-19 infections from travellers coming from the main countries that visit Greece, to the revenues they generate for the Greek economy. We find that arrivals from some countries should be excluded but aren't, while arrivals from other countries that are excluded perhaps shouldn't be. We show that a rational choice around limitations on the reopening of tourist markets depends on the demand for travel to Greece. We conclude that the current policy is largely economically rational, with some exceptions, but also speculate that Greece may not be ready to handle the resulting infection load.

A Multivariate Statistical Assessment of the Level of Use of Information Systems in the Public Sector Services in Greece in Order to Oppose Bureaucracy

2014 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 19-31
Author(s):  
Odysseas Moschidis ◽  
Jason Papathanasiou
Keyword(s):  
Information Systems ◽  
Public Sector ◽  
Hierarchical Classification ◽  
Multivariate Statistical ◽  
Daily Work ◽  
The Public ◽  
Adequate Knowledge ◽  
Level Of Use ◽  
Public Sector Employees ◽  
Of Greece

Public sector bureaucracy is undoubtedly one of the major unfavorable factors that contradict the smooth economic development of Greece. Using information systems in management is indeed promoting decisively the improvement of the organization, the communication, the service processing time and generally speaking the modernization of the Public Administration; leading to the fact that the level of proficiency of the employees in IS use is vital to the ever going fight against bureaucracy. This paper is about the study of the competence of the non IT specialists of the Greek public sector employees, who however use computers in their daily work, in subjects regarding the safe and sound use of Information Systems applications. The authors also studied the correspondence of the employees capabilities with variables like the experience, adequate knowledge of a second language, age and years of service; their interest in participating in IS training seminars is also recorded. The authors were based in data gathered with a structured questionnaire and the data analysis was conducted with multivariate analysis, correspondence analysis and hierarchical classification.

scholarly journals The state of heritage and cultural property policing in England & Wales, France and Italy

2018 ◽  
Vol 17 (4) ◽  
pp. 441-460 ◽  
Author(s):  
John Kerr
Keyword(s):  
Public Sector ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Empirical Research ◽  
21St Century ◽  
Cultural Knowledge ◽  
The State ◽  
Cultural Property ◽  
The Public ◽  
The World ◽  
Cultural Economies

Presenting a large threat to irreplaceable heritage, property, cultural knowledge and cultural economies across the world, heritage and cultural property crimes offer case studies through which to consider the challenges, choices and practices that shape 21st-century policing. This article uses empirical research conducted in England & Wales, France and Italy to examine heritage and cultural property policing. It considers the threat before investigating three crucial questions. First, who is involved in this policing? Second, how are they involved in this policing? Third, why are they involved? This last question is the most important and is central to the article as it examines why, in an era of severe economic challenges for the governments in the case studies, the public sector would choose to lead policing.

scholarly journals Is Human Capital Ready for Change? A Strategic Approach Adapting Porter’s Five Forces to Human Resources

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (6) ◽  
pp. 2300 ◽  
Author(s):  
Livia Anastasiu ◽  
Ovidiu Gavriş ◽  
Dorin Maier
Keyword(s):  
Human Capital ◽  
Human Resources ◽  
Manufacturing Sector ◽  
Core Competencies ◽  
Market Competition ◽  
Human Resources Management ◽  
Industrial Sector ◽  
Business Environment ◽  
World Population ◽  
The World

This article argues for adapting Porter’s Five Forces Model to strategic human resources management. The world business environment is facing real challenges: Shortage of talents, ageing of the world population, and disappearance of repetitive jobs. For a sustainable approach, the quality and stability of human capital should be analyzed strategically, based on the influence of five forces which act in the market: Competition in the industrial sector between specialists with core competencies (rivalry), demands of the hiring companies in terms of the number of employees and updated skills (organizations as buyers), recruitment companies and schools (suppliers), effects of globalization on people’s migration (new entrants), and modern technologies and innovation (substitutes). The stronger the forces are, the harder it will be for the organization to select or retain valuable employees who will add value to products/services. Actual and future employees should analyze the intensity of these forces when they plan to prepare for jobs or change their career. This analysis was focused mainly on the manufacturing sector, where jobs based on repetitive or dangerous tasks may disappear in time.

scholarly journals The Transformation of Nigeria’s Industrial Sector: Some Explanatory Variables

2012 ◽  
Vol 2 (4) ◽  
pp. 224
Author(s):  
N.D Gado
Keyword(s):  
Performance Measures ◽  
Positive Relationship ◽  
Manufacturing Sector ◽  
Industrial Sector ◽  
Electricity Supply ◽  
Explanatory Variables ◽  
Performance Variables ◽  
Developed Economies ◽  
The World ◽  
Complete Overhaul

With less than 5% contribution to GDP, Nigeria’s manufacturing sector needs transformation, if the country would achieve the leaders’ vision of being amongst the World 20 developed economies by the year 2020. Using a simple association, two impacting variables, FDI and electricity supply, were correlated with two performance variables of contribution to GDP and manufacturing Index. The results for FDI were conflicting to the theory, the anomaly were traced to deficiencies of enhancing institutions. The findings on electricity supply showed a robust positive relationship with the two performance measures of contribution to GDP and manufacturing index. A complete overhaul of the electricity industry combined with private public partnership and a revolutionary handling of corruption were recommended to bring in more FDI and to make them count for development.  

scholarly journals Will Public-Private Partnerships Solve Nigeria’s Infrastructure Problems?

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 41
Author(s):  
George Nwangwu
Keyword(s):  
Public Sector ◽  
Private Sector ◽  
Public Private Partnerships ◽  
Public Infrastructure ◽  
The Public ◽  
Advantages And Disadvantages ◽  
The World ◽  
The Government ◽  
As If

Nigeria, like most countries around the world, has turned to Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs) to finance its infrastructure deficit. However, it appears that the government of Nigeria looks towards PPPs as the major solution to the country’s infrastructure crisis. In a sense PPPs are being sold to the public as if they were free, that the private sector would come in with its funds, provide the desired services and that the problem with the country’s infrastructure would automatically cease. This paper argues that this supposition is a myth and that the role of PPPs in the provision of public infrastructure is more nuanced than is being bandied around. PPPs are not the panacea to all of the country’s infrastructure problems and also are far from being completely free. It is however the case that if appropriately deployed, in most cases PPPs provide some advantages over conventional public sector procurements. This paper explores the different advantages and disadvantages of PPPs and suggests ways in which PPPs may be effectively used to improve the country’s infrastructure with reduced fiscal exposure to government.

scholarly journals Analysis of Professional Dispositions Taught to Prospective Teachers in Public Sector Universities of Punjab

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (3) ◽  
pp. 255-264
Author(s):  
Muhammad Riaz ◽  
Dr. Muhammad Uzair ul Hassan
Keyword(s):  
Public Sector ◽  
Prospective Teachers ◽  
Effective Teachers ◽  
Teacher Candidates ◽  
The Public ◽  
Academic Achievements ◽  
Professional Dispositions ◽  
Multi Stage ◽  
Core Subject ◽  
The World

Due to the importance of dispositions, the National Accreditation Council for Teacher Education (NACTE) in Pakistan like many other countries of the world has included dispositions in its standards. NACTE also entails that teacher-training institutes are responsible to develop and impart dispositions among pre-service teachers. The current study analyzed the professional dispositions taught to prospective teachers at public sector universities of Punjab. The quantitative survey research design was employed to accomplish the study. The accessible population of the study was 1592 teacher-candidates of the final semester of BS/B. Ed. Honors in Education and M. A. Education programs. The sample was selected through multi-stage sampling. A questionnaire was developed for data collection keeping in view the dispositions described in the document of National Professional Standards for Teachers in Pakistan (NPSTP). The study concluded that dispositions related to the categories “moral values and commitment to students’ learning” are being taught in the public universities to a greater extent as compared to other categories. The study also concluded a positive correlation between dispositions taught to prospective teachers and academic achievements (CGPA). Researchers recommend that policymakers may introduce a core subject based on professional dispositions having more dispositions-oriented content, so as to produce effective teachers for future needs of the educational institutes of Pakistan.

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