Review of Theoretical Literature

2021 ◽  
pp. 7-26
Author(s):  
Léonie L. Stone
Keyword(s):  
Theoretical Literature

scholarly journals Evolution of university governance in Morocco: Which impacts?

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (5) ◽  
pp. 94
Author(s):  
Khalid Ayad ◽  
Khaoula Dobli Bennani ◽  
Mostafa Elhachloufi
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Economic Development ◽  
Empirical Studies ◽  
University Governance ◽  
General Review ◽  
Theoretical Literature ◽  
Quality Of Higher Education ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The Way

The concept of governance has become ubiquitous since it is recognized as an important tool for improving quality in all aspects of higher education.In Morocco, few scientific articles have dealt with the subject of university governance. Therefore, we will present a general review of the evolution of governance through laws and reforms established by Moroccan Governments from 1975 to 2019. The purpose of the study is to detect the extent of the presence of university governance principles in these reforms.This study enriches the theoretical literature on the crisis of Moroccan university and opens the way to new empirical studies to better understand the perception of university governance concept in the Moroccan context and to improve the quality of higher education and subsequently the economic development of the country.The findings of this study show an increasing evolution of the presence of university governance principles in reforms and higher education laws.

Global Banking: Toward an Assessment of Benefits and Costs

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 141-175
Author(s):  
Claudia M. Buch ◽  
Linda S. Goldberg
Keyword(s):  
Evaluation Studies ◽  
Cost And Benefit ◽  
Theoretical Literature ◽  
Trade Offs ◽  
Global Banking ◽  
Policy Frameworks ◽  
Key Dimensions ◽  
Benefits And Costs ◽  
Global Banks ◽  
Empirical Analyses

Global activities of banks are a core manifestation of broader patterns of globalization of production, trade, and finance. This article reviews the extensive recent empirical and theoretical literature on global banking, emphasizing the careful empirical analyses that incorporate key dimensions of heterogeneity among borrowers and lenders, and across activities. The actions of globally active banks are consequential, with cost and benefit trade-offs that differ during their lifetimes and at times of stress. Both research and policymaking around global banking benefit from improved infrastructures around collection of and access to granular data and repositories of evaluation studies. Although overall positive contributions from welfare perspectives arise from the activities of global banks, these organizations require appropriately targeted policy frameworks and oversight.

Practitioners' Views of International Negotiation

1979 ◽  
Vol 32 (1) ◽  
pp. 111-135 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gilbert R. Winham
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Policy ◽  
The State ◽  
International Negotiation ◽  
Complex Problems ◽  
Theoretical Literature ◽  
Large Complex ◽  
Study Session ◽  
Increasing Trend

A Checklist for Negotiators, produced during a study session on negotiation in the State Department's Senior Seminar on Foreign Policy, highlights certain changes that are occurring in the diplomatic function. First, practitioners make a distinction between the internal (or domestic) and external aspects of negotiation, which reflects a growing politicization of the diplomatic function and an increasing trend toward a mediatorial model of diplomacy. Second, practitioners emphasize managerial rather than strategic concerns, which is consistent with the large, complex problems that foreign offices are increasingly facing. Third, practitioners attach more importance to issues and substantive information than to personality or sociological variables. This is a reflection of the increasing scope, and resulting anonymity, of international diplomatic processes. These three points introduce new concerns into the theoretical literature on international negotiation.

Free Traders and Drug Smugglers: The Effects of Trade Openness on States' Ability to Combat Drug Trafficking

2009 ◽  
Vol 51 (2) ◽  
pp. 117-145 ◽  
Author(s):  
Horace A. Bartilow ◽  
Kihong Eom
Keyword(s):  
Time Series ◽  
Statistical Model ◽  
Drug Trafficking ◽  
Trade Openness ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Theoretical Literature ◽  
Openness To Trade ◽  
Pooled Time Series

AbstractThe theoretical literature presents conflicting expectations about the effects of trade openness on the ability of states to interdict drug trafficking. One view expects that trade openness will undermine drug interdiction; a second argues the opposite; a third argues that trade openness does not necessarily affect drug interdiction. This article assesses empirically the effects of trade openness on drug interdiction for countries in the Americas using a pooled time-series cross-sectional statistical model. It finds that trade openness decreases the interdiction capabilities of states in drug-consuming countries while increasing those of states in drug-producing countries. Greater openness to trade does not have a consistently significant effect on the interdiction capabilities of states in drug transit countries.

A Compendium of Research and Theory on Stuttering

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1960 ◽  
Vol 25 (4) ◽  
pp. 655-655
Author(s):  
JULIUS B. RICHMOND
Keyword(s):  
Speech Impairments ◽  
Theoretical Literature ◽  
Communicative Process ◽  
The Many

Of the many speech impairments that handicap children and adults in the communicative process few have attracted as much attention as stuttering. Indeed, the empirical, experimental, and theoretical literature is so vast that it would require a lifetime to evaluate. The appearance of A Compendium of Research and Theory on Stuttering should, therefore, be a worthwhile contribution, but it suffers from its lack of a critical or integrating function. This results largely from the author's decision to present abstracts of articles in the literature.

How Do Homeowners Choose Between Fixed and Adjustable Rate Mortgages?

2016 ◽  
Vol 06 (04) ◽  
pp. 1650013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yevgeny Mugerman ◽  
Moran Ofir ◽  
Zvi Wiener
Keyword(s):  
Interest Rate ◽  
Housing Prices ◽  
Optimal Choice ◽  
Housing Finance ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Fixed Rate ◽  
High Interest Rate ◽  
Theoretical Literature ◽  
Rate Environment ◽  
Adjustable Rate

Housing is the most important asset in the portfolio of most households. Understanding the households’ decision on housing finance has important implications from a policy perspective, due to the effects it may have on the housing prices, on the housing market stability and on household welfare. The theoretical literature on housing finance focused on figuring out the optimal choice between fixed rate mortgages (FRMs) and adjustable rate mortgages (ARMs). We argue that the standard economic criteria are sometimes inadequate to explain household’s choices, which may be motivated by psychological factors. In other words, we claim that household’s choice depends only partially on the findings of the theoretical literature. We examine the effect of changes in the short-term market interest rate on the households’ choice between FRMs and ARMs. We test this effect using a unique data provided to us by the Bank of Israel, which contains detailed information on the household’s decision between FRM and ARM contracts in Israel in the past decade. The results of our analysis demonstrate a significant association between FRM preference and short-term interest rate reduction. Moreover, we find that the change in the short-term interest rate is more salient to the borrowers in periods of a high interest rate environment. We attribute these findings to Tversky and Kahneman (1974) availability and representativeness heuristics.

scholarly journals Can Insider Power Affect Employment?

2003 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 139-150 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pilar Díaz-Vázquez ◽  
Dennis J. Snower
Keyword(s):  
Labor Market ◽  
Stochastic Model ◽  
Present Value ◽  
Reservation Wages ◽  
Theoretical Literature ◽  
Newly Hired

Abstract Do firms reduce employment when their insiders (established, incumbent employees) claim higher wages? The conventional answer in the theoretical literature is that insider power has no influence on employment, provided that the newly hired employees (entrants) receive their reservation wages. The reason given is that an increase in insider wages gives rise to a countervailing fall in reservation wages, leaving the present value of wage costs unchanged. Our analysis contradicts this conventional answer. We show that, in the context of a stochastic model of the labor market, an increase in insider wages promotes firing in recessions, while leaving hiring in booms unchanged. Thereby insider power reduces average employment.

scholarly journals MOKSLAS, GENETINĖS ŽINIOS IR ŽMOGAUS KŪNAS

Problemos ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 81 ◽  
pp. 67-78 ◽  
Author(s):  
Charalambos Tsekeris ◽  
George Alexias
Keyword(s):  
Genetic Counseling ◽  
Huntington's Disease ◽  
Huntington’S Disease ◽  
Human Body ◽  
Scientific Knowledge ◽  
Genetic Knowledge ◽  
Theoretical Literature ◽  
Emergent Discourse ◽  
Bodily Knowledge

Straipsnyje apžvelgiamas mokslo ir mokslinio pažinimo dinaminis pobūdis besikeičiančioje biotechnologijų eroje, taip pat besiformuojantis genetizacijosdiskursas ir jo reikšmė genetiniam konsultavimui (akcentuojant Huntingtono ligą) ir žmogaus kūnui. Žvelgiant iš daugiadalykės perspektyvos, siekiamanuodugniai ištirti ir kritiškai įvertinti šiuolaikinę kritinę literatūrą, skirtą šiems atskiriems, tačiau susipynusiems klausimams. Straipsnyje taip pat kviečiamasvarstyti, ką reiškia būti žmogumi ir kaip tvarkyti genetinį ir kūno pažinimą bei praktikas.Pagrindiniai žodžiai: mokslas, genetinis pažinimas, žmogaus kūnas, gamta, etika.Science, Genetic Knowledge and the Human BodyCharalambos Tsekeris, George Alexias SummaryThis paper aims to overview the dynamical character of science and scientific knowledge within the changing biotechnological era, as well as the emergent discourse of geneticization and its relevance to genetic counseling (with particular emphasis on Huntington’s Disease) and the human body. Its mainpurpose is to carefully explore and comprehensively critique the contemporary theoretical literature on these distinct but interdependent issues from an interdisciplinary standpoint. The paper encourages further critical contributions to thinking about what it means to be human, as well as about how to copewith current genetic and bodily knowledge and practices.Key words: science, genetic knowledge, human body, nature, ethics.

scholarly journals Family Life for Children in State Care

2020 ◽  
Vol 28 (4) ◽  
pp. 715-747
Author(s):  
Clarie Breen ◽  
Jenny Krutzinna ◽  
Katre Luhamaa ◽  
Marit Skivenes
Keyword(s):  
Family Life ◽  
Foster Parents ◽  
Limited Extent ◽  
Best Interest ◽  
Family Unit ◽  
Theoretical Literature ◽  
Biological Parents ◽  
The Family ◽  
The Status ◽  
The Right

Abstract This paper examines what set of familial circumstances allow for the justifiable interference with the right to respect for family life under Article 8, echr. We analyse all the Courts’ judgments on adoptions from care to find out what the Court means by a “family unit” and the “child´s best interest”. Our analysis show that the status and respect of the child’s de facto family life is changing. This resonates with a view that children do not only have formal rights, but that they are recognised as individuals within the family unit that states and courts must address directly. Family is both biological parents and child relationships, as well between children and foster parents, and to a more limited extent between siblings themselves. The Court’s understanding of family is in line with the theoretical literature, wherein the concept of family reflects the bonds created by personal, caring relationships and activities.

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