scholarly journals Exploring Factors Influencing the Success of Crowdfunding Campaigns of Startups in Vietnam

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 19 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tran Thi Thanh Tu ◽  
Dinh Phuong Anh ◽  
Tang Thi Ha Thu
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
United Kingdom ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
The United States ◽  
The Past ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Factors Influencing

Over the past years, crowdfunding has been known as an effective funding channel for startups, especially in developed countries such as the United States, the United Kingdom and Germany. Nowadays, along with the rise of startups in Vietnam, will crowdfunding be a fruitful funding channel? What are the success determinants for a crowdfunding campaign of startups in Vietnam? With the data from five most well-known crowdfunding platforms (CFP) in Vietnam, we explore the factors which are significant for the success of crowdfunding campaigns of startups. Besides, this article also shed lights on the prospects and challenges ofcrowdfunding in Vietnam and proposes some recommendations for parties participating in the crowdfundingsystem.

Waking Up in the Poll Booth

2009 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
pp. 901-910
Author(s):  
Robert E. Goodin ◽  
James Mahmud Rice
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
United Kingdom ◽  
Panel Data ◽  
The United States ◽  
Election Campaign ◽  
Individual Level ◽  
The Past ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
General Elections ◽  
Waking Up

Judging from Gallup Polls in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia, opinion often changes during an election campaign. Come election day itself, however, opinion often reverts back nearer to where it was before the campaign began. That that happens even in Australia, where voting is compulsory and turnout is near-universal, suggests that differential turnout among those who have and have not been influenced by the campaign is not the whole story. Inspection of individual-level panel data from 1987 and 2005 British General Elections confirms that between 3 and 5 percent of voters switch voting intentions during the campaign, only to switch back toward their original intentions on election day. One explanation, we suggest, is that people become more responsible when stepping into the poll booth: when voting they reflect back on the government's whole time in office, rather than just responding (as when talking to pollsters) to the noise of the past few days' campaigning. Inspection of Gallup Polls for UK snap elections suggests that this effect is even stronger in elections that were in that sense unanticipated.

scholarly journals International Student Transitions

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Muhammad Sharif Uddin
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
United States ◽  
United Kingdom ◽  
International Students ◽  
International Student ◽  
Higher Education Institutions ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
The United States ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
The U.S

Andrade and James Hartshorn (2019) surrounds the transition that international students encounter when they attend universities in developed countries in pursuit of higher education. Andrade and James Hartshorn (2019) describe how some countries like Australia and the United Kingdom host more international students than the United States (U.S.) and provides some guidelines for the U.S. higher education institutions to follow to host more international students. This book contains seven chapters.

scholarly journals On Legislation as to Life Insurance and Life Insurance Companies

1871 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. 77-98 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. B. Sprague
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
United Kingdom ◽  
Life Insurance ◽  
United States Of America ◽  
The United States ◽  
Insurance Companies ◽  
The Past ◽  
Life Assurance ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
The Law

The past session of Parliament has witnessed the passing of an Act for the regulation of Life Assurance Companies in the United Kingdom, which, while introducing great changes in the law, still stops very far short of the system of legislation which has been for several years in operation in a few of the United States of America, and which is warmly approved of and urgently recommended for adoption by some persons in this country. The present may therefore be considered a fitting time for reviewing what has been done and considering whether any further legislation is desirable, and if any, of what nature it should be.

The Taxation Of Gambling Machines: A Theoretical Perspective

2013 ◽  
pp. 691-700 ◽  
Author(s):  
Leighton Vaughan-Williams ◽  
David Paton
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
United Kingdom ◽  
Optimal Taxation ◽  
Policy Making ◽  
Theoretical Perspective ◽  
The United States ◽  
Regional Economies ◽  
The Past ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Considerable Debate

Over the past decade, U.K. gambling sector has experienced several regulatory shocks that have led to considerable debate and controversy within the industry and policy-making communities. Although there is a well-established literature on the economic impact of the growth of gambling facilities on local and regional economies in the United States and the United Kingdom, relatively little research has focused on optimal taxation of gambling machines within these facilities. This chapter seeks to address this gap by examining the theoretical arguments for taxing gambling machines by means of a levy on machine takings rather than by means of a license fee levied per machine. Recent tax debates in the United Kingdom provide an ideal context for such a discussion.

National Responses to HIV Versus HCV-Infection from Virally Contaminated Blood Products among Persons with Hemophilia (PWH): More Different Than Alike.

Blood ◽  
2005 ◽  
Vol 106 (11) ◽  
pp. 3213-3213
Author(s):  
Charles L. Bennett ◽  
Lauren E. Frohlich ◽  
Kathryn R. McCaffrey ◽  
June M. McKoy ◽  
Glenn E. Ramsey ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
United Kingdom ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
The United States ◽  
Hcv Infection ◽  
Screening Tests ◽  
Blood Products ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Heat Treated ◽  
Contaminated Blood

Abstract Background: 95% of HIV- and HCV-infections among PWHs occurred with use of contaminated blood products prior to 1985. Overall, 20% to 90% of PWHs in developed countries have HIV- and/or HCV-infection. We compared country-specific public health approaches, judicial activities, and compensation for these viral infections. Methods: Reports from hemophilia organizations, national ministries of health, published articles, and the World Federation of Hemophilia were reviewed. Results: Except for the United States, the number of PWHs who developed HCV-infection from contaminated blood products was 1.5 to 3-fold as great as for HIV-infection- as a result of delayed use of heat-treated blood products, importation in late 1984 of HCV-infected non-heat treated blood products from the United States, and failure to use surrogate laboratory marker hepatitis screening tests. Compensation funds for HIV-infected PWHs were established in Japan ($521,000 at Dx); France ($305,000 at Dx; $102,000 for AIDS); the United States ($115,000 at Dx); Ireland ($106,000 at Dx); the United Kingdom ($55,000 at Dx); Australia ($48,000 at Dx); Canada ($13,000 at Dx/$18,000/yr); Germany ($12,000/yr for HIV; $24,000/yr for AIDS); and Italy ($6,000/yr; $82,000 at death). Compensation has also been provided to HCV-infected PWHs in Ireland ($266,000 at Dx); Canada ($251,000 at Dx); the United Kingdom ($33,000 at Dx; $42,000 if w/liver damage); and Italy ($10,000/yr; $37,000 at death). Conclusions: In most developed countries, despite a greater number of HCV-versus HIV-infected PWHs, markedly less attention has been paid to HCV-infected PWHs. All countries should review HCV-related blood safety decisions made in the 1980s and consider providing compensation to HCV-infected PWHs. A comparison of national responses to HIV and HCV infections from blood products Country -PWH (thousands) % PWH with HIV:HCV Man-dated HIV ELISA (date) Man-dated heat Rx factor (date) Anti-HBc marker screening (date) Nat’l Funds for HIV/HCV among PWHs (year) Nat’l Panels for HIV/HCV decisions (year) USA-20 50%:30% Mar 85 Oct 84 Oct 84 96/none 95/none Italy- 8.7 23%:55% Mar 85 Jul 85 None 92/98 92/05 GDR- 6 47%:90% Oct 85 Oct 85 None 95/none 94/none UK-6 28%:80% Oct 85 Jun 85 None 88/03 87/05 France-4 50%:90% Aug 85 Oct 85 None 89/none 91/none Japan-3.4 60%:90% Nov 86 Jun 86 None 88/none 96/none Canada-2 40%:88% Nov 85 Jul 85 None 89/98 97/none Australia-1.5 31%:90% May 85 Jan 85 None 89/none 88/none Ireland-0.3 36%:76% Oct 85 Feb 85 None 91/97 91/97

scholarly journals Counterterrorism legislation and far-right terrorism in Australia and the United Kingdom

2021 ◽  
pp. 147377952198933
Author(s):  
Jessie Blackbourn
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
United Kingdom ◽  
The United States ◽  
Terrorist Attacks ◽  
Far Right ◽  
Terrorist Threat ◽  
The Past ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Control Orders ◽  
Western Democracies

Over the past two decades, since the 9/11 terrorist attacks on the United States, a number of countries have enacted new laws tailored specifically to the threat posed by Islamic extremist terrorism. This includes recent legislation that has criminalised behaviour associated with ‘foreign terrorist fighters’, such as the act of travel to, or fighting in, foreign conflicts. This legislative response reflects the enactment of earlier laws, with measures designed for prior iterations of the contemporary Islamic extremist terrorist threat, such as control orders and preventative detention orders, prohibitions on extremist speech and disseminating terrorist propganda and the criminalisation of terrorist training. Yet despite the focus on Islamic extremist terrorism, this is not the only terrorist threat that Western democracies face. The rise of far-right terrorism in recent years has, however, not seen the same recourse to new legislation as has been the case for Islamic extremist terrorism. Using Australia and the United Kingdom as case studies, this article assesses the extent to which counterterrorism legislation has been used to deal with the particular threat posed by far-right terrorism. In doing so, it evaluates the lessons that might be learned from applying counterterrorism legislation designed for one particular terrorist threat to other types of terrorism.

The Effect of War Commemorations on Support for Diplomacy: A Five-Nation Study

2021 ◽  
pp. 014616722110106
Author(s):  
Hanne M. Watkins ◽  
Mengyao Li ◽  
Aurélien Allard ◽  
Bernhard Leidner
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
United Kingdom ◽  
International Conflict ◽  
The United States ◽  
Collective Memories ◽  
Total N ◽  
The Past ◽  
The United Kingdom

We remember the past in order not to repeat it, but does remembrance of war in fact shape support for military or diplomatic approaches to international conflict? In seven samples from five countries (collected online, total N = 2,493), we examined support for military and diplomatic approaches to conflict during war commemorations (e.g., Veterans Day). During war commemorations in the United States, support for diplomacy increased, whereas support for military approaches did not change. We found similar results in the United Kingdom and Australia on Remembrance Day, but not in Germany, or France, nor in Australia on Anzac Day. Furthermore, support for diplomacy was predicted by concern about loss of ingroup military lives during war, independently of concern about harm to outgroup civilians. These studies expand our understanding of how collective memories of war may be leveraged to promote diplomatic approaches to contemporary geopolitical conflict.

scholarly journals Change, technology and higher education: Are universities capable of organisational change?

2010 ◽  
Vol 26 (8) ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephen Marshall
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
United States ◽  
United Kingdom ◽  
New Zealand ◽  
Organisational Change ◽  
The United States ◽  
University Culture ◽  
The Past ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
E Learning

Technology and change are so closely related that the use of the word innovation seems synonymous with technology in many contexts, including that of higher education. This paper contends that university culture and existing capability constrain such innovation and to a large extent determine the nature and extent of organisational change. In the absence of strong leadership, technologies are simply used as vehicles to enable changes that are already intended or which reinforce the current identity. These contentions are supported by evidence from e-learning benchmarking activities carried out over the past five years in universities in the United States, the United Kingdom, Australia and New Zealand.

scholarly journals G7 summit – analysis of decisions taken to step up on climate change challenge

2021 ◽  
Vol 129 ◽  
pp. 08017
Author(s):  
Carmen Valentina Radulescu ◽  
Iulian Gole ◽  
Marius Profiroiu
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
United States ◽  
Global Warming ◽  
United Kingdom ◽  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Value Added ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
The United States ◽  
The Other ◽  
The United Kingdom

Research background: After the summit of G7 held in the United Kingdom, important decisions regarding future actions against global warming were taken. Some of them were appreciated by the environmental supporters but many others tend to have a different view, especially because of lack of details. Purpose of the article: In this article, we will analyse what are the measure proposed by the most powerful and developed countries, members of G7, what is the position of the other big countries (China and Russia) that were not invited, and how this could really contribute to the saving environment progress. Methods: Through descriptive and comparative analysis the paper reveals the financial and technical difficulties to implement these decisions and how they can contribute to a better environment and achieve the COP 21 objective. Findings & Value added: The stress caused by the Covid-19 pandemic in all economies didn’t cancel the engagement of countries taken in Paris, to limit the rise of global temperatures to 1.50C comparing to the preindustrial era. The United States even came back on track and, generally speaking, it appears that there is a stronger will to take concrete actions.

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