Application of Wetland-Based Entrepreneurship Orientation and Entrepreneurial Competence to Increase MSME Income in Wetlands

This study aims to determine and analyze the application of wetland-basedentrepreneurial orientation and entrepreneurial competence to increase MSMEincome. With the increase in the income of MSMEs, it is expected to improve thewelfare of MSMEs. Quantitative research method used in this research with PLSanalysis technique. As for the long term, MSME actors, in this case "Nipah Leaf"craftsmen, can have entrepreneurial competence so that they can increase theincome of MSME actors. The expected result is an academic justification for therole of wetland-based entrepreneurial orientation and entrepreneurialcompetence in increasing MSME income. The results of this study are expectedto be a policy consideration taken by the South Kalimantan Regional Governmentas a program to increase MSME income. The results of the research are alsoexpected to be able to advocate for the craftsmen of "Daun Nipah" to have anentrepreneurial orientation based on wetlands and entrepreneurial competence.

The Suez Canal and Its Role in Formation of New International Political and Economic Relations in The XX Century

The construction and commissioning of the Suez Canal demonstrated that waterway — is not only a source of water for irrigated agriculture, what was for thousands of years the Nile, but also an important geopolitical and commercial resource which can be used in internal and foreign policy. Consideration of Suez Canal’s history, in the context of inter-state and inter-regional relations involves, first of all, the study of the events that are directly related to its functioning and development as a communication hub (node) of global significance. The demand of historical and political analysis of the evolution of geo-strategic position of Egypt in the context of the implementation of the project of the Suez Canal due to the need to clarify the role and place of Egypt in the global changes that have occurred all over the world due to the geopolitical space of fundamental change of transport ways.

Surrogacy in China: A Dilemma Between Public Policy and the Best Interests of Children

Driven by high demands from society, the surrogacy industry has flourished in recent years in China with an estimate of 10,000 resulting children born every year. The legislature has deliberately chosen to refrain from prescribing rules on how surrogacy should be managed and governed in China. Through adjudicating surrogacy-related disputes, Chinese courts have played a crucial role in establishing the framework under which surrogacy operates. Applying Article 3 of the 2001 Measure expansively in conjunction with some general principles such as public order and morals, the court has laid down a de facto general ban on surrogacy of any form. The assignment of legal parentage has been influenced by this public policy consideration and Chinese courts ruled out the enforceability of parentage transfer agreements between the parties. With the surrogate carrier being designated as the natural mother and intending mother as the social parent, this arrangement creates further uncertainties and confusion over legal parentage and custody, which is not in the best interest of the resulting child.

Dynamic Models of the Creative Industries’ Behaviour

The aim of the paper is to analyse the models describing the development of the Creative Industries in Slovakia. Creative industries are described as the industrial components of the economy in which creativity is an input and content or intellectual property is the output. The creative industries have therefore appeared to be newly represented as a significant and rapidly growing set of industries; an important sector, in other words, for policy consideration. Based on the following findings, we can conclude that the second model is precisely predicting the relationship between the growth in the creative industries and in the aggregate economy in Slovakia. With improved cultural statistics, also a more developed and theoretically better founded analysis would be possible. We therefore see our article primarily as a much-needed step towards developing statistical tools in empirical cultural policy on a consistent basis.