Category «Economy»

Distrust in Dependence: The Ancient Challenge of Superior-Subordinate Relations

Starbuck, William H. and Rindova, Violina P., Distrust in Dependence: The Ancient Challenge of Superior-Subordinate Relations (1997). Available for download at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2708621 “The oldest surviving advice about management practices concerns leaders’ deceptions of followers. Tension-filled, distrustful relations between leaders and followers pervade the ancient texts. Drawing on the oldest surviving documents, this chapter reviews …

Subjects: Economy, Knowledge Management

Poynter – 50 states, 50 public records stories

Kelly Hinchcliffe – “Each month in this column, I try to feature journalists who are telling important stories using public records. For my final column of 2015, I wanted to do something big and decided to find public records stories from all 50 states (plus, a bonus: Washington, D.C.). This is not meant to be …

Subjects: Economy, Freedom of Information, Government Documents, Legal Research

Lack of broadband can be a key obstacle, especially for job seekers

“People without broadband at home can face substantial challenges navigating key life events, with difficulties looking for work or applying for a job among the most prominent. Despite a number of state and federal initiatives promoting increased broadband adoption, a significant share of U.S. adults (33%) say that they still do not subscribe to high-speed …

Subjects: Economy, Internet

Changes in the Arctic: Background and Issues for Congress

Changes in the Arctic: Background and Issues for Congress. Ronald O’Rourke, Coordinator Specialist in Naval Affairs. December 21, 2015. “The diminishment of Arctic sea ice has led to increased human activities in the Arctic, and has heightened interest in, and concerns about, the region’s future. The United States, by virtue of Alaska, is an Arctic …

Subjects: Climate Change, Congress, Economy, Environmental Law, Government Documents, Legal Research, Transportation

Conventional Arms Transfers to Developing Nations, 2007 – 2014

Conventional Arms Transfers to Developing Nations, 2007-2014, Catherine A. Theohary, Specialist in National Security Policy and Information Operations. December 21, 2015. “This report provides Congress with official, unclassified, quantitative data on conventional arms transfers to developing nations by the United States and foreign countries for the preceding eight calendar years for use in its policy …

Subjects: Congress, Defense, Economy, Government Documents

Managing price and financial stability objectives – what can we learn from the Asia-Pacific region?

Managing price and financial stability objectives – what can we learn from the Asia-Pacific region? by Soyoung Kim and Aaron Mehrotra. BIS Working Papers No 533. December 2015. “The international financial crisis led many central banks to adopt explicit financial stability objectives. This raises the question of how central banks deal with policy trade-offs resulting from potential …

Subjects: Economy, Financial System

Veterans Homelessness Prevention Demonstration Evaluation

Mary K. Cunningham, Jennifer Biess, Dina Emam, Martha R. Burt. December 10, 2015. Veterans Homelessness Prevention Demonstration Evaluation: “This report documents the outcomes of veterans served by the Veterans Homelessness Prevention Demonstration program (VHPD), one element of the Obama administration’s signature initiative to end veteran homelessness. It describes the housing, employment, and health of veterans …

Subjects: Defense, Economy, Government Documents, Housing

Paper – SEC Enforcement Actions Against Broker-Dealers

Posted by Jon Eisenberg, K&L Gates LLP, December 26, 2015 – Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance and Financial Regulation: “In its 2015 Financial Report, the SEC repeated its view that one of the two principal purposes of the Securities Act of 1933 and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 is to ensure that …

Subjects: Economy, Financial System, Legal Research, Securities Law

SIPRI Top 100 arms-producing and military services companies, 2014

SIPRI news release, December 15, 2015: “Sales of arms and military services by the largest arms-producing companies—the SIPRI Top 100—totalled $401 billion in 2014 according to new international arms industry data launched today by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI). Download the Fact Sheet, The SIPRI Top 100 arms-producing and military services companies, 2014 …

Subjects: Congress, Defense, Economy, Financial System

CRS – Arms Sales: Congressional Review Process

Arms Sales: Congressional Review Process. Paul K. Kerr, Analyst in Nonproliferation. December 17, 2015. “This report reviews the process and procedures that currently apply to congressional consideration of foreign arms sales proposed by the President. This includes consideration of proposals to sell major defense equipment, defense articles and services, or the re-transfer to third party …

Subjects: Congress, Defense, Economy, Government Documents, Legislation

Study 62% of Americans Have Under $1,000 in Savings

Elyssa Kirkham October 5, 2015 – “Having a savings fund is one of the keys to financial health. Yet trying to save is a struggle, especially because the biggest money challenge for Americans is sticking to a budget — a central skill to ensure enough money is left over each month to save. To gauge …

Subjects: Economy, Financial System

Study Overuse of pesticides by Chinese farmers and devastating results

Susanna Pilny – “While the Great Recession is over, many of its aftereffects are still being felt—especially in China, where a shift in agricultural practices driven by the economic crisis may have devastating results, according to a new study that spanned 10 years. In the early 2000s, the Chinese government decided to invest in chemical …

Subjects: Economy, Environmental Law, Financial System, Food and Nutrition, Government Documents

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