Emotional framing of NGO press releases: Reformative versus radical NGOs

Drawing on the literature on framing, we explore the emotional framing differences in radical and reformative NGOs over time. We analyse the sentiment of a sample of 5880 press releases issued by five NGOs positioned differently on the reformative-radical spectrum and examine how they address large companies. Our findings reveal an increasing polarisation of sentiment in these NGOs' framing, with individual NGOs gravitating towards ideal-type radical or reformative positions, respectively. In alignment with the differences in their framing, we observe differences in their approaches to cross-sector partnerships. Policymakers need to note the implications of the observed polarisation for the effectiveness and credibility of cross-sector partnerships and multi-stakeholder initiatives more generally, given the risk of co-optation (for reformative NGOs) as well as the risk of foregoing significant funding and governance opportunities (for radical NGOs).     

江西省耕地后备资源潜力分布及开发组合序列分析

[目的]根据耕地后备资源的分布特征研究其开发组合序列是有效开发利用耕地后备资源、补充耕地的重要前提。文章利用江西省耕地后备资源调查评价成果,以县为分级单元对全省耕地后备资源进行开发潜力分级,对江西省耕地后备资源开发组合序列进行研究,从而为江西省耕地后备资源的开发顺序提供参考。[方法]利用Arc GIS空间图形分析法、DPS数据处理系统两维图论聚类等方法确定开发潜力等级以及开发序列。[结果]江西省耕地后备资源开发潜力从高到底依次分为Ⅰ级潜力区、Ⅱ级潜力区、Ⅲ级潜力区和Ⅳ级潜力区,面积分别为2.726 672万hm~2、2.306 897万hm~2、2.873 594万hm~2、1.378 88万hm~2。[结论]根据两维图论聚类法分析结果得知,江西省各县地域相似程度较高可优先开发的组合有进贤县-南昌县-余干县-鄱阳县-彭泽县;袁州区-分宜县-上高县-渝水区-樟树市;进贤县-南昌县-余干县-鄱阳县-都昌县和樟树市-渝水区-上高县-高安市-奉新县-安义县-永修县等。     

AN APPLIED IRR MODEL FOR A LEVERED PROJECT IN THE PRESENCE OF INFLATION

An inflation-adjusted IRR model for the appraisal of levered projects is developed within the supply side studies framework by using the tax approach. An empirical test of the model on industrial projects has indicated that the general pattern of the project rankings was not significantly affected in the presence of inflation. However, the shifts in the ranks of the individual projects and over-and-under biases in the traditional accept decisions are observed. Further, all the projects have shown a magnified impact of financial leverage on the IRRs.     

When worlds collide: The implications of panel data-based choice models for consumer behavior

Panel data, both diary and scanner, have been analyzed by marketing scientists for over thirty years. One of the important uses of panel data is to better understand consumer behavior by developing and testing hypotheses using the revealed preference data rather than experimental data that uses only self-reported behavior or behavior in a simulated choice environment. The purpose of this paper is to suggest areas of research where panel data can be used to better understand the underlying behavior of the panel members.     

The impact of financial sector development on the economic growth of emerging countries： An empirical study for E-7 countries

Globalization, financial liberalization, financial integration, financial sector, and economic growth have been significant issues for many researchers. The studies have investigated the effects of the above issues to the economic growth of countries both theoretically and empirically. Since there has been conducted an enormous body of work, each of them may be grouped and studied separately. This paper focuses on the impact of financial sector development to economic growth and empirically studies the potential effect on the emerging E-7 countries, consisting of Brazil, China, India, Indonesia, Mexico, the Russian Federation, and Turkey. The study employs panel regression methodology and the data set for modeling Gross Domestic Product （GDP） comprises annual data over 2001-2007, using basic variables which resemble financial sector development, namely market capitalization of listed companies （stock market capitalization）, bank capital to asset ratio, stocks traded, total debt service, foreign direct investments, portfolio investments, real interest rates, and claims on private sector. The analysis indicates that the GDP may be modeled using the above stated macroeconomic variables with considerably high explanatory power, except for the real interest rates and bank capital to asset ratios.     

Dynamic Influences on Individual Choice Behavior

Research examining the process of individual decision making over time isbriefly reviewed. We focus on two major areas of work in choice dynamics:research that has examined how current choices are influenced by the historyof previous choices, and newer work examining how choices may be made toexploit expectations about options available in the future. A central themeof the survey is that if a general understanding of choice dynamics is toemerge, it will come through the development of boundedly-rational models ofdynamic problem solving that lie on the interface between economics andpsychology.     

Revival of a traditional community engagement model for the sustainable future of a historical commercial district: Bursa/Turkey as a case

Historical commercial districts in city centres in Turkey face social, cultural, environmental and economical challenges of managing rapid urban and economical development in the last two decades. They are being subjected to dramatic physical deterioration and rapid social and economical decline. Enriching relationships between local tradesmen associations, local authorities and non-governmental organisations through a structured engagement process can deliver innovative new revitalisation approaches and design options towards sustainable futures of historical commercial districts both in Turkey and in the world. This paper presents a community engagement model, which can be seen as the revival of a guild system (Lonca), which is unique to Ottoman Turkish culture, for the sustainable future of a historical commercial district in a Turkish city, Bursa. One of the main objectives of this study is to discuss and evaluate successes and failures of this community engagement model. Other objective of the paper is to discuss the effectiveness of this civil organisation for creating scenarios about sustainable future of a historical commercial district. The key finding of this study shows community engagement models should support public decision making by developing a coherent framework to identify the sustainable future scenarios with multi- or interdisciplinary collaborations.     

Measuring long-run marketing effects and their implications for long-run marketing decisions

This paper discusses the role of agents’ beliefs and their implications for the economic modeling of their behavior, in particular, their behavior over time. The paper also discusses the corresponding planning problems facing both firms and consumers in their current decision making. After a general discussion of the consumer and firm problem, we discuss recent examples of some of the emerging empirical literature on dynamic choice behavior in marketing.