Voluntary standards are a ubiquitous phenomenon in modern society that has recently
started to attract sociologists' profound interest. This paper concentrates on formal …

This paper aims to provide an analysis of the articles published in the JIAAT special issue
and relevant streams of academic literature investigating the challenges and evolution of …

Abstract Background In the United States (US) and Brazil, obesity has emerged as a health
epidemic. This article is driven by the following research questions: how did the US and …

Tourism is expanding in many developing countries, in contexts where states struggle to
effectively manage local economic development processes. This thesis aims to bridge a gap …

The development studies community needs to work towards building cumulative knowledge
that lies between all-encompassing universal truths that leads to a 'one solution fits …

This paper suggests that Hegel's concept of Sittlichkeit (ethical life) provides an elementary
way of understanding the relationship between individual development and the cultural and …

'How do firms behave?'has been a common question in strategic management (Rumelt et
al., 1994), the answer to which leads to understanding firm strategies. Answering this …

Since the early 2000s, mining companies worldwide have experienced a process of growing
social scrutiny of their activities related to their environmental performance. The …

In the past decades, the growth of consumer credit has led to increased debt problems of
private households, and many economically advanced countries have responded to this …

Julia Simoleit untersucht die Frage, ob europäische Ziele und Programme neben der
Außendarstellung auch die täglichen Praktiken und Prozesse innerhalb der Universitäten …