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Constraints and opportunities facing women entrepreneurs in developing countries: a relational perspective
No full textPurpose: this purpose of the paper to examine the interplay of constraints and opportunities affecting female entrepreneurship in developing countries. The paper integrates salient micro- and macro-level perspectives and provides a rounded account of opportunities and constraints as part of a holistic interdependent system.Design/methodology/approach: the paper adopts an integrative multi-level research design and an interpretive research methodology, capitalizing on in-depth interviews with ten women entrepreneurs to explore their perceptions and interpretations of constraints and opportunities facing female entrepreneurship in the Lebanese context.Findings: the findings presented in this paper clearly illustrate the relevance of micro-, meso-, and macro-level factors in entrepreneurship research and the usefulness of integrating multiple lens and units of analysis to capture the complexity of the women entrepreneurship experience in any particular context.Originality/value: the value added of this research lies in adapting a framework recently popularized in the context of diversity management for use in entrepreneurship research, helping to capture in turn the dynamic interplay of multiple levels of analysis and objective/subjective factors influencing female entrepreneurshi
Diversity management rhetoric versus reality: Insights from the Lebanese context
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Kamsa-ye Jamali
No full textA still unpublished Kamsa (Collection of five poems) discovered by the author (London, India Office, MS Ethé 1284), composed in response to Nezami’s Kamsa by an unknown poet called Jamali (13th -14th centuries), is the object of the present article for the Encyclopaedia Iranica
What is not available online is not worth reading?
No full textThis short article discusses an emerging trend in the information-seeking behaviour of scientists, i.e. mere reliance on online information. Based on a study of physicists and astronomers, this article shows that more scientists now assume that if articles are of enough quality and significance, they must be available online and vice versa. Though still in a low minority, a number of scientists believe that what is not available online is not worth the effort to obtain it
Renewable Energy Integration in the Jamali Power System: A Techno-Economic Analysis
No full textThe Indonesian government has set a target to increase new and renewable energy sources in the energy mix by 23% in 2030 and 31% in 2050, which are to be met by investing in hydropower and geothermal energy capacity mainly. However, Indonesia has abundant other renewable energy potentials, which are largely untapped. The Java-Madura-Bali (Jamali) system is Indonesia's largest electricity system. Integration of variable renewable energy resources requires flexibility options such as grid expansion and short- and long-term electricity storage. This research aims to fill the knowledge gap in the literature on the effect that different carbon emission reduction limits have on the Jamali power system design in 2050. This was done by studying the potential of various promising renewable energy technologies (solar photovoltaics, on- and offshore wind, Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion (OTEC), geothermal and hydropower) in combination with short- and long-term storage (lithium-ion batteries and hydrogen storage) and grid expansions to mitigate renewable variability. For this purpose a techno-economic model was developed that optimizes operation and capacities of generation, storage and network simultaneously. The model simulates the system dynamics in the Jamali system in 2050 and was implemented in Python for Power System Analysis (PyPSA). It was found that there is an exponential relationship between system costs and carbon emission reductions in the Jamali power system. Additionally, only moderate system cost increases were found up to 80% emission reductions compared to the reference scenario with no emission mitigation efforts. At higher carbon reduction scenarios the solar capacities reach their maximum installable capacities. As a result, system cost increase exponentially due to the need for OTEC and offshore wind capacities. The high costs increases by offshore wind can be explained by the uniform costs and coarse resolution of the model. In low carbon scenarios high battery capacities were found and network expansion is limited. It is concluded that the Jamali network cannot smooth the variability of wind throughout the power system, therefore, without storage capacities the system cost almost double. On the other hand, the network remains important to transport electricity from rich renewable regions to large demand centers. Based on the results three recommendations were proposed related to the reconsideration of the energy targets for 2050, strategy to achieve the targets and present policies.Complex Systems Engineering and Management (CoSEM
Convergence Versus Divergence of CSR in Developing Countries: An Embedded Multi-Layered Institutional Lens
No full textThis paper capitalizes on an institutional perspective to analyze corporate social responsibility (CSR) orientations in the Lebanese context. Specifically, the paper compiles a new theoretical framework drawing on a multi-level model of institutional flows by Scott (Institutions and organizations: ideas and interests, 2008) and the explicit-implicit CSR model by Matten and Moon (Acad Manag Rev 33(2):404-424, 2008). This new theoretical framework is then used to explore the CSR convergence versus divergence question in a developing country context. The findings highlight the usefulness of the compiled multi-layered institutional framework and the varied nuances and profound insights it offers in analyzing CSR in context. They also suggest that a cosmetic level of global convergence in explicit CSR may materialize in light of mimetic isomorphic pressures, but that the path dependence hypothesis is indeed salient in light of national history trajectories and socio-politico configurations. The findings correspond most closely to patterns of CSR crossvergence, combining elements of both convergence and divergence, and reflecting in complex hybridized CSR expressions. The findings and their implications are presented and assessed. © 2011 Springer Science+Business Media B.V.Amaeshi K., 2006, J CORPORATE CITIZENS, V24, P83; American Lebanese Chamber of Commerce (AmCham Lebanon), AM LEBANESE CHAMBER; Blowfield M, 2005, INT AFF, V81, P515, DOI 10.1111-j.1468-2346.2005.00466.x; Brammer SJ, 2006, J BUS RES, V59, P1025, DOI 10.1016-j.jbusres.2006.04.001; Campbell JL, 2007, ACAD MANAGE REV, V32, P946; Chandler A. D., 1962, STRATEGY STRUCTURE C; Davis GF, 2005, ORGAN SCI, V16, P332, DOI 10.1287-orsc.1050.0137; De Mooij M., 2004, CONSUMER BAHAV CULTU; DIMAGGIO PJ, 1983, AM SOCIOL REV, V48, P147, DOI 10.2307-2095101; Economist Intelligence Unit, 2007, COUNTR PROF 2007 LEB; European Commission, 2002, CORP SOC RESP BUS CO; Frynas JG, 2005, INT AFF, V81, P581, DOI 10.1111-j.1468-2346.2005.00470.x; Fukuyama F., 1992, END HIST LAST MAN; Gat A., 2007, FOREIGN AFFAIRS JUL; Glaser Barney, 1967, DISCOVERY GROUNDED T; Greenwood R, 1996, ACAD MANAGE REV, V21, P1022, DOI 10.2307-259163; Hall Peter A., 2001, VARIETIES CAPITALISM; Jamali D., 2006, Business Process Management Journal, V12, DOI 10.1108-14637150610710945; Jamali D, 2009, J BUS ETHICS, V87, P355, DOI 10.1007-s10551-008-9925-7; Jamali D., 2007, BUSINESS SOC REV, V112, P1, DOI [10.1111-j.1467-8594.2007.00284.x, DOI 10.1111-J.1467-8594.2007.00284.X]; Jamali D., 2005, WOMEN MANAGEMENT REV, V20, P581, DOI DOI 10.1108-09649420510635213; Jamali D, 2007, J BUS ETHICS, V72, P243, DOI 10.1007-s10551-006-9168-4; Jamali D, 2010, J BUS ETHICS, V95, P617, DOI 10.1007-s10551-010-0443-z; Jamali D, 2008, CORP GOV, V16, P443, DOI 10.1111-j.1467-8683.2008.00702.x; Kostova T, 2002, ACAD MANAGE J, V45, P215, DOI 10.2307-3069293; KOTLER P., 2005, CORPORATE SOCIAL RES; Kraatz M. S., 2008, SAGE HDB ORG I, P243; LEVITT T, 1983, HARVARD BUS REV, V61, P92; Lounsbury M, 2002, ACAD MANAGE J, V45, P255, DOI 10.2307-3069295; Lund-Thomsen P., 2004, DEVELOPMENT, V47, P106, DOI 10.1057-palgrave.development.1100059; Margolis JD, 2003, ADMIN SCI QUART, V48, P268, DOI 10.2307-3556659; Marquis C, 2007, ACAD MANAGE REV, V32, P925; Matten D, 2005, ACAD MANAGE REV, V30, P166; Matten D, 2008, ACAD MANAGE REV, V33, P404; Meyer KE, 2004, J INT BUS STUD, V35, P259, DOI 10.1057-palgrave.jibs.8400084; OLIVER C, 1991, ACAD MANAGE REV, V16, P145, DOI 10.2307-258610; Patton M. Q., 2002, QUALITATIVE RES EVAL; Perrow C., 1979, COMPLEX ORG CRITICAL; Ralston DA, 2006, MANAGEMENT ORG REV, V2, P67, DOI DOI 10.1111-J.1740-8784.2006.00031.X; Ralston DA, 2008, J INT BUS STUD, V39, P27, DOI 10.1057-palgrave.jibs.8400333; Ritzer G., 2004, MCDONALDIZATION SOC; Schneiberg M, 2006, SOCIOL THEOR, V24, P195, DOI 10.1111-j.1467-9558.2006.00288.x; SCOTT W. R., 1994, SYSTEMRATIONALITAT P, P203; Scott W. R., 2005, SOCIAL MOVEMENTS ORG, P4, DOI 10.1017-CBO9780511791000.003; Scott W. R., 2008, I ORG IDEAS INTEREST; Sidani Y., 2002, INT ENCY BUSINESS MA, P3797; Snider J, 2003, J BUS ETHICS, V48, P175, DOI 10.1023-B:BUSI.0000004606.29523.db; UK Institute of Directors, 2002, GUID CORP SOC RESP, P1; Visser W., 2008, OXFORD HDB CORPORATE, P473; Waddock S, 2008, ACAD MANAGE PERSPECT, V22, P87; WHITLEY R, 1994, ORGAN STUD, V15, P153, DOI 10.1177-017084069401500201; WOOTEN M., 2008, SAGE HDB ORG I, P130; World Bank, 2005, STAT PROGR WOM MIDDL14131
Erratum: An overview of the pathogenesis and natural history of post-transplant T-cell lymphoma (Leukemia and Lymphoma (2007) vol. 48(6) (1237-1241))
No full text[No abstract available]Jamali FR, 2007, LEUKEMIA LYMPHOMA, V48, P1237, DOI 10.1080-104281907012995720
The gender pay gap revisited: insights from a developing country
No full textPurpose: while the gender pay gap has received considerable attention, the evidence from developing countries remains scant. The purpose of this paper is to examine the salience of a gender pay gap in a developing country context, through an empirical study of differentials in wages/salaries across gender in the banking, nursing and higher education sectors in Lebanon.Design/methodology/approach: a survey was designed and distributed to a sample of 168 employees drawn from a total of three major banks, five well-known medical centers and two institutions of higher education. The survey questionnaires were supplemented by interviews with three women managers from each sector studied.Findings: the findings suggest that the gender pay gap is only salient in the higher education sector, although male and female employees in all three sectors perceive that there is no gender pay gap and discrimination is considered to be a salient issue only in the educational sector. Although not entirely expected, the findings regarding those wage gap perceptions are explained in relation to the adoption of a grading compensation scheme which can go a long way according to the present research in alleviating feelings of inequity as well as prevailing cultural expectations regarding gender earnings differentials in a relatively conservative society.Originality/value: the value added of this research is to present fresh insights into the gender pay gap from a peculiar Middle Eastern context and to highlight the importance of a fair and equitable compensation scheme in alleviating perceptions of inequity and discrimination at work. The paper also directs attention to the influence of cultural expectations, which invariably mold greater or lesser sensitivity to gender pay gaps.<br/
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