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Malay Muslim integration in upper southern provinces: Role of the Thai government
No full textMigration by nature can lead to integration. This is possible when a
nation-state takes a clear stand on the practices of multiculturalism. Most
Asian countries have failed to adopt multiculturalism and rather practice the
policy of assimilation. Yet multiculturalism has become popular as this concept incorporates recognition of ethnic and national minorities and supports
their cultural identity. Due to longstanding conflict in the southernmost provinces of Thailand, various data suggests that many Malay-Muslims migrated
to the upper southern provinces of Thailand in recent years. In this context,
internal migration occurred mainly for economic as well as security reasons.
Consequently, in some provinces demographic numbers have changed. In the
near future, there may be changes in Thai society, especially in the upper
southern provinces. The main purpose of this study is to ascertain how the
government accommodates internal migration especially in upper southern
provinces. In order to develop a multicultural society, the Thai government
should nurture minority issues in various ways. Apart from the government,
Thai civil society—comprising academics and NGOS—has addressed it from
their own perspectives. Still, there is no comprehensive approach to deal with this issue. Aside from the lack of cultural and political integration, Thai society may face severe related challenges to migration in the next decade
EFFECT OF WEFT PARAMETERS ON WEAVING PERFORMANCE AND FABRIC PROPERTIES
No full textAbstract: Threads per inch and yarn count are some of the most important parameters that affect both weaving performance and fabric property. Experimental studies were conducted by weaving fabrics with three different picks per inch (PPI) and weft counts. The study shows that weaving performance is affected by the too high cover factor. Cover factor was calculated by dividing the threads/inch by the square root of the English cotton count and end breakage was taken as an indication of weaving performance. It was observed that when the count as well as threads/inch of one series of yarn changes the crimp % i.e. the consumption of both series of yarns are affected. It was also observed that, as expected, when the threads/inch increases the fabric strength also increases but at higher threads/inch the gain in strength is relatively more
The interactive effects of business group affiliation and family management on firm performance and risk taking: evidence from India
No full textThe extant literature documents the impact of business group affiliation, family ownership, and family management on firm performance, separately. Few studies document the impact of these factors on corporate risk taking. However, no study has documented the interaction effects of family management and business group affiliation on either firm performance or risk taking. This thesis, by examining a large sample of Indian companies, provides evidence that family managers increase firm performance and reduce firm risk taking if they are employed in a group affiliated family firm. However, they do the opposite if they are hired in a non-group family firm. Chapter Two provides an outline of the overall corporate governance structure and institutional context in India. Despite economic liberalisation since the 1990s, India’s equity market remains dominated by business groups and family-run firms with business group affiliations. As of March 2014, the ten largest business groups in India accounted for 32 percent of the market capitalisation of India’s equity market, while another 562 business groups accounted for a further 35 percent of the market capitalisation (Basu & Sen, 2015). Chakrabarti, Megginson, and Yadav (2008) report that family-run business groups comprise approximately 60 percent of the largest 500 companies in India, with the founding promoters holding approximately 53 percent of the equity in these group-affiliated family firms. Therefore, the Indian equity market uniquely provides a laboratory to carry out research on business group affiliation and family ownership, especially to look at the interactive relationships of these factors. Chapter Three examines the impact of family ownership, family management, and business group affiliation, on firm performance. Theoretical and empirical evidence suggests that business group affiliation and family management may independently affect firm performance. However, this chapter extends the literature by examining the interactive effects of these factors on firm performance. This study examines whether business group affiliation improves the performance of family managed firms. Using panel data for more than 2500 publicly listed Indian firms between 2003 and 2016, it provides evidence that business group affiliation negatively affects firm performance, that family ownership positively affects firm performance, but that family management is detrimental to firm performance. However, business group affiliation mitigates the negative effect of family management on firm performance.
Chapter Four examines the impact of family ownership, family management, and business group affiliation, on corporate risk taking. Existing literature shows that group affiliation and family ownership may affect risk taking either positively or negatively. Theoretical views also suggest that family management may be associated with higher or lower risk taking. Results from Chapter Four suggest that family managers in a family firm become entrenched and take higher risks than do the non-family managers. However, risk taking of family managers is reduced in a group affiliated family firm. One possible explanation for this finding is that, family managers become less inclined to take risks under group monitoring. They also become more protective of the socio-emotional wealth of the family in a group firm. This study confirms that higher family ownership is associated with lower corporate risk taking
Agenda Building on Facebook in the Context of Authoritarian Context of Bangladesh
No full textPolitical parties around the world utilize social media platforms to set their agenda, and this is evident now. However, how do political parties use social media, especially the opposition, during an election to influence voters where the government or incumbent party controls the mainstream press? This study investigated how the main opposition and the incumbent parties in Bangladesh utilized Facebook to build their agenda during the 12th national election in 2024. In addition to that, this study compared whether there is any relationship between the party agenda and the mainstream media's agenda. Results identified that opposition parties use social media more extensively than the incumbent party in a controlled media system. Moreover, mainstream media coverage during an election, directly and indirectly, favors the incumbent party's agenda in an authoritarian setting
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Full text linkThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
Variations on the Author
Full text link“Variations on the Author” discusses two of Eduardo Coutinho’s recent films (Um Dia na Vida, from 2010, and Últimas Conversas, posthumously released in 2015) and their contribution to the general question of documentary authorship. The director’s filmography is characterized by a consistent yet self-effacing form of authorial self-inscription: Coutinho often features as an interviewer that rather than express opinions propels discourses; an interviewer that is good at listening. This mode of self-inscription characterizes him as an author who is not expressive but who is nonetheless markedly present on the screen. In Um Dia na Vida, however, Coutinho is completely absent form the image, while Últimas Conversas, on the contrary, includes a confessional prologue that moves the director from the margins to the center of his films. This article examines the ways in which these works stand out in the filmography of a director who offers new insights into the notion of cinematic authorship
Appropriate Similarity Measures for Author Cocitation Analysis
Full text linkWe provide a number of new insights into the methodological discussion about author cocitation analysis. We first argue that the use of the Pearson correlation for measuring the similarity between authors’ cocitation profiles is not very satisfactory. We then discuss what kind of similarity measures may be used as an alternative to the Pearson correlation. We consider three similarity measures in particular. One is the well-known cosine. The other two similarity measures have not been used before in the bibliometric literature. Finally, we show by means of an example that our findings have a high practical relevance.information science;Pearson correlation;cosine;similarity measure;author cocitation analysis
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