Decentralisation has always figured on India's policy agenda in one form or other. Its fortunes, however, have fluctuated in response to several factors. Among them the attitude of the centre and the specific socio-political contexts in different states are particularly important. The latter explains, to a large extent, differences in...
Abstract This paper presents a conceptual framework showing formal and informal institutions and their relationship with the strategic choice of micro, small, and medium enterprises MSMEs in a developing country setting. It emphasises how institutions at sub-national level such as a region or city influence the strategic orientations of...
LEADING ARTICLE HEALTH Despite the abuse the concept of the "polyclinic" has received from many quarters since it was first proposed last year, the Government's idea of promoting the amalgamation of GPs' surgeries remains a sound one. Larger clinics have the potential to...
Accountants should be instrumental in helping to turn financial control systems into strategic actions, according to Wai Fong Chua, who gave the 2008 CIMA visiting professor lecture in April. Chua, senior associate dean of the Australian School of Business, drew on her research into a global company that successfully...
Environmental governance and decentralisation. Ed. by Albert Breton et al. Edward Elgar Publishing 2007 668 pages $235.00 Hardcover New horizons in environmental economics series HC79 In questioning the conventional view that a...
DUBLIN, Ireland -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c88690) has announced the addition of "European Commercial Airframe Components Aftermarket Analysis" to their offering. This Frost & Sullivan research service titled Strategic Overview of the European Components Aftermarket and Supply Chain provides value chain analysis, supply chain assessment and examines major...
Why grassroots design will determine the winners in developing markets by Joshua Weissburg How do you go about delivering reliable energy to poor, off-the-grid villages in India? If you're an established energy company, you don't. Enter Decentralised Energy Systems India DESI Power, a young, India-based power...
An Aboriginal community with half the mortality rates of the general Aboriginal population in the Northern Territory supports a decentralised lifestyle with appropriate outreach health services as a prevention to developing diabetes and heart disease, research shows. The research published in the Medical...
STOCKHOLM AFP — The Swedish government said on Monday that it had sold the Vin & Sprit group which owns Absolut vodka to the giant drinks group Pernod Ricard of France for 5.626 billion euros (8.88 billion dollars). Swedish Financial Markets Minister Mats Odell said in a statement...
Ascribe expects much better second-half results. Nigel Bolitho Ascribe sells software to the NHS and Primary Care Trusts, designed to help them meet performance targets. One product reduces medication errors by the use of electronic prescribing and robotic dispensing software; another provides systems...
In order to successfully combat cyberattacks in the EU, the European Network and Information Security Agency ENISA recommends the implementation of a "decentralised system," which it believes is the only means to overcome the associated linguistic, cultural, social and political barriers. However, the scheme recommended by...
Global Risk: Business Success in Turbulent Times By Sean Cleary and Thierry Malleret Palgrave, $49.95 In a globalised economy, risk management has become a necessity - but that hasn't made it any easier. Cleary and Malleret, with a wealth of academic and consulting experience between them, provide an excellent...
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The Swiss have taken education a long way since famous Swiss pedagogue Pestalozzi identified 'the hands, heart and head' as central elements in 18th-century education. For the better part of two centuries--dating from Pestalozzi's How Gertrude Teaches Her Children, written...
M2 PRESSWIRE-25 February 2008-UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON: Developing decentralised systems for industryC1994-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:25022008 Engineers from the Universityof Southamptonwill demonstrate how new technologies have made it possible to develop decentralised systems which benefit industry, at an event in...
LONDON AFP — Anglo-Dutch oil giant Shell unveiled its vision of the world's future energy sources Thursday, suggesting two scenarios where policy either remains with individual countries or is decentralised to allow a reduction in energy consumption and carbon emissions. In both cases, Shell envisaged gas and oil...
M2 PRESSWIRE-7 February 2008-GREENPEACE: Virtual City Could Become A Reality Across The Uk - Greenpeace; "EfficienCity" demonstrates solutions to climate change in actionC1994-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:07022008 Greenpeace has launched an interactive virtual city showcasing how towns and...
Improving, modernising and streamlining existing information systems are the objectives of the European Commission's proposal, announced on 5 February, to create a Shared Environmental Information System SEIS. The cornerstone of the work programme of the European Environment Agency EEA, the SEIS aims to improve not only...
[Corruption] The Indian government and the World Bank have promised to fight procurement fraud in the country's health projects, after an investigation by the bank found evidence of corruption. The review found examples of fraud in five of the government's health projects funded by the bank....
SCOTTISH sports minister Stewart Maxwell has promised that the cost of sportscotland relocating from Edinburgh to Glasgow will be half the original estimate of GBP13 million. There were fears that existing sports budgets would bear the brunt of the move. But last night Maxwell, who 11 days...
[Spend] Chemical firms have failed to develop their procurement functions, despite improving the rest of their supply chain in the past two years, according to a study. A report from Accenture said the approach to procurement was mixed, with direct spend often centralised, and indirect spend...
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