In March 1981 the British Columbia government partially deregulated the pricing of beer in the province. This study explores the impacts of this policy change on pricing and competition in the British Columbia brewing industry. It examines price movements since the partial deregulation,...

Research shows that faculty at most institutions are becoming increasingly isolated, resulting in low effectiveness, academic dissatisfaction, ultimately leading to high faculty turnover. This case study presents two experiments conducted at an online institution to provide an inclusive,...

This paper is a chapter for an e-book to be published by Melbourne University Press. The book deals with the intersection of the local and global by looking at 8 cities where local and global forces come together. The working paper is thus about Coal Harbour, located on the north shore of the...

Universitas 21 Global was formed by 16 internationally focused research universities to provide a laboratory for online learning and to provide the highest quality learning to underserved populations globally. Accordingly, the paper will provide the background and history for the U21 Global...

One commonly-used definition of quality is ‘conformance to requirements'. Applied to an educational setting, quality can be viewed as providing learning solutions that meet the needs of the learner or learner organisation. This paper reports on the experience of U21Global in working with large...

‘Digital Storytelling’ is a term often used to refer to a number of different types of digital narrative including web-based stories, hypertexts, videoblogs and computer games. This emergent form of creative work has found an outlet in a wide variety of different domains ranging from...

The economics profession appears to have been unaware of the long build-up to the current worldwide financial crisis and to have significantly underestimated its dimensions once it started to unfold. In our view, this lack of understanding is due to a misallocation of research efforts in...

The economics profession appears to have been unaware of the long build-up to the current worldwide financial crisis and to have significantly underestimated its dimensions once it started to unfold. In our view, this lack of understanding is due to a misallocation of research efforts in...

Firms have employed strategic alliances with other firms to effectively manage costs, overcome resource and technology constraints, and enhance competitive position. Strategic alliances can lead to productive institutional collaborations in rural financial markets, thereby expanding the array of...