comparative role of local business communities in affecting the orientations and the outcomes of the policies implemented during … state-business relations in two of the smaller Gulf monarchies (Bahrain and Oman). …

how politics combines with societal and institutional structures to shape the quality of governance. The essays discuss …

This article looks at the transition from the model of relationship between business and state, which dominated in … business and state had always been closely connected and interdependent in this country. However, after the collapse of the … Soviet Union, interdependency changed to dependency: while in the 1990s business was dominating the state, on the edge of two …

thinking about economic activity and the rights or obligations of corporations. Their operation and influence has been … education and business schools with respect to think tanks in the development of a hegemonic pro-capitalist interpretation of …

research is to investigate the potential role of voluntary health insurance in India, particularly through a micro …, projected risk premia, and variables that may predict levels of health spending. Insurance for institutional health spending is …

, perceived value, repurchase intention and willingness to recommend to others. The life insurance industry was chosen as the …

This paper makes a detailed comparison of two major financial services in Singapore: life insurance and stockbrokerage … enjoyed a similar status in the life insurance industry. Results also confirm that while MSA and MSS both drive satisfaction …