While the volume of remittances to developing countries has been growing significantly over the years, the impact of remittances on food security has not received much attention. To bridge the gap this paper has examined the impact of remittances on farm household’s food security status, using...

System resilience is the ability for complex, dynamic-adaptive socio-technical systems to absorb and rebound from trauma or stress, and to avoid "jousting with dragons" where results are uncertain and often fatal. In a safety context, the term "dragons" originates from Professor David Woods at...

Die Sicherung einer zukunftsfähigen Wirtschaftsstruktur bedarf kontinuierlicher Anpassung an neue immer komplexere Herausforderungen sowie Transitionen in Richtung Nachhaltigkeit und Resilienz. Klassische Wirtschaftsförderung als reines Angebot eines traditionellen Dienstleistungsportfolios...

After the outbreak of the financial crisis in 2007-2008 the level of non-performing loans (NPLs) in the economy has generally increased. However, while in some countries this has been a transitory phenomenon, in others it still represents a major threat for economic recovery and financial...

This is an open access title available under the terms of a CC BY 3.0 IGO licence. It is free to read at Oxford Scholarship Online and offered as a free PDF download from OUP and selected open access locations. In recent years, typhoons have struck the Philippines and Vanuatu; earthquakes have...

Introduction -- Preliminary tools -- Black peoples' territories in Colombia and Ecuador : beyond capitalist accumulation and peripheral economy -- The long history of the palm oil agribusiness and development in Tumaco and San Lorenzo -- Imperialism, unequal exchange and palm oil -- Capital...

"This book explores how experience, business models, and research findings are still creating confusion about the life-giving liquid of an enterprise i.e. what make an enterprise survive and successful in the continuum of discontinuities. It explores enterprise philosophy, the continuum of...

Strategy and leadership in turbulent times -- Intelligence-driven agility -- Analytical agility : understanding the real problem -- Operational agility : driving leadership through action -- Inventive agility : finding creative solutions when you need them most -- Communicative agility : solving...

"As a leader, you have work that is complex, full of ups and downs. Your ability to be resilient--to pick yourself up after setbacks and keep on going no matter the challenges--is critical not only to successful leadership but also to fostering teams, generating collaboration, and igniting your...

The dna of problems and problem solvers -- 4 basic tools of problem solving -- A structured approach to problem solving -- Define, describe and appraise the problem -- Investigate, organize and analyze the data -- Formulate and test a causal theory -- Choose the most probable cause -- Develop,...