The urgent need for strengthening and upgrading the will and capacities of government to effectively tackle long-term policy issues

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yukio Adachi
Keyword(s):  
Policy Issues ◽  
The Will

scholarly journals Public Policy Issues in Direct and Digital Marketing – Concerns and Initiatives

2019 ◽  
Vol 6 (4) ◽  
pp. 54-71 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pratap Chandra Mandal
Keyword(s):  
Public Policy ◽  
Marketing Channels ◽  
Customer Relationships ◽  
Digital Marketing ◽  
Policy Issues ◽  
Consumer Privacy ◽  
Regulatory Bodies ◽  
Require Information

Companies require information about customers to understand them, know their preferences, and develop relationships with them. Companies employ a number of direct and digital marketing channels to collect information and intelligence about customers. Marketers adopt a number of unfair practices for collecting information through direct and digital marketing and this raises concerns about consumer privacy. The article discusses the various aspects of consumer privacy and the need for protecting consumer privacy. The article further focuses on the various regulations enforced by regulatory bodies and governments of countries to protect customers. Various initiatives taken by companies to protect customers are discussed. Direct and digital marketing channels allow companies to collect information and intelligence about customers and to influence them. However, companies should be sensitive to customer concerns. This will help companies in building long-term customer relationships.

The 2012 Presidential Election and What It Reveals about Mexican Voters

2013 ◽  
Vol 45 (3) ◽  
pp. 451-481 ◽  
Author(s):  
RODERIC AI CAMP
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Presidential Election ◽  
Demographic Variables ◽  
Voting Behaviour ◽  
Policy Issues ◽  
Partido Revolucionario Institucional ◽  
Significant Patterns ◽  
And Gender

AbstractThe 2012 presidential election in Mexico is significant for many reasons, not least of which is that it returned the Partido Revolucionario Institucional to power after two Partido Acción Nacional administrations. This essay reviews more than 50 surveys taken before and during the election to determine significant patterns among Mexican voters, comparing the most influential traditional and non-traditional demographic variables, as well as other variables such as partisanship and policy issues in this election, with those of the two previous presidential races. It also analyses other influential variables in the 2012 presidential race, including social media and the application of new electoral legislation. It identifies significant differences and similarities among voters today in contrast to the two prior elections, and suggests long-term patterns among Mexican voters which are likely to influence voting behaviour in future elections, ranging from regionalism and gender to partisanship and social media.

Teaching Advocacy in the Nonprofit Classroom: Three Pedagogical Approaches

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dyana Mason ◽  
Jennifer Jones
Keyword(s):  
Nonprofit Organizations ◽  
Decision Makers ◽  
Systematic Change ◽  
Pedagogical Approach ◽  
Government Regulations ◽  
Policy Issues ◽  
The Public ◽  
Pedagogical Approaches

Nonprofit organizations that engage in advocacy strengthen their ability to meet their mission by supporting systematic change. As such, students enrolled in nonprofit management programs at the undergraduate and graduate levels should develop both the knowledge of and the skills to engage in advocacy. Students should be trained to consider advocacy as part of a long-term strategic plan to accomplish their mission; however, there is little research or training on how to best teach advocacy to nonprofit students. This paper presents an active learning pedagogical approach. First, we present the literature documenting the role of advocacy in nonprofit organizations and related government regulations. Next, we outline three pedagogical techniques instructors may use to allow students to understand and practice advocacy. With each technique, we include resources and suggestions for faculty. The goal is to provide an opportunity for students to engage directly in policy issues being considered at the local, state or national levels, understand how these issues impact the sector and those being served, and how to take concrete steps to inform the public. These strategies can help shape the debate and offer solutions to decision makers.

Adani Power Limited (B): Renegotiating Long-term Electricity Contracts

2014 ◽  
pp. 1-21
Author(s):  
Ajay Pandey
Keyword(s):  
Public Policy ◽  
Regulatory Framework ◽  
Negative Consequences ◽  
Financial Problems ◽  
Policy Issues ◽  
Fixed Price

Adani Power Limited (B) is the second case in a series of cases on the attempts by the firm to wriggle out of the negative consequences of the long-term fixed price power purchase agreements it had entered into. Changes in Indonesian regulations for coal exported from Indonesia created serious financial problems for the firm. This case describes how the firm was able to get relief from the regulator and raises public policy issues including the robustness of guidelines for procurement of power and the regulatory framework.

Earth-grab by corporate feudalism and how to go about resisting it

2014 ◽  
Vol 25 (4) ◽  
pp. 612-618 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amiya Kumar Bagchi
Keyword(s):  
Living Standards ◽  
Term Survival ◽  
The People ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
The Will ◽  
Indigenous Minorities ◽  
The Government ◽  
The Impact

The need for a new economy is great and the obstacles are many: growing inequalities within and between nations and regions, new complicity between corporations and non-democratic political regimes and failure of workers worldwide to make common cause. There are alternative models, indicating that a more egalitarian approach does not necessarily reduce living standards. Environmental degradation cannot be addressed by a technological fix: the threat to our long-term survival is pre-figured in the impact of climate change and corporate rapacity on the land and sea resources of the indigenous minorities who live as humanity has lived for most of its existence. A 10-point plan for a follow-up to the United Nations’ Millennium Development Goals is suggested, but it will work only if solidarity networks can be built across divides of ascribed race, religion and nominal income levels, to express the will of the people in place of the government representatives who are prepared to gamble the future of humanity for corporate profit and power.

scholarly journals Imaginário e espacialidade vivida em narrativas quilombolas, Pimenteiras do Oeste – Rondônia, Brasil

2016 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 160
Author(s):  
Zairo Carlos da Silva Pinheiro ◽  
Cicilian Luiza Löwen Sahr
Keyword(s):  
Lived Experience ◽  
The Other ◽  
Social Imaginary ◽  
Santa Cruz ◽  
Federal Constitution ◽  
Palabras Clave ◽  
The Will ◽  
Sobre Todo

Resumo Esse artigo busca discutir o imaginário na espacialidade vivida levando em conta a oralidade de sujeitos quilombolas. Para tanto, estuda-se o caso concreto de Pimenteiras do Oeste em Rondônia (RO) à luz das narrativas de seus quilombolas e também de teóricos da fenomenologia. Acredita-se que a reivindicação de um espaço quilombola, a Fazenda Santa Cruz, esteja sustentada tanto pelo imaginário social e pela espacialidade construída e reconstruída ao longo da história do grupo, como também - e principalmente - pelo imaginário social recente, tornado visível a partir da Constituição Federal de 1988. A pesquisa demonstra que a vontade de “ser quilombola” perpassa pelo imaginário de diferentes discursos, e que este imaginário se mescla com as espacialidades do grupo, tornando-os um dependente do outro.Palavras-chave: imaginário; espacialidades; narrativas; quilombolas; Rondônia. Abstract This article is discussing the function of imaginaries in lived spatialities, based on an investigation on the orality of quilombolas. As such, it is directed towards a case study in Pimenteiras do Oeste in Rondonia (Brazil), a place which is understood through the narratives of its quilombola population as well as through phenomenological methods.  Its premises are that the claim for a quilombola space, in our case the Fazenda Santa Cruz, is based on a connection between social imaginary and its produced spatiality, on one hand grounded on a long-term lived experience of the group, and on the other referring to a more recent imaginary that is linked to the Federal Constitution of Brazil from 1988. Throughout the research it appears that the will to “be quilombola” is passing through the imaginary of several discourses, and that these imaginaries do mix within the lived spatialities of the group, turning each element dependent on the other.Keywords: imaginary; spatiality; narratives; quilombolas; Rondonia.  ResumenEl presente artículo discute lo imaginario en la espacialidad vivida a la luz de la oralidad de sujetos quilombolas (cimarrones). El caso de Pimenteiras do Oeste, Rondônia, es estudiado a partir de las narrativas de los quilombolas a través del análisis de la fenomenología. La demanda de un espacio quilombola, la Hacienda Santa Cruz, es apoyada tanto por el imaginario social y la espacialidad construida y reconstruida a lo largo de la historia del grupo, pero también -  sobre todo - por el imaginario social reciente, que se hizo visible desde la Constitución Federal de 1988. La investigación muestra que el deseo de "ser quilombola" está presente en los diferentes discursos, y éste imaginario está mezclado además, con la espacialidad del grupo estudiado, haciéndolos interdependientes. Palabras Clave: imaginario; espacialidad; narraciones; quilombolas (cimarrones); Rondônia. 

scholarly journals Pricing and Public Policy Issues

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (4) ◽  
pp. 1-14
Author(s):  
Pratap Chandra Mandal
Keyword(s):  
Public Policy ◽  
Dynamic Pricing ◽  
Distribution Channel ◽  
Customer Relationships ◽  
Policy Issues ◽  
Pricing Policies ◽  
The Social ◽  
Price Maintenance ◽  
Advertising And Promotion

Companies adopt pricing policies to maximize the revenues and profits generated. Some of the policies are not fair. Major public policy issues in pricing include unfair pricing practices within distribution channel levels such as price-fixing and predatory pricing, and across distribution channel levels such as retail price maintenance, deceptive pricing, and discriminatory pricing. Companies set dynamic pricing and high prices for products to cover distribution costs, advertising and promotion costs, and excessive mark-ups. Companies try adopting fair pricing policies. Nevertheless, laws and regulations are enforced to ensure that the policies are followed and customers are benefited. Sometimes, it is difficult to ensure that the practices are legal and ethical. Governments and companies should also be aware about the pricing implications of the social goods used by customers. Proper understanding and implementation of pricing policies will benefit both companies and customers and help in developing sustainable strategies and long-term customer relationships.

scholarly journals Pricing and Public Policy Issues

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (4) ◽  
pp. 0-0
Keyword(s):  
Public Policy ◽  
Dynamic Pricing ◽  
Distribution Channel ◽  
Customer Relationships ◽  
Policy Issues ◽  
Pricing Policies ◽  
The Social ◽  
Price Maintenance ◽  
Advertising And Promotion

Companies adopt pricing policies to maximize the revenues and profits generated. Some of the policies are not fair. Major public policy issues in pricing include unfair pricing practices within distribution channel levels such as price-fixing and predatory pricing, and across distribution channel levels such as retail price maintenance, deceptive pricing, and discriminatory pricing. Companies set dynamic pricing and high prices for products to cover distribution costs, advertising and promotion costs, and excessive mark-ups. Companies try adopting fair pricing policies. Nevertheless, laws and regulations are enforced to ensure that the policies are followed and customers are benefited. Sometimes, it is difficult to ensure that the practices are legal and ethical. Governments and companies should also be aware about the pricing implications of the social goods used by customers. Proper understanding and implementation of pricing policies will benefit both companies and customers and help in developing sustainable strategies and long-term customer relationships.

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