Commerce is an ancient economical framework that enables establishment of social ties, improving cultural relationships, and trading values as well as commodities (Edgu et al., 2012). Different trends have taken place throughout history in this revenue based area, from the old S…
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Why do states vary in their responses to the multifaceted competitive pressures of globalization? Why, in particular, do some states accept a measure of economic loss in exchange for cultural gain? How much autonomous control do they retain in the cultural domain? This dissertat…
This study examined whether a lack of ethical considerations affects the procurement process in federal and New York City commerce. As two secondary issues the researcher examined the extent to which a lack of ethical considerations affects the procurement process and societal d…
This dissertation examines the Chinese migration to Inner Mongolia, especially the Hetao/Ordos region, from the eighteenth to the early twentieth century, and explores how the Mongol periphery was transformed by processes of market penetration and state expansion, and how domest…
The informal sector plays a very important role in developing countries. It acts as a stabilizer, and within this the urban poor find the necessary strategies for their survival. Home based commercial activities are a part of these strategies. They provide households with an add…
The Nupe, together with some of their neighbours in the interior of West Africa, were embroiled in a widespread socio-political and military crisis during the first half of the 19th century. In certain respects, their condition was similar to the ‘crisis of adaptation’ that some…
Much has been written about various aspects of the long presence of the Knights of the Order St John on the island of Malta. Nonetheless, throughout this literature there is one noticeable omission - a study of the commercial development of the harbour area during the first deca…
This study is concerned with Iban involvement in commercial handicraft production (CHP). Its aim has been to examine the possibilities of employment expansion through small-scale rural industrialisation in Sarawak, Malaysia and to discuss differential Iban involvement and "succe…
This thesis is a study of socio-economic change and local electoral politics in a Central Thai district and is based on ethnographic research carried out between 1989 and 1990. Local electoral politics has received little attention in Thai studies in recent years. This thesis ai…
Poor cost performance of construction projects has been a major concern for both contractors and clients. The effective management of risk is thus critical to the success of any construction project and the importance of risk management has grown as projects have become more com…
This thesis explores the commercial links between Scotland and France in the long seventeenth century, with a focus on the Scottish mercantile presence in France’s Atlantic ports, particularly during periods of domestic and international upheaval. This study questions long-held …
This thesis examines the theme of commerce in four magazines of literature and the arts, all published in New York between 1915 and 1922. The magazines are The Seven Arts (1916-1917), 291 (1915-1916), The Soil (1916-1917), and The Pagan (1916-1922). The division between art and …
The study examines and analyses the decision-making processes used by clients of the construction industry when choosing building procurement systems in order to determine whether they adopt a disciplined, systematic and objective approach to this task and whether there is any s…
The purpose of this research is to examine the influence of scale and location on the multiplier values associated with tourism expenditure in each of the regions of Indonesia. Furthermore, various factors are examined that determine the economic impacts of tourism to better und…
Although the hospitality industry has historically relied on migrant workers, the influx of Poles to the UK following EU Enlargement in 2004 resulted in the unprecedented increase in numbers of those taking up jobs in the UK hospitality industry. Poland, being the largest of the…
As a catalyst for a closer economic integration through a single currency, Economic and Monetary Union (EMU) held out the promise of welfare gains for the participating countries and their respective industries. Among the potential benefits of monetary union, EMU was expected to…
Consumer awareness and interest in ethical issues is growing with sustained and significant rises in sales of ethical products (L. Vickery (personal communication, January 12, 2007); The Co-operative Bank 2010); despite this, little research has been conducted into how ethical f…
The prime objective of the research is to establish why commercial sponsors use motor sport as an element of their marketing communications. A comparison has been undertaken between car and bike racing, as represented by Formula One and MotoGp, to establish any differences in ap…
The emergence of the Internet has enabled the development of e-commerce, which is defined as the process of buying and selling or exchanging products, services and information via computer networks (Turban et al, 2002). Since the early stages of the development of the Internet t…