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Showing papers in "Journal of Public Affairs in 2019"





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TL;DR: Zhao et al. as discussed by the authors studied the history, development, policies, and potential issues of the crowd-funding industry, and proposed a framework for self-archiving self-documenting data.
Abstract: This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: Zhao, Y., Harris, P., & Lam, W. (2019). Crowdfunding industry—History, development, policies, and potential issues. Journal of Public Affairs, 19(1), which has been published in final form at https://doi.org/10.1002/pa.1921. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Self-Archiving

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TL;DR: In this article, the authors highlight barriers to mainstreaming sustainable public procurement in Ghana's public sector and further advance the scanty principal-agency literature by establishing a double-agent relationship in the context of sustainable procurement.
Abstract: J Public Affairs. 2019;19:e1902. https://doi.org/10.1002/pa.1902 The emerging literature on public procurement policy suggests that public procurement may be leveraged to advance several public policy agenda. Hence, many countries have reformed their public procurement process towards social and environmental outcomes termed sustainable public procurement. These reforms have often been launched in response to international initiatives such as the global 10‐year framework for action on sustainable consumption and production by the Johannesburg implementation plan in 2002 and the Sustainable Development Goals. Yet, empirical evidence on the drivers and benefits of SPP in developing countries is still scarce. This gap is addressed with a qualitative case study of six public sector institutions in Ghana. On the basis of elite interviews, this paper highlights barriers to mainstreaming SPP in Ghana's public sector. We further advance the scanty principal–agency literature by establishing a double‐agency relationship in the context of SPP, which depicts limited agency cases where principals lack the capacity to defend their own interests.











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TL;DR: Schafer and Gatti-Schafer as mentioned in this paper presented a discussion on the role of public opinion research in political science at the University of Nebraska at Omaha (Unomaha) campus.
Abstract: Department of Political Science, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas Correspondence Josephine Gatti Schafer, Department of Political Science, Kansas State University, 802 Mid Campus Dr. South, 115 Calvin Hall, Manhattan, KS 66506. Email: jgschafer@ksu.edu Present Address Josephine Gatti Schafer, Center for Public Affairs Research, University of Nebraska at Omaha Omaha, Nebraska 108 CPACS 6001 Dodge Street Omaha, NE 68182 402.554.2133 Email: jgschafer@unomaha.edu


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TL;DR: In this article, an exploratory review of the extent to which the leading ocean cruise companies are publicly addressing and reporting on their sustainability strategies and achievements and to offer some reflections on sustainability within the cruise industry is presented.
Abstract: The aim of this research note paper is to offer an exploratory review of the extent to which the leading ocean cruise companies are publicly addressing and reporting on their sustainability strategies and achievements and to offer some reflections on sustainability within the cruise industry. The paper begins with an outline of cruising and the cruising industry and a short commentary on the sustainability challenges the industry faces. The information on which the paper is based is drawn from the leading cruise companies' corporate web sites. The findings of the paper reveal a marked variation in the extent to which the leading cruise companies publicly report on their sustainability strategies and achievements. While the two leading cruise companies, namely the Carnival Corporation and Royal Caribbean Cruises, published extensive sustainability reports which covered a number of environmental social and economic issues, the other leading cruise companies published very limited information on sustainability. More critically the authors argued that the cruise companies' commitments to sustainability are driven by the search for efficiency gains and are couched within existing business models centred on continuing growth than on maintaining the viability of natural ecosystems and communities. As such the leading UK retailers are, at best, currently pursuing a ‘weak’ rather than a ‘strong’ model of sustainability. The paper provides an accessible exploratory review of sustainability reporting in the cruise industry, and it will interest professional working in the cruise industry and more generally in the hospitality industry as well as academics and students interested in public relations, business studies and hospitality management. Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.