LOW-COST COUNTRY SOURCING COMPETENCE: A CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK AND EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS

This is the first part of an article which proposes to break new ground in developing a conceptual framework for and presenting a preliminary empirical analysis of ‘the geography of Nepalese cuisine’. This part of the article sets outsome of the elements required for an exploration of national, regional and local cuisines. It elaborates the concept of ‘cuisine’ as a historical but constantly evolving socio-economic and cultural construct (a food tradition) within a more-or-less defined geographical area. It considers the significance of ‘food availability’ and the ways in which the ‘natural’ world is classified and categorized to define what is considered edible and what is not. It explains how food preparation and processing transforms an animal, fish or plant into a food stuff or ingredient and examines how food preparation, production (including cooking) and presentation may differ and may be associated with different styles of cuisine (high and low, complex and simple, etc.). It introduces a distinction between national, regional and local cuisines and briefly considers the treatment of ‘Indian’ cuisine.DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3126/ttp.v8i0.11518 The Third Pole: Journal of Geography Vol.8-10, pp. 62-72: 2010

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The Impact of Electronic Word-of-Mouth Factors on Consumers’ Buying Decision-Making Processes in the Low Cost Carriers: A Conceptual Framework

International Journal of Trade Economics and Finance ◽

10.7763/ijtef.2014.v5.357 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 5 (2) ◽

pp. 142-146 ◽

Cited By ~ 8

Author(s):

Weerawit Lerrthaitrakul ◽

Vinai Panjakajornsak

Keyword(s):

Decision Making ◽

Conceptual Framework ◽

Word Of Mouth ◽

Low Cost ◽

Electronic Word Of Mouth ◽

Low Cost Carriers ◽

Decision Making Processes ◽

The Impact

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The Right to Move: A Multidisciplinary Lifespan Conceptual Framework

Current Gerontology and Geriatrics Research ◽

10.1155/2012/873937 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 2012 ◽

pp. 1-11 ◽

Cited By ~ 6

Author(s):

Toni C. Antonucci ◽

James A. Ashton-Miller ◽

Jennifer Brant ◽

Emily B. Falk ◽

Jeffrey B. Halter ◽

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Keyword(s):

Physical Activity ◽

Conceptual Framework ◽

Life Style ◽

Low Cost ◽

Cost Effective ◽

Well Being ◽

Effective Program ◽

Level Model ◽

The Right ◽

Health And Well Being

This paper addresses the health problems and opportunities that society will face in 2030. We propose a proactive model to combat the trend towards declining levels of physical activity and increasing obesity. The model emphasizes the need to increase physical activity among individuals of all ages. We focus on the right to move and the benefits of physical activity. The paper introduces a seven-level model that includes cells, creature (individual), clan (family), community, corporation, country, and culture. At each level the model delineates how increased or decreased physical activity influences health and well-being across the life span. It emphasizes the importance of combining multiple disciplines and corporate partners to produce a multifaceted cost-effective program that increases physical activity at all levels. The goal of this paper is to recognize exercise as a powerful, low-cost solution with positive benefits to cognitive, emotional, and physical health. Further, the model proposes that people of all ages should incorporate the “right to move” into their life style, thereby maximizing the potential to maintain health and well-being in a cost-effective, optimally influential manner.

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Reconciliation: A comprehensive framework for empirical analysis

Security Dialogue ◽

10.1177/0967010616671858 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 47 (6) ◽

pp. 517-540 ◽

Cited By ~ 18

Author(s):

Angelika Rettberg ◽

Juan E Ugarriza

Keyword(s):

Social Welfare ◽

Conceptual Framework ◽

Empirical Analysis ◽

Political Process ◽

Scholarly Work ◽

Representative Survey ◽

Emotional Change ◽

Comprehensive Framework ◽

Illustrative Application

There appears to be a rift between the theoretical and normative understandings of what reconciliation means and offers, and what people expect to happen in postconflict scenarios. Here we present a conceptual framework that captures the definitional diversity surrounding the concept of reconciliation and then operationalizes it in order to analyze responses from postconflict populations. The illustrative application of our framework to responses from a representative survey of 1,843 Colombian citizens reveals that people’s convictions are just as diverse as scholars’. Nevertheless, significant proportions of respondents seem to understand reconciliation to be primarily a psychological and political process which aims to achieve the re-establishment of quotidian or day-to-day relations and cooperation; which should be preceded by the cessation of violence, dialogue, goodwill, and attitudinal and emotional change; and which should be accompanied by social welfare and security. It is noteworthy that understandings of reconciliation as a process mediated by justice, truth, and memory are scarce. The application of this framework will help to reveal differences between hopes and promises, and inform scholarly work and policymaking that is more realistically rooted.

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Social Mechanisms in Norm-relevant Situations: Explanations for Theft by Finding in High-cost, and Low-cost Situation

Analyse & Kritik ◽

10.1515/auk-2016-0106 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 38 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Stefanie Eifier

Keyword(s):

Empirical Analysis ◽

Action Theory ◽

Low Cost ◽

Mail Survey ◽

Formation Mechanisms ◽

Moral Principles ◽

Multiple Group ◽

Theoretical Perspectives ◽

East German ◽

Methodological Aspects

AbstractAt the centre of this study is the theoretical and empirical analysis of action-formation mechanisms in norm-relevant, situations. Basically two mechanisms are employed, namely action according to a) moral principles and b) the principle of deterrence. Conflicting assumptions concerning the way these mechanisms work are deduced from two theoretical perspectives, the high-cost/low-cost. hypothesis and Situational Action Theory (SAT). While the high-cost/low-cost. hypothesis leads to the assumption that, criminal action is explained by the principle of deterrence in high-cost, situations and, in low-cost, situations, by moral principles, it. follows from SAT that., in high-cost, situations, the principle of deterrence has an effect, only on those persons with weak moral principles, and influences of moral principles are expected in low-cost, situations. Empirical analysis of these hypotheses is conducted with the help of data that, have been collected as part, of a mail survey (n=2383) of a disproportionately layered random sample of residents of an East. German city. Data analyses are carried out. in order to estimate the influences of the theoretically specified predictors simultaneously for high-cost, and low-cost, situations with multiple group comparisons. The study’s results partially support, both theoretical perspectives. They are finally discussed with respect, to theoretical and methodological aspects.

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