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Showing 1 to 16 of 16 for “"informal groups"”.
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Enforcement Through Voluntary Participation: The Impact of Non-Binding Informal Groups on the International Nuclear Nonproliferation Regime
… present thesis analyzes the policy impact of the informal group known as the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG), a non treaty-bound grouping of states organized to define mutually agreed upon nuclear export controls with the aim of advancing the nonproliferation of nuclear weapons, in line with the …
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An investigation of collaborative practices in massively multiplayer online role-playing game groups: Online learning in informal groups
Submission original under an indefinite embargo labeled 'Open Access'. The submission was exported from vireo on 2023-12-04 without embargo terms
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Black-owned small-scale building enterprises in the South African construction industry: attributes, constraints to growth and factors of success
… These enterprises engage in 'formal' and 'informal' construction and building activities. The distinction between these types of activities is that the latter are not recorded in official returns (Krafchik, 1990:5). Within both the formal and informal groups large-scale enterprises (LSEs), …
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"Down with the landlords" : tenant activism in New York City, 1917-1920
… the tenant activism of this period, through informal groups of tenants, city-wide associations, action in court and in front of city bodies, and on the state and federal level.
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Mission impossible? Routinizing the anticipation of emergent collaboration in disaster management networks: A study of emergence in the COVID-19 pandemic
When disasters occur, new or informal groups often emerge to assist with the response or have resources that can aid professional disaster managers involved in the crisis. Historically, incorporating these groups into the formal disaster response system under conditions of urgency and uncertainty …
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Revisão das espécies neotropicais de Chaetoravinia Townsend, 1917 (Diptera, Sarcophagidae)
… the detailed study of the male terrninalia, two informal groups of species were recognized based on the morfological similarities: "advena group" and "derelicta group".
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Building community capacity in the rebuilding of New Orleans : the role of philanthropic funders post-Katrina
… Based on a tradition of self-determination, groups across the city are fighting to meet new needs. With massive institutional failure at all levels, philanthropy could support these groups. The purpose of this thesis is to help the Gulf Coast Funders for Equity, a consortium committed to more …
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Hyperglue : an infrastructure for human-centered computing in distributed, pervasive, intelligent environments
… entities such as users, physical spaces, or informal groups of people. Just as users interact with each other and with objects in their physical location, the agent societies interact with each other along communication channels organized along these same relationships. By organizing the …
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Nonprofit Continuum: Brazilian-centered Organizations in the Bay Area of San Francisco
… country, nonprofit organizations and community groups are created. This thesis project examines, identifies, categorizes, and contextualizes the Brazilian-centered nonprofit organizations in the Bay Area of San Francisco. Contrary to existing research on Brazilian immigrants in the United …
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Evolutionary relationships in Afro-Malagasy Schefflera (Araliaceae) based on nuclear and plastid markers
… Schefflera corresponding roughly to informal groups identified as “Meiopanax” and “Sciodaphyllum” on the basis of morphology. Using sequence data from nuclear rDNA spacers and plastid markers derived from 32 of the 48 currently circumscribed species of Afro-Malagasy Schefflera, this …
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From compliance to coping: Experiences of Chief Risk Officers in UK banks 2007-2009
… perspectives of regulation in action, informal groups in organizations, and individual risk perception, indicated that CROs’ dilemmas merited further study. Banks’ selective risk reporting practices were under-represented, with scholarly knowledge seemingly limited by difficulties of …
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Individual Giving: Theoretical Discussions and the Evidence from Serbia and Canada Ethical Issues, Contextual and Individual Factors of Giving Time and Money to Organisations and People
… participating in the activities of informal groups, helping people directly and donating money to organisations and individuals in Serbia and Canada. This is the first such type of encompassing research on individual giving conducted in Serbia. Placed in a comparative perspective, it …
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An historical study of unofficial parliamentary party groupings in the Conservative Party from 1830
… There may be a formal one and there may be an informal one. Informal groups and norms may develop that impact on the organisation and serve to shape its public face. Understanding an organisation may thus entail looking beyond the public persona and examining not only its formally created …
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Financial technology and financial inclusion in Zambia
… and financial inclusion (both formal and informal), indicating that FinTech did not have an impact on financial inclusion. The low levels of digital financial usage, with only 0.8% of the respondents utilizing financial technology, underscore the notion that access does not necessarily …
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The Impact of Human Capital and Social Capital on Economic Growth in China
… of social capital. Zhejiang has two commercial groups ranked in the top 10 in China. Zhejiang’s more entrepreneurial culture and its increasing proportion of population who are CEOs of private enterprises or self-employed individuals (the combined effect) contribute to its economic growth. …
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Telethrone : a situated display using retro-reflection basedmulti-view toward remote collaboration in small dynamic groups
… cues. The capability to link less formal groups through technology is the primary contribution. Technology-mediated communication is first reviewed, with attention to different supported styles of meetings. A gap is identified for small informal groups. Small dynamic groups which are …