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Undoing the enduring colonial influence of Weber’s racist perspective on India
This article attempts to highlight the Eurocentric and colonial roots of Weber’s racist perspective on caste in India and urges scholars to overcome...
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History Matters: Colonial-Based Connectivity and Foreign Headquarter Location Choice
In this study, we argue that European countries’ extensive relationships with former colonies represent a location factor that attracts foreign...
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Corporate governance from colonial Ceylon to post-civil war Sri Lanka
This paper examines the corporate governance mechanisms in Sri Lanka, a country that only a little more than a decade ago emerged from a 30-year long...
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Word embedding analysis on colonial history, present issues, and optimism toward the future in Senegal
Language is a reflection of issues and value systems of a society. This study tries to understand sensitive public issues in Senegal through language...
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Foreign Direct Investment to Africa: Is There a Colonial Legacy?
To provide new understanding of the effect of historical ties in the field of international business, through the lens of institutional theory and...
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Theorizing international business in Africa: A roadmap
International business in Africa is complicated by colonial history, late internationalization, and the growing interest of various foreign powers in...
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A Macro-view Using Systems Analysis
In the last two chapters, I used the energy industry as a case study for using the templates I developed for creating narratives and analyzing a...
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The Ambivalence of Accounting and the Struggle for Customary Land in Fiji and PNG
This chapter examines the complex relationship between accounting and customary land in the post-colonial states of Fiji and Papua New Guinea. These...
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Assessing the determinants of government spending efficiency in Africa
Government spending is one of the vital ways for the provision of public goods and services with a view of improving citizens' well-being. African...
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Understanding Organizations and Business Ecosystems in India Using Business Systems Framework
This chapter presents Indian business ecosystem using business system framework. It also discusses how Indian business system has evolved over time....
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The Lingering Effect of Slavery and Colonial History on International Business: The Case of Sub-Saharan Africa
This chapter offers an insider’s view of the “big” questions that need to be explored by anybody interested in doing work in Sub-Saharan Africa...
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Accounting Systems of Postcommunist Balkan States: Towards Accounting Harmonization?
This chapter is fundamentally designed to provide inputs toward investigation of accounting change, or non-change, within the countries which are...
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Optimal Risk Management of Electric Power Systems with CLOUD Simulation and Security Meter Algorithms
This review chapter studies a discrete event simulator (DES), CLOURAM: CLOUD Risk Assessor and Manager that quantitatively estimates and manages risk...
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A Decolonizing or Recolonizing Mindset? Semiotic Analysis of a Qurban Donation Appeal to Africa in Turkey
Despite prevailing secularism in recent years, Turkish people have not been abandoning engaging in Qurban rituals. However, as of late, it has been...
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Culture-Centered Organizing at the “Margins of the Margins”: Dismantling Structures, Decolonizing Futures
This chapter interrogates the language of decolonization, performed by postcolonial elites, and argues that such language is mobilized toward...
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Neo-colonial Marketization of “Ethical Tourism”: A Critical Visual Analysis
Volunteer tourism is a form of alternative tourism appealing to individuals who want to ‘make a difference’ whilst travelling. Its growing popularity...
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Coda
This coda gives a brief evaluation of the significance of the contributions to this book taken as a whole. It highlights some limitations and...
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Quality Infrastructure: National Systems and International Context
Quality infrastructure (QI) ensures quality, safety, health, and environmental protection. The main components are standardisation, metrology,...
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Employee Relations and Trade Unions in Ghana: A Changing Perspective
Employee relations (ER) have been evolving in Ghana. ER in Ghana was initially characterised by colonial history and entrenched in the formal...
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Straddling Business, Jointness and Nuclearisation: A Decolonial Reading of Managing Through Indigenous Institution(s)
Joint-family system has been a key institution within vernacular form of capitalism in India since pre-colonial times, allowing them continued...