Landscape identity: Implications for policy making

A model with policy network approach for entrepreneurship policy making

One policy making issue that needs to be addressed more effectively through an intergovernmental and participatory approach is entrepreneurship policy. Entrepreneurship is an area where interdependencies are very high, and the establishment of collaborative relationships such as networks is vital. Therefore, a network approach in the entrepreneurial policy-making process, which leads to the inv...

Migrant Ethnic Identity: Concept and Policy Implications

Migrant Ethnic Identity: Concept and Policy Implications With globalization, the size of migration and the value of ethnicity is rising. Also Cyprus undergoes a strong process of change while experiencing large inflows of migration. The paper investigates the challenges and the potentials of migration from a European Union perspective. It advocates for a new concept to measure the ethnic identi...

Stakeholders\' network in Iranian health policy-making: A model for participatory policy-making

Background: Stewardship, resource generation, financing, and providing services are the 4 main functions in any health system. Using intelligence and common sense in making policies and decisions is a subcomponent of the stewardship. The present study aimed at designing a model that provides better access to the stakeholders’ wisdom.    Methods: This was a qualitative study in ...

Empirical Study of Nova Scotia Nurses’ Adoption of Healthcare Information Systems: Implications for Management and Policy-Making

Background This paper used the Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB), which was extended, to investigate nurses’ adoption of healthcare information systems (HIS) in Nova Scotia, Canada.   Methods Data was collected from 197 nurses in a survey and data analysis was carried out using the partial least squares (PLS) technique.   Results In contrast to findings in prior studies that used TPB to investig...

Identity and Foreign Policy