This article surveys the growing theoretical literature on the motives for and welfare effectsof environmental corporate social responsibility (CSR). We show how both market andnonmarket forces are making environmental CSR profitable, and also discuss altruistic CSR.In particular, nongovernmental organizations strongly influence CSR activities, through bothpublic and private pol...

There is widespread agreement today on all sides of the telecommunications wars that something is deeply flawed with the design or implementation (or both) of the Telecommunications Act of 1996. The immediate grounds for this judgment lie in the short term wreckage that has come in wake of its passage. The ostensible end of the 1996 Act was the introduction of competition into an industry that ...

This article brought energy demands, energy supply and government regulation into a nonlinear dynamics system with the analysis of the relationship between the variables and their influence on energy resource. A simple estimation method for the various parameters involved in the model is given. The dynamics behavior of the system is analyzed by means of Lyapunov exponents and equilibrium points...

Drug-related problems such as overuse of injectable drug products and antimicrobials, increased cost of drug therapy, polypharmacy, and adverse drug reactions (ADRs) are prevalent in the healthcare settings of Nepal. To date, no new drug development processes or clinical trials have been conducted in Nepal, despite the fact that studies of real life situations are an essential tool for monitori...

INTRODUCTION Until now, industry and government stakeholders have dominated public discourse about policy options for obesity. While consumer involvement in health service delivery and research has been embraced, methods which engage consumers in health policy development are lacking. Conflicting priorities have generated ethical concern around obesity policy. The concept of 'intrusiveness' has...