India redrafted its economic policy to usher in a new era of deregulation, liberalization and global integration. Since then significant policy initiatives have been introduced, to provide stimulus for accelerated growth, industrial efficiency and international competitiveness. As part of reform process, the government has also initiated legislative reforms in the area of Economic, Business and Commercial laws. The Government enacted Foreign Exchange Management Act, The Competition Act, 2002, Real-estate (Regulation and Development) Act, 2016 and amended Benaim Transaction Prohibitions Act....

From approximately 1895-1937, the US Supreme Court interpreted the Constitution's Due Process clauses to implicitly protect a "Liberty of Contract"-the right of individuals to make contracts without arbitrary government interference. The Court relied on this principle to invalidate a variety of regulatory measures, including maximum hours and minimum wage laws. The Court abandoned its enforcement of this doctrine in 1937, and today, the Liberty of Contracts widely condemned by legal thinkers as right-wing judicial activism. Supposedly, the Court's protection of contractual freedom imposed a...

Climate change presents a serious threat to humanity, and its impacts will be felt for generations to come. As global temperatures continue to increase, the need to act on climate change becomes more urgent. Efforts to combat climate change face a major obstacle: deniers and skeptics. This study uses a survey experiment to better understand how motivated reasoning can bolster the persuasive effects of targeted climate change messaging. The results of this survey suggest that social norms play a significant role in attitude formation and behavioral intentions. Norms seem to be more important...

This study seeks to discover ways of improving the impact and effectiveness of entrepreneurial support organizations (ESOs) in the regional entrepreneurial ecosystem of Tampa Bay, Florida. First, the study establishes a comprehensive catalog (called the "Superset") of potential support programs that might be offered by ESOs and consumed by entrepreneurs. Through empirical data collection, entrepreneurs and ESO leaders rank the programs in the Superset according to their opinion of perceived value and importance for gaining competency in said program. The rankings allow a mapping of the...

Au cours des cent dernières années, les systèmes d'éducation publique gratuite ont été de puissants moteurs de changement, poussant les sociétés à réaliser un plus grand potentiel social, économique et social. Nous vivons à un moment où l'éducation est à nouveau nécessaire pour contribuer à relever les défis importants et complexes auxquels nos nations respectives et la planète sont confrontées. Les éducateurs jouent un rôle essentiel dans l'ingénierie de ce changement de paradigme. Il est nécessaire de repenser fondamentalement la structure de la manière dont nous...

In den letzten hundert Jahren waren Systeme der kostenlosen öffentlichen Bildung starke Motoren des Wandels und haben Gesellschaften dazu gebracht, größere soziale, wirtschaftliche und soziale Potenziale auszuschöpfen. Wir befinden uns in einem Moment, in dem Bildung erneut erforderlich ist, um die großen und komplexen Herausforderungen zu bewältigen, vor denen unsere jeweiligen Nationen und der Planet stehen. Pädagogen sind ein entscheidender Teil der Gestaltung dieses Paradigmenwechsels. Es besteht die Notwendigkeit, die Struktur der Art und Weise, wie wir Pädagogen ausbilden und...