Journal articles: 'Nexus Theory'

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Pries-Heje and Baskerville. "The Design Theory Nexus." MIS Quarterly 32, no. 4 (2008): 731. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/25148870.

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Flinders, Matthew, and Matthew Wood. "Nexus Politics." Democratic Theory 5, no. 2 (December 1, 2018): 56–81. http://dx.doi.org/10.3167/dt.2018.050205.

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Existing research on alternative forms of political participation does not adequately account for why those forms of participation at an “everyday” level should be defined as political. In this article we aim to contribute new conceptual and theoretical depth to this research agenda by drawing on sociological theory to posit a framework for determining whether nontraditional forms of political engagement can be defined as genuinely distinctive from traditional participation. Existing “everyday politics” frameworks are analytically underdeveloped, and the article argues instead for drawing upon Michel Maffesoli’s theory of “neo-tribal” politics. Applying Maffesoli’s insights, we provide two questions for operationally defining “everyday” political participation, as expressing autonomy from formal political institutions, and building new political organizations from the bottom up. This creates a substantive research agenda of not only operationally defining political participation, but examining how traditional governmental institutions and social movements respond to a growth in everyday political participation: nexus politics.

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Putman, Stephen H. "Extending DRAM Model: Theory-Practice Nexus." Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board 1552, no. 1 (January 1996): 112–19. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0361198196155200116.

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The DRAM and EMPAL models of household and employment location and land use, respectively, have seen numerous applications by regional planning agencies and metropolitan planning organizations. One reason for this is that compared with other location and land use models, they are relatively easy to use. The theoretical structure of these models is that of aggregate multinomial logit. They are representations of choice probability means for household types and employment types, with their structures being derived from location surplus formulations. In operation the parameters of these models’ equations can most easily be estimated by use of a nonlinear programming formulation rather than by logit regression. Use of this technique allows a great simplification in the data requirements for calibration. In addition, this technique permits testing of alternative or auxiliary (to the standard model structures) variables in the model attractiveness formulations. The development of the models’ equation structures is described first. The problems and techniques of calibration-estimation of the equations’ parameters are then described. Finally, several experiments in model augmentation undertaken by agency staff as a part of ongoing model implementation efforts are described. These experiments demonstrate the flexibility of the structure for both application and experiment.

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Gooding, David. "Theory and observation: The experimental nexus." International Studies in the Philosophy of Science 4, no. 2 (January 1990): 131–48. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02698599008573353.

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Koutsias, Marios. "Shareholder Supremacy in a Nexus of Contracts: A Nexus of Problems." Business Law Review 38, Issue 4 (August 1, 2017): 136–46. http://dx.doi.org/10.54648/bula2017021.

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This article focuses on shareholder supremacy and exclusivity derived from a view of the company as a nexus of contracts. The nexus of contracts theory is the dominant theory within English company law. It defines the company as a contract between private individuals. The shareholders and the company are recognized as the only parties to that contract. While corporate membership is reserved exclusively for shareholders, the rest of the stakeholders are viewed as external to the company. The article will question the theoretical and doctrinal validity of shareholder supremacy and exclusivity within this context. It argues that while the nexus of contracts theory promotes shareholder exclusivity in a rather dogmatic manner, not only the law but also the courts have limited the rights of shareholders to a significant extent. The article does not place into doubt the importance of shareholders within the corporate context; after all the shareholders are the capital providers of the company. It does however criticize the current status quo in English company law where theoretically the shareholders are sitting on the corporate throne in a company which includes no one else but them, but in practice their supremacy is challenged by the courts to such a degree that it is difficult to exercise even the rights stemming from their shares and to have access to effective remedies against managerial abuse. The article will therefore underline the controversies inherent in the nexus of contracts theory. It will shed light on the distorted application of the theory within English company law. It argues that the theory should be reformed to adjust to the new reality. On the one hand, it should certainly protect the rights of shareholders stemming from their shares and it should allow for effective shareholder protection against mismanagement. On the other hand, the theory should adopt a more inclusive definition of the company that will not leave the stakeholders off its context. Especially those stakeholders who clearly have a contractual relationship with the company should be factored into corporate governance. Therefore, the article will argue against the doctrinal dominance of shareholder exclusivity and supremacy by arguing that they nowadays flow from a flawed interpretation of the nexus of contracts theory. The article will focus on shareholder protection; it will examine section 994 of the Companies Act 2006, which provides for one of the main remedies against directorial abuse. The jurisprudence of the courts embodies a clear mismatch between theory and practice. Absolute shareholder supremacy should have entailed an enhanced level of protection to match the status of shareholders as the only members of the company. After all, the nexus of contracts theory defines the interests of the company as the interests of the shareholders. Yet, the judicial stance on this matter proves that the courts have actually curtailed the protection granted to shareholders by the Companies Act 2006; this clearly testifies to the deeply problematic nature of shareholder supremacy within the context of the nexus of contracts theory. The article will therefore argue that the dominant views in theory, academia and law, which continue to recognize a notion of absolute shareholder supremacy and exclusivity, flow mostly from ideology rather than reality. Ideological dogmatism has resulted in a very narrow, and in many ways distorted, definition of the company; one which left only the shareholders within its context albeit and paradoxically with a limited set of rights to control the management. The article argues that the current law should be reformed, aiming at creating a more inclusive company where shareholders would actually enjoy a bundle of rights appropriate for capital providers. The law should also be reformed so that stakeholders whose interests are integrally linked with the company’s fortune – such as employees and creditors – should be factored into the company. This is in the interests of both the company and the stakeholders

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Carroll, J. M., and W. A. Kellogg. "Artifact as theory-nexus: hermeneutics meets theory-based design." ACM SIGCHI Bulletin 20, SI (March 1989): 7–14. http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/67450.67452.

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Aksu, Eşref. "Locating Cosmopolitan Democracy in the Theory-Praxis Nexus." Alternatives: Global, Local, Political 32, no. 3 (July 2007): 275–94. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/030437540703200301.

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This article seeks to contextualize the concept of cosmopolitan democracy. Following a brief account of cosmopolitan thought as it relates to the idea of democracy, it focuses more closely on David Held's work over the last two decades. It then examines the role of the theory-praxis nexus in the parallel development of democratic theory and democratic practice at the global level. Held's work on cosmopolitan democracy reminds us that theory may prove useful even when it has to remain detached from existing practice for a long time for the simple reason that democratization on massive scales (more specifically, democratization of global governance) may have to benefit from possibilities rather than actualities.

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Ayotte, Kenneth, and Henry Hansmann. "A nexus of contracts theory of legal entities." International Review of Law and Economics 42 (June 2015): 1–12. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.irle.2014.10.001.

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Malterud, Andie S., and Anne M. Nicotera. "Expanding structurational divergence theory by exploring the escalation of incompatible structures to conflict cycles in nursing." Management Communication Quarterly 34, no. 3 (April 27, 2020): 384–401. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0893318920912738.

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Intractable workplace conflicts that impede individual and organizational success are common, yet little is understood about how such cycles are formed. Structurational divergence (SD) theory explains intractable conflict cycles resulting from incompatible meaning structures. SD-nexus is the interpenetration of equally compelling but incompatible structures, creating unresolvable conflicts, thus escalating the SD-nexus to the SD-cycle of intractable conflict: unresolvable conflict, immobilization, and erosion of development that perpetuates the unresolvable conflicts. The presence of both SD-nexus and SD-cycle is diagnosed as SD. SD has been studied in nursing, contributing to negative occupational outcomes (e.g., burnout, bullying, role conflict, low job satisfaction, and high turnover). No research has examined how SD-nexus escalates to SD-cycle. This study presents an exploratory secondary analysis of data from a previous study. Communication-related variables that are significantly correlated with SD were used to determine which may be associated with SD-nexus-to-SD-cycle escalation. Results suggest that nonconfrontational conflict management style and taking conflict personally may escalate SD. Future research examining these variables, along with self-efficacy and other variables gleaned from the literature, is recommended.

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Tonui, Kibet. "Automata Theory in the WEFW nexus: Experience from the cities in the Global South." International Journal of English Literature and Social Sciences 7, no. 4 (2022): 362–66. http://dx.doi.org/10.22161/ijels.74.54.

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The major societal interests among the urban community at the moment represent a wide array of sustainable energy, climatic regulation, proper water use and sustainable production and consumption of renewable resources. As people migrate to urban areas, and more than half of the world population now live in cities, more pressure is put on the Water-Energy-Food-Waste (WEFW) systems. Devoid of plans for sustainable provision of WEFW services, cities may suffer water stress, starvation, load shedding and choked with waste. In this regard, among the dilemmas faced by urban managers is which methodologies would appropriately fix these problems and why. They can either (i) treat each of these problems individually or (ii) address them as one complex problem. This paper adopts the Automata Theory (AT) to explain how these options are affected by the nature of WEFW nexus, in what way the effects are transferred in the states and the opportunities and cautions from this nexus that affect the management of urban dynamics. A total of 16 articles analysing WEFW nexus and 20 articles covering interactions between WEFW elements were reviewed. Results show that the management of the interconnections between the WEFW elements contributes to either the realization or the breakdown of the urban systems. Empirical studies to establish resultant interactions between nexus sub-systems and developing integrated planning tools for inclusive policy processes that consider the vast array of this nexus in the current complex systems is fundamental.

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MASUMBE, Peter SAKWE. "A Survey of the Nexus between the Group Theory in Public Policy-Making; and Diplomacy and Diplomatic Practices; and Its Impact on International Public Administration." Advances in Social Sciences Research Journal 8, no. 6 (June 15, 2021): 139–65. http://dx.doi.org/10.14738/assrj.86.10286.

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This article seeks to discern the nexus between the group theory in public policy-making in domestic politics; and diplomacy and diplomatic practices in international relations. Apparently, diplomacy and diplomatic practices, though strands of international relations, pivot on group theory’s doctrines. Herein, I argue that, there exist a nexus between the group theory, diplomacy and diplomatic practices, which fashions the character of international public administration. Given the literature dearth in this domain, I offer a framework based on Charles Lindblom’s Incrementalism and the Realist Theory to show how the nexus between the group theory of domestic politics; and diplomacy and diplomatic practices impacts international public administration. The research purpose is to boost deeper theoretical and empirical understanding of public administration, since the group theory aims at causing group equilibrium amongst competing groups in domestic politics; while diplomacy promotes group’s (state) interest (power) over another group’s (state) interest (power) in international politics.

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Tye, Mari R., Olga V. Wilhelmi, Andrea L. Pierce, Saloni Sharma, Iuliana Nichersu, Michał Wróblewski, Wojciech Goszczyński, et al. "The food water energy nexus in an urban context: Connecting theory and practice for nexus governance." Earth System Governance 12 (April 2022): 100143. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.esg.2022.100143.

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Mukhtar, Jamilu Ibrahim, and Ahmad Salisu Abdullahi. "Security-Development Nexus." Journal of Contemporary Sociological Issues 2, no. 1 (February 23, 2022): 18. http://dx.doi.org/10.19184/csi.v2i1.25815.

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The article investigates the nexus between security and development in Nigeria. To do that, the article reviewed some security challenges in Nigeria and examined how they undermine the developmental aspiration of the country. Security of life and property is tied with the fundamental human rights partly because both security and freedom are indicators of development and partly because lack of individual and group freedom is squarely implicated on their ability to do everyday life activities within the context of all social structures- political, economic, socio-cultural, and religious. The paper adopted Conflict theory and Amartya Sen’s (1999) Development as Freedom thesis to explain the nexus between security and development in Nigeria. The article finds that there are different cases of security challenges in Nigeria, such as kidnapping, terrorism, cultism, political violence, and assassination of some serving and retired political leaders, as well as religious priests. The nexus between the two concepts is practical because the absence of security in a country will not allow a country to develop. The article concludes that the developmental challenges of Nigeria can be attributed to the myriad security challenges in the country. Thus, the article recommends that policy formulations on national development should not focus only on increasing GNP and GDP of the country’s economy as a strategy for development, but should design security measures as criteria for national development. Keywords: Security, Development, Security Challenges, Security-Development Nexus

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Heathcote, Owen. "Balzac and Theory, Balzac as Theory." Paragraph 32, no. 2 (July 2009): 197–213. http://dx.doi.org/10.3366/e0264833409000534.

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This article considers the changing relationship between Balzac and theory from the 1970s onwards when Balzac was a favoured, if disparaged, object of theorization, as in Barthes's S/Z. More recent critics, however, see the multi-layered énonciations of/in his texts as evidence of their ability to theorize their own relationship to history, society, sexuality — and literature. In the same way, moreover, as texts such as Sarrasine and Une passion dans le désert critique their own relation to literature, ostensibly theoretical Balzac texts such as Une théorie de la démarche turn theory into a form of fiction. Whether moving from literature to theory or from theory to literature, Balzac — or ‘Balzac’/Balzac — is thus shown to be (at) a nexus of literature, theory and literary theory.

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Botai, Joel O., Christina M. Botai, Katlego P. Ncongwane, Sylvester Mpandeli, Luxon Nhamo, Muthoni Masinde, Abiodun M. Adeola, et al. "A Review of the Water–Energy–Food Nexus Research in Africa." Sustainability 13, no. 4 (February 6, 2021): 1762. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su13041762.

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Notwithstanding the dispersed nature of the water, energy and food (WEF) nexus scholarship in the African continent, its strategic importance to the African agenda has gained widespread attention in research and planning circles. In this regard, the bibliometric science mapping and content analysis of the WEF nexus scientific publication trends, the conceptual, intellectual and social structures, as well as the inherent paradigmatic shifts in the WEF nexus body of knowledge in the African continent have been undertaken, using the nexus body of literature accessed from the Web of Science and Scopus core collection databases. The review results confirmed that, whilst the WEF nexus scholarship has expanded since 2013, there is also evidence of growth in the conceptual, intellectual and social structures of the WEF nexus in the African continent. These shifts have resulted in the emergence of hot topics (subfields) including modelling and optimization, climate variability and change, environmental ecosystem services sustainability, and sustainable development and livelihoods. The review further determined that these structures have evolved along two main perspectives of WEF nexus research development, i.e., the interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary domains. In support of the interpretation of the visual analytics of the intellectual structure and changing patterns of the WEF nexus research, the shifts in positivist, interpretivist and pragmatic paradigmatic perspectives (these are underpinned by the ontology, epistemology, and methodology and methods) are considered when explaining WEF nexus research shifts: (a) From the unconnected silo paradigms that focus on water, energy and food (security concerns) to interconnected (and sometimes interdependent or nested) linkages or systems incorporating environmental, social-economic and political drivers (also viewed as subfields) in a bid to holistically support the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) across the African continent; and (b) in the evaluation of the WEF nexus scholarship based on novel analytical approaches. We contend that whilst the theories of science change underpin this apparent expansion, the macro-economic theory will find use in explaining how the WEF nexus research agenda is negotiated and the Integrative Environmental Governance (IEG) is the duly suited governance theory to bridge the inherent disconnect between WEF nexus output and governance processes uncovered in the literature. Overall, operational challenges and opportunities of the WEF nexus abound, transitioning the WEF nexus research to practice in Africa, motivating the need to take advantage of the scholar–practitioner research underpinnings, as contemplated in the transdisciplinary research approach, which is characterised by the dual quest for new knowledge and considerations of use. Yet, there is need for more coordinated and collaborative research to achieve impact and transition from WEF nexus thinking to WEF nexus practice.

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Marongwe, Stuart. "The Nexus graviton: A quantum of Dark Energy and Dark Matter." International Journal of Geometric Methods in Modern Physics 11, no. 06 (July 2014): 1450059. http://dx.doi.org/10.1142/s0219887814500595.

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In a recently published paper called Nexus: A quantum theory of space-time, gravity and the quantum vacuum by the above author, a plausible self-consistent quantum theory of space-time, gravity and the quantum vacuum is provided. In this current paper the author focuses primarily on the graviton as described in Nexus as a solution to the enigmatic phenomena of Dark Energy and Dark Matter as well as includes corrections to the first paper.

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Whiteford, Gail, and Ellie Fossey. "Occupation: The essential nexus between philosophy, theory and practice." Australian Occupational Therapy Journal 49, no. 1 (March 2002): 1–2. http://dx.doi.org/10.1046/j.0045-0766.2002.00317.x.

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Milliken, P. Jane, and Rita Schreiber. "Examining the Nexus between Grounded Theory and Symbolic Interactionism." International Journal of Qualitative Methods 11, no. 5 (December 2012): 684–96. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/160940691201100510.

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Časni, Anita Čeh, and Josipa Filić. "Tourism housing price nexus." Croatian Review of Economic, Business and Social Statistics 8, no. 2 (December 1, 2022): 53–65. http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/crebss-2022-0010.

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Abstract Tourism’s positive and negative externalities are of an extreme social and economic importance for the tourism dominant countries. In particular, studying tourism’s impact on housing prices has experienced increased interest over the past decade as it has a relevant influence on real estate economics and housing market development, which spills over the entire economy. Considering the limited existing literature, the objective of this paper is to provide an overview of the previous studies, which summarizes prevailing findings about the impact of tourism on housing prices with respect to three different streams: tourism activity, tourism accommodation capacity and tourism amenities. This paper offers a comprehensive theoretical background and clear-cut insight in tourism’s impact on housing prices, with a great attention to possible issues that may emerge due to tourism heterogeneity across countries. For the same reason, it is beneficiary not only to real estate agents but likewise to decision makers in tourism industry.

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Marwa, Nyankomo, and Stephen Zhanje. "A Review of Finance–Growth Nexus Theories: How Does Development Finance Fits in?" Studies in Business and Economics 10, no. 1 (April 1, 2015): 83–91. http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/sbe-2015-0007.

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Abstract The finance growth-nexus debates have been contentious over the past three decades both empirically and theoretically. To contribute to this debate, the current paper presents a concise review of finance-growths nexus theoretical development and the current debate around growth-finance nexus theories. Then, it extends the current theoretical debate to include development finance within the broader scheme of finance-growth discourse. The key emerging trend is that, most of the contemporary theories trying to explain finance growth nexus have been exclusively focusing on the standard finance in general. Little attention has been devoted to understand the role of development finance on finance-growth nexus. It concludes that, for a more comprehensive understanding of the finance growth nexus, the role of development finance should be integrated in theory of finance-growth nexus. The paper demonstrates that conventional model of finance-growth nexus is more likely to underestimate the magnitude of the impact of finance on economic growth especially for less developed countries. The paper suggests that, a model which breakdown the finance into standard finance subgroup and development finance subgroup may provide more accurate and insightful findings.

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Murray, Robert. "Is Davidson's Theory of Action Consistent?" Canadian Journal of Philosophy 25, no. 3 (September 1995): 317–34. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00455091.1995.10717418.

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A theory of human action should provide an account of the connection between reason and action when an agent acts for a reason, and it should provide an account of the explanatory force of explanations of actions. On the causal theory of action, the connection between reasons and actions is that of event causality and explanations of actions are modeled on ordinary causal explanations, where events are explained by citing other events as their causes. A once common objection to the causal theory had it that reasons cannot be causes, since explanations of actions do not fit reason and action into a nomic nexus expressed by laws or law-like generalizations. Against this train of thought, Donald Davidson defends a version of the causal theory by arguing that the view that the connection between reasons and actions is that of event causality and the view that explanations of actions do not fit reasons and actions into a nomic nexus are compatible. Davidson's theory generated a small industry of criticism focusing on the implications of his version of the causal theory for the nature of the causal connection between reasons and actions.

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Gearon, Liam, and Arniika Kuusisto. "Researching religious authority in education: Political theology, elites’ theory and the double nexus." Power and Education 10, no. 1 (March 2018): 3–24. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1757743818757256.

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This article provides a theoretical frame to structure methodological approaches to examining religious authority in education. It does so by examining the complex, overlapping relationship between secular and religious authority and the institutional power of education evident through responses to issues of cultural expression. The political theologies research examined ongoing tensions – accommodations, conflicts and resolutions – of religious authority with secular political systems, legal frameworks and institutions of educational replication. Through the data it became clear that education – in the broadest sense, as well as in its formal institutional structures – provided a mediating role for power exchanges between religious and political authority, which was especially evident in responses of religious leaders to issues of cultural and self-expression. Through interviews with senior religious leaders and authority figures in England – technically religious ‘elites’ – the findings provide insights into a ‘double nexus’ conceptual framework for researching religious authority in education: first, the internal nexus within religious traditions and, second, the external nexus of religious communities with secular, legal and political authority. Theoretically and methodologically, this represents a critical synthesis of political theology and elites’ theory, providing as yet underexplored possibilities for researching religious authority in education.

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Covella, Francis Dolores. "The Choral Nexus in Doctor Faustus." Studies in English Literature, 1500-1900 26, no. 2 (1986): 201. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/450504.

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Brady, Laurie, Gilda Segal, Anne Bamford, and Christine E. Deer. "Students’ Perceptions of the Theory/Practice Nexus in Teacher Education." Educational Practice and Theory 20, no. 1 (January 1, 1998): 5–16. http://dx.doi.org/10.7459/ept/20.1.02.

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Robinson, Richard Michael. "Nexus Theory as a New Perspective of the Management Norm." Academy of Management Proceedings 2020, no. 1 (August 2020): 13776. http://dx.doi.org/10.5465/ambpp.2020.13776abstract.

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Leck, Hayley, Declan Conway, Michael Bradshaw, and Judith Rees. "Tracing the Water–Energy–Food Nexus: Description, Theory and Practice." Geography Compass 9, no. 8 (August 2015): 445–60. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/gec3.12222.

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Wilner, Alexandre S. "The Environment-Conflict Nexus: Developing Consensus on Theory and Methodology." International Journal 62, no. 1 (2006): 169. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/40204253.

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Caro, Denis. "The nexus of transformational leadership of emergency services systems." International Journal of Emergency Services 5, no. 1 (May 3, 2016): 18–33. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/ijes-11-2015-0024.

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Purpose – In the face of diverse national and international threats, the purpose of this paper is to explore the transformational leadership challenges in emergency services systems in Canada. These adaptive complex systems respond to critical mass emergencies, disasters and catastrophes. Design/methodology/approach – This qualitative research study uses grounded theory to examine the phenomenology of emergency services leadership from systems perspective. Using the theoretical Wu-Shi-Ren (WSR)-Li systems paradigm, this key informant study of 103 emergency leaders from 81 organizations focusses on the systemic challenges that transformational leaders face in emergency services systems. The response rate was 83.5 percent using a semi-structured and open-ended questionnaire. Findings – This key informant study underscores the competencies for transformational leadership and identifies 12 key leadership challenges in the context of the future evolution of emergency services systems. From the use of a grounded theory methodology, the new theory of transcendental transformational emergency leadership is posited. Research limitations/implications – Qualitative studies such as this key informant study underscores the relevance of the WSR-Li systems paradigm and grounded theory approach in discerning leadership challenges that are specific if not unique to emergency services systems. Practical implications – This study underscores the theoretical and pragmatic implications of the transformational leadership challenges for leadership paradigms, innovation and inter-sectorial collaborative networks and possible future emergency services research. Social implications – This study stresses the importance of addressing leadership challenges of emergency services systems as instrumental in ultimately saving lives, minimizing injuries and assuring complete health and social recovery from the scourges of emergency events nationally and internationally. Originality/value – Qualitative studies of the perspectives of strategic emergency leadership of systemic emergency services systems has not hitherto been done in Canada nor internationally. This key informant study underscores the relevance of the WSR-Li systems paradigm and grounded theory approach in discerning transformational leadership challenges that are specific if not unique to emergency services systems. Moreover, from the use of a grounded theory approach, a new theory of transcendental transformational emergency leadership emerged.

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Osterloh, Margit, and Bruno S. Frey. "Corporate governance for knowledge production: Theoretical foundations and practical implications." Corporate Ownership and Control 3, no. 4 (2006): 164–74. http://dx.doi.org/10.22495/cocv3i4c1p2.

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Agency Theory as the dominant view of Corporate Governance disregards that the key task of firm governance is to generate, accumulate, transfer, and protect firm specific knowledge. Three different foundations to the theory of the firm which underpin different concepts of corporate governance are discussed: The traditional view of the firm as a nexus of contracts, the view of the firm as a nexus of firm specific investments and the view of the firm as a nexus of firm specific knowledge investments. The latter view distinguishes two fundamental differences between contracting firm specific knowledge investments in contrast to financial investment: (1) A knowledge worker cannot contract his or her future knowledge in the same way as the exchange of tangible goods; (2) Only insiders can evaluate firm specific knowledge generation and transformation. We suggest a concept of corporate governance that takes investments infirm specific knowledge into account: (1) The board should rely more on insiders; (2) Those employees of the firm making firm-specific knowledge investments should elect the insiders; (3) A neutral person should chair the board. This concept provides a theoretical foundation of corporate governance based in the knowledge-based theory of the firm.

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Asanović, Željka. "Essay on Finance-Growth Nexus." Journal of Central Banking Theory and Practice 9, no. 1 (January 1, 2020): 97–109. http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/jcbtp-2020-0006.

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AbstractThere is a long tradition in literature that banks can play a special role in the propagation of economic fluctuations. Theory suggests many channels through which financial system affects, and is affected by, economic growth. One of the most important empirical studies on this topic shows a strong positive relation between financial development and economic growth. However, the hypothesis that credit expansion is the main development instrument was challenged in the Asian crisis in the second half of the 1990s, and then even more strongly in the crisis after 2008 which was followed by almost a decade of economic stagnation. Development of the banking sector in Southeast European countries in the pre-crisis period was characterized by relatively high credit growth rates and, consequently, with an increase of the credit-to-GDP ratio. Some authors argue that the marginal effect of financial depth on economic growth becomes negative when credit to the private sector reaches about 100% of GDP. Taking into account relatively low level of credit-to-GDP ratio, we may assume that there is still enough room for finance to contribute to economic growth in Southeast European countries.

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Baporikar, Neeta. "Student Learning and Information Technology Nexus." International Journal of Service Science, Management, Engineering, and Technology 7, no. 2 (April 2016): 34–45. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/ijssmet.2016040103.

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The evidence illustrating enhancement in student learning through information technology (IT) is still questioned in many disciplines, yet education institutions world over are adopting IT with a hope of enhancing the learning effectiveness. Through exhaustive literature review and grounded theory approach this paper investigates the learning – IT nexus in knowledge society and reflects on the use of IT to augment and enhance student learning. It explores what evidence exists to illustrate that IT enhances learning, and how this changes the practice of teaching. The findings indicate that there is a strong nexus between teaching and IT in current scenario. The paper also proposes a framework for augmenting learning through IT which is crucial for the knowledge management and development.

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Hendel, Ronald. "Abram’s Journey as Nexus." Vetus Testamentum 69, no. 4-5 (October 14, 2019): 567–93. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/15685330-12341383.

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AbstractA plea for the complementarity of Literarkritik and literary criticism in biblical scholarship, with a partial genealogy of recent developments, followed by a detailed study of Abram’s journey in Gen 11:27-12:9 in the non-P and P texts. Particular attention is paid to stylistic repetitions and implicit links to other texts, yielding a nexus of foreshadowings and backshadowings in each of the component texts. Conclusions include the viability of this non-P text (formerly known as J) and the P text as continuous sources in the Pentateuch, each with a distinctive poetics.

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Morgan, Mary E. "Highway to Vision: This Sea Our Nexus." World Literature Today 68, no. 4 (1994): 663. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/40150607.

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Davis, Ann Boyd, and Amy M. Hageman. "An Exploration of State Income Tax Nexus: Does Economic Nexus Really Benefit States?" Journal of the American Taxation Association 36, no. 1 (August 1, 2013): 105–35. http://dx.doi.org/10.2308/atax-50602.

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ABSTRACT While considerable attention in the state taxation literature has been devoted to understanding how much of a corporation's income is subject to tax in a state, much less has been placed on understanding the more critical question of whether a corporation is subject to tax in a given state in the first place (Wildasin 2010). This study investigates the antecedents of state income tax nexus and the influence of economic nexus adoption on state corporate tax revenue collections with a two-stage least squares model using an instrumental variable approach and panel data from 2000–2009. The results of this model indicate that adoptions of economic nexus standards are more common in states with a weaker domiciled business group presence, consistent with interest group theory; adoptions are also more common among states with no required combined reporting, no NOL carryback provisions, the imposition of an alternative minimum tax (AMT), and a higher gross state product. Interestingly, after the first year of adoption, states that adopt economic nexus standards have no statistically significant difference in corporate tax revenue collections compared to those that follow a physical presence standard. In additional analyses, we determine that the interactive influences between diffusion and political factors and between diffusion and interest group factors also affect states' economic nexus adoptions. These results contribute to the taxation literature by suggesting that states' economic nexus standard adoptions are carried out for interest group, political, and regional diffusion reasons, and are not associated with any long-term discernible effects on state corporate taxation revenues. Data Availability: The data used in this study are available from public sources identified in the text and Table 2.

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Bula, Andrew. "Citation and Narration as the Nexus of Kristeva’s Theory of Intertextuality." Journal of Critical Studies in Language and Literature 3, no. 2 (January 22, 2022): 7–14. http://dx.doi.org/10.46809/jcsll.v3i2.130.

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The theory of intertextuality as formulated by French scholar, Julia Kristeva, is much too misunderstood in critical circles. In many instances, the line of thinking is that intertextuality is simply a matter of influence – that is, the influence of one author on another or of one text (book) or more on another book or other books, et cetera. This study, therefore, purposes to understand Kristeva’s theory of intertextuality; and, what is more, to unearth the central meaning of the theory, and the role of culture in the discourses. As a consequence, the full range of the theory, enumerated under these headings: The Novel as an Utterance, the Symbol as Ideologeme, the Sign as Ideologeme, Text Production, Intertextuality: An Analysis of Utterances, are all duly taken into account in this reading. In the end, it is laid bare that indeed the meaning of intertextuality does not in the main reside in the general notion of influence associated with the theory, although influence is implicated in it in principle. Rather, it is uncovered that the thrust of intertextuality is really what Kristeva designates as citation and narration, citation being dialogue and therefore the speech act of the character and narration being writing and hence the speech act of the narrator in the text of the novel.

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Naidoo, Dhesigen, Luxon Nhamo, Sylvester Mpandeli, Nafisa Sobratee, Aidan Senzanje, Stanley Liphadzi, Rob Slotow, Michael Jacobson, Albert T. Modi, and Tafadzwanashe Mabhaudhi. "Operationalising the water-energy-food nexus through the theory of change." Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 149 (October 2021): 111416. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rser.2021.111416.

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Docquier, Frédéric. "The Emigration-Development Nexus: Recent Advances from the Growth Theory Perspective." Revue d'économie du développement 25, no. 3 (2017): 45. http://dx.doi.org/10.3917/edd.313.0045.

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Calvino, Flavio, and Maria Enrica Virgillito. "THE INNOVATION-EMPLOYMENT NEXUS: A CRITICAL SURVEY OF THEORY AND EMPIRICS." Journal of Economic Surveys 32, no. 1 (January 11, 2017): 83–117. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/joes.12190.

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Tombazos, Christis G. "A Production Theory Approach to the Imports and Wage Inequality Nexus." Economic Inquiry 41, no. 1 (January 2003): 42–61. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ei/41.1.42.

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Gu, Xinhua, Guoqiang Li, Chun Kwok Lei, Li Sheng, and Qingbin Zhao. "The inequality-housing price nexus in tourist resorts: theory and evidence." Asia-Pacific Journal of Accounting & Economics 27, no. 1 (November 1, 2019): 132–50. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/16081625.2020.1686842.

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Azarvan, Amir. "Are Highly Theistic Countries Dumber? Critiquing the Intelligence-Religiosity Nexus Theory." Catholic Social Science Review 18 (2013): 151–68. http://dx.doi.org/10.5840/cssr20131812.

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Grabowski, Ute, and Ellen Kittel-Wegner. "Book Review: A General Theory of Entrepreneurship: The Individual-Opportunity Nexus." International Journal of Globalisation and Small Business 1, no. 3 (2006): 319. http://dx.doi.org/10.1504/ijgsb.2006.010614.

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Milne, Simon, and Irena Ateljevic. "Tourism, economic development and the global-local nexus: Theory embracing complexity." Tourism Geographies 3, no. 4 (January 2001): 369–93. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/146166800110070478.

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Jabbar, Usama Bin, Farida Saleem, Muhammad Imran Malik, Saiqa Saddiqa Qureshi, and Ramayah Thursamy. "Abusive leadership and employee commitment nexus: Conservation of resources theory perspective." Cogent Business & Management 7, no. 1 (January 1, 2020): 1857993. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/23311975.2020.1857993.

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Verschure, Paul F. M. J. "Distributed Adaptive Control: A theory of the Mind, Brain, Body Nexus." Biologically Inspired Cognitive Architectures 1 (July 2012): 55–72. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bica.2012.04.005.

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Stetsenko, A. P. "Critical Challenges in Cultural-Historical Activity Theory: the Urgency of Agency." Cultural-Historical Psychology 16, no. 2 (2020): 5–18. http://dx.doi.org/10.17759/chp.2020160202.

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The article addresses the challenge of conceptualizing agency within a non-dichotomous, dialectical approach that gives full credit to the social roots of agency and does justice to it being an achievement of togetherness possible only in a communal world shared with others. Critical steps in this direction are undertaken by the Transformative Activist Stance (TAS) approach advanced by this article’s author and further developed and applied to various topics by scholars from many parts of the world. This approach is firmly rooted in cultural-historical activity theory yet also moves beyond it in overcoming some of its impasses. The core elements of TAS are discussed to reveal how they coalesce on the nexus of social practices of self- and world-making. Agency is the process that enacts this nexus of ongoing, ceaseless social-individual transformations whereby people simultaneously, in one process, co-create their world and themselves so that each individual person makes a difference and matters in the totality of social practices. Ethical-political entailments of TAS are discussed to combat the legacy of passivity and inequality still permeating psychology and neighboring fields.

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Vaona, Andrea. "INFLATION AND GROWTH IN THE LONG RUN: A NEW KEYNESIAN THEORY AND FURTHER SEMIPARAMETRIC EVIDENCE." Macroeconomic Dynamics 16, no. 1 (March 7, 2011): 94–132. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1365100510000453.

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This paper explores the influence of inflation on economic growth both theoretically and empirically. We propose to merge an endogenous growth model of learning by doing with a New Keynesian one with sticky wages. We show that the intertemporal elasticity of substitution of working time is a key parameter for the shape of the inflation–growth nexus. When it is set equal to zero, the inflation–growth nexus is weak and hump-shaped. When it is greater than zero, inflation has a sizable and negative effect on growth. Endogenizing the length of wage contracts does not lead to inflation superneutrality in the presence of a fixed cost of wage resetting. Adopting various semiparametric and instrumental-variable estimation approaches on a cross-country/time-series data set, we show that increasing inflation reduces real economic growth, consistent with our theoretical model with a positive intertemporal elasticity of substitution of working time.

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Tang, Weiyuan, Xue Jiang, Kun Ding, Yi-Xin Xiao, Zhao-Qing Zhang, C. T. Chan, and Guancong Ma. "Exceptional nexus with a hybrid topological invariant." Science 370, no. 6520 (November 26, 2020): 1077–80. http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.abd8872.

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Branch-point singularities known as exceptional points (EPs), which carry a nonzero topological charge, can emerge in non-Hermitian systems. We demonstrate with both theory and acoustic experiments an “exceptional nexus” (EX), which is not only a higher-order EP but also the cusp singularity of multiple exceptional arcs (EAs). Because the parameter space is segmented by the EAs, the EX possesses a hybrid topological invariant (HTI), which consists of distinct winding numbers associated with Berry phases accumulated by cyclic paths on different complex planes. The HTI is experimentally characterized by measuring the critical behaviors of the wave functions. Our findings constitute a major advance in the fundamental understanding of non-Hermitian systems and their topology, possibly opening new avenues for applications.

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Chen, Bin, and Shaoqing Chen. "Urban metabolism and nexus." Ecological Informatics 26 (March 2015): 1–2. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoinf.2014.09.010.

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Wu, Yang Fang, Shu Li Sun, and Hua Liu. "The "Nexus" Teaching Method in Mechanical Engineering Courses." Advanced Materials Research 591-593 (November 2012): 2199–202. http://dx.doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/amr.591-593.2199.

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Advanced CDIO engineering education philosophy, emphasizing the design of integrated curriculum plans. Traditional mechanical engineering plan is hard to be increased the curriculum content and hours. A "nexus" method is proposed in this paper, through the redistribution of the available time and resources to achieve integration curriculum plans. Theory mechanics as an important course of mechanical engineering discipline is described in detail to implement the “nexus” teaching method. The professional learning interests of students is improved effectively, the bad habit of "learn a new course, forget an old one" for the college students is changed to a certain extent.

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