Public Choice - This paper provides a theoretical explanation as to why breakthrough innovations seem to be possible only within capitalist economies (Kornai in Dynamism, rivalry, and the surplus... 相似文献
Background: Although the prevalence of older patients in forensic psychiatric services is increasing, research around service provision for this population is very limited. We aimed to gather the views of members of staff on how well secure services are meeting the challenges of an ageing population.
Methods: Three focus groups were carried out with 13 members of staff working with older patients in secure services. A topic guide, based on the research team’s previous research, guided the sessions. The focus groups were audio-recorded, transcribed and analysed through thematic analysis.
Results: Two themes were identified: (1) Identifying patients’ needs, which focused on how promptly any emerging issues in the older patients are identified and reported; (2) addressing patients’ needs, which focused on how the unique needs of the older patients are addressed, once established.
Conclusions: There are unique age-related issues that may have an impact on the older patients’ opportunities for recovery, including a lack of specialist training for members of staff, prolonged stay in secure care and a limited number of age-relevant activities. Far from optimal, provision requires improvement through the active involvement of the primary stakeholders. 相似文献
From the early 1990s onwards, the institution of punitive damages in Chinese civil law has been introduced in translation, learned in discussion, and adopted over a 20 year period of development. Punitive damages were first provided for in Article 49 of the Consumer Protection Law (CPL) of 1993, and this institution has expanded into the field of tort liability with later laws (the Food Safety Law and the Tort Law), and judicial interpretation as supplement. Further, the latest amendment of the CPL has drawn attention to the following two points: (1) the calculation method has been amended leading to an increase in punitive damage amounts in most cases; (2) Article 55 specifies the corresponding provision in the CTL. It has coordinated and synchronized two institutions: punitive damages and mental injury compensation, in the way of entitling the consumer the "right to claim the amount of losses incurred" with the injury compensation. punitive compensation of not more than twice "the amount of losses" including the mental In the second part, the very basis upon which the developing legislations above rests is rooted in intense academic discussions regarding various aspects of punitive damages. Some quintessential topics thereof selected in this article concern: the legitimacy of punitive damages, commentaries on buying-fake-while-knowing-it, the calculation method for punitive damages, and the relationship between punitive damages and mental injury compensation. In the summary, the authors reveal certain negative trends in the application of punitive damages. 相似文献
The Journal of Technology Transfer - The mobility of highly skilled employees is seen as a critical way for organizations to transfer knowledge and to improve organizational performance. Yet, the... 相似文献
Sovereign Wealth Funds (SWFs) have become important and controversial in global economy. We analyze why some SWFs have more encompassing and clearly specified governance rules than others. We argue that SWF institutionalization is structurally rooted in a country’s regime type and number of veto players in public policymaking. Democracy promotes SWF institutionalization by its need for strong rule of law, voters trying to constrain opportunistic behaviors of politicians, and the free flow of information. In contrast, the number of veto players has a curvilinear effect. When the number of veto players is very small, institutionalization is too rigid, constraining, and not preferred; when the number of veto players is moderate, it is optimal for veto players to manage their conflict over SWF governance in a more routine and institutionalized fashion; and when the number of veto players grows above a threshold, it becomes too costly to coordinate and produce mutually agreeable institutional rules. Our empirical analysis of 46 SWFs in 30 countries from 2007 to 2009 provides robust confirming evidence. SWF governance is more institutionalized and transparent in democracies and in countries with four veto players. Our research has important theoretical and policy implications for the ongoing debate over SWF. 相似文献