The Functioning Mechanism of the System of Legal Incentives and Restrictions in the Investment Policy of the Construction Sector by T. I. Metshin

“…Russia’s current civil law governing construction matters is inadequate for the turbulent economic times. While construction and other related contracts provide general solutions to the urgent tasks, they still fail to offer clear guidelines for navigating the relations amid the changes triggered by the global events such as sanctions or other unilateral coercive measures. …”
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Influence of the economic cycle on the determinants of nascent entrepreneurial activity. An empirical analysis of the Spanish case by Jesús Martínez Mateo, Ignacio Mira Solves, José M.ª Gómez Gras

“…They remain influential in different economic times in which their analyses have been replicated, although some differences are felt that point to, in contraction periods, a loss of influence of the confidence in one’s own abilities, compared to an increase in the case of judgment on the existence of opportunities in the environment, and in the case of the presence of entrepreneurs in the surrounding context. …”
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SISTEMA FINANCEIRO: ABUSO DE PODER ECONÔMICO E IMPUNIDADE INSTITUCIONALIZADA by Aparecido de Oliveira Pereira, Shirley Oliveira Lima Nomura

“…The National Monetary Council, whose social representation does not answer to law principles nor the wishes of society, can overwhelm the powers fixed by the constitution, notedly Judiciary and Legislative, putting the whole society on its knees during hard economic times.…”
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Migrant self-selection in the presence of random shocks. evidence from the panic of 1907 by Escamilla-Guerrero, D, Lopez-Alonso, M

“…Shifts in migrant self-selection during and after the crisis were influenced by the enganche, an institution that reduced migration costs, but only for the "best" Mexicans during "good" economic times.…”

Energy Efficiency and Environmental Considerations for Green Data Centres by Uddin, M., Shah, Asadullah, Memon, Jamshed

“…Technology has the potential to create sustainable business and society both in grim and green economic times. Data centres are found major culprits in consuming too much energy in their overall operations and generating huge amount of CO2. …”

De l’usage contemporain de l’archéologie urbaine by Jacques Troadec

“…It is widely known that in recent years the growing tensions have something to do with the difficult economic times. However, the ever-growing reluctance and rhetoric identifying archaeology as a hindrance to economic development and to the future of the city is firstly a misunderstanding. …”
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International outsourcing over the business cycle: some intuition for Germany, the Czech Republic and Slovakia by Sandrine LEVASSEUR

“…Our econometrical estimates suggest that there would be an asymmetry in the international outsourcing across the states of the economy, meaning that multinationals firms would be engaged differently in outsourcing activities, depending on whether bad or good economic times occur. Yet, such an asymmetry is found increasing over the time for German and French multinationals operating in the transport equipment sector of Slovakia. …”
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Black Teenage Pregnancy by Loretta I. Winters, Paul C. Winters

“…No difference between Blacks and Whites was found during better economic times. During 2003-2004, the period of greatest economic stress, race was determined to be the only predictor of teenage pregnancy. …”
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The Minutemen and Anti-immigration Attitudes in California by Frédérick Douzet

“…Pete Wilson had unsuccessfully used this divisive issue to win presidential nomination, alienating minority voters in the State and therefore undermining the strength of the Republican party.Despite an apparent growing tolerance about diversity and good economic times, the issue came back to California both through the deterioration of the situation at the border and through the national debate over immigration reform in the mid-2000s. …”
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Eternal Interns: Kathrin Röggla’s Literary Treatment of Gendered Capitalism by Florence Feiereisen

“…This article examines the way in which author Kathrin Röggla treats these insecure economic times in her 2004 novel Wir schlafen nicht , with a focus on sex and gender in the New Economy. …”
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Law, South African Mothers Living in Poverty and the COVID-19 Pandemic by Pamela Nyawo

“… Sometimes being a mother in tough economic times can be a challenge. Socio-economic demands occasioned by the COVID-19 pandemic have been especially cumbersome for mothers already living under conditions of poverty. …”
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Organizational behavior from the perspective of the paradigme strategy-structure-performance (SSP) in the banking system by Gabriel CROITORU, Valentina Ofelia ROBESCU, Ion STEGAROIU, Oana OPRISAN

“…They can thus even foresee and cross difficult situations and economic times.…”
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Predictive Characteristics of Adequate Employment in Baccalaureate-Prepared Graduates by Cynthia Kiefer, Laura Kottkamp, Jana McQuaid, Justin Moses

“…Higher education institutions and policy leaders may be able to better ensure students gain employment, particularly during challenging economic times, by encouraging student participation in internships, extracurricular activities, and the selection of STEM majors. …”
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Prioritizing the Factor Weights Affecting Tourism Performance by FAHP by Quang Hung Do, Jeng Fung Chen

“…The allocation of limited resources to effectively promote tourism is one of the most important issues in the tourism industry, especially in tough economic times. This paper seeks to investigate the relative importance of the key factors affecting tourism performance by applying the fuzzy analytic hierarchy process (FAHP) method. …”
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Small business and entrepreneurial venture in an economic conundrum by John Amolo, Stephen O. Migiro

“…The unpredictable economic times call for a flexibility associated with an entrepreneurial economy. …”
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State Budget Crises and Access to College for Undocumented Students in the United States by Fanny Lauby

“…Even in better economic times, financial aid and access to in-state tuition often determine whether or not a student is going to attend college. …”
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The effect of investor sentiment on the means of earnings management by Sorah Park

“…Prior research has shown that a firm’s tendency to meet or beat earning targets is greater during bad economic times than good times. The paper extends this line of research by investigating which means of earnings management is used in different states of economy. …”
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Small and Exposed: Debt Accumulation in Canada’s Small Provinces by Ronald D. Kneebone

“… It hardly takes a shrewd premier to keep a province from racking up debt when economic times are good, and it does not necessarily take a reckless government to accumulate debt when economic times are tough. …”
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Task Challenge and Employee Performance: A Moderated Mediation Model of Resilience and Digitalization by Irfan Saleem, Tahir Masood Qureshi, Amitabh Verma

“…Lately, organizations are giving attention to enhancing employee resilience due to turbulent economic times caused by lockdowns in the last couple of years. …”
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Educational Strategies Employed by Successful SMEs in KwaZuluNatal by Gavin A. Chapman

“…Small size SMEs use a mixture of business ‘creativity’ to accommodate uncertain economic conditions and make quick decisions and have been able to succeed even during poor economic times. A new concept called ‘extremely flexibile’ strategic planning was introduced to enable small size SMEs to consider an alternate method of making strategic plans in a less-structured manner.…”
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