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Read full paper at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=49166#.VJJNFMnQrzE Author(s) Wenbin Zhao * , Haiyan Yan , Hui Liu Affiliation(s) The School of Management, Shanghai University of International Business and Economics, Shanghai, China . ABSTRACT The hollowing-out degree of American local manufacturing enterprises has reached a rather high level due to the long-term off-shoring of the industries to other developing countries. Some U.S. companies started to show intentions to move their manufacturing back home—a strategy known as “re-shoring” since 2010. The re-shoring behavior in U.S. manufacturing has triggered much concern about U.S. Manufacturing Rebuilding. This article analyze...

Read full paper at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=50321#.VDXoGFfHRK0 Author(s)     Marian Adwowa Amu-Mensah 1 , Frederick K. Amu-Mensah 1 , Edward K. Abban 2 Affiliation(s) 1 Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), Water Research Institute (WRI), Accra, Ghana . 2 Intelligence Nature International (INI), Accra, Ghana . ABSTRACT Social institutions are one of the most important institutions in communities, especially in rural areas, where decision making depends on the chief, his elders or opinion leaders in the community. The study looked at the hindrances and catalysts they presented, to the introduction of an innovation (fish cage culture) and its acceptance. The paper, presents how...