Provincial partiesProvincial partiesThe Fraser Institute is a classical liberal/libertarian Canadian public policy think tank and registered charity. The institute is headquartered in Vancouver, with additional offices in Calgary, Toronto, and Montreal, and ties to a global network of 80 think tanks through the Economic Freedom Network. It is a member of the Atlas Network of libertarian policy lobbyists.According to the January 2020 Global Go To Think Tank Index Report (Think Tanks and Civil Societies Program, University of Pennsylvania), Fraser is number 14 (of 8,200) in the "Top Think Tanks Worldwide" and number 1 in the "Top Think Tanks in Mexico and Canada".
Purpose Strategic pivoting, the decision to invest in shifting the attention of an organization, is no longer limited to early-stage organizations and entrepreneurs but has, without a discussion of complications, been applied to large corporations and public agencies. Design/methodology/approach This conceptual paper defines strategic pivoting, highlights the centrality of pivoting in new and entrepreneurial organizations and critically examines its application as a strategy fostering organizational agility in corporations. Findings Pivoting in the corporate context complicates the ease of executing an attention shift by introducing a path-dependent momentum that requires modification of the time horizon, stakeholder strategy and the frequency of pivoting. Practical implications This comparative examination of pivoting highlights the importance of organizational size, complexity, degree of specialization and path-dependent history when deciding to pivot. Originality/value The present ease with which the strategic pivot is treated as an adaptive strategy to corporate leaders seeking greater flexibility overstates the ease of execution.
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As one of the most prevalent chronic bacterial infections, Helicobacter pylori has had a uniquely significant impact on human pathology. Infection with H. pylori has been shown to be involved in a wide array of gastrointestinal diseases, from peptic ulcer disease to gastric malignancy. Here, we present an 82 year-old patient who was found to have a large ulcerated gastric mass, along with a concomitant H. pylori infection. Gastric biopsies later revealed a gastric MALT (mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue) lymphoma, suspicious of transformation to a high-grade diffuse large B-cell lymphoma. Primary treatment with Helicobacter eradication therapy resulted, remarkably, in complete endoscopic and histologic resolution of the lymphoma only three weeks after the completion of triple therapy. Through this illustrative case, we review the controversies in the management of high-grade gastric lymphoma, as well as the clinical practice surrounding endoscopic surveillance for malignancy follow-up.
Two forms of uncertainty in climate policy are the wide range of estimated marginal costs and uncertainty over credibility of rival information sources. We show how a recently-proposed solution to the first problem also helps address the second. The policy is an emissions tax tied to average temperatures, coupled with permits that exempt the emitter from paying the tax in a future year. It has been shown that the resulting tax path will be correlated with future marginal damages. It has been conjectured that the permit prices will yield unbiased forecasts of the climate, which, if true, would address the second uncertainty. We confirm the conjecture by describing a trading mechanism that converges on unbiased forecasts if traders are risk-neutral. Risk aversion slows down but does not prevent convergence. We also show that the forecasts are more likely to be sufficient statistics the stronger the consensus on climate science.
This paper provides a descriptive account of the growing landscape of school choice in Canada through a comparative analysis of funding and student enrolment in the public, independent and home-based education sectors in each province. Given that the provinces have responsibility for K-12 education, the mixture of public, independent and home school education varies rather widely by province, as does the level of funding and regulation. Delivery and funding of public education in Canada has long prioritized limited linguistic and religious pluralism, providing various options for English or French, and Catholic or Protestant alternatives to qualified parents. More recently growing numbers of parents have been seeking more options for their children’s education. This has fueled slow but steady growth in independent schools and home schooling.
