Thomas Jefferson was among the first to recognize the profound social and political implications of a new nation consisting of small stakeholders.
In decentralized systems, problems can be solved early and when they are small; stakeholders are also generally more willing to pay to solve local challenges (like fixing a bridge), which often affect them in a direct way.
Instrumentalization of insecticides and Bt technology and their adoption by small stakeholders in India has hindered progress on ecologically based cotton production [85] and has contributed to human suffering.
The deal also provides some assurance for Mack-Cali, which, as a small but important stakeholder in Xanadu, is on board to build 700,000 square feet of office space once a critical mass is reached in retail.
They have vigorously campaigned in recent months to persuade 80 percent of the building's roughly 3,000 stakeholders to vote in favor of going public, even as a small group of stakeholders fought against the plan.
They are pressing for talks next month involving a small group of stakeholders in Europe, which would not include the current organisers European Rugby Cup Ltd, to discuss a formula drawn up at the end of October that would see the Six Nations committee take over the running of the tournament, with clubs put in charge of the commercial operation.
While all this money and frenzied preparation have lent the port an atmosphere of energy, it has also destabilized its inherent balance of forces, as a small group of stakeholders — shipping companies, terminal owners, the Port Authority, the longshoremen's union — jockeys to promote specific visions of the future.
The limitations of this article are that: only information from a small number of stakeholders was considered, thus the findings will not describe the exact situation for every individual case.
This study aimed to explore and understand the perspectives of a small group of stakeholders involved in health technology assessment (HTA) for evidence-informed decision making on policy in the Indian health system.
"The draft referred to included viewpoints from a small number of stakeholders, which without being set in the context of the views of all those involved in the programme and also the data on the delivery of Daedalus, could be misleading".
Value assessments and considerations are those of a small group of stakeholders, which is often the case in the policy decisionmaking process.
