In contrast to these studies, very limited scholars have specifically studied with regard to the NGOs and the corporate environmental responsibility in the context of developed and developing countries (Tilling, & Davidson, 2006).
However, since each country would have its own NIS where industry-university linkages take different forms while assuming various functions in a nation, then understanding NIS in the context of developed versus developing countries requires a 'contingent or context-specific' viewpoint of industry-university relationships (Eun et al. 2006).
Previous studies have highlighted the socioeconomic gradient in the utilization of maternal health care in the context of developed and developing countries.
Indeed, the above factors were identified mainly in the context of developed countries and from the perspective of job applicants with high levels of job choice (Smith, et al., 2004).
Essentially, Carroll's two contributions (his original four-part construct in 1979, and the Pyramid model in 1991) were made in the context of developed countries, particularly American-type capitalistic societies, and this represents a failure in terms of transferability (see for example, Matten and Moon, 2005, p. 338; Visser 2006, p.36).
However, the evidence reviewed above for the associations between height and adult health outcomes comes largely from the United States or Western European nations, thus we believe there is value in continued investigation of determinants of linear growth in the context of developed countries, such as the United States.
The model was previously used in the contexts of developed and developing countries [29, 30, 31, 32].
The arguments for not providing the 'gold standard' available in developed countries were founded on the existing low 'standard of care' in the context of developing countries.
It examines the science, health considerations and regulations of contaminants in air, water and food in the context of both developed and developing countries.
Whether or not they succeed critically or artistically, let alone at the box office, movies in which sex is placed in the context of a developed story and acted out by characters blessed with the facility for language and emotions is a more threatening and intimate proposition.
The paper contributes to a growing area of knowledge about emergency relief chains and the management of cyclone response in the context of a developed, Western Asia-Pacific country by improving managerial understanding of the critical ingredients in designing and executing an effective emergency relief chain and overall cyclone response operation.
