Search results for " human resource management"

‘Too interconnected to fail’ financial network of US CDS market: Topological fragility and systemic risk

2012

A small segment of credit default swaps (CDS) on residential mortgage backed securities (RMBS) stand implicated in the 2007 financial crisis. The dominance of a few big players in the chains of insurance and reinsurance for CDS credit risk mitigation for banks' assets has led to the idea of too interconnected to fail (TITF) resulting, as in the case of AIG, of a tax payer bailout. We provide an empirical reconstruction of the US CDS network based on the FDIC Call Reports for off balance sheet bank data for the 4th quarter in 2007 and 2008. The propagation of financial contagion in networks with dense clustering which reflects high concentration or localization of exposures between few parti…

SEC's acceptance of IFRS-based financial reporting: An examination based in institutional theory

2016

In 2007 the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) made an historic ruling allowing foreign registrants to file IFRS-based financial statements without reconciling to U.S. GAAP. With that decision, the SEC changed its longstanding practice of adhering to a single set of accounting standards in the U.S. The decision diminishes the standing of two previously powerful institutions: U.S. GAAP and the SEC itself. We examine this important change drawing generally on institutional theory. We draw on several models to obtain insights into the likely roles of both regulator and regulatees, into the reasons the particular type of incremental change mechanism was observed, and into the influence of…

Case in Disruption: LexShares and the Litigation Finance Sector

2019

Specializing in crowdfunding litigation via a web‐based platform, LexShares is part of a new generation of businesses designed to take advantage of the opportunities for disintermediation offered by the digitization of the economy. By connecting investors directly to plaintiffs and lawyers, LexShares has created an alternative financial investment product that is not dependent on the performance of traditional financial markets. Its business model shows how a single company can revolutionize its business sector by introducing and leveraging a disruptive technology. The company's experiences in the realm of litigation finance offer myriad lessons for business leaders seeking a competitive ed…

Judgment designating Deliveroo ‘rider’ an employee and analysis of its impact on the ‘gig economy’

2018

The extension of collective agreements in France, Portugal and Spain

2020

This article examines the role of extension provisions for collective agreements in France, Portugal and Spain, three countries that have faced pressure to introduce more flexibility in their employment regimes during recent economic crises. The article establishes the continuing importance of extension provisions for maintaining high bargaining coverage in all three countries and traces the origin of national differences in their evolution to the strategies of the various actors, governments, employers and trade unions, and the context in which they are operating. It also looks at the characteristics of the extension regulations themselves.Cet article examine le rôle des mécanismes d’exten…

Organismes de formation et alternance

1984

Jean-Jacques Paul, Die Ausbildungsstatten und der Ablauf der wiederholten Folgeausbildung : einige Beobachtungen nach dem ersten Jahr der in Kraft getretenen Massnahmen zur Qualifizierung der 16-18 jährigen (« Dispositif 16-18 »). Die mit der wiederholten Folgeausbildung gebundenen Einsätze sind vielfältig ; sie beziehen sich sowohl auf ihre pädagogischen Potentialitäten als auch auf das Risiko, die Einführung einer neuen von jungen Lehrgangbesuchern gebildeten Beschäftigtengruppe zu fördern. Diese Problematik wird hier durch die Analyse des ersten Ausbildungsjahres seit dem Inkrafttreten der Massnahmen zur Qualifizierung und beruflichen Eingliederung der Jugendlichen im Alter von 16-18 Jah…

Translating strategy, values and identities in higher education: the case of multi-campus systems

2016

Online PR: emerging organisational practice

2001

This article describes recent changes in the media landscape where companies and organisations operate. Such changes have numerous impacts on the basic tenets of public relations as well as its practice, education and further education. The impacts are described, new practices for PR practitioners are identified, and guidelines are given. In the future, there will no longer be two kinds of PR practitioners persisting side by side: those using traditional tools and those practising online communication. Instead, PR practitioners will be expected to integrate all means of communication to be a part of their professional qualifications.

Conflicting Commitments: The Politics of Enforcing Immigrant Worker Rights in San Jose and Houston, by ShannonGleeson. Cornell University Press, Itha…

2014

A Model of Goal Dynamics in Organizations: Goal Setting, Goal Commitment, Training and Management by Objectives

2009

The purpose of the present work is to build a suitable system dynamics model for goal dynamics in organizations, as proposed by Barlas & Yasarcan (2008). The proposed model does not bear any ambition of being exhaustive: the main objective of this paper is to propose a model of goal dynamics in which Goal Setting, Management by Objectives and Training are viewed as human resource practices able to enhance workers’ goal commitment, and therefore, improve organizational performance. A causal loop and a quantitative model of goal dynamics in organizations are described. A base run and 4 different scenarios are provided. Limitations of the present research and conclusions are finally discussed.…