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Best practices in the Japanese software market

2007

Globalization of software markets is driving software firms to seek market share and growth opportunities from leading software markets in the world. As the second largest software market, Japan offers high growth potential for foreign software firms. In Japan, the information and communication technology industry is the largest market sector, and the size of the software market in Japan was US$131.8 billion in 2004. Despite great opportunities in the Japanese market, entering the market and conducting successful business there can be difficult due to cultural differences between Japan and Western countries. In this multi-case study we focus on nine software firms in order to examine the be…

An Examination of the Structure of the Career Decision Self-Efficacy Scale (Short Form) Among Italian High School Students

2013

This study aims to evaluate the factor structure of Career Decision Self-Efficacy scale-short form in a sample of Italian high school adolescents. confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) was used to test the degree to which a one-factor structure and a five-factor structure provided the best fit. In view of available research the five-factor structure was expected to provide the best fit. Moreover, factorial invariance in males and females was tested. It was expected to be invariant across groups. As expected the five-factor structure showed a better fit than the one-factor model and the factorial invariance resulted invariant across boys and girls.

CREDIT RISK MANAGEMENT IN COMMERCIAL BANKS

2016

The article proposes a model of credit risk assessment on the basis of factor analysis of retail clients / borrowers in order to ensure predictive control of the level of risk posed by potential clients in commercial banks engaged in consumer lending. The aim of the study is to determine the level of risk represented by different groups (classes) of retail clients (borrowers) in order to reduce and prevent credit risk in the future as well as to improve the management of banking risks. The main results of the study are the creation of a model of borrowers’ internal credit ratings and the development of the methods of improving credit risk management in commercial banks.

‘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…

Organizational commitment and its effects on organizational citizenship behavior in a high-unemployment environment

2016

[EN] Organizational commitment is an important concept in management and a construct on which extensive research exists. This study considers the relationship of the three dimensions of organizational commitment (affective, normative, and continuance commitment) with employees' organizational citizenship behavior in a high-unemployment environment. By analyzing the effect of high unemployment on the displacement of the self-concept from individual toward relational and collective levels, this work predicts differences in the effect of unemployment on each of the organizational-commitment dimensions. The results show that in a high-unemployment environment the affective and normative dimensi…