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Some results on generalized coherence of conditional probability bounds
2003
Based on the coherence principle of de Finetti and a related notion of generalized coherence (g-coherence), we adopt a probabilistic approach to uncertainty based on conditional probability bounds. Our notion of g-coherence is equivalent to the 'avoiding uniform loss' property for lower and upper probabilities (a la Walley). Moreover, given a g-coherent imprecise assessment by our algorithms we can correct it obtaining the associated coherent assessment (in the sense of Walley and Williams). As is well known, the problems of checking g-coherence and propagating tight g-coherent intervals are NP and FP^NP complete, respectively, and thus NP-hard. Two notions which may be helpful to reduce co…
Estrategias de gestión de la impresión en los informes corporativos
2022
Esta tesis doctoral analiza la calidad y el uso de la divulgación discrecional de informes de sostenibilidad en América Latina en el marco de los estudios sobre Gestión de Impresiones (GI). Se analizan de forma específica las divulgaciones sobre el desempeño en el uso del agua, los aspectos que determinan la calidad de las divulgaciones de informes de sostenibilidad y cómo el género y el desempeño ambiental, como aspectos propios de la idiosincrasia latinoamericana, afectan la calidad de dicha divulgación. En este sentido, este trabajo analiza las motivaciones de las empresas de América Latina y las particularidades de las prácticas de divulgación en empresas de alto impacto social y ambien…
Nuovi modelli formativi per gli insegnanti in un’ottica di green economy: una riflessione sulla scuola multiculturale
2022
Il contributo propone un’ipotesi di ricerca pedagogica, con elementi teorici e metodologici, per le scuole multiculturali al fine di dar vita ad attività educative, formative e di orientamento per giovani migranti, mirate alla transizione ecologica. Il tutto dovrà realizzarsi in un’ottica di alleanza educativa con le famiglie di origine, ove presenti sul territorio ospitante, e le comunità di accoglienza. L’Agenda 2030, adottata dalla comunità internazionale nel 2015 per lo sviluppo sostenibile, pone le odierne migrazioni come “elemento fondamentale dello sviluppo sostenibile”. In tal senso, il PNR - Programma Nazionale per la Ricerca 2021-2027, nell’articolazione 8 dell'ambito di ricerca e…
Behind the curtain of international diversification: An agency theory perspective
2018
This paper dissects the antecedents of international diversification through the lens of the agency cost of free cash flow arguments. It explores whether the partial convergence of interests among managers, majority shareholders, and minority shareholders affects a firm's choice to diversify internationally. Using a sample panel of 60 Italian firms evaluated longitudinally from 2004 to 2014, the study tests whether a firm's international diversification is affected by its free cash flow (as the ultimate source of managerial discretion) and debt (as the main constraint to managerial discretion), especially in firm contexts that exacerbate agency problems. We find that the effects on internat…
Five insights from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019
2020
The Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors Study (GBD) 2019 provides a rules-based synthesis of the available evidence on levels and trends in health outcomes, a diverse set of risk factors, and health system responses. GBD 2019 covered 204 countries and territories, as well as first administrative level disaggregations for 22 countries, from 1990 to 2019. Because GBD is highly standardised and comprehensive, spanning both fatal and non-fatal outcomes, and uses a mutually exclusive and collectively exhaustive list of hierarchical disease and injury causes, the study provides a powerful basis for detailed and broad insights on global health trends and emerging challenges. GBD …
Categorization of the historic architecture in Palermo for the purpose of energy assessment
2015
Il contributo espone l'applicazione al centro storico di Palermo di un metodo di "categorizzazione", sviluppato nell'ambito del progetto europeo Effesus per analizzare le prestazioni energetiche di comparti di architettura storica. Lo studio si concentra sul "mandamento" Castellammare e mira a combinare questa descrizione per categorie con l'impostazione tipologica del Piano Particolareggiato Esecutivo del centro storico. The strategies to improve the energy performance of historic buildings can be compatible with their conservation if they are referred to material, construction, distribution features, strictly related to a local level. In the EU project EFFESUS, a method of categorization …
I caratteri locali dell'architettura storica come strumento di miglioramento energetico - Improving the energy performance of historic buildings thro…
2017
Il contributo espone un metodo per definire, su specifici contesti locali, un quadro generale di conoscenze utile a migliorare le prestazioni energetiche e ambientali dell’architettura storica in modo compatibile con le esigenze di conservazione. Tale approccio si fonda sull’analisi dei caratteri ricorrenti del patrimonio storico locale alla scala del componente tecnico, dell’edificio e dell’aggregato urbano. Attraverso un’applicazione al Centro Storico di Palermo, si mostra la validità del metodo proposto nelle analisi a vasta scala, nell’elaborazione di indirizzi normativi e strategie finanziarie, nel valutare l’efficacia e la compatibilità di possibili interventi di miglioramento energet…
The Hubris Hypothesis of Corporate Social Irresponsibility: Evidence from the Parmalat Case
2013
In the last decade, various accounting scandals have come about (such as Enron, Global Crossing, Tyco, Worldcom and Parmalat), stimulating the burgeoning debate on the drivers and conditions underlying the emergence of financial frauds.
Nessuna speranza senza collaborazione per i condannati all’ergastolo ostativo? Un primo commento a Viola c. Italia (n. 2)
2019
The paper deals with a recent judgment delivered by the European Court of Human Rights dealing with the compatibility of the Italian "ergastolo ostativo" (life imprisonment without parole) with Article 3 of the European Convention on Human Rights.
A New Technique for Implementing ECtHR Judgments: Will It Work? The Corte Costituzionale “Urges” the Houses to Reform the Ergastolo Ostativo
2021
In this much-awaited ruling (Order No. 97 of 15 April 2021), the Corte Costituzionale had to decide on the constitutionality of the existing prohibition on release on parole for life prisoners convicted for Mafia-related crimes, in the absence of any cooperation with justice (ergastolo ostativo). This form of life imprisonment without prospect of release had already been deemed in contrast with Article 3 of the European Convention of Human Rights (echr) in the judgment rendered by the Strasbourg Court in Viola v. Italy (No. 2): on that occasion, the ECtHR invoked a legislative reform of the ergastolo ostativo. In the order at hand, the Corte Costituzionale, instead of formally declaring the…