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Employers’ attitudes towards labour inclusion of persons with borderline intellectual functioning (BIF): An empirical evidence
2020
In the vocational rehabilitation of persons with disabilities (BIF), the need to consider the variables related to employer demand is increasingly becoming an important research topic. This empirical research explores the perceptions and attitudes of employers in hiring and retaining people with borderline intellectual functioning (BIF). For this purpose, the Metaplan procedure was used and a focus group was conducted in small and medium enterprises (SMEs) of the Spanish Vinalopó Footwear Cluster. Results showed a significant lack of knowledge and visibility of people with BIF. Lack of financial support to encourage hiring was pointed out by participants in the group as the most relevant ba…
Identifying and understanding spa tourists’ wellness attitudes
2018
As an increasing number of people in affluent societies are trending toward more health-conscious lifestyles, tourism consumer behavior has changed considerably, especially in the spa and wellness ...
¿Una feria de cambios a la valenciana? Debate financiero y energía emprendedora en el siglo XVII
2020
In 1619 Philip IV sent to print a Real Pragmatic [Royal Pragmatic legislation] that would regulate changes between Valencia and Medina del Campo being introduced by Valencian merchant families to enable them to receive interest on their loans without being accused of usury. Only three years later, in 1622, the Republic of Genoa inaugurated the exchange fairs of Novi Ligure, with which the Genoese consolidated their international position in the international credit market. These apparently independent circumstances constitute an important episode for international financial knowledge and the transformation of the Mediterranean credit market during the seventeenth century. Studying financial…
Impacts of Educational Technologies on Learning Engagement – A Case of Latvian and Thai's Learners
2019
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) have changed the traditional approach to the teaching process in higher education, so it is important to observe how learning takes place in that technology-rich environment. Cognitive, social, and emotional engagement as part of the MOOCs learning context is a basic principle that prescribes the relationships and interactions between the teacher, student, and learning setting. Each of these components has multiple features and is related to the complex nature of learning and teaching. The qualitative exploratory research design as a case study was conducted with educators and students from two countries – Latvia and Thailand. They were involved in learni…
Correlation between school dropout and gross domestic product in the emerging countries of Central and Eastern Europe
2020
By school dropout is meant leaving the educational system, regardless of the reached level, before obtaining a qualification or a complete proffesional training or before the end of the study cycle started (Doron & Parot, 2006). Although there are numerous researches on school dropout, we consider that it is necessary to study the relationship it has with the level of development of a country, in order to identify new causes and possible solutions to this phenomenon. In this study we included seven emerging countries of Central and Eastern Europe: Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia and Hungary. Thus, we analyzed the correlation between the annual gross domesti…
Les chaînes logistiques multi-acteurs internationales dans le textile : le point de vue des achats
2013
L’objectif de cet article est de determiner dans quelle mesure, du point de vue des achats, le pilotage de la chaine logistique amont du textile est strategique et donc dans quelle mesure la prise en compte des competences logistiques et supply chain peuvent remettre en cause les choix strategiques de globalisation des entreprises. Pour repondre a cette question nous avons mobilise une revue de litterature sur le pilotage des supply chains internationales, ensuite nous avons utilise l’etude de deux cas d’entreprises, la premiere est specialisee dans la lingerie tandis que la deuxieme est specialisee dans le haut de gamme. L’analyse de deux cas a partir du point de vue des acheteurs montre q…
Monedas sociales y complementarias (MSC)
2016
En las últimas décadas han surgido experiencias de monedas sociales y complementarias (MSC), medios de intercambio distintos del dinero de curso legal, con el fin de impulsar transacciones dentro del mercado. Su uso se justifica desde el punto de vista de la propia definición del dinero como acuerdo o ley dentro de una comunidad. Las MSC se clasifican en seis categorías distintas: las respaldadas con monedas oficiales (que optimizan la circulación de la moneda oficial al retenerla); las respaldadas con otros bienes y/o servicios (que inyectan liquidez en la comunidad); las emitidas por la autoridad pública (que circulan ampliamente por ser válidas en el pago de impuestos); las de confianza …
La revolución de las finanzas éticas y solidarias
2016
La exclusión financiera, a la vez que produce mayor exclusión social y pobreza, está contribuyendo a la aparición de nuevas formas organizativas en finanzas, bancarias y no bancarias, basadas en la ética y la solidaridad, que favorecen la inclusión entre los colectivos más marginados. La banca ética y los bancos de proximidad, entre los que se incluyen las cooperativas de crédito, ofrecen una alternativa a la banca convencional y cada vez tienen mayor acogida. Por otra parte, la propia sociedad civil está liderando un movimiento que ha propuesto nuevas iniciativas de finanzas éticas y solidarias no bancarias, como las cooperativas de servicios financieros, las cooperativas integrales, las f…
Innovation and Knowledge in Academia
2020
It has recently become very popular among academics to study the process of knowledge transfer within their own organization, with the aim of improving their innovation and performance on a general scope. Knowledge can be divided into two main groups: “explicit” and “tacit” knowledge. The main interest lies in tacit knowledge, since it is one that includes the specific “know-how” of an organization. The cooperation between the different units of an organization promotes the transfer of knowledge between the different organizational areas and positions the departments in an ideal situation to promote innovation. To understand the evolution of the scientific production in terms of innovation …
The Role of Family Ownership in Survival and Bouncing Back
2021
The latest global economic and financial crisis has been a litmus test for companies, especially for SMEs. These companies have had to demonstrate their ability to be resilient, surviving first and then recovering. This chapter studies the role of family ownership in the survival and recovery of SMEs during a stressful event. From a perspective based on the complementarity or substitutability of goals that family firms pursue, the authors propose that family ownership has a positive effect on survival but a negative effect on recovery. Furthermore, they propose that the risk of bankruptcy before a crisis moderates the relationship between family ownership and survival. Hypotheses have been …