Search results for "CAP"

Developing development studies in North-South partnership: How to support institutional capacity in academia?

2015

Mercury beats Minerva? : essays on the accelerating impact of market logic permeating higher education

2015

Intellectual Capital – The Key for Sustainable Competitive Advantage for the SME's Sector

2015

Abstract With the adoption of the Lisbon Agenda and its major objective, namely that the EU would become the most dynamic and competitive knowledge based economy in the world, it became clear the Small and Medium Enterprises (SME's) are the especially affected by these plans, because they represent the driving force for the European economy. In this context of creating and maintaining a competitive advantage for the SME's, it is crucial for them to make good use of the intellectual capital of their employees, in an efficient and proficient manner, in order to increase their potential for innovation. The aim of this article is to show, through an original argumentation, based on the analysis…

Revista iberoamericana de educación

2013

El presente trabajo presenta una propuesta validada para elaborar un plan de acción tutorial para estudiantes universitarios con discapacidad. Por una parte, analiza las actuaciones tutoriales realizadas por los servicios de atención al estudiante con discapacidad de cuarenta universidades españolas, considerando sobre todo los momentos clave en la trayectoria del estudiante, que se vinculan con la promoción, la acogida, la permanencia y el egreso. Del análisis efectuado destaca llamativamente el que no existan planes de acción tutoriales, ni globales ni específicos, dirigidos al colectivo de estudiantes con discapacidad. Por otra parte, se presenta una propuesta validada de plan de acción …

Reporting Intellectual Capital in Health Care organizations: Specifics, lessons learned, and future research perspectives

2011

This article analyzes the concept of intellectual capital (IC) in the health sector sphere by studying thecase of a major nonprofi t research organization in this sector, which has for some time been publishingIC reports. In the last few years, health care organizations have been the object of great attention in theimplementation and transfer of managerial models and tools; however, there is still a lack of attentionpaid to the strategic management of IC as a fundamental resource for supporting and enhancing performanceimprovement dynamics. The main aim of this article is to examine the IC reporting model usedby the Center of Molecular Medicine (CMM), a Swedish health organization which is …

The application of intellectual capital reports in local authorities: analysis and empirical evidence

2011

This paper aims to investigate intellectual capital management in a public organisation as the Chambers of Commerce; in particular, whether and to what extent intellectual capital contributes to overall accountability and what role intellectual capital plays as a management tool. In order to answer these questions, the paper examines a case study, the Chamber of Commerce of Verbania Cusio Ossola that, at present, is one of the few in Italy, which prepares an intellectual capital report, by dedicating to it a special section in its social budget, where IC is reported. The paper also describes the intellectual capital report used in the Chamber of Commerce, the information supplied and the ro…

Intellectual capital in the italian Public Service sector: analysis on management and governance

2011

Today measurement of companies economic, financial and social performance must take into account the role played by intangible assets. It is widely accepted in the literature that the latter, in the sense of resources without physical substance, are key factors in ensuring competitiveness. For this reason, more and more companies are anxious to develop effective and efficient tools to define, manage, monitor, evaluate and communicate the importance of their intangible assets. The definition and classification of intangible assets is still an open question (Zambon 2004; Marr and Neely 2004). We sometimes speak of intangible assets, and at other times intellectual capital. Recognition of the …

Henkilöstövoimavarojen laskentatoimi nonprofit-organisaatiossa : case: Helsingin ammattikorkeakoulu Stadia

2002

Consulting – A Business for Business

2018

The emergence of information and communication technologies that have linked the world together have led to a global change of all aspects of life, people's way of life and not just material production. Types of economic activity have changed under the conditions of knowledge technology. They allow remote work, offering new opportunities to develop and use personal and knowledge assets. As a result, an institution that meets the needs of time grows and develops. The consulting activity increases the speed of economic decision-making, finds ways to adapt to the individual circumstances of each management technology of the economic agent and promotes the introduction of advanced technological…

Measuring and reporting intangible assets in multi-sectoral science and technology park: AREA Science Park of Trieste

2016

The aim of the present study is to describe the instrument of IC reporting for research organization (RO), which have a broad scope of activities that differ from universities and private firms. Generally, they are specialized in different field applied research and technology development. The present study focus on a public research center, which uses public funds and this means that there is a greater demand for accountability. The company under analysis is the AREA Science Park of Trieste (Italy), born in the late 70s. AREA is now one of the most important parks internationally, recognized in 2005 by the Ministry of Education as a Public Institution National Research first level and poin…