Search results for "Economics"

Institutional logics and social enterprises: Entry mode choices of foreign hospitals in China

2020

When social enterprises, being defined by their social mission and profitability, internationalize, they need to\ud respond to institutional logics in the host country. By juxtaposing institutional logic and entry mode choice\ud literature, this paper shows how social enterprises accommodate different institutional logics when they enter\ud foreign markets. We collected data on Chinese healthcare reform, governmental policies and their changes, and\ud conducted 36 in-depth interviews and three expert group meetings. By analyzing five non-Chinese hospitals\ud entering China, we show how social enterprises, as hybrid organizations, respond to governmental, commercial,\ud and social institutio…

L'euro à la lumière des théories monétaires holistes contemporaines

2008

The thesis begins by explaining, in a first part, the genealogy of a heterodox tradition called “holist monetary approach”, which refuses dichotomic theories and the classical conception of the veil of money. It shows the proximities of these positions with a tradition consisting in thinking money as a “total social fact” involving far more than the three usual economic functions attributed to money. Recent research works conducted in France around Aglietta and Orléan fit in with this tradition. The thesis also leans on theories developed in Keynes' wake, sharing with the “social fact” approaches a holist methodology. The latter involves a main focus on macroeconomic analysis, which is, in …

Integrated Urban Regeneration – Solution for Cities Revitalize

2013

Abstract To overcome the crisis which present society faces, it's necessary find solutions, adopt new strategies, leading to transforming too and revitalizing urban areas. Urban regeneration means the improvement the quality of life and investing in the future, this action being a very broad one, continues, difficult, but not impossible, in any case imperative.This paper presents the results of a study on integrated sustainable urban regeneration in several European countries, including Romania, and comparison between these countries in terms of urban regeneration.

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…

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…

Positioning the Supply of Live Performance: Innovative Managerial Practices Relating to the Interaction of Spectator, Performance and Venue

2006

Because of the abundance of offerings, the question of positioning with regard to live performances is becoming increasingly crucial for managers in the cultural sector. The authors address this issue by proposing original means of differentiation that managers can use in order to reinforce the identity of their offerings. The authors point to the need for analysis of the relationship between the public and the spectacle (central focus of positioning), highlighting the various facets that structure this positioning. They then examine the interaction between the public and the cultural venue (peripheral focus of positioning). Such a framework of consumption experiences offers promising solut…

Comment on interjurisdictional regulatory competition in Canada.

2005

Análisis del efecto del aprendizaje organizativo en el nivel de internacionalización de las empresas, y del papel mediador de la capacidad para compe…

2015

En la incierta arena del comercio internacional convergen organizaciones de tamaños diferentes, que están inmersas en un ámbito en el que predomina la hipercompetencia. El fenómeno de la hipercompetencia es el resultado de la dinámica de las maniobras estratégicas de las empresas con el objetivo de alcanzar una fuerte posición basada en la creación de una propuesta valiosa para los clientes, la cual facilita “moverse primero”, bien sea para defender o para atacar una posición en un mercado geográfico con un producto dado (D’Aveni, 1995; D’Aveni, Canger y Doyle, 1995; D’Aveni, Dagnino y Smith, 2010). La “hipercompetencia”, es descrita por D’Aveni (1995:46), una situación en la cual “la frecu…

The value-added internal audit in public administration in Latvia

2019

The quality of internal audit and the added value of internal audit are unanswered questions in many public institutions in Latvia and around the world. This research was aimed at determining the evaluation approach of internal audit in the public sector of Latvia and developing a list of added value or benefits of the internal audit in a local government. The monographic method and the survey method, an expert survey, were used in the paper. The author has developed a valuation approach of internal audit in local governments. The author offers applying the approach developed when carrying out external evaluations to the commission of the responsible ministry in the sector, the representati…

Internal audit in small local governments in Latvia

2017

Research background The role of internal audit is to provide independent assurance that an organisation’s risk management, governance, and internal control processes are operating effectively. Purpose of the article The purpose of the article was to substantiate the significance of the internal audit function and the relationship between indicators in financial statement (revenue and balance sheet value) and the existence of the internal audit function in local governments in Latvia and to find out internal audit approaches for small local governments. Methodology/methods This study used the quantitative case study approach, financial statement (data) analysis, the Kolmogorov-Smirnov test, …