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Resistance to Change in the Corporate Elite
2017
In this empirical study, we investigate the variation in firms’ response to institutional pressure for gender-balanced boards, focusing specifically on the preservation of prevailing practices of director selection and its impact on the representation of women on the board of directors. Using 8 years of data from publicly listed Nordic corporations, we show societal pressure to be one of the determinants of female directorship. Moreover, in some corporations, the director selection process may work to maintain “a traditional type of board”. In such boards, demographic diversity among male members appears to be associated with a lower share of female directors, although we cannot establish w…
Mass education or a minority well educated elite in the process of growth: The case of India
2013
Abstract This paper analyzes whether mass education is more growth enhancing in developing countries than having a minority well educated elite. Using Indian Census data as a benchmark and enrollment rates at different levels of education, we compute annual attainment levels for a panel of 16 Indian states from 1961 to 2001. Results indicate that if the reduction in illiteracy stops at the primary level of education, it is not worthwhile for growth. Instead, the findings reveal a strong and significant effect on growth of a greater share of population completing tertiary education. The economic impact is also found to be large: a one percent change in tertiary education has the same effect …
Creencias implícitas y orientaciones de meta de jugadoras mexicanas de sóftbol elite (Implicit beliefs and goal orientations in Mexican elite softbal…
2016
Dentro del contexto deportivo, las personas pueden presentar dos tipos de creencias implicitas sobre la habilidad deportiva, creencias incremental y de entidad, las cuales tienen un papel importante en la conformacion de las orientaciones de meta cuando practican deporte. Hasta la fecha no se conocen estudios con poblacion mexicana que hayan examinado la relacion entre las creencias implicitas y las orientaciones de meta. El objetivo del presente estudio consistio en examinar las creencias implicitas sobre la habilidad y las orientaciones de meta en una muestra de jugadoras de softbol de maximo nivel competitivo de Mexico. La muestra estuvo compuesta por 71 jugadoras de softbol ( M edad = 2…
Transitions démocratiques et transformation des élites en Allemagne au XXe siècle
2014
Les articles réunis dans ce dossier sont issus d’une journée d’étude qui a réuni le 7 juin 2013 à l’université de Bourgogne germanistes civilisationnistes et historiens français, allemands et italiens autour du thème « Transitions démocratiques et transformation des élites en Allemagne au XXe siècle ». Le choix de ce cette problématique par ailleurs très actuelle – que l’on pense par exemple au printemps arabe et à ses conséquences – découle d’un double constat paradoxal : d’une part, l’Allemagne a été directement concernée par les trois « vagues de démocratisation » du XXe siècle: celle consécutive à la Première guerre mondiale, qui a conduit à la naissance de la République de Weimar, cell…
Regional Ambassadors or State Agents? Assessing the Role of Catalan Cabinet Ministers in Spain
2022
Identificador de proyecto: UPO-FEDER (grant number UPO-1380883)
Las sociedades arrendatarias de los impuestos municipales de Valencia (1410-1450)
2017
La ciudad de Valencia había consolidado su sistema fiscal a finales del siglo XIV. El arrendamiento de los impuestos indirectos desempeñó un papel clave en ese sistema, mediante un procedimiento de subasta pública. Durante la primera mitad del siglo XV, se confirmaron dos procesos relacionados: la monopolización de los arrendamientos por parte de una élite financiera, que a la vez retenía los cargos contables municipales; y la tendencia a la baja de los precios de los arrendamientos, en detrimento del sistema económico municipal. La combinación de documentación pública y privada permite ampliar el conocimiento sobre la organización de aquellas sociedades arrendatarias. The city of Valencia …
Identification of Defensive Performance Factors in the 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa
2016
The aim of this study was to determine the efficacy of defensive play in elite football, to identify variables associated with the direct recovery of ball possession, and to propose a model for predicting the success of defensive transitions. We analyzed 804 transitions in the final stages of the Fedération Internationale Football Association (FIFA) World Cup 2010, and investigated the following variables using univariate, bivariate, and multivariate analyses: duration of defensive transition, possession loss zone, position of players at the start and end of the defensive transitions, defensive organization, general defensive approach, time of the match, position of defense, zone in which t…
Evolutionary design optimization with Nash games and hybridized mesh/meshless methods in computational fluid dynamics
2012
Elites, communities and the limited benefits of mentorship in electronic music
2020
AbstractWhile the emergence of success in creative professions, such as music, has been studied extensively, the link between individual success and collaboration is not yet fully uncovered. Here we aim to fill this gap by analyzing longitudinal data on the co-releasing and mentoring patterns of popular electronic music artists appearing in the annual Top 100 ranking of DJ Magazine. We find that while this ranking list of popularity publishes 100 names, only the top 20 is stable over time, showcasing a lock-in effect on the electronic music elite. Based on the temporal co-release network of top musicians, we extract a diverse community structure characterizing the electronic music industry.…
"Todella hyvä uutinen!" : Facebookin uutisten saateteksti tekstilajina
2017
Tässä tutkielmassa tarkastelen Facebookissa jaettujen uutisten saatetekstejä. Aihe on ajankohtainen ja tärkeä, sillä uutisia seurataan yhä useammin sosiaalisen median palvelujen kautta. Sosiaalisessa mediassa uutisen otsikon, uutiskuvan ja ingressin lisäksi lukijaa lähestytään uutiseen liitettävän saatetekstin kautta. Saatetekstillä onkin paljon merkitystä siinä, päätyykö lukija avaamaan uutista. Saateteksti myös antaa lukijalle tietyn näkökulman aiheesta ja ohjaa täten lukijan ajattelua sekä uutisen ympärille kehittyvää keskustelua. Tarkoituksenani oli selvittää tutkielmassani, millaisen tekstilajin Facebookin uutisten saatetekstit muodostavat. Tutkielman lähtökohtana onkin tekstilajianaly…