Search results for "Intellect"

The intellectual capital management in the local public utility

2011

The competitive advantage of companies is increasingly focused on Intellectual Capital and on its management. Factors such as skills, innovation, stakeholders’ relation, development and sharing of knowledge have become key factors’ success. All these aspects are, nowadays, very important for the Local Public Utilities. These organizations produce goods and services operating in competitive markets (and for the market) in a utility function (economic and social) for the local community (and services) using infrastructure resources (systems, network infrastructure), technological and organizational. The introduction of the logic of economic efficiency and competitiveness led to a rethinking o…

Intellectual capital information in sustainability reports: an analysis of Italian banking sector

2014

In a knowledge-based economy Intellectual Capital is a main source for companies to gain competitive advantage. This study focuses on banking sector, which is one of the most knowledge-intensive industries. The aim of this paper is to examine empirically the level and the extent of Intellectual Capital (IC) information in the sustainability reports over the years 2006 and 2012. Several empirical studies have examined the quantity and the nature of IC information disclosure in annual reports in different industries and countries, but few studies have analyzed the ICD in the financial sector. Banks policies regarding how they contribute to the conservation of energy and natural resources and …

Intellectual Capital Management in Local Public Utilities

2012

The competitive advantage of companies is increasingly focused on Intellectual Capital (IC) and on its management. Factors such as skills, innovation, stakeholders' relation, development and sharing of knowledge have become key success factors. These aspects are important for Local Public Utilities. These organizations produce goods and services operating in competitive markets in a utility function for the local community using technological and organizational infrastrutture resources. In the past, in these organizations, IC was critica1 to reach objectives such as to satisfy citizen needs. Local Public Utilities focused their assets on the technical components of management including plan…

X-LINKED INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY

2013

The intellectual disability is found in approximately 2-3% of the population in a mild-to-moderate form and 0.5-1% in a moderate-to-severe form. The mutations on the chromosome X are responsible for both syndromic and non-syndromic intellectual disability. In the syndromic forms behavioral disorders, autism and/or seizures are frequent.

A rare unbalanced translocation 1;18 in a child with epilepsy, mild dysmorphology and mental retardation

2012

Triggering Open Innovation Processes Through Organizational Emotional Capability and Rival's Absorptive Capacity Orientation

2022

In this article, we analyze the direct effects of the open innovation (OI) processes of acquisition and exploitation on innovation performance (IP), as well as the effects of two antecedents of OI: organizational emotional capability (EC) and rivaĺs absorptive capacity orientation (RACO). RACO implies processing external information in an analytical manner, whereas an intuitive approach is implicit in EC. The research model is tested in a sample of medium-low-technology Colombian small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) using structural equations by the consistent partial least squares method. Our results provide evidence on a significant effect of the OI acquisition process on IP, as well…

Professor of history of the art Felipe María Garín Ortiz of Taranco, between career and University and social

2013

En este trabajo se estudia la trayectoria universitaria y social del catedrático de Historia del Arte Felipe María Garín Ortiz de Taranco, para ver como desde la universidad se ayuda no sólo a la promoción universitaria sino también social de sus profesores. Con unos indicadores que analizan las distintas facetas, universitaria, movilidad académica, origen geográfico y social, cargos desempeñados, carrera profesional, política, distinciones…, valoramos el perfil del profesor universitario del siglo XX y sus contribuciones a la sociedad desde su disciplina. Felipe María Garín Ortiz de Taranco this paper explores the University and social trajectory of art history professor, to view as from t…

Questions and answers on AdWords’ cases.

2012

Selection and evaluation of Internet information by adults with intellectual disabilities

2018

Internet offers people with intellectual disabilities (ID) unique opportunities to access information and to participate in society. But concerns have been raised about the potential risks they face when accessing the Internet (e.g. giving credit to false information, being exposed to manipulative content). As part of the current debate between positive risk-taking and overprotection, our study empirically tested the extent to which 43 adults with ID identified and selected topically relevant as well as trustworthy web pages while searching the Internet for several topics (e.g. Can social networks use your pictures for advertisement?). Participants also justified their search decisions. Res…

Protecting Human Subjects in Internet Research

2005

The growth of the Internet as a research venue has led to practical, legal, and ethical problems regarding the protection of human subjects. Among these are difficulty in verifying subjects’ identities, gaining informed consent, and assuring ethically- correct research. The authors summarize the current standards pertaining to the protection of human subjects in online research and present a set of guidelines for dealing ethically, legally, and practically with the issues of privacy and confidentiality, intellectual property, informed consent, and protection from harm. As computer-mediated communications merge and evolve, as the Internet becomes more and more a part of everyday life, and as…