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A more targeted approach to foreign direct investment: the establishment of screening systems on national security grounds

2018

The process of liberalization of international trade and of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) has constituted a broadly accepted trend during the last few decades and FDI inflows have expanded constantly since the end of the 1980’s. However, signs of a certain crisis of the positive and one-way attitude towards international trade and FDI exist nowadays. The increase in the flux of FDI coming from developing and emerging countries to developed economies, the sudden relevance of foreign sovereign investors, the changing environment for national security or the quest to protect technologies and sectors of the economy considered vital for the host country, its sovereignty and competitiveness are…

National securityLiberalizationbusiness.industryEconomic sectormedia_common.quotation_subjectInternational economicsForeign direct investmentState (polity)SovereigntyPolitical Science and International RelationsRelevance (law)businessEmerging marketsLawmedia_commonRevista de Direito Internacional
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Viaggi nell’immaginario: il turismo virtuale nel sito UNESCO di Tarragona

2023

Le nuove tecnologie hanno trasformato in modo radicale non solo la geografia come disciplina, ma anche le geografie del mondo. Il digitale ha assunto, infatti, un ruolo di mediazione sempre più pervasivo nella produzione dello spazio, come delle conoscenze e degli immaginari geografici. Le possibilità offerte dal virtuale, in particolare, offrono oggi un contributo decisivo nella comunicazione dei significati attribuiti ai luoghi e rispondono in modo sempre più efficace ai bisogni emergenti del settore turistico. Le esperienze di visita mediate dal digitale mirano a coinvolgere i sensi e risultano efficaci quando promuovono immersioni rigorosamente realistiche. Nel quadro di queste riflessi…

New technologies have radically transformed not only geography as a discipline but also the geographies of the world. Indeed the digital has assumed an increasingly pervasive mediating role in the production of space as of geographic knowledge and imaginaries. The possibilities offered by the virtual in particular now offer a decisive contribution in communicating the meanings attributed to places and respond increasingly effectively to the emerging needs of the tourism sector. Digitally mediated visitor experiences aim to engage the senses and are effective when they promote rigorously realistic immersions. Within the framework of these reflections the paper highlights the renewed relevance of authenticity both of the tourism experience and of cultural heritage in relation to its potential for attraction and proposes a contextualization of the theme in light of the unprecedented opportunities granted by technologies for the creation of virtual and augmented spaces. The proposed discussion is therefore also a journey aimed at exploring authenticity as a tool through which new technologies can effectively mediate a sense of place and foster brand communication of a destination. The case study is the UNESCO site of Tarragona whose most relevant image for urban policies is presented. This shared figuration spatially defined and rooted in a precise historical moment is reconstructed on the one hand through the analysis of functional documentation for the candidacy and on the other by means of a review of mobile applications developed for the promotion of the city's cultural heritage. The proposed journey and exploration of the place return in light of the research data and in conclusion the central role played by digital technologies in mediating the UNESCO imaginary. The forms of virtual tourism in Tarragona confirm that to travel is to experience a text enveloped in time and inscribed in space.Settore M-GGR/01 - Geografia
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Solubility and diffusion of nitrogen in maltodextrin/protein tablets.

2002

The gas transport properties of compacted tablets consisting of an amorphous mixture of maltodextrin and sodium caseinate were studied by dissolving nitrogen gas in the tablets and then determining the gas release over time as a function of temperature and water activity. Gas was dissolved in the tablet matrix by heating the tablets under pressure, generally to temperatures above the glass transition temperature of the matrix, holding them at these conditions for a specified time and then rapidly cooling them while maintaining the external pressure. The solubility of nitrogen was found to be largely determined by the free volume of the matrix, which in turn can be influenced to some degree …

NitrogenDiffusionAnalytical chemistryComputer Science::Human-Computer InteractionDiffusionchemistry.chemical_compoundComputer Science::Emerging TechnologiesPolysaccharidesGaseous diffusionSolubilityDissolutionChemistryProteinsMaltodextrinFick's laws of diffusionKineticsMicroscopy ElectronVolume (thermodynamics)Chemical engineeringModels ChemicalSolubilityGasesGlass transitionPorosityBiotechnologyTabletsBiotechnology progress
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Cultural institutions as agents of urban and community regeneration in the (post-)pandemic city. The case of the «Laboratorio Zen Insieme» in Palermo

2022

Although all cities in the world have been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, its impacts on the territories, yet to be understood, are unevenly distributed, revealing extremely varied imbalances depending on the places. However, it is clear that the virus and its variants have aggravated pre-existing socio-spatial inequalities, creating new ones and bringing attention back to those implications between space, planning, public health and citizenship that are at the origins of contemporary urbanism. In a reference framework in which the crisis is globalized but unequal and in the absence of a welfare system capable of responding to the urgencies of the most marginalized social contexts and g…

Olsen 2018Settore ICAR/21 - UrbanisticaSettore M-GGR/01 - GeografiaSacco and Blessi 2009). In the current (post-) pandemic context and through the lens of a southern European perspective the purpose of this article is to critically reflect about the role of culture as possible vehicle of urban and community regeneration. In particular we will focus on the activities of the no profit organization «Laboratorio Zen Insieme» in ZEN2 one of the last large popular and peripheral neighborhoods built in Palermo at the end of 80s in order to explore and understand how cultural practices work as agent of urban and social transformation capable of addressing emerging issues especially in the pandemic scenario we are experiencing. Thecasestudy has been conducted through analysis of documents participative observations (Honer and Hitzler 2015) and qualitative in-depth interviews with key actors involved in the conception organization and management of the activities carried out by Laboratorio Zen Insieme with representatives of local institutions and non-formal conversations with participants of the workshops heldin the neighborhood. The experience we narrate finds that cultural practices have re-conceptualized their design and functions as strategies of urban and community regeneration and at the same time have contributed to answer to emergent issues in developing proximity and local based strategies facing up to problems inherent civil rights educationalpoverty socio-spatial justice and have changed the image and identity of urban places they inhabit.In this sense the research provides a framework for development of strategies and legitimization for cultural practices and a point of discussionabouttheirrolein urban development.Although all cities in the world have been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic its impacts on the territories yet to be understood are unevenly distributed revealing extremely varied imbalances depending on the places. However it is clear that the virus and its variants have aggravated pre-existing socio-spatial inequalities creating new ones and bringing attention back to those implications between space planning public health and citizenship that are at the origins of contemporary urbanism. In a reference framework in which the crisis is globalized but unequal and in the absence of a welfare system capable of responding to the urgencies of the most marginalized social contexts and groups a response to the new social and individual needs has been offered by cultural institutions that play a role of territorial agency often independently or in the absence of political institutions. Far from the idea of entertainment and divertissement it is in fact increasingly clear how the practices of cultural innovation experimenting with various forms of action and participation can in some cases play a fundamental role in the processes of social cohesion and community building representing an antidote to the worsening of the phenomena of marginalization and socio-spatial inequalities within cities and territories (Colantonio and Dixon 2011
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Preventing technostress through positive technology

2018

Over the past decade, the workplace has experienced significant changes as a result of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) and the subsequent digital transformation (Mcafee, 2006; Matt et al., 2015). Such technological, cultural, and organizational changes have redefined business models and competition. As evidenced by the shift from the Enterprise 1.0 to the Enterprise 2.0 business models, ICTs offer companies increased productivity and efficiency (Bilbao-Osorio et al., 2013). At the same time, introduction of ICTs can pose a threat to both a company and its employees through misuse, abuse, and overuse, resulting in technostress (Gaudioso et al., 2017). This emerging risk see…

OpinionTechnostressPsychology (all)Emerging technologiesEnterprise 2.0; Organizational safety culture; Positive Technology; Technostress; Work well-being; Psychology (all)lcsh:BF1-990Settore M-PSI/06 - PSICOLOGIA DEL LAVORO E DELLE ORGANIZZAZIONIEnterprise 2.0Business model0502 economics and businessTechnostressPsychologyWork well-beingMarketingPositive TechnologyOrganizational safety cultureProductivityGeneral Psychology05 social sciencesDigital transformation050301 educationMental healthSettore M-PSI/05 - PSICOLOGIA SOCIALElcsh:PsychologyInformation and Communications TechnologyOrganizational safetyPsychology0503 education050203 business & management
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Surface plasmon circuitry in opto-electronics

2012

This tutorial reviews the physics of surface plasmon circuitry in order to bring to the fore recently demonstrated applications of surface plasmon in optoelectronics such as on-board optical interconnects or routing in datacom networks.

Optical data processingbusiness.industrySurface plasmonNear-field opticsNanophotonicsPhysics::OpticsSurface plasmon polaritonComputer Science::Hardware ArchitectureComputer Science::Emerging TechnologiesPhysics::Atomic and Molecular ClustersOptoelectronicsIntegrated opticsbusinessPlasmon
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Chaperoning the <em>Mononegavirales</em>: Current Knowledge and Future Directions

2018

The order Mononegavirales harbors numerous viruses of significant relevance for human health, including both established and emerging infections. Currently, vaccines are only available for a small subset of these viruses and antiviral therapies remain limited. Being obligate cellular parasites, viruses must utilize the cellular machinery for their replication and spread. Therefore, targeting cellular pathways used by viruses can provide novel therapeutic approaches. One of the key challenges confronted by both hosts and viruses alike is the successful folding and maturation of proteins. In cells, this task is faced by cellular molecular chaperones, a group of conserved and abundant proteins…

Order MononegaviralesEbola virusbiologyObligateComputational biologybiology.organism_classificationmedicine.disease_causeHsp90Emerging infectionsChaperone (protein)medicinebiology.proteinProtein foldingMononegavirales
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Dialogue in the Dark: Shedding Light on the Development of Social Enterprises in China

2015

International audience; The application of for-profit business practices to nonprofit organizations, social enterprises are a way for nonprofit organizations to find funding in a time of rising costs, falling donations, and increased competition from for-profit businesses in the social sector. Although well established in the mature economies of the West, these enterprises are a novelty in the emerging economies of Asia and in the transitional economies of the former communist world. The experiences of Dialogue in the Dark, a social enterprise concerned with the problems associated with blindness, highlight the unique challenges that social enterprises face in China and offer lessons for en…

Organizational Behavior and Human Resource ManagementChinaBlindness1. No povertyNoveltyFace (sociological concept)Social Enterprisesmedicine.diseaseBlindness[SHS.ECO]Humanities and Social Sciences/Economics and Finance[SHS]Humanities and Social SciencesCompetition (economics)Market economyNon-profit entrepreneurshipmedicineEconomics[SHS.GESTION]Humanities and Social Sciences/Business administrationBusiness and International ManagementEconomic systemEmerging marketsChina[SHS.ECO] Humanities and Social Sciences/Economics and Finance[SHS.GESTION] Humanities and Social Sciences/Business administrationCommunismSocial economy
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The effect of home and host country cultures on the manager's individual decision making related to ethical issues in a MNC

2011

In this theoretical paper, I review the most frequently cited descriptive models of individual decision making related to ethical issues in business, marketing and international business, as well as related empirical studies. The main goal is to propose an extension of the most comprehensive model of ethical decision making by including host country culture as an additional variable for application to a multinational corporation setting. I also suggest an empirical research design that would help test not only whether the variable affects individual decision making related to ethical issues in a MNC, but also how it influences individual decision making.

Organizational Behavior and Human Resource ManagementStrategy and ManagementEthical decisionInternational businessManagementTest (assessment)Variable (computer science)Empirical researchMultinational corporationBusinessBusiness and International ManagementBusiness ethicsMarketingEmerging marketsInternational Journal of Business Governance and Ethics
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Psychological Well-Being and Career Indecision in Emerging Adulthood: The Moderating Role of Hardiness

2016

Choosing a career path is an important developmental task during the transition from adolescence to adulthood. However, many emerging adults (EAs)-individuals between 18 and 29 years of age (Inguglia et al., 2016)-struggle to get their career decision-making processes under way because they need a long time to explore various possible career directions (Arnett, 2004; Miller & Rottinghaus, 2014). In particular, this condition concerns EAs who are never employed and is traditionally associated with the construct of career indecision (Gati et al., 2011; Gati, Krausz, & Osipow, 1996), referring to the difficulties that can slow or even stop the career decision-making process.Among such difficul…

Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Managementmedia_common.quotation_subjectDysfunctional familyPessimismDevelopmental psychologySettore M-PSI/04 - Psicologia Dello Sviluppo E Psicologia Dell'EducazioneConsistency (negotiation)0502 economics and businessSettore M-PSI/06 - Psicologia Del Lavoro E Delle Organizzazioni0501 psychology and cognitive sciencesGeneral PsychologyApplied Psychologymedia_commonConceptualizationbusiness.industry05 social sciencesModerationPersonal development050106 general psychology & cognitive sciencespsychological well-being career indecision hardiness emerging adults moderationPsychologybusinessSocial psychologyIdentity formation050203 business & managementAutonomy
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