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Verso la rappresentazione e valutazione dello sviluppo delle aziende : i limiti dell'informativa economico-finanziaria e il contributo di alcuni appr…
2009
Firms are dynamic entities in continuous change. This dynamism can lead to an improvement or worsening of the firm. Only in the first situation we can say that a firm is developing. The notion of firm's development does not have in literature an univocal interpretation and for this reason the first aim of the article is to illustrate an interpretation for a better understanding of this notion, which remains incomplete without appropriate instruments for the representation and evaluation of firm's development. The main purpose of this article is to reflect upon the manner to represent and to value this complex phenomenon. The analysis highlights, on the one hand, the limits of the financial …
La constitucionalización de la estabilidad presupuestaria en Estados Unidos: lecciones de un debate inacabado
2017
El presente artículo tiene por objeto el estudio de la problemática jurídica que ha suscitado a lo largo de la reciente historia de los Estados Unidos la posible constitucionalización de la estabilidad presupuestaria, analizando las repercusiones de ésta a través de las experiencias estatales y del complejo marco institucional de la democracia norteamericana a nivel federal. Con ello, se perfilarán las cuestiones que más dudas suscitan en torno a la balanced budget desde el prisma constitucional y que pueden repetirse en cualquier proceso de similares características.Recibido: 28 agosto 2017Aceptado: 28 noviembre 2017Publicación en línea: 27 diciembre 2017
Federalism, Proportionality, and Popular Will in US Presidential Elections: Did Colorado Have the Right Idea?
2015
As is well known, the United States is a federal country composed of 50 states plus the District of Columbia, where the individual states and the country as a whole are each sovereign jurisdictions. This is reflected everywhere in its political-administrative structure, including the election of the US President, who is elected by the Electoral College and not directly by the people; an issue that provokes a confrontation between abolishers of the Electoral College and supporters of the current system each time a candidate not winning the most popular votes is elected President (last time in 2000 elections). Between both extremes, there are intermediate solutions that, while continuing to r…
Theoretical Old-Age Pension Benefits and Replacement Rates in the Baltic States: A Retrospective Simulation
2016
Abstract The author presents a comparative analysis of old-age pension systems in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania using a method of retrospective simulation run on a self-developed model. The model baseline case is a person retiring in December 2014 after 40 years of service with nationwide average salary. Other cases include low and high-earners, funded schemes participants and simulations for modified notional capital valorisation formulae. Three study countries return very dissimilar results, which is caused by differences in their pension systems’ designs. Lack of non-contributory element (basic pension) in Latvia leads to a low degree of progressivity, with inexcusably low pensions to lo…
The World Bank’s Early Reflections on Development: A Development Institution or a Bank?
2009
Until the late 1960s, the World Bank presented itself as an institution devoted to making sound and directly productive project loans. Yet, during its very early years, some discussions developed inside the Bank regarding the possibility of issuing different types of loans, namely (i) loans aimed at tackling social issues ("social loans"), and (ii) loans aimed at providing foreigncurrency to address disequilibria in the balance of payments ("impact loans"). This paper brings together historical analysis and theories of organization development to study the housing issue as a case in point. The analysis reveals that the Bank was unwilling to lend for housing programs not because these were n…
La fabrique des espaces sociaux. Identités, action, politique
2020
International audience; Espaces de vie, de travail, de loisirs, ou plus largement espaces d'engagements divers : les hommes évoluent dans des lieux multiples. Ces "espaces sociaux" (physiques ou symboliques, restreints ou vastes, d'hier et d'aujourd'hui) sont l'objet de l'ouvrage, qui étudie la manière dont les individus vivent l'espace, le perçoivent et y développent leurs expériences. Au fil des chapitres, et à travers le regard de chercheurs issus de diverses disciplines (histoire, sociologie, sciences juridiques et politiques, socio-psychologie, urbanisme et aménagement du territoire), on visite tout d'abord les espaces du quotidien, où se construisent les identités ; les espaces d'inte…
La banlieue du "20 heures". Ethnographie de la production d'un lieu commun journalistique
2013
International audience; Plongés dans un collectif de travail régi par des logiques économiques (audience, productivité), le poids des sources légitimes et des modèles professionnels importés de l’audiovisuel commercial, les journalistes de France 2 fabriquent et perpétuent les lieux communs sur les habitants des quartiers populaires pour satisfaire dans l’urgence la commande de reportages prédéfinis par leur hiérarchie. À partir d’une enquête menée au plus près des pratiques quotidiennes des journalistes, ce livre propose une explication sociologique à la permanence des représentations réductrices véhiculées par certains contenus médiatiques.
Workplace democracy and republican freedom
2021
In this chapter, Keith Breen and Onni Hirvonen examine the case for democratic worker voice based on the republican ideal of freedom as non-domination. While not unconvincing, this case is primarily consequentialist in character and therefore open to significant empirical disagreement. Indeed, together with republican arguments for democratic worker voice, there are republican arguments for worker voice that reject workplace democracy, republican arguments that see state regulation plus a universal basic income (UBI) as sufficient for minimizing workplace domination, and republican arguments that focus exclusively on exit rights and are hostile to augmenting workers’ voice. Breen and Hirvon…
Profesorado : revista de curriculum y formación del profesorado
2017
Resumen:En el presente artículo analizamos la situación del alumnado español durante el transcurso y a la finalización de su etapa de escolarización básica y obligatoria, distinguiendo distintas zonas y subzonas en las que se ubican en su relación con el aprendizaje, así como también en función del distinto grado en que se satisface el derecho a la educación. La exclusión educativa la caracterizamos como la privación a algunos jóvenes de este derecho reconocido universalmente, el cual interpretamos en su sentido más amplio, fijándonos especialmente en la calidad de la enseñanza recibida por el alumnado. De entre todas las zonas y subzonas señaladas profundizamos especialmente en dos de ella…
Attitudes Toward Professional Foreign Players in Finnish Amateur Basketball
1984
The use of foreign professional players may influence the host country's sport culture. To determine the attitudes toward foreign professionals in various Finnish amateur basketball leagues, all clubs (n = 55) playing basketball in the three highest Finnish leagues were interviewed by mailed questionnaire. The results indicated that recruitment of foreign pros was held to effect negatively the team spirit and the play tactics, the economics of the club, the development of other sport branches in the club and the success of the national team. Positive effects were expected on the number of spectators, public relations of the club and the success of its team. For lower leagues foreign profes…