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How Organizational Resources and Managerial Features Affect Business Performance: An Analysis in the Greek Wine Industry

2023

Despite the growing interest of the wine industry in quality and environmental certifications and the influence of these standards on positioning in international markets, scholarly research has paid proportionally limited attention to the link between winery export intensity and the adoption of internationally recognized standards. This study aims to analyze which factors make an organizational model performant, and to verify the impact of the adoption of third-party certifications on the export performance by using the resource-based view (RBV) theory as a theoretical lens. Findings show that younger wineries are more oriented towards the adoption of voluntary quality and environmental ce…

Preparing orphaned/unaccompanied children for sustainable livelihood through "home"-based entrepreneurial education : implications from a care servic…

2019

Entrepreneurship education has been widely discussed in the realm of general education system, but little research has targeted orphaned/unaccompanied children. This research paper explores how entrepreneurship education can be implemented on orphaned/unaccompanied children, and what challenges may occur during the process from educational leaders’ perspective. This research approaches the topic with Sustainable Livelihood Framework. Qualitative case study and semi-structured interview were conducted with a director from a care service provider in northern Thailand. The findings inform us several feasible ways to implement entrepreneurship education on orphaned/unaccompanied children: 1) op…

Miten aikuisten taidot ovat kehittyneet viime vuosikymmenellä : kansainvälisen aikuisten taitotutkimuksen (PIAAC) tiedonkeruu käynnistyi syksyllä 2022

2022

Maija Lyly-Yrjänäinen ja Joonas Mannonen avaavat artikkelissaan OECD:n kansainvälisen aikuisten taitotutkimus PIAAC:n taustaa, toteutusta ja merkitystä. Tämän mittavan kansainvälisen tutkimuksen tiedonkeruu on alkanut kuluvana syksynä. Tutkimus on kunnianhimoinen ja Suomessa tiedonkeruun hintakin on noin 3,5 miljoonaa euroa. Tämä antaa tutkijoillemme pääsyn ainutlaatuiseen aineistoon ja kansainväliseen tutkijayhteisöön. ”Tutkimuksen tuottama aineisto tarjoaa tutkijoille valtavasti mahdollisuuksia selvittää koulutus-, työ- ja sosiaalipolitiikan ydinkysymyksiä aikuisten taitojen yhteyksistä koulutukseen, työelämään ja hyvinvointiin”, he toteavat. Basic skills have become increasingly importan…

A conceptual analysis of the oceanic feeling : with a special note on painterly aesthetics

2015

Attributions and paradoxes of agency in socially sustainable development : perspectives from small-scale NGOs in Jinja, Uganda

2014

During the past decades, sustainable development has become an important phenomenon in the global development discourse. The concept has been widely used by both large international bodies such as the United Nations as well as small grassroots organization. In the beginning, the interest was mainly in questions of environmental and ecological aspects of the concept but especially since the introduction of the Human Development Approach the importance of social and cultural aspects of sustainable development became more important. In the discussions on Human Development and sustainable development, the people are in the center of the discussion. Both concepts emphasize the importance of agen…

Parastā apiņa (Humulus lupulus) in vitro augu un audu kultūru izveide un no tām iegūtu ekstraktu antiradikālās un antimikrobiālās aktivitātes rakstur…

2020

Darba mērķis bija iegūt parastā apiņa in vitro augu un audu (kallusu) kultūras un raksturot no tām, kā arī no lapu drogām, iegūtu ekstraktu antiradikālo un antimikrobiālo aktivitāti. In vitro augu un audu kultūru ieguvei tika ievākti trīs apiņa šķirņu paraugi. Analizējot kopējo fenolu saturu, antiradikālo un antimikrobiālo aktivitāti, tika savstarpēji salīdzināti drogu, in vitro augu un kallusu kultūru ekstrakti, kā arī izvērtētas efektivākās ekstrakcijas metodes. Kallusu kultūras tika iegūtas uz ar augšanas regulatoriem bagātinātas McCown Woody Plant barotnes. Lielāko fenolu savienojumu saturu un augstāko antiradikālo aktivitāti uzrādīja visu šķirņu drogu ekstrakti, vienlaikus antimikrobiā…

Parenting Dimensions and Adolescent Peer Aggression: A Gendered Analysis

2020

The present study had two main goals. The first was to analyze the differences between parenting dimensions&mdash

The Role of Parliament in Sustainable Development Goals: A Case Study of Southeast Asia in International Parliamentary Forums

2021

Parliament has its role in supporting Sustainable Development Goals (SDG). SDG number 16 on peace, justice, and strong institution states one indicator of a legislative institution (for “responsive, inclusive, participatory and representative”, that the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) commits to achieve. However, parliament must support the government in achieving all SDG programs as stated in Agenda 2030. What is the role of parliament in this and how to achieve it? This paper aims to show that the role of parliament in SDG is beyond the traditional legislative role of legislating, budgeting and overseeing the government, but more on representing people, meaning channeling people’s voice a…

Design For Territorial Innovation. Participatory design process and good practices for socio-cultural sustainability

2022

This article studies at length the role of design within territorial socio-cultural transformation. It investigates and describes the industriousness of projects/processes which are particularly effective for social and territorial innovation and are applied above all, to fragile and problematic urban contexts. It focuses on communities and its inhabitants who are often excluded from traditional narrative through some particularly significant projects, with an emphasis on concrete experiences of recent projects in southern Italy. Thus, the article, traverses topics and critical points of a more extensive and profound disciplinary refection, it explores innovative roles of design in the soci…

Effects of Entrepreneurial Orientation and Passion for Work on Performance Variables in Sports Clubs

2021

Entrepreneurial orientation and passion for work have been widely studied due to their effects on the behaviour and attitude of management teams in the short- and long-term. However, despite the influences of these variables on the sustainability and survival of an entity, there is a gap when considering the effects of these two performance variables in sports organisations. Therefore, the main objectives of this study were to understand the influences of entrepreneurial orientation and passion for work on service quality and sporting performance. To this end, 199 Spanish non-profit sports clubs were analysed using instruments with good psychometric properties. Data analysis was carried out…