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Technological and organizational capital : Where complementarities exist
2018
This study analyzes the complementarities between technological and organizational capital within enterprises. Different components of technological and organizational capital exert distinct—and often opposed—forces on each other. Our empirical results show that greater employee voice promotes firm productivity when combined with information technology, but harms firm productivity when combined with communication technology. On the other hand, flexible work design is positively associated with communication technology and negatively associated with information technology. peerReviewed
Institutional Logics in Police Performance Indicator Development : A Comparative Case Study of Spain and Finland
2015
Police performance is not easily measurable and the organization and circumstances of police work vary among European countries. Further, police work is surrounded by multiple pressures to make it both economical and effective. Consequently, there are multiple institutional logics in decision-making which may affect the selection and the use of police key performance indicators (KPIs). The KPI selection and use processes reflect the institutional logics, though KPI use may also sometimes influence the institutional logics of police work. In this study, we analyze the KPIs and institutional logics in police work in Finland and Spain. A comparative case research approach is used in order to h…
Democracy, political risks and stock market performance
2015
We study whether the emerging stock markets’ performance is affected by direct and indirect effects of democracy level and political risk. We argue that the relationship between democracy level and the political risk is parabolic instead of a simple linear relation i.e. there exists a limit in democracy after which the political risk begins to decline and this is reflected in stock prices. Using panel data for 38 emerging markets at yearly frequency and controlling for several domestic and international factors, we find a fairly robust evidence that during the period 2000-2010, this relationship is true and after some threshold, the more democratic countries produce higher returns. Similar …
A microeconometric analysis of the springboard subsidiary: The case of Spanish firms
2015
Abstract This paper provides a microeconometric analysis of the distinctive characteristics of springboard subsidiaries that have a positive impact on the subsidiaries’ performance. Based on panel data estimations for subsidiaries of European multinational companies with a presence in Spain, the authors found that if the subsidiary is located in the springboard country, then the performance improvement (increase in profit margin) of the subsidiary is about 49 percentage points. When the Spanish subsidiary is considered a springboard subsidiary, its performance is 7.7 percentage points higher than the performance of other subsidiaries that are not springboard subsidiaries. If the subsidiary …
El desplazamiento del icono: estrategias de revisión y actualización de la tradición en el audiovisual contemporáneo.
2019
[ES] La presente ponencia se centra en el análisis de narrativas que actualizan la tradición por medio de la estrategia del desplazamiento en el ámbito de la performance multimedia contemporánea, en concreto a través de una revisión de la tradición barroca pictórica española. Para ello, estudio los distintos modos en los que el desplazamiento es utilizado en obras de artistas como Cindy Sherman, Coco Fusco o Pilar Albarracín. Este marco me permite introducir mi obra But When she unfolded her apron…, en la cual actualizo el mito de santa Casilda. La tradición cuenta que Santa Casilda de Toledo era hija de un rey musulmán del siglo XI, que tras convertirse al cristianismo comenzó a llevar pan…
THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK FOR TEACHERS SELF- ASSESSMENT TO TEACH 21ST CENTURY SKILLS
2021
The context of educational reforms taking place in many countries gives special relevance, as the curriculum enters the 21st century skills or so-called transversal skills. It is necessary to ascertain how successful the teaching of these skills is already so that the school management together with teachers develop evidence-based or data-driven professional development solutions. The aim of the research is to create a theoretical framework and corresponding self-assessment tools, how the teacher can assess for himself to what extent he has succeeded in achieving the competence to teach students in the 21st century skills required to achieve the goals set by the school in the context of the…
: Policies of decentralization in education : international diversity, theoretical reasoning, empirical evidence
2004
Over the past two decades, decentralization of governments has become common throughout the world. The education sector is no exception. Countries with diverse economic, spatial, demographic and educational features have implemented significant decentralization reforms. The traditional typology of educational functions, characterized by contrasts between central states federal states has grown enriched with families of newly decentralized educational systems. However, despite the polical popularity of decentralization reforms, neither economic and political theories nor empirical evaluations give consistent grounds for this worldwide trend. Despite an impressive amount of literature, mainly…
Le bien-être subjectif de l'écolier en classe, sa satisfaction envers le maître et sa performance scolaire : test d'un modèle sur leurs relations et …
2019
International audience; Le bien-être de l’écolier et ses satisfactions à l’école intéressent davantage les chercheurs en éducation dans le monde notamment dans des pays anglo-saxons et scandinaves (Currie et al., 2012 ; Ocde, 2014, 2015 ; Philippe et al., 2017 ; Unicef, 2013). Cependant, il n’existerait pas une étude qui tente de saisir, au sein d’un modèle théorique de base, les mécanismes dynamiques par lesquels les caractéristiques personnelles de l'élève déterminent les critères relatifs à son bien-être subjectif, sa satisfaction envers le maître et sa performance scolaire. De plus, aucune recherche n’a étudié les relations entre ces derniers. A l’aide du questionnaire, cette recherche …
Le rôle du climat social de la classe dans la prédiction des performances des élèves au collège
2011
National audience; Dans cette étude, nous tentons d'atteindre 2 objectifs de " la recherche sur les environnements d'apprentissage de la classe ". Le premier vise à déterminer les climats sociaux de classe qui favorisent les performances scolaires des élèves, le second à identifier la nature du climat de classe qui profite à chaque type d'individus. Nous étudions les effets autant simples du climat qu'interactifs avec les caractéristiques de l'élève (âge, sexe, CSP des parents, passé scolaire, 5 attitudes envers l'école, Bennacer, 2008). Le climat de classe porte sur 4 facteurs : Chaleur affective et disponibilité des enseignants, Engagement et application scolaires, Ordre et organisation a…
Le climat social de la classe et ses effets sur les performances scolaires des collégiens français
2011
Il s'agit de la présentation d'une étude personnelle sur les effets du climat social de la classe sur les performances scolaires des collégiens (n = 1158), estimées autant par les professeurs que les tests pédagogiques. Les résultats montrent que les effets simples du climat diffèrent selon l'évaluation adoptée. L'élève se voit attribuer une note supérieure à sa performance aux tests dans les classes orientées vers la réglementation et/ou l'implication scolaire, et vice versa dans les classes caractérisées par l'organisation et/ou la chaleur affective des enseignants. L'analyse des effets interactifs du climat avec les caractéristiques personnelles permet de tirer des implications pratiques…