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Mafia-type organizations in Italy: diffusion, impact on the private sector, research paths,
2013
Siciliani al fronte. Lettere dalla Grande Guerra
2017
La Prima guerra mondiale è l'evento epocale che segna l'inizio del Novecento. Questo volume si pone l'obiettivo di indagare l'impatto del conflitto sulla Sicilia nell'ambito di una rinnovata linea di ricerca. Cento anni fa, nel 1917, dopo Caporetto, prese corpo una raccolta di lettere e altri testi di e su 23 militari siciliani, mai pubblicata e qui presentata in edizione critica e accompagnata da un'introduzione ed un saggio. Il libro dà conto di come la cosiddetta borghesia patriottica dell'isola visse e percepì l'inedita e sconvolgente esperienza bellica. The First World War is the epochal event that marks the beginning of the twentieth century. This volume aims to investigate the impact…
Simulazioni e dissimulazioni nella costruzione dello scenario: gli esami online durante la pandemia
2020
Due to the pandemic, in the University of Palermo (Italy) the remote mode was used for both teaching and final exams. Specifically, our reflection aimed at understanding the impact of the online exams on the “private dimension” of the students. According to the regulations of the University of Palermo, during the exams, the students must be visible in their own space, while the teachers were allowed to insert different screens to protect their private space. The result was, for the students, the public sharing of their spaces, the collective insertion into their private dimension and the manifestation of individual differences and inequalities in access to resources. Smart working involved …
: Difficulties ans risks of interSME cooperation : solutions provided by private-equity firms
2016
L’article analyse les difficultés et risques auxquels font face les petites et moyennes entreprises (PME) lors de la formation de coopérations interfirmes, et les rôles joués par les sociétés de capital-investissement dans leur diminution. Les PME font principalement face à une asymétrie informationnelle et une incertitude accrues en comparaison aux entreprises plus grandes. Les sociétés de capital-investissement permettent de réduire ces deux facteurs et d’instaurer une situation de confiance entre les futurs cocontractants, ce qui évite l’échec de la transaction. Une étude de cas multiples à visée infirmationniste menée sur le marché français du capital-investissement détaille ces princip…
Copyright issues on social media
2021
The purpose of the thesis is to determine how social media portals treat their users' copyright, and whether such actions are compliant with the national and EU law. In order to conduct this research, Terms of Service of four popular social media – Facebook, Instagram, TikTok and Twitter, were reviewed. As a result, it was concluded that users are agreeing to license agreements that are concluded between them and social media providers and by doing that, users agree to license all their copyright protected works to the social media providers under non-exclusive licenses. The author concludes that such licensing is not compliant with the national law and therefore Terms of Service copyright …
Creating an Alumni Identity Online through Social Media - the Case of “uB-link”
2014
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Financial Literacy Self-Evaluation of Young People in Latvia
2021
Regular and proportionate voluntary savings in private pension funds can become an important part of oldage pensions. However, this can happen if the savings are made for a long period of time. This justifies the target group of the 3rd pension level, which are young people who have started to receive a regular income from their professional activity. One of the most discussed issues in promoting voluntary pension savings is the level of financial literacy. In addition to other motivating factors, such as financial incentives, the level of knowledge of the population about the opportunities to participate in the third pillar of pensions makes them want to build up voluntary savings. Effecti…
Different meanings of ´knowledge as commodity` in the context of higher education
2013
Commodification has been and still is one of the key processes within capitalist market economies. Since the 1970s, different forms of knowledge have increasingly been subjected to this process. In this paper the commodification of knowledge in the field of higher education is defined in a broad sense as an example of the intensive enlargement of capitalism. I argue that knowledge shares some features of public goods and can be subjected to commodification both as an educational product and academic research itself. However, the simple dichotomy of public vs. private good is not nuanced enough to understand the status of knowledge within higher education. How to reconstruct this dichotomy,…
WORK–FAMILY CULTURE IN FOUR ORGANIZATIONS IN FINLAND
2005
The main objective of this study was to examine work–family culture in four organizations in Finland (n=1,114). Specifically, we attempted to clarify whether perceived work–family culture would vary according to gender, economic sector and type of organization. Furthermore, we investigated whether these perceptions would be related to employee self-reported well-being. The study data were gathered during 2001 by a questionnaire filled in by personnel from four different organizations, i.e. a municipal social and healthcare department (n=496), a municipal education department (n=232), a paper mill (n=183) and an IT organization (n=199). The first two organizations represented the public sect…
Proximal Paradox
2000
In today's societies relationships between near relatives and friends appear to be somewhat paradoxical. Some accounts present them as the social ideal, exalting the solidarity and altruism represented by proximal relationships. By contrast, others point to the social dangers in such relationships when they are conducted in the public sphere. In order to grasp the coexistence of these opposite views, this article attempts to place proximal relationships in the explanatory context of a gift economy, a concept with a long history in anthropology and which has lately been the focus of interest of a significant group of social thinkers.