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Distribution by Scientific Domains

Business, Economics, Finance and Accounting	60%
Humanities and Social Sciences	40%

Selected Abstracts

Inter-firm sharing of process knowledge: exploring knowledge markets

KNOWLEDGE AND PROCESS MANAGEMENT: THE JOURNAL OF CORPORATE TRANSFORMATION, Issue 1 2002
David G. Bell
Markets and communities are two modalities of knowledge exchange between firms; and this study concludes with a model that addresses the tension between the two modalities. The model resulted from an exploratory study conducted under the umbrella of a national consortium, using the methodology of participatory action research. The study involved three large multinational firms, where one firm supplied knowledge of three different processes used in product development to two other non-competitive firms outside their supply chain. The knowledge was shared within the framework of an intervention that included the following: (1) individual work with process-related course materials via the web or compact disc, followed by (2) interactive group sessions supported by videoconference facilities and led by a process expert from the supplying firm. Empirical data were gathered by interviewing participants before and after the intervention, and by observing interactive group sessions. Findings from the empirical data describe rationales for inter-firm sharing of process knowledge, which illustrate a market modality of exchange; and describe practices for effective knowledge sharing, which illustrate aspects of a community modality of exchange. The model induced from these findings compares the situational setting, constellation of meanings and associated knowledge sharing practices for both modalities of exchange: market and community. Copyright © 2002 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. [source]

The economic return on education for hotel managers

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF TOURISM RESEARCH, Issue 2 2007
Carlos Pestana Barros
Abstract This paper estimates econometrically the economic return on education among Portuguese hotels managers, based on a survey carried out in 2003. A Mincerian human capital model is estimated. The main findings indicate that the rate of return is in the range 12,15%, signifying that Portuguese hotel managers are better paid than the average population. The results also indicate that in this sector, the return on education does not depend on the number of employees in the hotels in which the individual works, nor on the region where the hotel is situated. Gender has an impact in this labour market. Being a foreign manager has a positive impact on earnings, as is also the case for partners in the hotel company. The research draws the attention of hotel managers to the need to acquire human capital to enable them to perform their tasks effectively in a globalised world. Copyright © 2007 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. [source]

Earnings and Schooling of Cooperative Managers

ANNALS OF PUBLIC AND COOPERATIVE ECONOMICS, Issue 3 2003
Carlos Pestana Barros
The main findings indicate that the rate of return is in line with previous published research. The results also indicate that in this sector, the return on education does not depend on the dimensions of the cooperative in which the individual works. [source]

INSIDE/INTERIORS: CHARDIN'S IMAGES OF THE FAMILY

ART HISTORY, Issue 4 2005
René Démoris
This article examines afresh well-known paintings by Jean-Siméon Chardin that represent the domestic interior, and questions the extent to which they circumscribe a moral realm and invoke an ideal of ,happy families'. Chardin's families are rarely nuclear; rather they constitute complex and potentially dynamic households that include servants as well as parents and children. Through a close analysis of individual works, including still-life and figure subjects, this essay draws attention to the ambiguity of the domestic domain as a space of the presocial, of wild, untamed drives, and one in which social aspirations are occasionally played out. It reflects on the passions and desires of the domestic world, intimated by an artist usually associated with Enlightenment. [source]

Economic Insecurity and the Globalization of Production

AMERICAN JOURNAL OF POLITICAL SCIENCE, Issue 4 2004
Kenneth Scheve
A central question in the international and comparative political economy literatures on globalization is whether economic integration increases worker insecurity in advanced economies. Previous research has focused on the role of international trade and has failed to produce convincing evidence that such a link exists. In this article, we argue that globalization increases worker insecurity, but that foreign direct investment (FDI) by multinational enterprises (MNEs) is the key aspect of integration generating risk. FDI by MNEs increases firms' elasticity of demand for labor. More-elastic labor demands, in turn, raise the volatility of wages and employment, all of which tends to make workers feel less secure. We present new empirical evidence, based on the analysis of panel data from Great Britain collected from 1991 to 1999, that FDI activity in the industries in which individuals work is positively correlated with individual perceptions of economic insecurity. This correlation holds in analyses accounting for individual-specific effects and a wide variety of control variables. [source]