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Introduction
No full textThis introduction presents an overview of the key concepts discussed in the subsequent chapters of this book. The book analyses the problem of how to reconcile Islam and Finance, and integrate Muslims into a universalistic and self-grounded Financial Market. It highlights the relationships between Islamic Ethics, Law and Economics. The book examines the pre-conditions for Islamic finance to generate sustained economic growth. It examines the EU Cooperation Policy with the Northern African Mediterranean and the Middle East Countries. The book analyses the recent developments of the European neighbourhood policy, starting from the pivotal Barcelona declaration, to illustrate the major changes, developments and results obtained since then. It describes the framework and functioning of the Islamic Bank, analysing its differences from conventional banks
Contemporary Issues in Islamic Law, Economics and Finance: A Multidisciplinary Approach
No full textThis book explores how Islam can impact the structures and performance of firms, financial institutions and capital markets across a range of countries and industries. The Islamic finance industry represents an important reality not only because of the oil wealth of the Gulf states, which have fueled demand for such financial services, but also for an increased demand from a growing Muslim population in the West that aspires to express a full and all-inclusive religious identity. The increased demand for Muslim financial institutions has prompted Western non-Islamic firms to begin providing these services in an interesting effort of acculturation to the new plural scenario. By adopting a multidisciplinary approach, which also takes into account the theological, legal and geopolitical framework, the book offers a comprehensive picture of Islamic financial tools, contracts and business opportunities. Drawing on different fields of expertise, it deals with various themes, such as the theological roots of Islamic economics and finance and its geopolitical impact; the EU policy of cooperation with MENA and GCC countries; the instruments of Islamic finance, its legal principle and ability to become an instrument for enhancing business opportunities; the functioning of Islamic banks; the development of capital markets within a financial model influenced by religious constraints and, finally, the new relationships of this religious financial system with Western legal systems. The book thus provides a complete and extensive overview of the practice of Islamic finance through the lenses offered by studies of economics and management. Providing a careful analysis and an integrated framework of geo-economic and political issues, the book will be a valuable resource for academics, researchers and professionals in International Business, Entrepreneurship and Small Business Management, Law and Religion and Intercultural Studies
La legge che non c'è. Proposta per una legge sulla libertà religiosa in Italia, a cura di Roberto Zaccaria, Sara Domianello, Alessandro Ferrari, Pierangela Floris, Roberto Mazzola, Prefazione di Giuliano Amato
No full textIl saggio intende riflettere sotto il profilo soggettivo dell’art.19 Cost, la necessità nel sistema legislativo italiano di una nuova legge sulla libertà religiosa sostitutiva della legge sui culti ammessi del 1929, al fine di dare una risposta ai complessi problemi pratici di libertà religiosa e di coscienza generati dalle nuove frontiere del pluralismo religioso italiano ed europeo, consapevoli che sarebbe un grave errore dimenticare il profilo etico-spirituale di tale libertà, e sarebbe ancora più ingiustificabile non tenere conto del fatto che la libertà di coscienza e di religione, tanto individuale quanto collettiva, così come avviene per tutte le libertà fondamentali, non costituisce un diritto acquisito per sempre, ma abbisogna d’impegno, prima di tutto civico, nel farsi interprete, non d’una idea di libertà religiosa generica, ma tale da soddisfare, puntualmente e nella debita misura, alle speciali esigenze riconnesse a quei valori umani elementari sussunti nella loro viva concretezza
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Full text linkThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
Variations on the Author
Full text link“Variations on the Author” discusses two of Eduardo Coutinho’s recent films (Um Dia na Vida, from 2010, and Últimas Conversas, posthumously released in 2015) and their contribution to the general question of documentary authorship. The director’s filmography is characterized by a consistent yet self-effacing form of authorial self-inscription: Coutinho often features as an interviewer that rather than express opinions propels discourses; an interviewer that is good at listening. This mode of self-inscription characterizes him as an author who is not expressive but who is nonetheless markedly present on the screen. In Um Dia na Vida, however, Coutinho is completely absent form the image, while Últimas Conversas, on the contrary, includes a confessional prologue that moves the director from the margins to the center of his films. This article examines the ways in which these works stand out in the filmography of a director who offers new insights into the notion of cinematic authorship
Appropriate Similarity Measures for Author Cocitation Analysis
Full text linkWe provide a number of new insights into the methodological discussion about author cocitation analysis. We first argue that the use of the Pearson correlation for measuring the similarity between authors’ cocitation profiles is not very satisfactory. We then discuss what kind of similarity measures may be used as an alternative to the Pearson correlation. We consider three similarity measures in particular. One is the well-known cosine. The other two similarity measures have not been used before in the bibliometric literature. Finally, we show by means of an example that our findings have a high practical relevance.information science;Pearson correlation;cosine;similarity measure;author cocitation analysis
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