612 research outputs found
The SAGE Handbook of Diplomacy
No full textThe SAGE Handbook of Diplomacy provides a major thematic overview of Diplomacy and its study that is theoretically and historically informed and in sync with the current and future needs of diplomatic practice . Original contributions from a brilliant team of global experts are organised into four thematic sections: Section One: Diplomatic Concepts & Theories Section Two: Diplomatic Institutions Section Three: Diplomatic Relations Section Four: Types of Diplomatic Engagemen
The Effect of Board Structure on Bidder-Shareholders' Wealth: Further Evidence from the UK Bidding Firms
Get PDFIn this study we provide evidence of cross-sectional dependence of bidder-shareholder wealth and target’s board characteristics. More specifically we provide evidence that the percentage of non-executives, the board size, the stock holdings of executives, and the other directorships held by non-executives serving the target board are important in assessing the announcement of the bid, whereas in the bidder’s board only the percentage of non-executive directors is important for bidder-shareholders. In addition to that we provide evidence that some of these relationships are not monotonic in nature. Finally, in this study it is documented that bidder-shareholder wealth is favoured in acquisitions where bidders have marginally more executive than non-executive directors in their boards and therefore the question arises as to whether “dependent” boards are more efficient than “independent” ones.Takeovers, Board Characteristics, Corporate Governance, Shareholder-wealth
What to do about banks
No full textCostas Lapavitsas considers the political economy of bloated finance and makes a case for establishing democratically-run public banks, which, he asserts, could strengthen the social and the collective in modern economies Copyright (c) 2009 The Author. Journal compilation (c) 2009 ippr.
Proteccion de Costas: Diseno de malecones y diques incluyendo un resumen de revestimientos
No full textSpanish translation of "Coastal Protection", including some additional papers for a course in La Habana. Introduccion a la protección de costas. Diseno de malecones y diques incluyendo un resumen de revestimientos. Recolección de datos y métodos de prediccion. Trepada de la ola y sobrepaso (hasta 1993). Estabilidad Estatica y Dinamica de materiales Sueltos (Jenstje Van Der Meer). Estabilidad hidraulica para materiales y systemas
Crisis Spaces : Structures, Struggles and Solidarity in Southern Europe
No full textReview Symposium of a book by Costas Hadjimichalis with reply from the author
Microbial biominers: Sequential bioleaching and biouptake of metals from electronic scraps
No full textAuthor contributions: Camino García-Balboa: conceptualization (lead), data curation (equal), formal analysis (equal), investigation (equal), writing–original draft (supporting), writing–review and editing (equal). Paloma Martínez-Alesón: conceptualization (supporting), formal analysis (supporting), investigation (equal), writing–original draft (supporting), writing–review and editing (equal). Victoria López-Rodas: funding acquisition (lead), supervision (equal), writing–review and editing (equal). Eduardo Costas: funding acquisition (lead), supervision (equal), writing–review and editing (equal). Beatriz Baselga-Cervera: conceptualization (supporting), data curation (equal), formal analysis (equal), funding acquisition (supporting), visualization (lead), writing–original draft (lead), writing–review and editing (lead).Electronic scraps (e‐scraps) represent an attractive raw material to mine demandedmetals, as well as rare earth elements (REEs). A sequential microbial‐mediated pro-cess developed in two steps was examined to recover multiple elements. First, wemade use of an acidophilic bacteria consortium, mainly composed of Acidiphiliummultivorum and Leptospidillum ferriphilum, isolated from acid mine drainages. Theconsortium was inoculated in a dissolution of e‐scraps powder and cultured for15 days. Forty‐five elements were analyzed in the liquid phase over time, includingsilver, gold, and 15 REEs. The bioleaching efficiencies of the consortium were >99%for Cu, Co, Al, and Zn, 53% for Cd, and around 10% for Cr and Li on Day 7. Thesecond step consisted of a microalgae‐mediated uptake from e‐scraps leachate. Thestrains used were two acidophilic extremotolerant microalgae, Euglena sp. (EugVP)and Chlamydomonas sp. (ChlSG) strains, isolated from the same extreme environ-ment. Up to 7.3, 4.1, 1.3, and 0.7 µg by wet biomass (WB) of Zn, Al, Cu, and Mn,respectively, were uptaken by ChlSG biomass in 12 days, presenting higher effi-ciency than EugVP. Concerning REEs, ChlSG biouptake 14.9, 20.3, 13.7, 8.3 ng ofGd, Pr, Ce, La per WB. Meanwhile, EugVP captured 1.1, 1.5, 1.4, and 7.5, respec-tively. This paper shows the potential of a microbial sequential process to revalorizee‐scraps and recover metals and REEs, harnessing extremotolerant microorganismsFundación Alfonso Martín EscuderoDepto. de Producción AnimalFac. de VeterinariaTRUEpu
Content-Focused Research for Innovation in Teaching/Learning Electromagnetism: Approaches from GIREP Community
No full textThis paper summarises research presented in the symposium organised by the Groupe International de Recherche sur l’Enseignment de la Physique (GIREP) on content-focused research and research-based instruction. A specific topic area, electromagnetism, was chosen to provide focus and continuity. The interpretative ideas developed by physicists to account for electromagnetic phenomena and the mathematical formalism used to represent these ideas make the subject ideal for exploring issues in learning and teaching that include the impact of students’ prior real-world experiences, their understanding of the nature of the interpretative process and their ability to relate formalism to phenomena. Electromagnetism also offers the opportunity to explore the relationships between macroscopic and microscopic models, as well as the ‘field’ concept. Thus the research findings presented have implications that go beyond the nominal content of electricity and magnetism. The symposium addressed learning among primary, secondary and university students pursuing careers as engineers or scientists and pre-service teachers. The themes include the study of conceptual knots related to the content, the implications for teacher training and the persistence of difficulties at the university level. Instructional approaches motivated by research findings were discussed. Researchers from Belgium, Germany, Italy, Spain and the United States presented results from their own investigations. As shown in this paper, the perspectives vary with regard to research questions, methods, interpretative frameworks and the role of specific research findings in driving educational innovation
Diplomatic agency
No full textDiplomatic agency is intriguing. On the one hand, diplomats are crucial to the management of day-to-day international relations and the negotiation of war and peace. On the other hand, most diplomatic action is highly constrained or invisible. This chapter provides an overview of the ways in which diplomatic agency has been conceptualized in International Relations theory (English School, game theory, Foreign Policy Analysis, constructivism, practice theory, post-positivism) before presenting and exemplifying major and overlapping types of diplomatic agency, including communication, negotiation and advocacy. It analyzes how professionalization, legalization, personalization and popularization of diplomacy have shaped diplomatic agency including how international law, bureaucracy, public diplomacy and new information technologies have impacted the scope and content of diplomatic agency. Finally, it discusses how diplomatic agency is linked to conceptions of diplomatic representation and legitimacy in its actual, functional and symbolic forms.Diplomatic agency is intriguing. On the one hand, diplomats are crucial to the management of day-to-day international relations and the negotiation of war and peace. On the other hand, most diplomatic action is highly constrained or invisible. This chapter provides an overview of the ways in which diplomatic agency has been conceptualized in International Relations theory (English School, game theory, Foreign Policy Analysis, constructivism, practice theory, post-positivism) before presenting and exemplifying major and overlapping types of diplomatic agency, including communication, negotiation and advocacy. It analyzes how professionalization, legalization, personalization and popularization of diplomacy have shaped diplomatic agency including how international law, bureaucracy, public diplomacy and new information technologies have impacted the scope and content of diplomatic agency. Finally, it discusses how diplomatic agency is linked to conceptions of diplomatic representation and legitimacy in its actual, functional and symbolic forms
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