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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
Economia e management delle imprese di pubblica utilità: contesto competitivo e governance delle public utilities locali
No full textL’esperienza delle public utilities locali: un modello di rapporto impresa-territorio?
No full textAfter a first conceptual introduction, the paper proposes an analysis of public utilities in
Italy from various perspectives, dwelling on the production chain of the main public utilities.
Considering the traditional role played by municipal concerns in public utilities, the
present work intends to investigate the reasons for the success and the decline of such kind of
public intervention. One of the reasons for failure is, meaningfully, the general dissatisfaction
perceived by the citizens-customers in the service quality provided by the public operators
under a monopoly regime.
Nevertheless, even the processes connected to the opening of the market pose some doubts
and problems, among these, the need to avoid that high profitable businesses might be
privileged to the detriment of others that, however, retain an important social value.
Therefore, in order to balance the aspects of local governance with the business synergies
deriving from possible aggregations, the paper suggests a model to support decisional
processes, in which the specific weight of each variable becomes explicit. Considering the
particular nature of the infrastructural networks, the analysis of the relationship between
enterprise and territory also marks the possibility to redesign the web of relationships among
local agencies, local enterprises of public utilities and territorially embedded financial
institutions
Deregolamentazione e concorrenza nei servizi pubblici locali: alcuni spunti di riflessione
No full textEconomia e management delle imprese di pubblica utilità: contesto competitivo e governance delle public utilities locali
No full textL’esperienza delle public utilities locali: un modello di rapporto impresa-territorio?
No full textAfter a first conceptual introduction, the paper proposes an analysis of public utilities in
Italy from various perspectives, dwelling on the production chain of the main public utilities.
Considering the traditional role played by municipal concerns in public utilities, the
present work intends to investigate the reasons for the success and the decline of such kind of
public intervention. One of the reasons for failure is, meaningfully, the general dissatisfaction
perceived by the citizens-customers in the service quality provided by the public operators
under a monopoly regime.
Nevertheless, even the processes connected to the opening of the market pose some doubts
and problems, among these, the need to avoid that high profitable businesses might be
privileged to the detriment of others that, however, retain an important social value.
Therefore, in order to balance the aspects of local governance with the business synergies
deriving from possible aggregations, the paper suggests a model to support decisional
processes, in which the specific weight of each variable becomes explicit. Considering the
particular nature of the infrastructural networks, the analysis of the relationship between
enterprise and territory also marks the possibility to redesign the web of relationships among
local agencies, local enterprises of public utilities and territorially embedded financial
institutions
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
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