243,135 research outputs found
Envelope Addressed to Charlotte Michaud from Marie Ange Baker
No full textEnvelope addressed to Charlotte Michaud from Marie Ange Baker, wife of Albert Baker. Envelope is postmarked 01/05/1980. Notation on front written by Michaud:
M-Ange work record hereUsed 3-1M-Ange1-7Raymond 1stregistry of deedsall Fr [after]sent to Rose1-11-80https://digitalcommons.usm.maine.edu/michaud-1974-1985/1026/thumbnail.jp
Firms'productive performance and the investment climate in developing economies : an application to MENA manufacturing
No full textDrawing on the World Bank Investment Climate Assessment surveys, this paper investigates the relationship between firm-level technical efficiency and the investment climate for 22 developing economies and eight manufacturing industries. The authors first propose three measures of firms'productive performance: labor productivity, total factor productivity, and technical efficiency. They show that, on average, enterprises in the Middle East and North Africa have performed poorly compared with other countries in the sample. The exception is Morocco, whose various measures of firm-level productivity rank close to the ones of the most productive economies. The analysis also reveals that the competitiveness of countries in the region has been handicapped by high unit labor cost, compared with main competitors like China and India. The empirical results show then? that the investment climate matters for firms'productive performance. This is true (depending on the industry) for the quality of various infrastructure, the experience and education level of the labor force, the cost of and access to financing, as well as different dimensions of the government-business relation. The analysis reveals that some industries, more exposed to international competition, are more sensitive to investment climate deficiencies. For some industries, this is also true for small and medium domestic enterprises that do not have the possibility to influence their investment climate or choose their location. These findings bear clear policy implications by showing that increasing firms'size and improving the investment climate (in particular of small and medium firms and industries more exposed to international competition) could constitute a powerful means of industrial development and competitiveness, in the Middle East and North Africa region in particular.Economic Theory&Research,Political Economy,Labor Policies,,Investment and Investment Climate
What Types of Perceived Governance Indicators Matter the Most for Private Investment in Middle East and North Africa
No full textBy using a simultaneous equations model, this paper establishes that the perceived quality of governance, which is measured by three different indicators “Quality of Administration”, “Public Accountability” and “Political Stability”, has a positive effect on the private investment decisions in the developing countries. Our model allows us to point out the fact that the mechanisms through which each type of indicator affects private investment are different. In addition to our primary result we also show that Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region could have attained a better private investment performance if it had reached a more advanced level of perceived institutions in last two decades. The low level of public accountability, among other governance deficiencies, was predominantly responsible for the deficiency in private investment in MENA.cerdi
L’edilizia degli ordini mendicanti a Siena tra la seconda metà del Duecento e il Trecento: cantieri, materiali e assetti topografici
No full textThe convents of the Mendicant Orders had a fundamental role in shaping the topographical layout of the medieval cities. In Siena, the convent of the Carmelites, located in Pian dei Martellini nearby the area of the oldest urban settlement, and the convent of the Servites, in the Southern area of the city, were both built in recently urbanised areas related to the 13th-century walls. The study of the two buildings and of their surrounding urban layout provided important information on the actions of civic authorities, religious orders and workforce
Motion de M. d'Eymar relative à J.-J. Rousseau, en annexe de la séance du 29 novembre 1790
No full textEymar du Bignosc Ange Marie, chevalier d'. Motion de M. d'Eymar relative à J.-J. Rousseau, en annexe de la séance du 29 novembre 1790. In: Archives Parlementaires de 1787 à 1860 - Première série (1787-1799) Tome XXI - Du 26 novembre 1790 au 2 janvier 1791. Paris : Librairie Administrative P. Dupont, 1885. pp. 127-129
Intervention de M. d'Eymar au sujet de la veuve de J. -J. Rousseau demandant une pension alimentaire, lors de la séance du 21 décembre 1790
No full textEymar du Bignosc Ange Marie, chevalier d'. Intervention de M. d'Eymar au sujet de la veuve de J. -J. Rousseau demandant une pension alimentaire, lors de la séance du 21 décembre 1790. In: Archives Parlementaires de 1787 à 1860 - Première série (1787-1799) Tome XXI - Du 26 novembre 1790 au 2 janvier 1791. Paris : Librairie Administrative P. Dupont, 1885. p. 619
Verre et savoir-faire en Lorraine
No full textSuite au lancement en 1987 du programme « savoir-faire et techniques » la direction du Patrimoine — mission du Patrimoine ethnologique —, soutient plus de vingt opérations visant non seulement à étudier mais aussi protéger, mettre en valeur ou transmettre des techniques et des savoir-faire artisanaux ou industriels. Terrain n° 10 présentait les recherches lancées en Franche-Comté sur les arts du feu. Pour le présent numéro, nous avons demandé à Marie-Ange Grandjean de présenter les premiers r..
Il reimpiego dei laterizi romani nell’edilizia medievale di Padova
No full textA large reuse of Roman bricks, originating from both religious and civil buildings, is typical to the « renaissance » of 12th century architecture in Padua, coming after the Early Medieval period. We looked into the dynamics and practice of the reuse of old materials by combining the study of construction techniques with statistical analyses of the brick’s dimension and modalities of their employment in the construction. Despite the variety of brick’s dimensions, the selection of reused materials in the studied constructions is characterized by intentional choice of the bricks of larger dimensions which are homogeneously distributed and used in equilibrium with static and construction needs
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