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Thomas Grisell letter to Thomas Rotch, 2nd mo 19th 1823
No full textThomas Grisell's letter reached the Rotch household several months before the unexpected death of Thomas Rotch in August, 1823. This is the last letter of the series and presumably the author learned of his friend's death before another letter was penned. 7.95" x 10" (20.2 by 25.5 cm
Challenges and opportunities in sustainable governance and finance
No full textDear readers!
In the first issue of the journal contributions are published that studied industries that provide finance from a different point of view (Thomas Holtfort, Andreas Horsch, and Joachim Schwarz; Pasqualina Porretta and Andrea Benassi; Shab Hundal and Taisiia Zinakova; Alessandra von Borowski Dodl) and papers related to human capital with various declensions (Lorena Çakërri, Oltiana Muharremi, and Filloreta Madani; Riccardo Savio).
Focalizing the attention to the finance institutions, articles address topics related to the various challenges, including, between other, the advent of technology and digitalization that has revolutionized all economic sectors, without neglecting the financial one, but also challenges related to the pandemic caused by COVID19 – which has changed the way companies work as well as that event that has the health, financial and economic system of the whole world is in crisis.
About the digitalization in the bank sector, as we have already had the opportunity to state, with other colleagues, in a study published in this journal (Paoloni, Mattei, Paoloni, & Santolamazza, 2020), this process has strongly influenced the role of
the banking sector, in general, of finance, enabling transformation in the way companies organize themselves and the relationship with their stakeholder. This idea is supported by the previous literature (Ulrich & Fibitz, 2020; Quarato, Pini, & Positano, 2020; Shimizu, 2020; Grove, Clouse, & Georg Schaffner, 2018).
However, innovation and crises must not make us forget the vital role that sustainability has (understood in the broadest sense of the term) concerning corporate profitability and businesses’ survival. Although this topic has already been known to researchers for some time (Bauknecht et al., 2020; Marques, Serrasqueiro, & Nogueira, 2020; Malik & Yadav, 2020; Huse, 2005), in recent years, it increasingly involves academics who study the phenomenon under various aspects of governance and finance. Primary attention regarding sustainable development became central to the international community, especially since 2015, when the UN approved the 2030 Agenda or an action plan to pursue sustainable development (Dello Strologo, D’Andrassi, Paoloni, & Mattei, 2021). Doing a quick survey on the main search engines with the keyword “sustainability”
reports on how in the last twenty years, the academic interest in this regard has increased but above all how much it has increased exponentially in the last 5-10 years supported by scholars from various countries of the world. The analysis of the data obtained shows that it is scholars from many disciplines who deal with this topic (in fact, the studies are placed in many and different subject categories such as computer sciences, economics, business, management and accounting, environmental science, etc.) but considering the strategic role of this research area it is believed that it can be argued, without hesitation, that it will be a topic of significant interest (especially as regards the results obtained concerning the different goals identified by the UN) also in the coming years to come.
If you look in detail at the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the United Nations, you can see that goal No. 8 is related to the necessity to create decent work and economic growth. Therefore, it is easy to understand how the “human capital” factor is strategic for the economy’s growth, and, as already mentioned above, this is another topic that is treated in this issue. This could be clearly seen in the papers written by Lorena Çakërri, Oltiana Muharremi, and Filloreta Madani, and by Riccardo Savio, although they deal with different topics, they focus attention on the most relevant component of intellectual capital, namely the human capital. Even if it is a strategic factor because it represents the combination of skills, qualifications and experiences of individuals (Grove, Clouse, & Xu, 2021; Kolluru, 2021; Balian, Farah, & Braendle, 2020; Sun, 2018; Bontis, 1998), there are some sectors in which this topic is not so much explored, as, e.g., the healthcare industry
(Paoloni, Mattei, Dello Strologo, & Celli, 2020), or at least with the same attention it deserves
Failed Censures: Ecclesiastical Regulation of Women’s Clothing in Late Medieval Italy
No full textChurchmen in the late thirteenth and early fourteenth centuries tried to regulate the costume of Italian women. These efforts failed, and regulation was largely left thereafter to civic authorities.The published version was published as Chapter 3 in Medieval Clothing and Textiles 5Izbicki, Thomas M. (2009), "Failed Censures: Ecclesiastical Regulation of Women’s Clothing in Late Medieval Italy" in Netherton, Robin and Owen-Crocker, Gale R., eds., Medieval Clothing and Textiles 5 (Boydell Press), 37-53ISBN: 9781843834519 (published book)Peer reviewe
Western medieval legal manuscripts in the collections of the University of Pennsylvania
No full textWestern legal manuscripts of the Middle Ages in North American collections are among the least known to scholars. The University of Pennsylvania has a rich collection of these texts, several of which were in the collection of the historian Henry Charles Lea. Included are works of civil law and canon law, as well as collections of papal letters and guides to pastoral care. The descriptions of most of these manuscripts in the catalog of Norman P. Zacour and Rudolf Hirsch are perfunctory, sometimes erring or omitting valuable information. Other manuscripts were added in recent years in the Lawrence J. Schoenberg Collection. Much of this material is being added to the Franklin online catalog of the University’s libraries, but researchers frequently do not search these digital resources. This article provides more complete guidance to the University’s medieval legal manuscripts than any of the existing catalogs offers, whether in print or online. It also provides updated bibliographic information in print or online. Every manuscript has been examined by the author in situ. Among the important works represented in the collection is the Panormia (a work of canon law often attributed to Ivo of Chartres). Authors present include the curialist Thomas of Capua, canonists Petrus de Braco, William of Pagula, Bernardus Raimundi, Adam of Aldersbach, Raymond of Peñafort, and civil lawyers Baldus de Ubaldis, and Bartolus de Saxoferrato. Three of these manuscripts were owned in the past by Sir Thomas Phillipps
Forbidden Colors in the Regulation of Clerical Dress from the Fourth Lateran Council (1215) to the Time of Nicholas of Cusa (d. 1464)
No full textMedieval canon law attempted to distinguish clergy from the laity by restricting their dress choices. The article focuses on prohibition of wearing red or green on the street. Both colors were identified with the nobility.The published version was published as Chapter 7 in Medieval Clothing and Textiles 1Izbicki, Thomas M. (2005), "Forbidden Colors in the Regulation of Clerical Dress from the Fourth Lateran Council (1215) to the Time of Nicholas of Cusa (d. 1464)" in Netherton, Robin and Owen-Crocker, Gale R., eds., Medieval Clothing and Textiles 1 (Boydell Press),105-114ISBN: 9781843831235 (published book
Thomas Crutchfield account book, 1848-1861
No full textA book containing business accounts, including details about travel expenses and the purchase and sale of lumber as well as other goods and services. The author also catalogs personal spending, the dates and pricing of properties offered for rent, and the purchase and leasing of enslaved people. Many entries are consistent with the business activities of Thomas Crutchfield Sr., who died in 1850. Someone continued to make entries in the book for activities dated up to 1861
Thomas Crutchfield account book, 1848-1861
No full textA book containing business accounts, including details about travel expenses and the purchase and sale of lumber as well as other goods and services. The author also catalogs personal spending, the dates and pricing of properties offered for rent, and the purchase and leasing of enslaved people. Many entries are consistent with the business activities of Thomas Crutchfield Sr., who died in 1850. Someone continued to make entries in the book for activities dated up to 1861
Thomas Hazard Jr letter to Thomas Rotch, New York 6 mo 10, 1821
No full textThe author acknowledges receipt of letters after the Rotch return to Kendal, Ohio in the late spring of 1821. Thomas Hazard mentions that his whaling ship, Dawn, has sailed to the Pacific Ocean with 23 hands on board and provisions for three years. He hopes to visit Kendal in the Fall, he also mentions that William Rotch Jr was recovering from a fever.
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Thomas of Marga's Monastic History and Other Texts
No full textBedjan here offers in his customary manner (i.e. in fully vocalized east Syriac script) several texts: Thomas of Marga’s Monastic History of Bet ‘Abe (also known as the Book of Governors), ‘Ishodnah’s Book of Monastery Founders, Homilies on Joseph by Narsai, and a collection of texts from Leo the Great (the Tome), Nestorius, Sahdona (Martyrius), and the Testament of St. Ephrem (in a different redaction than those previously published). The volume is prefaced with an introduction in French. This range of materials will be of interest to every reader concerned with the theology and history of Syriac Christianity.Includes introduction in French
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