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Sustainable Entrepreneurship: Next Stage of Responsible Business
No full textThis paper analyzes the concept of a business’ “holistic development,” paying particular attention to the importance of “territorial” (or territory-based) firms in such a model. The work develops the concepts of a “territorial” business, its rootedness, cohesion, and social capital both theoretically and empirically, and, in highlighting the interconnectedness of the links between holistic development of the firm and its territory, posits a new analytical framework through which researchers can examine the relationships between businesses and their surroundings.
Methodologically, the paper utilizes multiple case studies of two “territorial” firms located in the Marche region of central Italy. The empirical analysis helps formulate propositions that synthesize the attributes of “territorial” companies and the model of holistic development. The study also helps identify the bi-directionality of the links between the holistic development of a business and of its surrounding territory
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Get PDFThe 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
Environmental Disclosure
No full textEnvironmental disclosure refers to the voluntary
or mandatory communication of information that
shall help company’s stakeholders to recognize
the impact of business decisions on the environment.
Disclosed information usually includes narratives
about company’s environmental programs
and policies, compliance with local environmental
legislation, achievement of environmental certifications
or awards, adoption of environmental
management systems, description of environmental
risks, as well as quantitative information like
environmental indicators or measures related to
the amount of waste produced, the usage of natural
resources, emissions, company expenses, and
investments made to reduce possible negative
impacts on the environment. This information
can be found in annual reports, stand-alone environmental
reports, or sustainability reports. In addition, companies may be obliged to disclose
specific environmental information to the public,
government authorities, or agencies to account for
their ecological footprint. For example, in the
United States, most manufacturing firms and utilities
are required to provide to the Environmental
Protection Agency (EPA) annual estimates of
toxics released into the environment and the
EPA makes this information publicly available
Variations on the Author
Get PDF“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
Get PDFWe 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
Environmental Accounting
No full textThe chapter has the objective to describe the meaning of environmental accountin
Disaster Management
No full textA common definition of disaster management is
difficult because the term disaster may refer to
different situations, and the approaches to manage
these situations can vary in scope and aim. A
disaster usually refers to an unpredictable event
with relevant negative consequences for people,
businesses, and the environment. According to the
magnitude of damages generated, disasters are
detected from catastrophes. With reference to the
speed of occurrence, disasters are classified as
emergencies or not. Moreover, different literature
streams focus on either industrial disasters, which
are produced by companies in their ordinary activity
(e.g., blow out of some plants) or natural
disasters, which are incidence of natural hazard
events (earthquakes, eruptions, floods, or
cyclones). Managing a disaster is also a very
broad definition, as the art of management can span from forecasting to preventing, planning,
solving disasters, and recovering the situation as
it was before the disaster or improving it (disaster
recovery)
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