Vectors of Influence on the Contractual Mix: Geographical Dispersion vs. Automation in Brazilian Franchised Chains

EU AGRICULTURAL INTEGRATED POLICIES: THE CASE OF EU AND MEDITERRANEAN COUNTIES

New Medit ◽

10.30682/nm1903b ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 18 (3) ◽

pp. 17-29

Author(s):

Mohamed Amine Hedoui ◽

Dimitrios Natos ◽

Konstadinos Mattas

Keyword(s):

Agricultural Trade ◽

Trade Integration ◽

Trade Data ◽

Agricultural Exports ◽

Eu Countries ◽

Mediterranean Countries ◽

Southern Mediterranean ◽

Geographical Dispersion ◽

The Eu

EU agricultural integrated policies among the EU and the southern Mediterranean countries are more evidently distilled through the EU-Mediterranean process (EUROMED). After 10 years of the Agadir agreement entry into force, this paper attempts to assess the agriculture trade integration among countries signed under the agreement, namely Morocco, Tunisia, Egypt and Jordan, by evaluating firstly the degree of sectorial and geographical dispersion of the four countries agricultural exports and secondly appraising the extent of agricultural trade complementarity towards EU countries. In this study, using the available agricultural trade data for the period 2007-2016 and the twenty-four agricultural sectors classification (CN codes 01-24), we will build three trade indices; Regional Hirschman, Sectorial Hirschman and the Trade Complementarity Index. And, finally, we will discuss the result and highlight the limitation and the challenges that hinder agricultural trade integration among southern and northern Mediterranean countries.

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Hearts in the Hometown: Diaspora Consciousness and Literature of the Tang and Song

Journal of Chinese Literature and Culture ◽

10.1215/23290048-8745619 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 7 (2) ◽

pp. 268-286

Author(s):

Wendy Hor

Keyword(s):

Cultural Value ◽

Literary Style ◽

Cultural Centers ◽

Geographical Dispersion ◽

Chinese Writing

Abstract Originating in the experience of geographical dispersion and survival, the concept of diaspora (lisan 離散) can be extended to diaspora consciousness (lisan yishi 離散意識) and its correlate, return consciousness (huigui yishi 回歸意識). The famous group of Tang and Song intellectuals who were forced to leave hometown political/cultural centers and dream, perennially, of return constitutes the early Chinese embodiment of diaspora-return consciousness. For many “hometown” (guxiang 故鄉) came to mean not just their homeland but their ideal destination or spiritual home, as in Su Shi's 蘇軾 (1037–1101) “wherever my heart is at peace is my home.” The layered features of this diaspora-return (lisan-huigui 離散—回歸) consciousness led to a unique literary style and the development of tropes that would shape Chinese writing for a millennium. Political banishment yielded an unintended yet undeniable cultural value.

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Distanced Leadership and Multimedia

Multimedia Technologies ◽

10.4018/978-1-59904-953-3.ch090 ◽

2008 ◽

pp. 1295-1302

Author(s):

Stacey L. Connaughton

Keyword(s):

21St Century ◽

Work Groups ◽

Palo Alto ◽

The Road ◽

Geographically Dispersed ◽

Advanced Technologies ◽

Geographical Dispersion ◽

Work At Home ◽

On The Road ◽

Dispersed Work

At the dawn of the 21st century, more and more organizations in various industries have adopted geographically dispersed work groups and are utilizing advanced technologies to communicate with them (Benson-Armer & Hsieh, 1997; Hymowitz, 1999; Townsend, DeMarie & Hendrickson, 1998; Van Aken, Hop & Post, 1998). This geographical dispersion varies in form. For example, some organizations have adopted “telecommuting,” in which members may work at home, on the road and/or at the office (Hymowitz, 1999). Other organizations have created teams that are globally dispersed. A leader located in Palo Alto, California, for example, may be responsible for coordinating employees in Belgium, China and Mexico.

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Improving Quality Improvement Collaboratives

Advances in Healthcare Information Systems and Administration - Design, Development, and Integration of Reliable Electronic Healthcare Platforms ◽

10.4018/978-1-5225-1724-5.ch014 ◽

2017 ◽

pp. 243-254

Author(s):

Priscilla A. Arling ◽

Edward J. Miech ◽

Greg W. Arling

Keyword(s):

Patient Outcome ◽

Quality Improvement ◽

Electronic Communication ◽

Healthcare Quality ◽

Falls Prevention ◽

Positive Patient ◽

Face To Face ◽

Prevention Project ◽

Geographical Dispersion ◽

Quality Improvement Collaboratives

For several decades, researchers have studied the comparative effects of face-to-face and electronic communication. Some have claimed that electronic communication is detrimental to outcomes while others have emphasized its advantages. For members of healthcare quality improvement (QI) collaboratives, a mix of both of types of communication is often used, due to geographical dispersion. This chapter examines the outcomes of a specific QI collaborative, the Empira Falls Prevention project in Minnesota, USA. Levels of electronic communication between collaborative members were found to be associated with a positive patient outcome, specifically a reduction in falls. Electronic and face-to-face communication differed in their association with success measures for the collaborative. The findings suggest that the two modes of communication can be leverage to attain maximum benefits from participating in a quality improvement collaborative.

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Uncovering the structure of public procurement transactions

Business and Politics ◽

10.1017/bap.2019.1 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 21 (3) ◽

pp. 351-384 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Mircea Popa

Keyword(s):

Public Procurement ◽

Learning Tools ◽

Structural Determinants ◽

Repeated Interaction ◽

Forest Models ◽

Random Forest Models ◽

Private And Public ◽

Geographical Dispersion ◽

Systematic Understanding ◽

Theoretical Results

AbstractClose ties between government authorities and private firms are often the object of suspicion, but a systematic understanding of when they arise is still missing. This article uses machine learning tools to analyze a large dataset of public contracts from across Europe, in order to identify the conditions under which close connections, defined both in terms of repeated interaction, as well as geographical dispersion, appear. Previous theoretical results suggest that close ties should emerge as an enforcement mechanism in settings characterized by weak outside enforcement, such as those involving corruption. Results from random forest models show support for this hypothesis, along with identifying other structural determinants of the outcome. The most striking finding is that even after accounting for numerous potential confounders, major differences in terms of average diversity levels between countries persist, and these differences map onto an indicator of governance quality and corruption, but not at all on income per capita. These findings point to the centrality of the structure of interactions between private and public actors for understanding governance outcomes.

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