The Future or Fancy? An Empirical Study of Public Benefit Corporations

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael B. Dorff ◽  
James Hicks ◽  
Steven Davidoff Solomon
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Study ◽  
Public Benefit ◽  
The Future ◽  
Benefit Corporations

Increasing Awareness about Contagious Diseases through Information Campaigns in Romania

2018 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 77-86
Author(s):  
Laura Marcu
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Study ◽  
Everyday Life ◽  
Sources Of Information ◽  
Information Campaigns ◽  
Contagious Diseases ◽  
The Future

Abstract The article presents an analysis of the awareness of the population about the kinds of contagious diseases to which it is exposed, as well as ways to prevent known and applied in everyday life. Presentation exposes results of a survey in the Dambovita county of Romania and tries to explain it by reference to information campaigns on contagious diseases. The empirical study reveals the main contagious diseases known and those less known by people, the favourite sources of information, the main measures of prevention known and applied by individuals. Finally some considerations are made regarding the future organization of information campaigns in this area.

Haunting shame and haunted bodies: Mixed feelings and entangled times in the online sharing of personal images

First Monday ◽  
2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amparo Lasén ◽  
Héctor Puente
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Young Adults ◽  
Empirical Study ◽  
Instant Messaging ◽  
Everyday Activity ◽  
The Past ◽  
The Future ◽  
Mixed Feelings ◽  
Continuity And Discontinuity

Taking photos of oneself and sharing them on social media or instant messaging apps is a practice haunted by shame. Although both media and popular wisdom view it as a simple exercise in narcissism and vanity, research into this practice shows contradictions, ambivalence, and tensions. Drawing on an empirical study carried out with young adults in Madrid, we explore the ambivalence, or “conflicting desires” as one interviewee put it, associated with affective and attention economies involved in this practice. Despite being a common, everyday activity, taking photos of oneself, seeing oneself in them, and sharing them generates mixed feelings, ranging from pleasure at seeing and playing around with one’s image, to estrangement and disquiet. We analyze how different kinds of shame are elicited. We also explore the time entanglement of both shame and the sharing of personal images online, in which memories of the past are intertwined with forms of continuity and discontinuity between the past and the present, and with the expectation of what will be remembered in the future.

Higher Education

2019 ◽  
pp. 159-180
Author(s):  
Nicholas D. Smith
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Empirical Study ◽  
Arithmetic Geometry ◽  
Mathematical Study ◽  
Mathematical Objects ◽  
The Future ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship

Explains the curricula included in the proposed higher education of the future rulers: arithmetic, geometry, stereometry, astronomy, harmony, and dialectic. Once again addresses questions of what Plato thought about mathematical objects and how he talks about these in Book VII of the Republic. Considers debates about just how and why Plato assigned such an important role to mathematical studies in the training of the power of knowledge for the future rulers. Considers the relationship of “formal” as opposed to “empirical” study, particularly in Plato’s requirement of astronomy as the penultimate mathematical study. Discusses what we can discern about Plato’s conception of dialectic and how that fits as the final element in the “highest studies” that prepare the future rulers to begin to engage in political rule. Shows how in spite of these studies culminating in the highest cognitive achievements, they must be followed by fifteen years of political apprenticeship, and why only after this training can Plato’s best students become philosopher rulers.

scholarly journals Lawyer disciplinary processes: an empirical study of solicitors’ misconduct cases in England and Wales in 2015

Legal Studies ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 39 (3) ◽  
pp. 455-478 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrew Boon ◽  
Avis Whyte
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Study ◽  
Empirical Evidence ◽  
Legal Services ◽  
England And Wales ◽  
The Future ◽  
Regulatory Institutions ◽  
Disciplinary System ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Practice Regulation

AbstractThe Legal Services Act 2007 effected major changes in the disciplinary system for solicitors in England and Wales. Both the practice regulator, the Solicitors Regulation Authority, and a disciplinary body, the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal, were reconstituted as independent bodies and given new powers. Our concern is the impact of the Act on the disciplinary system for solicitors. Examination of this issue involves consideration of changes to regulatory institutions and the mechanics of practice regulation. Drawing on Foucault's notion of governmentality, empirical evidence drawn from disciplinary cases handled by the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal and the Solicitors Regulation Authority in 2015 is used to explore potentially different conceptions of discipline informing the work of the regulatory institutions. The conclusion considers the implications of our findings for the future of the professional disciplinary system.

The Public Benefit of Benefit Corporations

2017 ◽  
Vol 51 (01) ◽  
pp. 54-60 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shannon K. Vaughan ◽  
Shelly Arsneault
Keyword(s):  
The Public ◽  
Public Benefit ◽  
Benefit Corporations

scholarly journals Ценова стратегия на база ценност на продукта за клиента: резултати от емпирично изследване за България (Value-Based Pricing Strategy: Results from an Empirical Study for Bulgaria)

2020 ◽  
pp. 71-82 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Study ◽  
Present Article ◽  
Pricing Strategy ◽  
Pricing Strategies ◽  
The Future

The aim of the present article is to present the results from an empirical study on the use of the value-based pricing strategy by companies operating in Bulgaria. To achieve this goal, research has been done regarding the pricing strategies used by companies operating in Bulgaria with a focus on value-based pricing strategy; the opinion of CEOs/marketing directors/managers, etc. has been surveyed concerning the barriers to the use of the value-based strategy and their attitudes regarding the use of this strategy in the future.

scholarly journals Adoption of artificial intelligence technologies in German SMEs — Results from an empirical study

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Patrick Ulrich ◽  
Vanessa Frank ◽  
Mona Kratt
Keyword(s):  
Artificial Intelligence ◽  
Empirical Study ◽  
German Economy ◽  
Success Factor ◽  
International Context ◽  
The Future

Artificial intelligence (AI) is globally regarded as one of the most important technologies of the future. Germany is not considered a pioneer in the field of AI in the international context, and the implementation of AI technologies is rather sluggish. As the German economy is mainly driven by small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), the implementation of AI in SMEs is the main success factor. This study discusses the implementation perspectives of AI in German SMEs based on an empirical study from the year 2020 among 283 companies

scholarly journals Empirical study of professional priorities of the future preschool teacher

2021 ◽  
Vol IX(247) (98) ◽  
pp. 43-46
Author(s):  
Yu. O. Volynets, ◽  
N. V. Stadnik ◽  
T. L. Panchenko
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Study ◽  
Preschool Teacher ◽  
The Future

scholarly journals Project Activity as a Means of Organizing Adolescents’ Learning Process (on the Example of Technical Modelling)

2015 ◽  
Vol 20 (3) ◽  
pp. 133-146
Author(s):  
O.V. Rubtsova ◽  
L.B. Krivosheeva
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Study ◽  
Learning Process ◽  
Learning Activity ◽  
State University ◽  
Master's Program ◽  
Project Activity ◽  
The Future ◽  
Moscow State University

The article presents the results of an empirical study of project activity as a means of organizing adolescents’ learning process. The study is particularly relevant due to the acute need in the forms of learning activity aimed at adolescents’ development and socialization, as well as in efficient practices of training teachers, who will be involved in organizing project activity in the classroom. The research was conducted on the example of technical modelling, which is regarded as a particular type of project activity, aimed at creating technical objects with given characteristics and properties. The collected data testifies that technical modelling could become an efficient means of teaching and developing adolescents and could contribute to motivating adolescents to choose technical jobs and professions in the future. The results of the study are incorporated in a series of lectures on adolescence in the framework of the Master’s program “Cultural-historical psychology and activity approach in education” run in Moscow State University of Psychology & Education.

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