Although philosophy – as evidenced by Plato’s Cratylus or Sophist – has always been concerned about language, “philosophy of language”, as it has been called since Frege’s work (1892), specifically dealt with the issue of language from a logicist perspective (Russell 1903, Wittgenstein 1922, Carnap 1934), followed by turning to approaches that woul...
Published in International conference KNOWLEDGE-BASED ORGANIZATION
At present the approach and application of management within the military organization is marked by the rethinking of managerial positions, scientific breakthroughs and know-how on one hand, and the concern related to the functionality and performance of departments on the other. Such aspects have demonstrated the utmost necessity of an intense and...
Published in Trends in ecology & evolution
Published in Conservation biology : the journal of the Society for Conservation Biology
Spatially explicit information on species distributions for conservation planning is invariably incomplete; therefore, the use of surrogates is required to represent broad-scale patterns of biodiversity. Despite significant interest in the effectiveness of surrogates for predicting spatial distributions of biodiversity, few researchers have explore...
Alarming statistics provides that only 10,2 percentage of companies listed on the Swedish stock exchange has achieved gender equality in their top management. The fact is that women being discriminated, since men dominates these positions of power. The study is of a qualitative nature and aims to achieve a deeper understanding and knowledge contrib...
Background: Performance measurement is a basic foundation in financial management and control, where the intention is to fulfill long-term objectives. Performance measurement should therefore be developed with consideration to long-term objectives and strategies. Consequently, there is a need of congruence between the parent- and subsidiary level. ...
Los sistemas o elementos de administración y planificación se han convertido en la actualidad en partes esenciales para disminuir, atenuar o prevenir dificultades y problemas, donde la relación de la planificación tiene su incidencia también en la calidad de gestión educativa. Esto conlleva a orientar, a impulsar y facilitar los diferentes procesos...
Aim: Previous research suggests that the Balanced Scorecard is about creating a balance between financial and non-financial objectives, while others believe that it is about the balance between owners and stakeholders objectives. Our purpose in this study is therefore to increase understanding of how to create balance between different objectives, ...
L’article donne une vue d’ensemble des contributions à la conférence sur les indicateurs de progrès sociétal organisée en décembre 2014 par l’IWEPS et le BFP ainsi que de ses principaux enseignements. La mise en œuvre des décisions politiques pionnières en cette matière en Wallonie et au niveau fédéral belge est située dans le cadre des développeme...
This paper examines the viability of the Advocacy Coalition Framework(ACF) by applying it in a single case study. The aim is to advance the framework’s theoretical understanding of the policy process and its usefulness for analyzing local policy contexts. The case addressed is a long-spun policy conflict regarding the use of compulsory acquisition ...
