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Publication date: 24 July 2020

Fabio Fiano, Jens Mueller, Niccolò Paoloni, Massimiliano Farina Briamonte and Domitilla Magni

The purpose of this paper is to enrich the scientific and managerial debate on intangibles by placing the concept of key money within the broader concept of Intellectual Capital…

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Purpose

The purpose of this paper is to enrich the scientific and managerial debate on intangibles by placing the concept of key money within the broader concept of Intellectual Capital, and by proposing an evaluation approach for a portion of the latter, focusing the analysis on fashion retailers.

Design/methodology/approach

This research focuses on the fashion industry, given that key money gains particular significance and accounted for in fashion retailers' financial statements. A comparative case study is presented with regard to the application of two evaluation methods proposed to some fashion retailers operating in Italy.

Findings

This paper defines a suitable placement for key money within the vast structure of intellectual capital. The research shows that the two methods give “very close” key money values, thus laying the foundations for a theoretical articulation of interest to be further explored in future researches.

Originality/value

The document represents a first in-depth examination regarding the evaluation and inclusion of key money in the intellectual capital. A further element of originality lies in having interpreted the key money in a perspective closer to the world of intangibles and competitive strategies, to the detriment of the previous (meagre) settings that placed it within the real estate branches of study.

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Journal of Intellectual Capital, vol. 23 no. 2
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 1469-1930

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Publication date: 1 September 2001

K. Rashid, M. Farina, J.A. Ramirez, J.K. Sykulski and E.M. Freeman

When dealing with problems entailing time consuming finite element solutions alternative methods are sought which can reduce the number of function calls whilst preserving…

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When dealing with problems entailing time consuming finite element solutions alternative methods are sought which can reduce the number of function calls whilst preserving solution accuracy. Two different strategies for practical electromagnetic design and optimisation are presented and compared. The main features and performance of each are described and evaluated on an analytical and a physical problem.

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COMPEL - The international journal for computation and mathematics in electrical and electronic engineering, vol. 20 no. 3
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0332-1649

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Publication date: 1 June 2000

P.Di Barba

Introduces papers from this area of expertise from the ISEF 1999 Proceedings. States the goal herein is one of identifying devices or systems able to provide prescribed…

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Introduces papers from this area of expertise from the ISEF 1999 Proceedings. States the goal herein is one of identifying devices or systems able to provide prescribed performance. Notes that 18 papers from the Symposium are grouped in the area of automated optimal design. Describes the main challenges that condition computational electromagnetism’s future development. Concludes by itemizing the range of applications from small activators to optimization of induction heating systems in this third chapter.

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COMPEL - The international journal for computation and mathematics in electrical and electronic engineering, vol. 19 no. 2
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0332-1649

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Publication date: 1 June 2001

M. Battistetti, P. Di Barba, F. Dughiero, M. Farina, S. Lupi and A. Savini

Transverse flux induction heating (TFH) is a process advantageously applied for the heat treatment of thin non‐ferrous metal strips. In comparison with the better known…

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Transverse flux induction heating (TFH) is a process advantageously applied for the heat treatment of thin non‐ferrous metal strips. In comparison with the better known longitudinal flux heating the design of TFH inductors is more complex. In fact both the prediction of power density distribution in the strip and the calculation of the thermal transient during the heating process require a solution of 3D electromagnetic and thermal problems. Moreover the requirements for a good inductor design are in conflict with each other. In the paper a code for the solution of 3D electromagnetic and thermal problems suitable for the design of TFH systems is presented. The analytical‐numerical approach (analytical for the electromagnetic problem, numerical for the thermal one) is suitable for coupling with optimisation algorithms. Both evolutionary strategy and simplex methods and their combination have been used in order to obtain an optimal design for a particular application of TFH.

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COMPEL - The international journal for computation and mathematics in electrical and electronic engineering, vol. 20 no. 2
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0332-1649

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Publication date: 1 June 2001

P. Di Barba, M. Farina and A. Savini

When a multiobjective optimization problem is tackled using Pareto optima theory, particular care has to be taken to obtain a full sampling of the Pareto Optimal Front. This leads…

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When a multiobjective optimization problem is tackled using Pareto optima theory, particular care has to be taken to obtain a full sampling of the Pareto Optimal Front. This leads to variability of individuals in both design space and objective space. We compare two different fitness assignment strategies based on two individual sharing procedures in the space domain and in the objective domain on some test cases.

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COMPEL - The international journal for computation and mathematics in electrical and electronic engineering, vol. 20 no. 2
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0332-1649

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Publication date: 18 June 2014

Franca Bimbi

The purpose of the chapter is to overcome interpretative dualism on migrant and native women’s victimization by proposing a Bourdieusian approach to the continuities of symbolic…

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Purpose

The purpose of the chapter is to overcome interpretative dualism on migrant and native women’s victimization by proposing a Bourdieusian approach to the continuities of symbolic violence within post-patriarchal regimes of women’s freedom.

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This conceptual chapter examines the Bourdieusian approach to some empirical research and continues with questions for feminist thought. The author discusses sociological research in Italy and in European contexts, and highlights the many “gazes” which can reveal the illusio of universal gender rights and the neo-colonial discourse on migrant women.

Findings

Research finds that the participant objectivation attitude and concern for disturbing dissonances in the habitus and body hexis of “others” produces tools for revealing the misrecognition of domination. At the theoretical level, the chapter shows how the plurality of hegemonic discourses on symbolic violence endorses not only social forces reproducing neo-colonial stratifications of gender, sense of belonging and class positions, but also ambivalent experiences of domination and freedom for women.

Research implications

The chapter aims to motivate the encounter between Bourdieu’s view of male domination and classical feminist constructs as lived body experience, sexual contract, and traffic in women.

Originality/value

The chapter provides an innovative analysis intersecting Bourdieu’s constructs and feminist thought in re-considering “gender-women” as a privileged locus for feminist discourse. Gender dualism under the lens of symbolic violence is viewed as both an appearance and a structural field within the dynamics of domination.

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Gendered Perspectives on Conflict and Violence: Part B
Type: Book
ISBN: 978-1-78350-893-8

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Publication date: 26 June 2007

Ángeles S. Places, Nieves R. Brisaboa, Antonio Fariña, Miguel R. Luaces, José R. Paramá and Miguel R. Penabad

This study aims to present the digital library Galician virtual library (BVG, for “Biblioteca Virtual Galega”) in Galician.

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Purpose

This study aims to present the digital library Galician virtual library (BVG, for “Biblioteca Virtual Galega”) in Galician.

Design/methodology/approach

The paper shows the objectives pursued by the BVG, its development, putting special emphasis on the main technological challenges, and presents some data about its usage.

Findings

A digital library can be used to stimulate a lesser‐used language and to promote the culture and tourism of a region.

Originality/value

The paper shows how a digital library can be used to strengthen the Galician language, which is currently categorised as a “Lesser Used Language” in the European Community and to contribute to the preservation and spreading of Galician culture and literary works, either from current authors or from previous documents. It also provides a digital publishing house for new authors and opens a communication channel between current authors and their readers. Finally, it helps to connect a scattered community like the Galician, offering a centralised access point to any information about Galicia. This work also presents some technological innovations included in the BVG, especially from the viewpoint of user interface design and search by content.

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Online Information Review, vol. 31 no. 3
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 1468-4527

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Publication date: 19 September 2006

John Wilkinson

This chapter reviews the recent polarisation of debates in agrofood and rural studies, in particular the opposition between network (social relations, actor-network) and political…

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This chapter reviews the recent polarisation of debates in agrofood and rural studies, in particular the opposition between network (social relations, actor-network) and political economy analyses. It explores the contributions of different network approaches and draws on the French convention and regulation traditions, which provide alternative guidelines for confronting micro–macro tensions. Networks have similarly assumed analytical centrality in the new institutional economics and subsequent elaborations of the Williamsonian transaction costs paradigm have involved an approximation to some of the central tenets of social network analysis. Alternative traditions of political economy analysis (Global Value Chains (GVC), Global Production Networks) are now making an important contribution to agrofood studies. A distinctive feature of these analysts is their overture to social networks, actor-network, transaction costs and convention theory in the effort to capture the multiple dimensions of economic power and coordination. The possibilities for a fruitful convergence between these apparently conflicting approaches are best captured in the emergence of the concept of the “netchain”. At the same time, the intractability of values to absorption within economic transactions suggests the need to move forward to a focus on the tensions between netchains and social movements and a different type of network, the global policy network.

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Between the Local and the Global
Type: Book
ISBN: 978-1-84950-417-1

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Publication date: 2 November 2018

Débora Regina Schneider Locatelli, Marco Antonio Pinheiro da Silveira and Paulo Mourão

This paper aims to focus on Brazilian business fairs primarily attended by metalworking companies.

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Purpose

This paper aims to focus on Brazilian business fairs primarily attended by metalworking companies.

Design/methodology/approach

Using a qualitative and exploratory approach, data were collected through semi-structured interviews answered by exhibitor companies from two of the most relevant Brazilian states in this industrial sector: Santa Catarina and Rio Grande do Sul.

Findings

The results recognize the four pillars of the interorganizational relationship developed among exhibitors at business fairs and launch serious implications for the effective development of business fairs as spaces of interorganizational relationship and of value creation.

Originality/value

This is the first study discussing the trade fairs of the Brazilian emerging industry related to the metal-mechanic sector of two of the most significant states in the country: Rio Grande do Sul and Santa Catarina.

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Journal of Business & Industrial Marketing, vol. 34 no. 1
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0885-8624

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Publication date: 17 April 2020

Alcides Barrichello, Emerson Gomes dos Santos and Rogerio Scabim Morano

This study aims to identify the countries’ innovation factors that are determinant for them to achieve higher levels of development. In addition, the research identified which of…

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Purpose

This study aims to identify the countries’ innovation factors that are determinant for them to achieve higher levels of development. In addition, the research identified which of these factors should be prioritized so the countries can move up in the rank of the most competitive.

Design/methodology/approach

The study used the indicators of innovation and the stage of development of 137 countries proposed by the Global Competitiveness Report published by the World Economic Forum and techniques of multivariate data analysis.

Findings

The results indicated that all the factors tested are determinant to lead the countries throughout their stages of development. The research highlights that the factors “Quality of scientific research institutions” and “Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) patent applications” should be equally prioritized for the countries’ development.

Practical implications

The results suggested that the factors Capacity for Innovation, Quality of Scientific Research Institutions, Company Spending on Research and Development (R&D), University–Industry Collaboration in R&D, Government Procurement of Advanced Technology Products, Availability of Scientists and Engineers and PCT Patent Applications are decisive for positioning countries in terms of their stage of development and should be part of their public policy and enterprises’ strategic planning.

Originality/value

The findings show that countries should prioritize the factors Quality of Scientific Research Institutions and PCT Patent Applications, as these factors, when acting together, predict the evolution to higher stages of development.

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Innovation & Management Review, vol. 17 no. 3
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 2515-8961

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