What does really matter in the internationalization of small and medium-sized family businesses?

During the last decades considerable academic attention has been given to the internationalization of family businesses, as it is often considered a way to revitalize both the family and the business. Despite this increasing attention, the debate on its drivers, challenges and constraints is still inconclusive. The aim of this study is to explore whether incoming generations’ involvement impact the decision to exploit and explore international opportunities and to what extent altruism and competence-based trust mediate that relationship. Three propositions are formulated drawing from international entrepreneurship literature and stewardship theory. To validate this framework, a multiple case study on four Italian family firms has been conducted. The main findings suggest that timing, scope and internationalization modes change in relation to specific family firms’ features. When “epochal” changes (e.g. incoming generation) suddenly break down they contribute positively to the exploration and exploitation of international entrepreneurial activities. Moreover, the existence of interpersonal ties based on altruism and competence-based trust between senior and incoming generations mitigates this relationship

Ansiedade na performance musical: estudo de caso com a Orquestra Filarmonia das Beiras

Mestrado em MúsicaA ansiedade na performance musical (APM) é um distúrbio que afeta alguns músicos independentemente da sua idade, experiência, dedicação ou tipo de instrumento. A APM se faz presente em músicos de orquestras, coros e solistas e surge como um fenômeno fisiológico, psicológico, cognitivo e emocional. Este trabalho consiste em uma pesquisa acerca da ansiedade na performance musical em uma orquestra portuguesa. Através da aplicação do questionário STAI-Y comparou-se como 36 músicos da Orquestra Filarmonia das Beiras se sentiram antes do concerto (ansiedade-estado) e em uma situação geral (ansiedade-traço). Além disso, correlacionou-se os dados obtidos com dados sobre a população portuguesa. Concluiu-se que os músicos da OFB não apresentaram diferenças significativas entre os dois momentos e apresentaram baixos índices de ansiedade-estado e ansiedadetraço comparativamente à população portuguesa.Music Performance Anxiety (MPA) is a disorder that affects some musicians independent from age, experience, dedication or instrument. MPA is manifested in orchestras, choirs and soloist musicians and appears as a physiologic, psychological, cognitive and emotional phenomenon. This work consists in a research about MPA in a Portuguese orchestra. After the results of the STAI-Y Inventory, we compared how 36 musicians of Orquestra Filarmonia das Beiras (OFB) felt before a concert (state-anxiety) and in a common situation (trait-anxiety). Furthermore, we correlated data from our sample with data from the Portuguese population. We concluded that the musicians of OFB don´t presented significant differences between both moments and present low levels of state-anxiety and traitanxiety relatively to Portuguese population

An alternative football club in a liquid modernity: FC United of Manchester

Critical management studies have taken an interest in ‘utopian’ models of management, especially within alternative organizations. This article focuses on FC United of Manchester, a small football club with 5000 members, whose principles of inclusion, affordability, community, and friendship evoke ideas of utopianism and collectivism. About 30 fan-owned football clubs exist in the UK, each with their own raison d’eˆtre, but all discontented with the commodification of the game. Bauman’s concept of ‘liquid modernity’, in which individuals find self-realization through consumption, is used to analyse how FC United reacts to the individualization and commercialization of football. This analysis employs CMS concepts to evaluate whether FC United is a genuine alternative to standard business models, and gives an empirical and critical dimension to liquid modernity as a framework for understanding society

Juan Baltasar Maziel and his contribution to the teaching of philosophy in the River Plate region

Se intenta una contribución al conocimiento de la enseñanza de la filosofía en el Colegio de San Carlos de Buenos Aires hacia fines del siglo XVIII. Para ello se examinan las propuestas de Juan Baltasar Maziel (1727-1788) para dicho Colegio en materia de Filosofía, Teología y Derecho. Esta información se complementa con la exposición de otras ideas jurídico-políticas de Maziel, en el contexto de su actividad eclesiástica.The subject is the contribution of Juan Baltasar Maziel (1727-1778) to the teaching of Philosophy, Theology and Law in the Colegio de San Carlos of Buenos Aires, in the last third of the XVIIIth Century. In addition, other political ideas of Maziel are considered.Fil: Torchia Estrada, Juan Carlos

La mujer en la filosofía : un texto inédito de Francisco Romero

Fil: Torchia Estrada, Juan Carlos

Francisco Romero. Tres lecciones sobre Guillermo Dilthey en su Centenario

Fil: Torchia Estrada, Juan Carlos

Kempff Mercado, Manfredo: Historia de la filosofía en Latinoamérica. Santiago de Chile, Editora Ziz-Zag, 1958, 217 p.

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El Padre Antonio Rubio y la enseñanza filosófica de los jesuitas en la Nueva España

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Angélica Mendoza en los Estados Unidos : un testimonio epistolar

Fil: Torchia Estrada, Juan Carlos

High-order harmonic generation driven by chirped laser pulses induced by linear and non linear phenomena

We present a theoretical study of high-order harmonic generation (HHG) driven by ultrashort optical pulses with different kind of chirps. The goal of the present work is perform a detailed study to clarify the relevant parameters in the chirped pulses to achieve a noticeable cut-off extensions in HHG. These chirped pulses are generated using both linear and nonlinear dispersive media.The description of the origin of the physical mechanisms responsible of this extension is, however, not usually reported with enough detail in the literature. The study of the behaviour of the harmonic cut-off with these kind of pulses is carried out in the classical context, by the integration of the Newton-Lorentz equation complemented with the quantum approach, based on the integration of the time dependent Schr\"odinger equation in full dimensions (TDSE-3D), we are able to understand the underlying physics.Comment: 13 pages, 8 figure