The study is based on the assertion that any inhabitable space carries in itself a cultural vocation, i.e. the … favorability for a specific cultural product, and spirituality is one of its major dimensions, sometimes associated up to synonymy … to culture. Among the range of cultural, artistic, political, economic and social categories, religion has represented a …

In this paper the corporate investment decision under financial restrictions is investigated with Belgian firm data … source of corporate investment in Belgium since 1986. The estimation results show the dependence of corporate investment on …

market based financial systems of the U.S. and the U.K. for promoting international competitiveness and industrial strength …. The two countries share a broadly common framework of corporate law and possess the most advanced and complete stock … markets in the world. As far as the corporate sector is concerned, in both countries, the financial system is more or less …

Lorenzo de Medici, his family and his followers were well-known bankers, merchants and investors. The cultural heritage … heritage, one of the treasure the Italian Cultural Market has inherited. Since de Medici’s century, the bank industry has … famous “Made in Italy. Next to banks and bank foundations’ there is also corporate philanthropy of several Italian Firms. The …

of work organization; and on the other hand, Hofstede’s Cultural Dimensions as the theoretical model to frame the concept …The main objective of this paper is to discuss how far the cultural environment is related to the potential that new … impact of cultural dimensions on work design practices were found. The use of autonomy and teamwork can be insufficient to …

confrontation of Portuguese and Swedish cultural characteristics using Hofstede’s cultural dimensions. Some concluding remarks are … importance of cultural factor. The purpose of this paper is to assess the viability of the hypothesis that culture of countries … made, namely that the cultural environment on which the Swedish model emerged is very different from the Portuguese one …

employment, remuneration and VRS policy have been discussed. In the second chapter, the remuneration policies for executives of … determining remuneration for executives of the CPSEs) have been discussed along with some suggestions for a better implementation … implementation of 2007 pay revision on the employment of the executives has been discussed especially in the context of the recent …

. Given the context, mixed marriages acquired an innate multiculturalism due to the need for living together. The “social …

multiculturalism being adopted as a leading corporate value? What are the rationality behind it in terms of profit generation and …Managing multiculturalism is indeed a challenge both at the, governance as well as managerial levels. Organisations are … operations of a business? How are large corporates managing diversity? What are the lessons for Indian Micro, Small and Medium …