This essay examines the evidence in favour of different motivations for unpaid labour in volunteer service associations, using an Italian micro data-set constructed by the Italian National Statistical Institute, which allows use of a measure of household income to test the consumption against...

Today portfolio management is a priority area. Unfortunately, there is a lack of information on this subject: portfolio management is not a prevailing element in corporate thinking, although the content and method of implementing projects are of key importance for companies. This paper presents...

El uso del análisis FODA (DAFO, DOFA) se ha hecho muy popular" entre los especialistas y consultores de temas gerenciales. Se utiliza, principalmente, para los procesos de análisis y formulación de estrategias. A pesar de su amplia difusión, en textos y artículos, es frecuente encontrar...

En la actualidad, la generación de conocimiento y de nuevas tecnologías se ha convertido en uno de los principales dinamizadores de las economías mundiales. Es en este punto en donde las redes científicas como mecanismo de cooperación han tomado relevancia. Dichas redes hacen referencia a...

Peer effects arise in situations where workers observe each others’ work activity. In this paper we disentangle the effect of observing a peer from that of being observed by a peer, by setting up a real effort experiment in which we manipulate the observability of performance. In particular,...

We develop a theory of leadership that focuses on the role managers play in motivating employees through their attitudes towards employees. We model a manager's attitude as her perception about employees' abilities of successfully completing challenging tasks. We show that a positive attitude...

The present paper work deals with theoretical concepts regarding the reasons that may lead to a project’s failure or success. The primary aim of the work paper is to help readers to get a view of conceptualizations of project management and its phases, while providing an opportunity to see the...