Global Mobility of Talent from a Perspective of New Industrial Policy: Open Migration Chains and Diaspora Networks

economic development, diaspora networks, search networks, serendipity

Who is the L3C Entrepreneur? Come along and experience the next chapter

Originally published in May 2010, we've spent the last 6 months speaking with social entrepreneurs launching new L3Cs, those who've been in the trenches for a while now and amazing thought leaders to provide you with an up-to-date, insider's look into all things L3C

The Chinese Diaspora and Philanthropy

This paper explores philanthropic links between the Chinese diaspora and the People's Republic of China. It draws on a wide range of sources and aims to sketch the range and nature of those links

Corporate Governance of Banks: An interdisciplinary approach to establish a sound culture

The 2008 financial crisis shed light on the immoral conducts, reckless practices and the widespread short-sightedness that affected the entire financial sector. As a result, a wave of legislative reforms hit all financial institutions, especially in relation to capital and liquidity requirements, but also to corporate governance and investor protection regulation in general. However, inadequate rules, bad corporate governance and a lack of public enforcement cannot fully explain malpractice. On the contrary, the roots of misconduct cannot be completely understood without a prior analysis of the various cultural and psychological dynamics underlying financial operators\u2019 practices. Therefore, a new approach is required, in which legal and economic studies intersect with sociology, psychology, anthropology and neuroscience, to get a better understanding of the main determinants of human behaviour. We cannot expect banking institutions \u2013 that are run by human beings \u2013 to be \u2018fixed\u2019 without investigating or even considering why people deviate from lawful conduct rules. Moreover, as the nature of the determinants of misconduct is behavioural and cultural, and since regulation per se cannot be expected to promote good corporate culture, in this thesis I argue that boards and supervisors should be primarily responsible for the enactment of a cultural change. The thesis consists of two main parts. In the first part, I analyse bank governance institutional framework based on the international and European agenda. In the second part, I explain why there is a need to reinterpret corporate governance principles and practices in the light of sociological and behavioural sciences, in order both to avoid financial misbehaviour and induce banks to take part of the path towards sustainable development in the light of the UN 17 Sustainable Development Goals. In particular, I analyse traditional corporate governance issues, such as board composition requirements, leadership, compliance, risk management and executive compensation in the light of studies by researchers in behavioural economics, organizational culture and neuroscience. Moreover, I analyse how supervisors and institutional investors could play an active role in supporting the board in the establishment of a new cultural model. Finally, I describe the recent initiatives on sustainable finance, which are undoubtedly going to accelerate the transition to a long-term stakeholder-oriented approach to economic growth

Anticipation and Risk – From the inverse problem to reverse computation

Abstract. Risk assessment is relevant only if it has predictive relevance. In this sense, the anticipatory perspective has yet to contribute to more adequate predictions. For purely physics-based phenomena, predictions are as good as the science describing such phenomena. For the dynamics of the living, the physics of the matter making up the living is only a partial description of their change over time. The space of possibilities is the missing component, complementary to physics and its associated predictions based on probabilistic methods. The inverse modeling problem, and moreover the reverse computation model guide anticipatory-based predictive methodologies. An experimental setting for the quantification of anticipation is advanced and structural measurement is suggested as a possible mathematics for anticipation-based risk assessment

Change That Abides: A Retrospective Look at Five Community and Family Stengthening Projects and Their Enduring Results

Examines the interactions among funders, grantees, and community groups, and outlines the results of three different types of foundation grants for projects in Savannah, Little Rock, Dayton, Alameda County, and Boston. Includes recommendations

Trust and Ethics in Finance : Innovative ideas from the Robin Cosgrove Prize

The values that guide finance professionals and the core role played by trust in the modern finance industry have been the dominant themes of the best papers submitted for the Robin Cosgrove Prize since it was launched in 2006. Inviting young people to submit innovative ideas to advance ethical approaches to the world of finance in its many manifestations has stimulated a global debate on the role of ethics and integrity in finance. It is important to note that the prize was launched before the topic of ethics in finance became fashionable. It is not a reactive exercise to the current crisis. The aim is to prompt a shift in thinking throughout the world of finance – the fresh ideas submitted for the prize have global relevance. The twenty-three essays in this volume come from young researchers on six continents; their innovative ideas will contribute to future-oriented ethical solutions

Outlook Magazine, Autumn 2017

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THE BIOENERGETICS AND BEHAVIOUR OF THE RAINBOW TROUT (ONCORHYNCHUS MYKISS) WHEN FEEDING ON A COPPER CONTAMINATED DIET

The long-term effects of sub-lethal dietary Cu-exposure were investigated in relation to consequential energy shifts and resultant locomotory adaptation in 0. mykiss. This study represents the first to attempt to quantify the physiological cost of dietary heavy-metal exposure, the timing and extent of daily behavioural adaptation and resultant significance, in terms of ecologically important behaviours to the fish. Two long-term (2 & 3 months) dietary exposures of 730 mg Cu kgˉ¹ mg d.w. feed showed exposed fish to have a 3-fold increase in liver [Cu] and 10-fold increase in intestinal [Cu] compared to control fish. Consequently exposed fish elicited a detoxification response, and metallothionein production was also greatly increased in these tissues. Cu-uptake was regulated into the body and physiological homeostasis was maintained although a 2-fold increase in lipid peroxidation product was found in the liver of exposed fish. Simultaneous analysis of voluntary spontaneous swimming and VO2. showed exposed fish to have a 1.52 mmol 02 kgˉ¹ hˉ¹ increase over controls, and it was also shown that the cost of routine metabolism became more critical for exposed fish at higher swimming speeds. Although results further showed that the increase in both standard metabolism and routine metabolism over controls by Cu-exposed fish varied greatly between individuals. The increased energetic requirement to remain active when feeding on a Cu-contaminated diet was off-set by a reduction in swimming activity. Growth rates remained indifferent between treatments suggesting that the reduction in activity fully compensated for the increased cost of standard, and routine metabolism in exposed fish. Finite behavioural analyses over the 24-h cycle showed control fish to display periodicity in specific swimming speed, peaking in activity during the night-dawn period. Cu-exposed fish exhibited a different circadian behavioural profile, lacking distinct periodicity in specific swimming speed favouring low-level activity during the night-dawn period, and investing in higher cost swimming activity only during feeding periods. It was suggested that the high swimming activity of control fish during non-feeding periods was associated with inter-individual competition and development of the feeding hierarchy. Direct observation of trout social groups, showed a 50% reduction in the activity of the alpha fish leading to a similarly sized reduction in encounters with subordinates when the group was feeding on a Cu-contaminated diet. Consequently, a general reduction was observed in the strength of the feeding hierarchy, measured as a reduction in the size disparity between individuals within a discrete social group, and a reduction in social stress effects on subordinate fish estimated from lactate accumulation within the muscle. Feeding hierarchies are a result of initial paired interactions, and direct behavioural examination showed that fish feeding on a Cu-contaminated diet were less willing to compete in expensive escalated interactions, favouring withdrawal at a lower level of energetic investment. This lower withdrawal threshold in Cu-exposed fish, was suggested to be related to lower self-assessment of Resource Holding Power (RHP), due to the increased metabolic costs of routine metabolism in Cu-exposed fish, and a reduced resource value of a contaminated diet. The results of this investigation are discussed with regard to energetic decisions undertaken by the fish, associated with the relative costs and benefits of investing energy into growth or activity, to maximise net energy intake (food) when feeding in a social group. And how evaluation of strategies to maximise net energy gain may become more critical in rainbow trout when feeding on a Cu-contarninated diet