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This article aims to present, in general terms, the phenomenon of employee turnover in Mexicali, Baja California, which is a Mexican city located on the US–Mexico border. This phenomenon has impacted the economy of many firms, and the entrepreneurs expressed their concern though different fora and media. For this purpose, important regional actors participated in focus groups sessions. During these sessions, they explained the impact of this phenomenon on their firms and how they have been dealing with it. As a result of the interaction during the focus group sessions, a model to attract and retain employees was developed. The model identifies 12 relevant variables that impact the employees’ performance. This study aims to lead to more detailed researches; based on these variables, employers and academicians would apply it in a different context, obtaining comparable results.Sage Journalhttps://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/231971451880202

Alambique : didáctica de las ciencias experimentales

Resumen de la revistaSe presenta una propuesta de introducción de temas de CTS en un curso de química de bachillerato, con el fin de dotar de contenido al núcleo transversal que estudia las relaciones de la química con la tecnología y la sociedad. Se presenta el proyecto con tres cuadros que recogen: la presentación del núcleo temático, el mapa conceptual y los objetivos didácticos en relación con los objetivos generales y las actividades por último se señalan los criterios de evaluación.CataluñaES

COOPERATIVE BANK STRATEGIES FOR SOCIAL-ECONOMIC PROBLEM SOLVING: SUPPORTING SOCIAL ENTERPRISE AND LOCAL DEVELOPMENT

The strategies cooperative banks use to address local socio-economic challenges through the financing and promotion of cooperatives, socially oriented enterprises and local development initiatives are investigated. Two paradigmatic regions with strong cooperative bank sectors are compared, illustrating strategic differences in their approach to cooperative and social enterprise promotion and local development. The cooperative bank sector in the first region, Almería, Spain, has followed an aggressive growth strategy, both in terms of size and territory, resulting in a large and nationally present cooperative bank. In contrast, the cooperative bank sector in the province of Trentino, the most important region for cooperative banks in Italy, is comprised of many small scale cooperative banks, organized by consortium and tightly tied to territory. Related lines of inquiry include the trend of focusing on corporate social responsibility as opposed to local development and the relationship among different types of complementary actors in order to understand the process of promoting sustainable community development. As well, we comment on the relevance of other types of ‘alternative finance‘ in supporting such goals. These issues are particularly relevant given limited government resources to deal with pressing social and economic issues