La familia importa: ¿se distinguen las empresas familiares en entornos con recursos limitados?

Family Firms (FF) have received significant attention as organizations that distinguish themselves due to the overlap between ownership, operation and family aspects that determine strategy. While it is established that FF are more conservative with risk, and concentrate ownership within trusted circles; they remain interesting for more risky activities such as International Entrepreneurship (IE). With island environments often being overlooked, they offer distinguishing environments that can further inform the academic community as to how FF behave with regards to opportunities beyond domestic markets. Island markets are, due to small size, on the receiving end of global developments, and have alternative priorities. This study examines 250 firms located in ten islands, Bahamas, Bahrain, Barbados, Cyprus, Iceland, Fiji, Jamaica, Malta, Mauritius, and Trinidad/Tobago over the 2009-2020 period, and addresses how the island FF performs vis a vis Non-Family Firms (NFF). The study finds evidence in support of FF balancing financial and non-financial indicators.Las Empresas Familiares (EF) han recibido una atención significativa como organizaciones que se distinguen por la superposición entre propiedad, operación y aspectos familiares que determinan la estrategia. Aunque está establecido que las EF son más conservadoras en cuanto al riesgo y concentran la propiedad en círculos de confianza, siguen siendo interesantes para actividades más arriesgadas como el Emprendimiento Internacional (EI). Dado que los entornos insulares suelen pasarse por alto, ofrecen entornos distintivos que pueden proporcionar más información a la comunidad académica sobre cómo se comportan las EF en relación con las oportunidades más allá de los mercados nacionales. Los mercados insulares, debido a su pequeño tamaño, están en el extremo receptor de los desarrollos globales y tienen prioridades alternativas. Este estudio examina 250 empresas ubicadas en diez islas: Bahamas, Baréin, Barbados, Chipre, Islandia, Fiyi, Jamaica, Malta, Mauricio y Trinidad y Tobago, en el período de 2009 a 2020, y aborda cómo se desempeñan las EF insulares en comparación con las Empresas No Familiares (ENF). El estudio encuentra evidencia que respalda que las EF equilibran indicadores financieros y no financieros

Physical (in)activity, nutritional status and muscle status in older adults:Towards objective assessments in clinical practice

Older age is characterised by the increase of morbidities, such as cardiovascular diseases, diabetes and more complex geriatric syndromes. A health domain of specific interest in older adults is muscle status, which can be defined by the assessment of muscle mass, muscle strength, and physical performance. Poor muscle status, defined as limitations or deficits in muscle quality and quantity, may manifest before actual disabilities are present. Therefore, the assessment of muscle status could be used as a ‘signalling assessment’ to detect those individuals at risk for declining functional performance and losing independence. These morbidities and geriatric syndromes could be partly prevented, delayed or even treated by a healthy lifestyle, e.g., by minimising sedentary behaviour (SB), participating in physical activity (PA) and maintaining a healthy diet to preserve nutritional status. The aim of this thesis was to address aspects of the relationships between objectively assessed (instrumented) SB (i-SB) and PA (i-PA), nutritional status and muscle status in different older adult populations: first, in relatively healthy older adults, and second in geriatric rehabilitation inpatients. Understanding these interrelations could inform future intervention studies on how to successfully preserve muscle status in older adults, which could be considered a prerequisite for maintaining functional performance, independent living, and thus actively participating in society

Linear Aerodynamic Loads on Cone-Cylinders at Mach Numbers from 0.7 to 2.0

Linear aerodynamic loads for cone-cylinder configurations in trisonic rang