In: Procedia: social and behavioral sciences, 2011, vol. 30, p. 1385–1389
This study aims to analyze how family members engage themselves in resolving differences of opinion during everyday interactions. In particular, we focus on the argumentative strategies used by parents during dinner conversations at home with their children. Within a data corpus based on video-recordings of family dinnertime interactions, two different excerpts of argumentative discussions...
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Because of evidence of causal association between antibiotic use and bacterial resistance, the implementation of national policies has emerged as a interesting tool for controlling and reversing bacterial resistance. The aim of this study is to assess the impact of public policies on antibiotic use in Europe using a differences-in-differences approach. Comparable data on systemic...
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In: International journal of wine business research, 2010, vol. 22, no. 4, p. 386-405
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to propose a method by which to audit winemakers’ communication of regional wine brands and to illustrate the method’s conceptual basis through its empirical application to the Swiss wine Merlot Ticino. Design/Methodology/Approach – The audit is comprised of two parts: one captures producers’ intentions regarding the communication of the regional...
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In: Corporate reputation review, 2006, vol. 8, p. 293–304
The present paper discusses the substantial difference for practice of current models of organizational identity which consider directly and indirectly the looking-glass process of organizational identity. The paper pinpoints that some models represent a first useful step for an analysis of external interpretations of the organizations and that others represent an in-depth view of external...
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In: Corporate communications : an international journal, 2008, vol. 13, no. 2, p. 182-196
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to provide a picture of the practice of corporate social responsibility (CSR) communication among the top 300 companies in Switzerland and to investigate how favorable the cultural context is for this kind of communication. Design/methodology/approach – The investigation of the top 300 companies in Switzerland was conducted using a written survey that...
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In: Studies in communication sciences, 2006, vol. 6, no. 2, p. 75-98
This article describes two areas of research in the field of communication within the context of organizations: corporate communication and knowledge communication. In the first part of the article it is argued that there is a clear distinction between strategic and tactical communication and it is shown that very often these two domains are confused. Then the theoretical backgrounds of each...
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In: Bulletin suisse de linguistique appliquée, 2010, no. t.2, p. 147-163
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Thèse de doctorat : Università della Svizzera italiana, 2009 ; 2009ECO008.
An in-depth analysis of Nord Pool electricity price has been outlined. This market is the oldest and one of the largest European electricity exchange, allowing to observe a consistently long time series. The main contributions of this work are: (a) A wavelet-based algorithm, named Rα-WTMM, to automatically detect spikes on a time series. The WTMM algorithm, used in signal processing to detect...
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As observed in many advanced economies experiencing an increase of self-employment rates since the late 1970s, a flourishing small- and medium-size enterprise sector is traditionally associated with positive economic development and growth. In the regional context, areas benefiting from an established entrepreneurial culture are in general more successful and innovative, as well as better...
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In: Banks and bank systems, 2010, vol. 5, no. 1, p. 47-57
World-wide economic turmoil and uncertainty are threatening the development of our economies, and experts increasingly evoke the ghost of recession. The aim of this paper is to show that the present system of international payments is in disarray, and that a reform is needed to replace it with a system respectful of the principles of money and banking. The reform advocated in this paper calls...
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