España y Suecia: apuntes comparativos sobre las políticas públicas para la implantación de la TDT

En este artículo se aportan algunos de los resultados preliminares de mi tesis doctoral: “Las políticas públicas de la televisión digital terrestre en la Unión Europea. Estudio comparado de Suecia y España”. Mediante el análisis de las estructuras institucionales implicadas en la transición analógico-digital de la plataforma de difusión terrestre, sus lógicas legitimadoras y las estrategias desarrolladas, se pretende contribuir a la identificación de buenas prácticas y de factores clave de éxito que ayuden a diseñar políticas públicas más efectivas.

City of Union, Independent Auditor's Reports, Basic Financial Statements and Supplementary Information, Schedule of Findings, June 30, 2004

City Audit Report

Memorial Union Revenue Bond Funds, Iowa State University of Science and Technology, Independent Auditor's Reports, Financial Statements, June 30, 2005

State University Audit Report

Why do workers leave unions? - group differences in a Spanish Union Federation

This study analyses the characteristics of members leaving a Spanishunion federation – Catalonia branch of Workers’ Commissions(CCOO-Catalonia), together with their reasons for leaving using avariety of data sources. Our findings indicate that higher union attritionamong members in instable employment (i.e. casual employment andlow seniority). In general, union leavers confirm that their job situationis an important reason for leaving the union. We therefore concludethat efforts made by the union to retain members in vulnerable labormarket positions are important in reducing high rates of union attritionin Spain.

Union activism in an inclusive model of industrial relations : evidence from an Spanish case

In this article we analyze the reasons, within the context of Spanish industrial relations, for trade union members’ active participation in their regional union. The case of Spain is particularly interesting as the unions’ main activity, collective bargaining, is a public good. The text, based on research involving a representative survey of members of a regional branch of the “Workers” Commissions” (Comisiones Obreras) trade union, provides empirical evidence that the union presence in the workplace has a significant influence on members’ propensity for activism. By contrast, the alternative hypothesis based on instrumental reasons appears of little relevance in the Spanish industrial relations context.

Mariage, divorce, union libre / par Paul et Victor Margueritte

Collection : L'éducation féministe ; IV

Continuing declines in cancer mortality in the European Union

BACKGROUND: From 1988 to 1997 age-standardised total cancer mortality rates in the European Union (EU) fell by around 9% in both sexes. Available cancer mortality data in Europe up to 2002 allow a first check of the forecast of further declines in cancer mortality. PATIENTS AND METHODS: We considered trends in age-standardised mortality from major cancer sites in the EU during the period 1980-2002. RESULTS: For men, total cancer mortality, after a peak of 191.1/100,000 in 1987 declined to 177.8 in 1997 (-7%), and to 166.5 in 2002. Corresponding figures for females were 107.9/100,000, 100.5 and 95.2, corresponding to falls of 7% from 1987 to 1997, and to 5% from 1997 to 2002. Over the last 5 years, lung cancer declined by 1.9% per year in men, to reach 44.4/100,000, but increased by 1.7% in women, to reach 11.4. In 2002, for the first year, lung cancer mortality in women was higher than that for intestinal cancer (11.1/100,000), and lung cancer became the second site of cancer deaths in women after breast (17.9/100,000). From 1997 to 2002, appreciable declines were observed in mortality from intestinal cancer in men (-1.6% per year, to reach 18.8/100,000), and in women (-2.5%), as well as for breast (-1.7% per year) and prostate cancer (-1.4%). CONCLUSIONS: Despite the persisting rises in female lung cancer, the recent trends in cancer mortality in the EU are encouraging and indicate that an 11% reduction in total cancer mortality from 2000 to 2015 is realistic and possible.

Department of Commerce Iowa Credit Union Division Performance Report, FY 2004

Agency Performance Report from the Credit Union Division

Department of Commerce Iowa Credit Union Division Performance Report, FY 2005

Agency Performance Report from the Credit Union Division

La Traducció al català en el context de la Unió Europea

"Traducció jurídicoeconòmica d'una fragment del Tractat pel qual s'estableix una Constitució per a Europa, amb el propòsit d'establir una sèrie de directrius sòlides per a la traducció al català en el context de la Unió Europea, tot seguint les indicacions dels organismes catalans competents."

Union County, Independent Auditor's Reports, Basic Financial Statements and Supplementary Information, Schedule of Findings, June 30, 2005

County Audit Report

Ikea en la Unión Europea

Vivimos en un mundo en el que las relaciones comerciales, los precios y los mercados internacionales están a la orden del día. Empresas con ánimo de lucro planean estrategias para lograr captar el mayor número de clientes posible. Los precios de los productos, estrategia principal de dichas empresas, varían según la oferta y la demanda de los mismos, así como del país en el que se comercializan. Este es el factor principal que nos ha llamado la atención y nos ha conducido a realizar nuestro proyecto. ¿Porqué el precio del mismo producto cambia según dónde lo compres?, ¿Es realmente más caro en un país que en otro si lo comparamos con el coste de la vida de cada uno?, ¿Realmente hay una integración de mercado en la UE?, ¿Cuál es el coste total de tener una casa?Para responder a todas estas preguntas, hemos diseñado un proyecto en el que tomamos como base una empresa que venda un producto homogéneo en toda la UE.La empresa escogida es IKEA, puesto que se encuentra establecida en gran parte de los países que la conforman, y ofrece la misma gama de productos en todos ellos, con algunas excepciones.

Memorial Union Revenue Bond Funds, Iowa State University of Science and Technology, Independent Auditor's Report, Basic Financial Statements and Supplementary Information, June 30, 2006

State University Audit Report