Una literatura peligrosa : relatos testimoniales y sectores subalternos en el programa estético-político de Rodolfo Walsh

El presente trabajo se ocupa de desarrollar una reflexión sobre los textos testimoniales escritos por Rodolfo Walsh durante los años setentas abordando las cuestiones estéticas, ideológicas y políticas que suscita una operación de lectura que pone en juego las inflexiones en la trayectoria del autor y ciertos debates de la intelectualidad de izquierda argentina y latinoamericana. En tal sentido, se intentará dar cuenta tanto de las continuidades como de las modulaciones que presenta la escritura testimonial de Rodolfo Walsh luego de una inflexión identificada en torno a los años 1968-1969, atendiendo a las marcas de la configuración de su habitus, a su posicionamiento en el campo intelectual y a sus intervenciones en el terreno de la militancia política. De este modo se buscará indagar sobre las implicancias y propuestas estéticopolíticas que esos textos generan en torno a los vínculos entre escritura, literatura, testimonio y sectores subalternos. Mi lectura, entonces, se centra en las prácticas de escritura testimonial walshianas que, en tanto articulan una narrativa de la experiencia histórica de los sectores populares, cuestionan los modos de concebir y producir el ejercicio de lo literario en tiempos de revuelta.

En los zapatos de otros : La construcción de subjetividad colectiva en un movimiento de trabadores desocupados

La consolidación del modelo neoliberal en la Argentina de los años noventa, generó un fuerte impacto en los sectores subalternos y en sus formas históricas de dar sentido. Al mismo tiempo se abrieron espacios de disputa por la construcción de sentido y de acción colectiva con posibilidad de resignificar experiencias históricas, tal como es el caso de los movimientos desocupados. Estas nuevas formas de organización y participación política con anclaje barrial, caracterizadas por acciones de protesta mediante la modalidad de cortes de ruta, fueron paulatinamente constituyéndose en espacios de disputa del orden social relevantes hasta la actualidad. A razón de esto último, la siguiente investigación propone un análisis sobre los aspectos subjetivos de experiencias colectivas de trabajo de militantes y participantes de base al interior del Movimiento de Trabajadores Desocupados Aníbal Verón Barrio Malvinas de la ciudad de La Plata, 2009. Fundamentalmente, busca analizar cómo se constituyen y relacionan ambas subjetividades a partir de sus experiencias de trabajo colectivas y cotidianas, con el propósito de entender el proceso de conformación de subjetividad colectiva. En tal dirección, recorre el universo de representaciones, imaginarios, visión de futuro y proyecto colectivo puesto en locución en las prácticas colectivas del movimiento de desocupados en estudio. La presente investigación busca dar cuenta de los elementos de mediación subjetiva puestos en juego en experiencias de trabajo colectivo a razón de considerar la centralidad de la demanda laboral en la conformación de los movimientos desocupados. De este modo, el análisis contempla el contexto de crisis y transformación de la Argentina neoliberal en las últimas década, permitiéndonos pensar no sólo la relación entre orden social, subjetividad y acción dentro de la perspectiva de un movimiento social en concreto sino, también, abriendo preguntas de interés para otros estudios abocados a la misma problemática

En los zapatos de otros : La construcción de subjetividad colectiva en un movimiento de trabadores desocupados

La consolidación del modelo neoliberal en la Argentina de los años noventa, generó un fuerte impacto en los sectores subalternos y en sus formas históricas de dar sentido. Al mismo tiempo se abrieron espacios de disputa por la construcción de sentido y de acción colectiva con posibilidad de resignificar experiencias históricas, tal como es el caso de los movimientos desocupados. Estas nuevas formas de organización y participación política con anclaje barrial, caracterizadas por acciones de protesta mediante la modalidad de cortes de ruta, fueron paulatinamente constituyéndose en espacios de disputa del orden social relevantes hasta la actualidad. A razón de esto último, la siguiente investigación propone un análisis sobre los aspectos subjetivos de experiencias colectivas de trabajo de militantes y participantes de base al interior del Movimiento de Trabajadores Desocupados Aníbal Verón Barrio Malvinas de la ciudad de La Plata, 2009. Fundamentalmente, busca analizar cómo se constituyen y relacionan ambas subjetividades a partir de sus experiencias de trabajo colectivas y cotidianas, con el propósito de entender el proceso de conformación de subjetividad colectiva. En tal dirección, recorre el universo de representaciones, imaginarios, visión de futuro y proyecto colectivo puesto en locución en las prácticas colectivas del movimiento de desocupados en estudio. La presente investigación busca dar cuenta de los elementos de mediación subjetiva puestos en juego en experiencias de trabajo colectivo a razón de considerar la centralidad de la demanda laboral en la conformación de los movimientos desocupados. De este modo, el análisis contempla el contexto de crisis y transformación de la Argentina neoliberal en las últimas década, permitiéndonos pensar no sólo la relación entre orden social, subjetividad y acción dentro de la perspectiva de un movimiento social en concreto sino, también, abriendo preguntas de interés para otros estudios abocados a la misma problemática

En los zapatos de otros : La construcción de subjetividad colectiva en un movimiento de trabadores desocupados

La consolidación del modelo neoliberal en la Argentina de los años noventa, generó un fuerte impacto en los sectores subalternos y en sus formas históricas de dar sentido. Al mismo tiempo se abrieron espacios de disputa por la construcción de sentido y de acción colectiva con posibilidad de resignificar experiencias históricas, tal como es el caso de los movimientos desocupados. Estas nuevas formas de organización y participación política con anclaje barrial, caracterizadas por acciones de protesta mediante la modalidad de cortes de ruta, fueron paulatinamente constituyéndose en espacios de disputa del orden social relevantes hasta la actualidad. A razón de esto último, la siguiente investigación propone un análisis sobre los aspectos subjetivos de experiencias colectivas de trabajo de militantes y participantes de base al interior del Movimiento de Trabajadores Desocupados Aníbal Verón Barrio Malvinas de la ciudad de La Plata, 2009. Fundamentalmente, busca analizar cómo se constituyen y relacionan ambas subjetividades a partir de sus experiencias de trabajo colectivas y cotidianas, con el propósito de entender el proceso de conformación de subjetividad colectiva. En tal dirección, recorre el universo de representaciones, imaginarios, visión de futuro y proyecto colectivo puesto en locución en las prácticas colectivas del movimiento de desocupados en estudio. La presente investigación busca dar cuenta de los elementos de mediación subjetiva puestos en juego en experiencias de trabajo colectivo a razón de considerar la centralidad de la demanda laboral en la conformación de los movimientos desocupados. De este modo, el análisis contempla el contexto de crisis y transformación de la Argentina neoliberal en las últimas década, permitiéndonos pensar no sólo la relación entre orden social, subjetividad y acción dentro de la perspectiva de un movimiento social en concreto sino, también, abriendo preguntas de interés para otros estudios abocados a la misma problemática

CHARACTERIZATION OF AGROINDUSTRIAL SYSTEMS: A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF THE SUCRO-ENERGETIC SECTORS OF BRASIL AND COLOMBIA

Concern about the growing demand of food and fuel has focused the attention on countries with conditions to provide for global requirements. Also, the build-up of an environmental awareness has compelled several governments to implement programs for the addition of biofuels to oil derivatives. Considering their relevance as world and South American producers, this study makes a characterization of the sucro-energetic sectors of Brazil and Colombia, based on a view of agro-industrial systems, industrial organization and transaction cost economy. The approach followed considered of a secondary information survey and in-depth interviews. The main differences found are centered on institutional development level and production volumes. However, the use of the same raw material, sugarcane, trade opening policies, cultural approaches and regional integration, are factors that could generate links of commercial exchange and technological cooperation between the two countries.

Chinese multinational corporations in Brazil: strategies and implications in energy and telecom sectors

This study aims to understand how Chinese enterprises acted in Brazilian energy and telecommunication sectors in the past ten years and whether they would be leading to an increase in the asymmetries between Brazil and China. It argues that the asymmetries presented in the relations are due in large part to successful Chinese enterprises' strategies.

Practices and trends of telework in the Portuguese industry: the results of surveys in the textile, metal and software sectors

The aim of the TeleRisk Project on labour relations and professional risks within the context of teleworking in Portugal – supported by IDICT – Institute for Development and Inspection of Working Conditions (Ministry of Labour), is to study the practices and forms of teleworking in the manufacturing sectors in Portugal. The project chose also the software industry as a reference sector, even though it does not intend to exclude from the study any other sector of activity or the so-called “hybrid” forms of work. However, the latter must have some of the characteristics of telework. The project thus takes into account the so-called “traditional” sectors of activity, namely textile and machinery and metal engineering (machinery and equipment), not usually associated to this type of work. However, telework could include, in the so-called “traditional” sectors, other variations that are not found in technologically based sectors. One of the evaluation methods for the dynamics associated to telework consisted in carrying out surveys by means of questionnaires, aimed at employers in the sectors analysed. This paper presents some of the results of those surveys. It is important to mention that, being a preliminary analysis, it means that it does not pretend to have exhausted all the issues in the survey, but has meant that it shows the bigger tendencies, in terms of teleworking practices, of the Portuguese industry.

Sectors and routes in solid waste collection

Collecting and transporting solid waste is a constant problem for municipalities and populations in general. Waste management should take into account the preservation of the environment and the reduction of costs. The goal with this paper is to address a real-life solid waste problem. The case reveals some general and specific characteristics which are not rare, but are not widely addressed in the literature. Furthermore, new methods and models to deal with sectorization and routing are introduced, which can be extended to other applications. Sectorization and routing are tackled following a two-phase approach. In the first phase, a new method is described for sectorization based on electromagnetism and Coulomb’s Law. The second phase addresses the routing problems in each sector. The paper addresses not only territorial division, but also the frequency with which waste is collected, which is a critical issue in these types of applications. Special characteristics related to the number and type of deposition points were also a motivation for this work. A new model for a Mixed Capacitated Arc Routing Problem with Limited Multi-Landfills is proposed and tested in real instances. The computational results achieved confirm the effectiveness of the entire approach.

Credit risk stress testing: The Portuguese environment, macroeconomic scenarios and the estimation of losses for corporate sectors

A Work Project, presented as part of the requirements for the Award of a Masters Degree in Finance from the NOVA – School of Business and Economics

Predictability of stock market returns: Evidence from Eurozone's banking sectors

This paper analyzes the in-, and out-of sample, predictability of the stock market returns from Eurozone’s banking sectors, arising from bank-specific ratios and macroeconomic variables, using panel estimation techniques. In order to do that, I set an unbalanced panel of 116 banks returns, from April, 1991, to March, 2013, to constitute equal-weighted country-sorted portfolios representative of the Austrian, Belgian, Finish, French, German, Greek, Irish, Italian, Portuguese and Spanish banking sectors. I find that both earnings per share (EPS) and the ratio of total loans to total assets have in-sample predictive power over the portfolios’ monthly returns whereas, regarding the cross-section of annual returns, only EPS retain significant explanatory power. Nevertheless, the sign associated with the impact of EPS is contrarian to the results of past literature. When looking at inter-yearly horizon returns, I document in-sample predictive power arising from the ratios of provisions to net interest income, and non-interest income to net income. Regarding the out-of-sample performance of the proposed models, I find that these would only beat the portfolios’ historical mean on the month following the disclosure of year-end financial statements. Still, the evidence found is not statistically significant. Finally, in a last attempt to find significant evidence of predictability of monthly and annual returns, I use Fama and French 3-Factor and Carhart models to describe the cross-section of returns. Although in-sample the factors can significantly track Eurozone’s banking sectors’ stock market returns, they do not beat the portfolios’ historical mean when forecasting returns.

The determinants of net interest margins & net interest spreads in the Russian & Japanese Commercial Banking sectors

This study presents an empirical investigation of the determinants of net interest margins and spreads in the Russian and Japanese banking sectors with a particular focus on commercial banks. Net interest mar-gins and spreads serve as indicators of financial intermediation efficiency. This paper employed a bank-level unbalanced panel dataset prolonging from 2005 to 2014. My main empirical results show that bank characteristics explain the most of the variation in not only net interest margins but also in spreads. Capi-talization, liquidity risk, inflation, economic growth, private and government debt are important determi-nants of margin in Russia. In Japan to the contrary loan and deposit market concentration along with bank size do predominate. Common significant variables in both countries are the substitution effect, cost effi-ciency and profitability. Turning to net interest spreads, micro- and macro-specific variables are the main significant drivers in Russia. I reach the conclusion that there are no significant determinants of net interest spreads in Japan within the original selection of variables, but operating efficiency and deposits to total funding seem to prevail. In both countries, there are solid differences in the net interest margins as well as spreads once the pre- and the post-crisis periods are considered.

Tourism education in Ireland : an analysis of the provision of third level tourism education in Ireland focusing on the needs of the public, private and voluntary sectors

Tourism education in Ireland has witnessed a transformation within the last four decades since CERT introduced the first fundamentals of training in the 1960’s. An analysis of the provision of tourism education in Ireland, focusing on the needs of the public, private and voluntary sectors was the main focus of this study and concentrates mainly on third level provision of tourism education within the island of Ireland. The study examines the role of tourism education in Ireland, establishing any current or emerging trends in third level tourism provision. It identifies and analyses the main stakeholders in the public, private and voluntary sectors and investigates if any requirements exist in the provision of third level education. The multi-faceted nature of the tourism industry has resulted in the provision of a diverse range of educational courses. As a result of this diversity, a question hangs over the status of tourism as a professional discipline within itself. Other issues identified through this study are the over provision of tourism courses and the current and future disparity within tourism education. The qualitative nature of the research involved questioning of major stakeholders and educators who influence tourism education provision and developing an overview of the current status of tourism education provision in Ireland identifying the present needs of each sector. Finally several strategies are suggested which may enhance third level tourism education in the future.

The missing link in key sectors analysis

In general terms key sectors analysis aims at identifying the role, or impact, that the existence of a productive sector has in the economy. Quite a few measures, indicators and methodologies of varied complexity have been proposed in the literature, from multiplier sums to extraction methods, but not without debate about their properties and their information content. All of them, to our knowledge, focus exclusively on the interdependence effects that result from the input-output structure of the economy. By so doing the simple input-output approach misses critical links beyond the interindustry ones. A productive sector’s role is that of producing but also that of generating and distributing income among primary factors as a result of production. Thus when measuring a sector’s role, the income generating process cannot and should not be omitted if we want to better elucidate the sector’ economic role. A simple way to make the missing income link explicit is to use the SAM (Soci

Methodological note about the determination of key sectors in final energy consumption: a preliminary approach to the Spanish case

In this paper we analyze the determination of "key" sectors in the final energy consumption. We approach this issue from an input-output perspective and we design a methodology based on the elasticities of the demands of final energy consumption. As an exercise, we apply the proposed methodology to the Spanish economy. The analysis allows us to indicate the greater or lesser relevance of the different sectors in the consumption of final energy, pointing out which sectors deserve greater attention in the Spanish case and showing the implications for energy policy.