A POOL OF POETRY

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Organizational evolution and strategies for change of Bulgarian firms

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The purpose of this paper is the study of organizational evolution of Bulgarian firms and their strategies for change. We applied a research approach based on a longitudinal study comprising both quantitative and qualitative methods. Our objective is double: on the one hand, we wish to explore and analyze the real practice of Bulgarian firms while dealing with changes in market environment, while on the other hand we attempt to develop a model of organizational evolution, which incorporates the notions of evolutionary economics and chaos theory. With respect to our objectives we developed a conceptual model of organizational evolution which has been further tested. Firstly, a desk research covering a time span of ten years (19932003) has been accomplished. The main research goal was to identify and to evaluate the key external drivers of organizational evolution in Bulgaria. Then a detailed representative study among the managers/CEOs of Bulgarian firms has been conducted in years 1999 and 2001. Based on the research results several conclusions about the applicability of the proposed conceptual model have been drawn.     

Death by disconnection: the missing public health voice in newspaper coverage of a fuel poverty-related death

Determinants of population health such as fuel poverty (inability to afford adequate household temperatures) are difficult to highlight in the media. In this paper we analyse newspaper reports of the death of a Pacific migrant, Mrs Muliaga, who could not afford her electricity bill, and reflect on using individual cases to highlight the importance of the social determinants of health, such as fuel poverty. We undertook a thematic analysis of 368 articles published in major New Zealand newspapers. Four key themes were identified: personal tragedy, conflicting evidence, institutionalised racism, and responsibility. The on-going focus on the medical status of Mrs Muliaga continued the media trend of highlighting personal behaviours as the root cause of health problems in New Zealand, and justified a medically focused policy response. We argue that public health advocates should consider using media advocacy to make fuel poverty a priority on the policy agenda.     

Pre–Post Release Health in US Adult Male Convicts

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This study sought to determine whether need for healthcare and reported health status among adult men (N?=?1,113) in US Federal prisons (in 12 states) changed from pre-release to 15?months after release by analyzing data collected by the Serious and Violent Offender Reentry Initiative (SVORI). Specifically, the study was guided by three questions: (1) were there changes in treatment for specific diseases; (2) were there changes in health status, need for care, and access to and satisfaction with healthcare; and (3) did various social determinants of health predict any of the health outcomes at 15-month follow-up. The analysis of SVORI data found that men reported lower physical and mental health status and declines in receiving treatment following release, but greater satisfaction with healthcare. Further, analysis found the best predictors of health status as being satisfied with access to health care as well as employment. The greatest declines were in mental health treatment, however those ceasing treatment did not report worse physical health status, mental health scores, housing, employment, or recidivism. Future research is needed to determine the significance of the link between employment, satisfaction with access to health care, and health status among ex-prisoners.     

Ten Thousand Tonga: A Longitudinal Anthropological Study from Southern Zambia, 1956–1991

The Gwembe Study was launched in 1956 to monitor the responses of 57,000 Tonga-speakers from the Middle Zambezi Valley to involuntary relocation. Since then, periodic censuses and frequent field visits have generated a wide variety of information. This article examines the demography of four Gwembe Tonga villages from 1956 to 1991, a period characterized first by relocation, then prosperity, and finally by economic hardship. White nuptiality does not respond significantly to socio-economic trends, marital fertility falls sharply during relocation, rebounds with the onset of prosperity, and decreases slowly during the most recent decade of economic hardship. Mortality of the very young and old is also sensitive to such changes. There is striking excess male mortality in all periods, especially among male infants and in particular male twins. The sex ratio at ‘birth’ is 92. This abnormal sex ratio at birth may be the result of conscious sex preference favouring females.     

Immigrant Sexual Minority Latino Men in Rural North Carolina: An Exploration of Social Context,Social Behaviors,and Sexual Outcomes

Immigrant sexual minority Latino men—who may or may not self-identify as gay—constitute a minority within a minority. Often labeled “hidden” and “hard-to-reach,” and marginalized along multiple dimensions, it is a subgroup about whom little is known. Informed by a social ecological framework, we sought to describe key social variables for 190 such men in rural North Carolina and to test associations with three sexual outcomes: consistent condom use, number of sex partners, and sexual compulsivity. Participants reported limited English-language use, predominantly Latino close friends, middle levels of social support despite numerous social ties, and frequent experiences of discrimination. There were unique sets of correlates for each sexual outcome. Findings may inform health promotion interventions and guide future research.     

The asymptotic joint distribution of the correlation determinant estimates of an arma process

The determinants of the correlation matrices of an autoregressive moving-average process have been used for determining orders of the process. In this note the asymptotic joint distribution of determinant estimates is presented. Also, two chi-squared stistics based on the asymptotic distribution are proposed for order determination.     

管理创新研究的国内外对比及其启示

基于国内外主流期刊上的299篇管理创新研究文献的回顾和梳理,对国内外研究中管理创新的影响因素及其作用途径进行比较分析.然后,在中国情境视角下分析并解释了中国企业管理创新的特有影响因素,并在此基础上得出对中国情境下管理创新研究的启示.研究结果表明,管理创新的影响因素分布在企业家个体、管理团队和组织3个层面、6个维度上.此外,在国内外研究中,影响因素及作用机理既存在一致性,也存在差异性,即国外研究更关注高层管理团队的作用,国内研究则更加关注企业家个人因素的作用;同时,国内研究比国外研究更关注社会资本和技术创新对管理创新的影响.在未来的研究中,要重视这些特有影响因素及相应的情境因素的作用,为构建中国情境下的管理理论奠定基础.