scholarly journals Third Sector Commentary: 'Individual Giving and Philanthropy'

Author(s):  
Jo Curry

<p>The NETSRG creates the opportunity for academics and charitable practitioners to discuss academic research. It bridges the two sectors effectively and is a welcome addition. When approaching an academic paper I ask the following three questions:</p><p> What does the paper tell me?</p><p> What is the practical application of the research?</p><p> Is the research that underpins it robust?</p><p>Whilst my emphasis is on the second question, far too often this is the leanest section of the work. This year we considered three papers on philanthropy.</p>

2021 ◽  
Vol 57 (3) ◽  
pp. 1-40
Author(s):  
Mircea Bologa ◽  

The paper presents a retrospective of events and memories of the formation and development of academic research in the field of physical and technical sciences in Moldova, such as the main stages of the creation of the Academy of Sciences of Moldova, memorable anniversaries, individual meetings with presidents, as well as the way covered by the Institute of Applied Physics from determination of the topics range, of the concept of combining fundamental and applied research, of the status of the Institutes, of staff training to the ensuring of the practical application of the results obtained, to the setting up of an experimental production base, to the launching of the journal "Elektronnaya Obrabotka Materialov/Sufrace Engineering and Applied Electrochemistry". Certain General Meetings of the Sections and of the Academy of Sciences, conferences, visits of presidents and heads of the Academies of Sciences of various countries, delegations of scientists, cosmonauts, specialists, anniversaries and memorable meetings are considered. Some aspects of expanding international scientific cooperation, of reforming research, of increasing its effectiveness are discussed. The need for further consolidation of the scientific community, of opportunities for innovative activities, in accordance with the high requirements and ideals of science is also emphasized.


Author(s):  
Janete Palú ◽  
Ângelo Ricardo de Souza

This article aims to trace the state of knowledge about education and school administration, faced to the neoliberal reform links, highlighted in academic research at PhD level (theses) produced by Brazilian researchers. To this end, we analyzed the summary of 25 theses, collected at the Brazilian Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations (BDTD), using, for data interpretation, the Content Analysis techniques proposed by Bardin (2016). Those research show that education and school administration have changed with the adoption of "new" governance forms and models, with the managerialism principles and new public management, assuming entrepreneurial features. The performance of private actors, from the third sector and the state sector was evidenced through different arrangements and its combinations in the policies formulation, conduction and execution, as well as in the education management. It is noted that there is an emptying of the concept of democratic administration printed in Brazilian legislation. The theses are consistent with the literature on the subject, presenting a critical and current reading, however there are gaps regarding the broad panorama and the recent transformations and guidelines evidenced in the Brazilian context. Keywords: State of knowledge. Education policies.


Author(s):  
Marcos Luiz Mucheroni ◽  
Gonçalo Costa Ferreira

This paper presents and discusses some of the results of practical application of Social Network Analysis for Information (SNA) to a nonprofit organization, the publishing house Cidade Nova. The article starts by presenting the empirical and methodological options and refers the social networks basic terminology, after which the research procedures are detailed. Lastly, results from the actors Information Social Network (ISN) and from the complete ISN (where alters are included) are presented, to which were used degree, closeness and betweenness centralities, the strength of weak ties of Granovetter and the lambda (?) set measures.


2010 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 4 ◽  
Author(s):  
James W. Dunham

The use of diagrams to indicate the effects of refraction and diffraction of ordinary wind waves and swell in offshore areas is by no means an innovation in coastal and harbor engineering. Refraction diagrams in particular have been used in various forms by engineers in the United States and in Europe for more than a decade. The principles and procedures for constructing refraction and diffraction diagrams have been developed by academic research and investigation. The purposes of this paper are (1) to review briefly these principles and procedures, and (2) to describe their practical application by the Corps of Engineers, Los Angeles District, Department of the Army.


2009 ◽  
pp. 157-169
Author(s):  
Bordogna Mara Tognetti

- The article intends to describe the dynamics of civil society and third sector, after an analysis of the major changes that have affected the social policies and the welfare mix. The paper focuses on self help groups, analyzing it as a new component of civil society, as new forms of collective action and "non-conventional mechanisms of representation" in public policy. It will highlight how academic research becomes essential in this context, also to understand and define the real contribution of all those entities to the implementation of social policies.Key words: self help groups, deliberative democracy, welfare mix, social policies, social research, participation


2017 ◽  
Vol 31 (3) ◽  
pp. 195-203 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hala Helmi El Hadidi ◽  
David A. Kirby

This is the fourth article in a series dealing with the role of universities in the innovation process in Egypt. The first three examined the topic from the perspective of academia. They revealed that there was relatively little university–industry collaboration. Hence, this article focuses on university–industry collaboration from the perspective of industry. It is based on a questionnaire survey of 237 firms located in different industrial zones in Cairo. The findings confirm the low level of university–industry collaboration, with no more than 6% of the sample claiming to have links with academia. The lack of collaboration is found to stem mainly from firms’ perception that academic research is not relevant to them and from the mismatch between the interests and objectives of the two sectors. The article makes recommendations for what is needed if the situation is to change and focuses particularly on the role of government, the third actor in the Triple Helix.


Competitio ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 71-86 ◽  
Author(s):  
Éva Kuti

This paper tries to take an initial step toward a deeper understanding of the differences and similarities between corporate, individual and 1% philanthropy. Though both corporate and individual giving havea huge international literature (e.g. Adam 2004; Archambault & Boumendi 1998; Burlingame 1997, 2001; Halfpenny 1999; Schervish & Haven, 1997; Wang & Graddy 2008; Zamagni,1995) and 1% philanthropy is also discussed by several, mainly Eastern European authors (e.g. Bódi 2001; Chano 2008; Gerencsér & Oprics 2007; Török & Moss 2004; Vajda & Kuti 2002), the connections between these different kinds of philanthropic activities have not yet been scrutinized. Correspondingly, very little attention has been paid to the issues of how third sector organizations could develop an efficient ‘fund raising mix’; how they should combine their efforts to solicit contributions from different kinds of donors. In order to answer these questions, the author takes an interdisciplinary approach; she uses several different types of analytical and statistical methods. The statistical analysis of the donors’ motivation is based on the results of three empirical surveys of individual giving, 1% philanthropy and corporate donations which were carried out in Hungary over the last couple of years. The third sector organizations’ fund raising behaviour is analyzed using both official statistical data (KSH 1998–2008) and information gathered through interviews (Laki & Szalai 2004; T. Puskás 2006) and case studies (Kotler & Lee 2007; Török 2005b). Journal of Economic Literature (JEL) code: D64, M14, L31


2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 ◽  
pp. 1-11
Author(s):  
Weiting Zhao ◽  
Zheng Zou ◽  
Zidong Wei ◽  
Wenwen Gong ◽  
Chao Yan ◽  
...  

With the increasing penetration of interdisciplinary subjects, it is more difficult for researchers to complete a paper individually, showing that the division of labor can improve the level and efficiency of scientific research. Thus, collaboration among multiple scholars has become a trend in academic research. However, because the numbers of scholars and papers are increasing and cooperation between scholars has become more frequent in recent years, it is an increasingly challenging task to discover useful knowledge resources for researchers. Against the background of big data, how to help scholars quickly find interested target collaborators, encourage them to participate more actively in academic communication, and create high-quality achievements in scientific research has become a significant problem. Considering this challenge, this article proposes a framework of coauthorship strength, author contribution, and search (CCS,taking the first letter of the keyword), which is based on the coauthorship feature of Google Academics. In CSS, we combined the search algorithm to select the optimal connection path to help scholars find interested target scholars efficiently and to better solve practical application problems. Finally, our proposal is evaluated by a set of experiments based on a real-world dataset. Experimental results of our approach show better search outcomes compared to other competitive approaches.


2007 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 223-236 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mustaghis-ur-Rahman

NGOs are organisations that are non-political, non-profit, non-governmental, and accountable to their stakeholders and involved in welfare and socio-economic development of people. NGOs with fast expansion in size and services in the late 20th century throughout the world are being considered as the third sector of society, besides, public and private. The constraints and challenges South Asian NGOs face are excessive governmental control, project-based culture and, more importantly, they lack a proper management system and model of their own. To cope with management problems, NGOs are heavily dependent on corporate sector management, which, most of the time, negates the values of this sector. An NGO should have commitment to its vision and mission, taking care of external environment, stakeholders and operations. In order to be effective and well managed, it should maintain good relationships with donors and state, and also involve the community in their decision making at the board level. The management system for NGOs is supposed to be different from traditional management thoughts given by Fayol's Modern Operational Management, Taylor's Scientific Management and Weber's Bureaucratic Model, because of their distinctiveness in vision, mission, organisational culture, goals and values from the other two sectors.


2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Dario Fortin

The educational experience of Welcoming Communities in Italy is not well known in the academic research world, even if it has more than fifty years of history. It is present in all regions of the country and it has produced significant results with the most fragile people hosted, thanks to its pedagogical and cultural guidelines. This contribution—based on data collected from a field research in a Community—highlights the relevance of Social Networking with local resources. This is a practical application in social health education, which is effective in combating isolation, mental distress and social inequalities and in promoting health, psychological autonomy and social and work inclusion of vulnerable people. This practice is particularly important during this period, when significant relationships are adversely affected by the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic.


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