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In this thesis, I am developing a theory of the translingual imagination which can be used as a tool to explore literature written in a second language. The term ‘translingual imagination’ was first coined by Steven Kellman in his essay ‘Translingualism and the Literary Imagination’, describing the work of authors writing in a language other than their first. Recent years have seen a growing body of research on these writers, not least because of a risen interest in post-colonial writing and transnational and migration studies. Literary scholars have increasingly questioned ‘the paradigma of monolingualism’, and linguistic research has looked at interrelations between migration,language and identity. However, research projects have often focused on prose writing, predominantly examining the work of canonized male authors (such as Kafka, Conrad or Rushdie), and post-war migrants(such as Turkish-born authors writing in German, or South American-born writers writing in English). Poetry written by women poets of German-Jewish origin has mainly been considered part of Holocaust writing, and over the past decades German scholars have been trying to reclaim these texts as ‘German -Jewish’ poetry. My thesis considers the work of four English poets of German-Jewish origin in the context of translingual writing. While using Kellman’s term, I shall suggest a set of specific criteria to allow for a clearer definition of the ‘translingual imagination’. In applying these criteria to the work of women poets of German-Jewish origin, I will not only show the translingual imagination at work but also encourage a new reading of literature written by German-Jewish refugees that goes beyond the notion of exile poetry.

The thesis analyses Czechoslovak-Jewish relations in the twentieth century using the case study of the Czechoslovak Government-in-Exile in London and its activities during the Second World War. In order to present the research in a wider perspective, it covers the period between the Munich Agreement, when the first politicians left Czechoslovakia, and the Communist Coup in February 1948. Hence the thesis evaluates the political activities and plans of the Czechoslovak exiles, as well as the implementation of the plans in liberated Czechoslovakia after 1945. In comparison with previous contributions to the theme, this thesis is based on extensive archival research. It examines how the Czechoslovak treatment of the Jews was shaped by resurgent Czech and Slovak nationalism/s caused by the war and the experience of the occupation by the German army. Simultaneously, the thesis enquires into the role played in the Czechoslovak exiles’ decision making by their efforts to maintain the image of a democratic country in the heart of Europe. An adherence to western liberal democracies was a key political asset used by Czechoslovakia since her creation in 1918. Fair treatment of minorities, in particular the Jews, became part of this ‘myth’. However, the Second World War brought to the fore Czechoslovak efforts to nationally homogenize the post-war Republic and rid it of its ‘disloyal’ minorities. Consequently, the thesis evaluates how the Jews as a minority were perceived and constructed. The thesis is divided into five chapters, following the developments in chronological, as well as thematic order. The first chapter analyses the influence of people in occupied Czechoslovakia on the exiles’ policy towards the Jews. Chapter two and three document the exiles’ policy towards the Jews during the war, including the government’s responses to the Holocaust. Chapter four enquires into the wartime origins of the post-war Czechoslovak policy towards the Jews. Finally, the last chapter analyses the influence of public opinion abroad on the Czechoslovak policy towards the Jews during and after the war.

In the late nineteenth and early twentieth century, philanthropists in Britain created a large number of clubs for young people. Whilst many of these were connected with churches, British Jewry founded a number of their own clubs for young Jewish men and women. These clubs were run in the East End of London and other urban centres with high numbers of Jewish immigrants from Eastern Europe such as Manchester, Leeds, Glasgow and Liverpool. The club managers were established Jews who lived in wealthier areas of the cities who sought to pass on positive British attributes to the immigrant population. In addition to secular activities such as sports, the clubs used religion as a way to encourage young immigrants to adapt to religious life in England, a neglected aspect of their work. This thesis explores the inclusion of a religious element within these clubs, examining the period from the beginning of the clubs existence in the 1880s, responding to the influx of Eastern European immigrants arriving in the UK, until the outbreak of the Second World War when the focus of Anglo-Jewish philanthropy shifted from domestic concerns to those within Europe and on combating anti-Semitism. This thesis explores how religion promoted an ideal of national identity, specifically designed for working class immigrant Jews, as well as the ways in which religion promoted gender identities which were designed to aid integration into British society. The first two chapters analyse Orthodox Jewish boys’ and girls’ clubs. As the majority of clubs fall into these categories these chapters will look at these groups as providing normative experiences. The third chapter will look at uniformed groups and explore the extent to which these groups provided a ‘uniformed’ experience not only in relation to outward appearance but also in terms of gendered religion. The final chapter will examine Liberal Jewish clubs, the major alternative to the other organisations explored. These were attacked by those within the Orthodox mainstream due to their religious affiliation and this thesis will discuss the ways in which this criticism was heightened in response to deviations from gender norms. This thesis therefore demonstrates the centrality of gender norms in religious programming for young people.

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Made available in DSpace on 2014-06-12T15:08:11Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 2 arquivo2698_1.pdf: 1457399 bytes, checksum: 8f0237345ffbe539fe1a1a38c905a1c2 (MD5) license.txt: 1748 bytes, checksum: 8a4605be74aa9ea9d79846c1fba20a33 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2009 / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior / Vários estudos foram e continuam a ser realizados com o objetivo de identificar fatores que são responsáveis por resultados anormais no mercado de capitais. Dentre os investidores avessos ao risco, existem aqueles que seguem uma estratégia de impulso. Esta estratégia supõe que ações que estejam subindo vão continuar a subir e ações que estejam caindo vão continuar a cair, ou simplesmente seguem o impulso. Esta dissertação tem como objetivo investigar se há no mercado de ações brasileiro predominância de uma estratégia de impulso e se o volume de negócios é útil na previsão de retornos futuros. No início de cada mês todas as ações disponíveis na BM&FBovespa foram classificadas de forma independente baseada no retorno do período de formação J e divididas em 10 carteiras. Foram classificadas e agrupadas com base em seus retornos ao longo dos últimos três, seis, nove e doze meses. Apresentamos resultados para carteira de perdedores extremos (R1), vencedores extremos (R10). Depois, estas mesmas empresas foram classificadas de forma independente com base no seu volume médio de negociação ao longo dos últimos J meses, em três carteiras, V1 representa a carteira de menor volume, e V3 representa a carteira de maior volume de negociação. Por fim, comparam-se retornos para a estratégia de impulso baseada no volume de negociação e retornos, e uma estratégia simples de impulso. Nesta dissertação, encontram-se resultados que corroboram com a premissa da estratégia de impulso. Em suma, os resultados demonstram indícios de que o volume de negociação é útil em predizer retornos futuros, entretanto, os testes não confirmam a superioridade da estratégia de impulso baseada no volume de negociação em relação à estratégia simples de impulso

This Master's thesis applies Balanced Scorecard in wholesale company BM MOTO s.r.o. which is focused on the purchase and sale of car accessories. This thesis is divided into theoretical and practical part. First part defines tools of strategic analysis, financial analysis INFA and Balanced Scorecard components. Practical part contains description of the company and the analysis itself. Then follows determination of strategic objectives, measures and actions for each perspective of the Balanced Scorecard. The aim of this thesis is to create a strategic map and overall assessment of the situation

A partir da década de 1990, as empresas começaram a se envolver em iniciativas voluntárias com vistas à melhoria de suas práticas socioambientais. Dentre os principais motivadores para isso está a pressão exercida por alguns investidores, que têm incorporado critérios ambientais, sociais e de governança (ASG) a seus processos de tomada de decisão como requisitos para selecionar as empresas de seus portfólios. As bolsas de valores passaram a oferecer a esses investidores produtos de informação, como os índices de sustentabilidade, que têm como objetivo diferenciar as empresas com as melhores práticas neste tema. É nesse contexto que se situa o Índice de Sustentabilidade Empresarial (ISE) da BM&FBOVESPA, criado em 2005. Buscando garantir que as empresas do ISE sejam referência em sustentabilidade, um elemento essencial a sua análise é a inovação. Portanto, esta pesquisa busca analisar a existência, nas empresas do ISE, de práticas ligadas ao tema da inovação para a sustentabilidade. Por meio de pesquisa exploratória baseada em dados secundários, foram consideradas as empresas e as informações da carteira ISE 2015 e as diretrizes para interpretação da inovação do Manual de Oslo para definição das variáveis de análise e levantamento dos dados. Buscou-se contribuir para melhor compreender a relação entre inovação e sustentabilidade. Os resultados indicaram que as empresas do índice declaram possuir diversas práticas de inovação para a sustentabilidade. As práticas de inovação consideradas na metodologia do ISE estão presentes nas empresas listadas, mas não se configuram como um critério de seleção para o índice / From the 1990s, companies began to engage in voluntary initiatives aimed at improving their social and environmental practices. Among the main reasons for this behavior, there is the pressure exerted by some investors, who started to incorporate environmental, social and governance criteria (ESG) in their decision-making processes as requirements to select companies to their portfolios. Stock Exchanges began to offer to these investors information products, such as sustainability indexes, which aim to distinguish the companies with best practices in this area. In this context, the Corporate Sustainability Index (ISE) of BM&FBOVESPA was created in 2005. To ensure that ISE companies are a benchmark in sustainability, an essential element of its analysis is the innovation. Therefore, this research seeks to analyze the existence, in the ISEs companies, of practices related to the theme of innovation for sustainability. Through exploratory research based on secondary data variables of analysis were defined, considering the ISE 2015 portfolio companies and responses, besides the guidelines for interpretation of innovation from the Oslo Manual. It sought to contribute to better understanding the relationship between innovation and sustainability. The results indicated that companies in the index have declared several innovative practices for sustainability. The innovation practices considered in the ISE methodology are present in the listed companies, but they are not a selection criterion for the indexs companies

A partir da década de 1990, as empresas começaram a se envolver em iniciativas voluntárias com vistas à melhoria de suas práticas socioambientais. Dentre os principais motivadores para isso está a pressão exercida por alguns investidores, que têm incorporado critérios ambientais, sociais e de governança (ASG) a seus processos de tomada de decisão como requisitos para selecionar as empresas de seus portfólios. As bolsas de valores passaram a oferecer a esses investidores produtos de informação, como os índices de sustentabilidade, que têm como objetivo diferenciar as empresas com as melhores práticas neste tema. É nesse contexto que se situa o Índice de Sustentabilidade Empresarial (ISE) da BM&FBOVESPA, criado em 2005. Buscando garantir que as empresas do ISE sejam referência em sustentabilidade, um elemento essencial a sua análise é a inovação. Portanto, esta pesquisa busca analisar a existência, nas empresas do ISE, de práticas ligadas ao tema da inovação para a sustentabilidade. Por meio de pesquisa exploratória baseada em dados secundários, foram consideradas as empresas e as informações da carteira ISE 2015 e as diretrizes para interpretação da inovação do Manual de Oslo para definição das variáveis de análise e levantamento dos dados. Buscou-se contribuir para melhor compreender a relação entre inovação e sustentabilidade. Os resultados indicaram que as empresas do índice declaram possuir diversas práticas de inovação para a sustentabilidade. As práticas de inovação consideradas na metodologia do ISE estão presentes nas empresas listadas, mas não se configuram como um critério de seleção para o índice / From the 1990s, companies began to engage in voluntary initiatives aimed at improving their social and environmental practices. Among the main reasons for this behavior, there is the pressure exerted by some investors, who started to incorporate environmental, social and governance criteria (ESG) in their decision-making processes as requirements to select companies to their portfolios. Stock Exchanges began to offer to these investors information products, such as sustainability indexes, which aim to distinguish the companies with best practices in this area. In this context, the Corporate Sustainability Index (ISE) of BM&FBOVESPA was created in 2005. To ensure that ISE companies are a benchmark in sustainability, an essential element of its analysis is the innovation. Therefore, this research seeks to analyze the existence, in the ISEs companies, of practices related to the theme of innovation for sustainability. Through exploratory research based on secondary data variables of analysis were defined, considering the ISE 2015 portfolio companies and responses, besides the guidelines for interpretation of innovation from the Oslo Manual. It sought to contribute to better understanding the relationship between innovation and sustainability. The results indicated that companies in the index have declared several innovative practices for sustainability. The innovation practices considered in the ISE methodology are present in the listed companies, but they are not a selection criterion for the indexs companies

Submitted by Viviane Lima da Cunha (viviane@biblioteca.ufpb.br) on 2017-03-30T11:37:59Z No. of bitstreams: 1 arquivototal.pdf: 1354231 bytes, checksum: aad31c7834420475c22592e10f91104b (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2017-03-30T11:55:07Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 arquivototal.pdf: 1354231 bytes, checksum: aad31c7834420475c22592e10f91104b (MD5) Previous issue date: 2016-12-12 / The present research aims to identify the determinants of environmental disclosure of potentially polluting companies listed on BM&FBOVESPA. To do so, the Standardized Financial Statements (DFPs), Reference Forms, Annual and Sustainability Reports of these companies were used in the period from 2005 to 2015. The research sample is formed by all publicly traded companies with shares traded on the BM&FBOVESPA, and belonging to the sectors of high, medium and low polluting potential, according to Law nº 10.165/2000, which deals with the National Environmental Policy. Based on the theories of Legitimacy and Stakeholders, and previous studies, twelve hypotheses were formulated about the possible determinants of environmental disclosure, with the variable regulated sectors being excluded from the model due to problems of multicollinearity, and the variable regulated companies was omitted For remaining fixed throughout the studied period. From the use of content analysis, to examine the evidence of environmental information and the application of the regression model with unbalanced panel data, of fixed effects with robustness, it was possible to reject or reject the research hypotheses. The results show, at a level of significance of 1% and 5%, that company size, profitability, internationalization and sustainability report are determining factors for the disclosure of environmental information. Although the indebtedness presented an inverse relation with the dependent variable, it was verified that this variable also explains the environmental evidence. On the other hand, auditing, board size, board independence, shareholder dispersion and sustainability are not relevant factors to explain environmental disclosure. Thus, of the twelve hypotheses, 4 were not rejected and 6 were rejected. These results are consistent with those of some national and international research, and are in accordance with the theories of Legitimacy and Stakeholders. This study aims to contribute to the knowledge of accounting science, regarding environmental disclosure, filling some gaps in this area and adding results to the existing literature. / A presente pesquisa tem como objetivo identificar os fatores explicativos da evidenciação de informações ambientais das empresas potencialmente poluidoras listadas na BM&FBOVESPA. Para tanto, foram utilizadas as Demonstrações Financeiras Padronizadas (DFPs), Formulários de Referência, Relatórios Anuais e de Sustentabilidade dessas empresas, no período de 2005 a 2015. A amostra da pesquisa é formada por todas as companhias de capital aberto com ações negociadas na BM&FBOVESPA, e pertencentes aos setores de alto, médio e baixo potencial poluidor, segundo a Lei nº 10.165/2000, que dispõe sobre a Política Nacional do Meio Ambiente. Com base nas teorias da Legitimidade e dos Stakeholders, e nos estudos anteriores, foram formuladas doze hipóteses sobre os possíveis fatores explicativos da evidenciação ambiental, sendo que a variável setores reguamentados foi excluída do modelo devido problemas de multicolinearidade, e a variável empresas regulamentadas foi omitida por se manter fixa durante todo o período estudado. A partir da utilização da análise de conteúdo, para examinar a evidenciação de informações ambientais, e aplicação do modelo de regressão com dados em painel desbalanceado, de efeitos fixos com robustez, foi possível rejeitar ou não rejeitar as hipóteses de pesquisa. Os resultados mostram, a um nível de significância de 1% e 5%, que o tamanho da empresa, a rentabilidade, a internacionalização e o relatório de sustentabilidade são fatores explicativos da evidenciação de informações ambientais. Apesar do endividamento ter apresentado uma relação inversa com a variável dependente, verificou-se que tal variável também explica a evidenciação ambiental. Por outro lado, a auditoria, o tamanho do conselho de administração, a independência do conselho de administração, a dispersão acionária e a sustentabilidade não são fatores relevantes para explicar a evidenciação ambiental. Dessa forma, das doze hipóteses, quatro não foram rejeitadas e seis foram rejeitadas. Tais resultados são condizentes com os de algumas pesquisas realizadas em âmbito nacional e internacional, e estão de acordo com as teorias da Legitimidade e dos Stakeholders. Este estudo visa contribuir com o conhecimento da ciência contábil, no que se refere à evidenciação ambiental, preenchendo algumas lacunas nesta área e somando resultados à literatura existente.