https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/67968 Mon, 20 Apr 2026 04:28:45 GMT 2026-04-20T04:28:45Z https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/69304 Title: Landscape : a new vector in the concept of sustainable development? Authors: Oliveira, Maria Leonor; Pacheco Coelho, Manuel Abstract: The main objective of this paper is to discuss if landscape can be associated with sustainable development at the conceptualization level and in its program of operation research. It starts with the analysis of the concept of sustainable development in an historical perspective that put attention to the way it was constructed, as the emergence of environmental threats was imposing a new reflection to decision makers. Then it analyses the fundamental issues that this conceptualization put to the three pillars of approach: economic, environmental and social, and the way they must reconcile. Finally the concept of landscape is introduced and its role in the support of sustainable development is discussed. The landscape as a concept that, both, incorporates a vision of the global system of interactions between natural and human aspects in the territory, and a practice of intervention on the area (aiming to develop the quality of living from a perspective of intergenerational equity) emerges as an integral element of sustainable development concerns. Sat, 01 Jan 2011 00:00:00 GMT https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/69304 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/68369 Title: The role of corporate governance in transition countries Authors: Foo, Jennifer; Witkowska, Dorota Abstract: Corporate governance has come to the forefront of academic research due to the vital role it plays in the overall health of economic systems. The wave of U.S. corporate fraud in the 1990s was attributed to deficiencies in corporate governance. The recent 2008-2009 global financial crisis, triggered by the unprecedented failure of Lehman Brothers and the subprime mortgage problems, renewed interest in the role corporate governance plays in the financial sector. The development of a strong corporate governance framework is important to protect stakeholders, maintain investor confidence in the transition countries and attract foreign direct investment. This paper looks at the role of corporate governance in European transition countries in their transformation to a market economy. The paper compares the different levels of corporate governance established among the transition countries. Using synthetic taxonomic measures a study is conducted to look at the degree of corporate governance development by the new EU 2004 and 2007 accession transition countries and the convergence of corporate governance regimes across the countries. Our results indicate that transition countries that are closer to the English legal origin made greater strides in capital market and corporate governance development. Sat, 01 Jan 2011 00:00:00 GMT https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/68369 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/68368 Title: An approach to earned value analysis (EVA) : an application to a practical case Authors: Oliveira, Maria Leonor; Pacheco Coelho, Manuel Abstract: Nowadays, consumers are becoming more and more demanding about the quality of the service that are offered to them. To meet these demands, companies do great efforts to offer a high and consistent level for their services. Such an objective can only be achieved if companies have internal capabilities to be, not only effective in delivering what is expected from them, but also efficient in the way their service is performed. It is intended with this work to implement EVA to a specific project using EVA as a methodology. The main conclusion is that EVA allows a more effective control of the development of projects. It can also be add that good planning and a well-defined organisation of projects are crucial for the quality of the information produced by EVA. It can also be said that EVA must be supported by a very strong method on cost data collecting. On the other hand, EVA has a very strong temporal limitation because it doesn’t take into account the critical path of the project. Therefore, EVA must always be followed by a Gant graph. These conclusions are supported and commentated during this work. Sat, 01 Jan 2011 00:00:00 GMT https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/68368 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/68367 Title: “On rents of fishing grounds” revisited Authors: Pacheco Coelho, Manuel Abstract: Since the 50s, the central idea in the Fisheries Economics is that, in conditions of free access and competition, the market will lead to market equilibrium solutions that imply the overexploitation of the resources. This fundamental result is due to Scott Gordon in his seminal article of 1954, “The Economic Theory of a Common Property Resource: The Fishery”, in the Journal of Political Economy. But, in fact, another (more antique) article put the problem and suggested this approach to its understanding: In a short paper, in 1911 (exactly 100 years ago), the Danish economist Jens Warming, put this issue and made a very similar analysis for the fisheries sector. The purpose of this research is to make a reflection on that paper and highlight the explanation proposed for the common property problem and, also, to study the legacy of this interesting fisheries economist to the History of Political Economy. Sat, 01 Jan 2011 00:00:00 GMT https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/68367 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z