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This text is built on the arguments of the expectations of the entrepreneurship fable, namely the growth fable, the SME mixture of the entrepreneurship fable and the fable of the confusion between entrepreneurship and empowering mechanisms. We will investigate the forgotten maxim of the entrepreneurship fable, “Think before you act”, from the point of view of what an entrepreneur is and what entrepreneurship is. We will also analyze business incubation and incubators, entrepreneurial motivation factors using the push and pull funding theories, entrepreneur profiles, entrepreneurial support, gendered entrepreneurship and university entrepreneurship to complete the demonstration associated with the forgotten maxim. A conclusion will address the question of the foundations of entrepreneurship in the African context.
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After recalling the theoretical and economic contexts which surround this paper, we present a first existing econometric model dealing with price-elasticity. Then we introduce a dynamic microeconomic model based on the concrete example of a non-life insurance company which wants to change its renewal strategy. We study the consequences of its price (premium) strategy on its portfolio and turnover, in a competitive market. The evolution of the company's portfolio and turnover is determined. Three numerical examples for commercial lines of business follow, before concluding.
Keywords: assurance non-vie ou IARD, microéconomie, économétrie, stratégie, renouvellement, concurrence, non-life insurance, microeconomics, econometrics, strategy, renewal, competition
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Several factors can influence the effectiveness and productivity of work teams, including citizenship behaviours. The study examines the relation between supervisor leadership and the citizenship behaviours of the subordinates in the team. The participants are 288 adults who work in various organizations. The results of regression analyses support the idea that transformational leadership is positively related to citizenship behaviours in the team. Transactional leadership and laissez-faire leadership are not related to citizenship behaviours in the team. These results tend to confirm the importance of the supervisor's transformational leadership in understanding the success of workplace teams, and consequently, organizations.
Keywords: leadership transformationnel, citoyenneté organisationnelle dans l’équipe
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The aim of this text is one of describing explaining and understanding the unequal geographical division of the number, types and processes of establishment in the agriculture in Québec. Included in a global process of mutation form a domestic agriculture to a business one, 3 types of areas were given prominence to, each characterized by a specific rate of agricultural renewal (strong, weak and intermediate). These territories draw simultaneously some specific establishment profiles : the first type (of area) with a conventional father-son transmission and a productivist pattern of expansion; the second type on the contrary, with frequent non-domestic and atypical establishment forms ; and in between those extremes, a transmission from parents to children, and a pattern of development halfway (between) both preceding types. This intensely contrasted geography is the result of varying local resources and straims where the effect of geographical situation prevails over the economical factors and realities usually retained.
Keywords: Agriculture, Canada, Québec, Establishment, Installation, Canada, Québec, Agriculture
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AbstractThe objectives of this study were to determine the frequency of adjustment disorders in psychiatric hospital and to establish the clinical and evolutional profiles of these disorders. A descriptive and retrospective study with approximately 115 patients hospitalized a first time in a psychiatric setting of the university hospital of Monastir in Tunisia for adjustment disorders according to the DSM-IV. The frequency of adjustment disorders in a psychiatric hospital was estimated at 11,8 %. The majority of patients were young (65,3 % between 16 and 20), female (60,9 %), of low professional and socio-economical status, and without any psychiatric history (59,1 %). The acute appearance of adjustment disorders caused by psychosocial stress factors which were usually various (60 %), recent (61,7 %) and with a high severity (69,6 %). The suicide attempts were frequent (53 %) representing the first reason for hospitalization. An evolution was favourable in 75,7 % of cases after a short hospitalization (about 8,2 days). Finally, the authors insist on the short hospitalization in order to provide evaluation, observation and treatment setting for these disorders.
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In the current context, it is important to use methodologies that facilitate the consultation of citizens concerned by specific issues. For this purpose, it is proposed to explore the community forum. This method was used in a Quebec study on support strategies intended for families living with a minor child with disabilities. In this article, the community forum will be described and various aspects of its organization will be explained. The advantages and the limitations of this type of citizens' consultation will also be discussed. The community forum is a valuable tool for the social worker, because it fulfills a triple function. It allows collecting quality information, it increases awareness of a social or health problem, and it stimulates a process of reflection on a specific issue. The community involvement being essential when seeking solutions to societal concerns, the community forum can be considered a tool of choice.
Keywords: Forum communautaire, recherche-action, méthodologie, Community forum, participatory action research, methodology
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Worker training is a way to embrace in order to combine the transformations facing Quebec organizations. This paper presents the results of an exploratory research examining the willingness and ability of SMEs to invest in employee training, through the practices deployed and the perceptions of SMEs managers. It also examines SMEs’ knowledge and perceptions of the strategies and programs put forward by government and regional actors in training and skills development. The data were collected from 427 SMEs located in Chaudière-Appalaches and Centre-du-Québec. The results reflect informal training practices, limited by the lack of time and workforce. They indicate limited knowledge of the programs offered by socio-economic actors. In light of these results, lines of action are suggested.
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As is the case for basins of arid and semi-arid zones, the Essaouira Basin is likely to be at high risk of water scarcity due to climate change. The Essaouira Basin, which is the subject of this study, is located on the Atlantic coast of Morocco, southeast of the city of Essaouira. It is characterized by a semi-arid climate with annual rainfall of around 300 mm and average temperatures of 20°C. Looking at the importance of this basin for the groundwater supply of the Essaouira City and neighbouring clusters, this article considers the potential effect of climate change on water resources in this area. A series of piezometric maps was prepared (1990-2016) and the hydrochemical study of the water shows that they have a Na-Cl type facies in 1990, 1995 and 2009 and Mg-Ca-Cl type in 2015. This evolution is the result of cation exchange following the exceptional precipitation of 2015. The isotopes 18O, 2H, 3H and 14C were analyzed during the campaigns of 1996, 2006 and 2007. The local meteoric water line close to the global meteoric water line characterizing precipitation of oceanic origin was determined. The results of this work show: i) the existence of a depression in the piezometric level during dry years (e.g. 1995) and a modest recovery during wet years (e.g. 2004 and 2009), ii) a deterioration of the water quality away from the Wadi Ksob (recharge zone of the aquifer), and iii) that the recharge the aquifer depends on rainfall.
Keywords: aquifère, bassin d'Essaouira, changement climatique, hydrochimie, isotopes, piézométrie, réchauffement, semi-aride, ressource en eau, aquifer, climate change, Essaouira basin, hydrochemistry, isotopes, piezometry, semi-arid, water resources