bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
A Randomised Controlled Trial Comparing the Effect of E-learning, with a Taught Workshop, on the Knowledge and Search Skills of Health Professionals
Authors: Pearce-Smith Nicola
Published: February 2016

Objective - The aim of the trial was to establish whether there is a significant difference in terms of knowledge and skills, between self-directed learning using a web-based resource, compared with a classroom based interactive workshop, for teaching health professionals how to search. The outcomes measured were knowledge of databases and study designs, and search skills.

Methods - The study design was a randomised controlled trial (RCT). 17 health professionals were randomised into one of two groups – one group (EG) received access to a search-skills web resource, and the other group received a search workshop (WG) taught by a librarian. Participants completed pre- and post-intervention tests involving multiple choice questions and practical searching using clinical scenarios..

Results - 9 WG and 6 EG participants completed both pre-and post-intervention tests. The test results were blindly marked using a score chart developed with two other librarians. For question formulation and devising a search strategy, all participants obtained a score that was the same or better after receiving the intervention (both WG and EG), but statistical analysis showed that the only significant outcomes were for the WG devising a search strategy (p=0.01) and preferring to search using MeSH after receiving the taught workshop (p=0.02). The Mann-Whitney test showed there were no significant differences in any of the outcomes (p>0.05), between the WG and the EG. The statistical analyses must be viewed with caution due to the small sample size.

Conclusions - There were no significant differences in knowledge of databases and study design, or search skills, when the WG and the EG were compared. Although many participants obtained a score that was higher post-intervention, only devising a search strategy and preferring to search using MeSH were significant for the WG. The question of whether a taught workshop and an e-learning module are of equal effectiveness in teaching search skills, is an important one for health librarians involved in user education, and was a justifiable topic to propose and conduct research. The fact that the results are mainly inconclusive due to the small sample size is disappointing, but does not diminish the importance of conducting the study.
Critical Care Nurses on Duty: Information-Rich but Time-Poor
Authors: Lewis Suzanne
Published: February 2016

Objective – To describe critical care nurses’ on-duty information-seeking behavior.

Design – Participatory action research using ethnographic methods.

Setting – A twenty-bed critical care unit in a 275-bed community (non-teaching) hospital.

Subjects – A purposive sample of six registered nurses (RNs) working shifts in the critical care unit.

Methods – The researcher accompanied six RNs on various shifts (weekdays and weekends, day and night shifts) in the critical care unit and used participant observation and in-context interviews to record fifty hours of the subjects’ information-seeking behavior. Transcripts were written up and checked by the subjects for accuracy and validity. The resulting rich data was analyzed using open coding (concepts which emerged during data gathering, for example “nurse’s personal notes”); in vivo coding (participant-supplied concepts, for example “reading on duty”); and axial coding (hierarchical, researcher-developed concepts such as “information behaviors, information sources, information uses, and information kinds”) (147).

Main results – The critical care nurses constantly sought information from people (patients, family members, other health care workers), patient records, monitors, and other computer systems and noticeboards, but very rarely from published sources such as books or online databases. Barriers to information acquisition included equipment failure, illegible handwriting, unavailable people, social protocols (for example physician – nurse interaction), difficult navigation of computer systems, and mistakes caused by simultaneously using multiple complex systems.

Conclusion – Critical care nurses’ information behavior is strongly patient-centric. Knowledge-based information sources are rarely consulted on duty due to time constraints and the perception that this would take time away from patient care. In seeking to meet the knowledge-based information needs of this group, librarians should be wary of traditional, academic models of information delivery. Instead, they should consider a tailored ready reference service incorporating quality and quantity filtering.
Evidence Based Library and Information Practice Seeks Associate Editor (Evidence Summaries)
Authors: Glynn Lindsay
Published: February 2016

Evidence Based Library and Information Practice (EBLIP) is seeking an Associate Editor (Evidence Summaries) to join its Editorial Team.

Evidence Summaries (ES) provide critical appraisal syntheses for specific research articles. These research synopses provide readers with information regarding the original research article’s validity and reliability, thus providing information on the presence or absence of evidence with which to make informed decisions.

The Evidence Summaries are a key component of this journal. ES are written by a team of experienced authors who follow a strict format to ensure consistency. All ES undergo peer review to ensure quality. Up to ten ES are published in every issue of EBLIP.

The Associate Editor (Evidence Summaries) is responsible for:

Monitoring a set of top research journals in librarianship for new research articles

Assigning articles to ES writers

Seeing ES through all stages of the publication process including assigning peer reviewers & copyeditors

Working closely with other Editorial Team members to ensure a consistent, high-quality journal

Maintaining a reliable, experienced ES writing team with a variety of areas of expertise

Maintaining ES writing guidelines and acting as a support for the ES writing team.

The ideal candidate will be well-versed in evidence based practice and critical appraisal. This position requires dedicated time on a regular basis and is labour intensive. It is therefore essential that interested persons ensure available time to devote to this position prior to applying. This is an unpaid position.

Interested persons should send their resumes by October 1, 2007, to:

Lindsay Glynn

Editor-in-Chief

lglynn@mun.ca

(709) 777-6026
Navigating the Road to Success: Guidelines for Preparing Competitive Grant Proposals
Authors: Langille Lynn L. , Mackenzie Theresa
Published: February 2016

Purpose - Difficulty in securing research funding has been cited as one barrier to the involvement of more librarians and information professionals in conducting original research. This article seeks to support the work of librarians who wish to secure research funding by describing some key approaches to the creation of successful grant applications.

Approach - The authors draw on more than 15 years experience in supporting the development of successful research grant proposals. Twelve grant-writing best practices or ‘key approaches’ are described, and a planning timeline is suggested.

Conclusions - Use of these best practices can assist researchers in creating successful research grant proposals that will also help streamline the research process once it is underway. It is important to recognize the competitive nature of research grant competitions, to obtain feedback from an internal review panel, and to use feedback from funding agencies to strengthen future grant applications.
Tracking Theory Building and Use Trends in Selected LIS Journals: More Research is Needed
Authors: Perryman Carol
Published: February 2016

Objective - The authors measure theory incidents occurring in four LIS journals between 1984-2003 in order to examine their number and quality and to analyze them by topic. A third objective, only identified later in the text of the study, was to compare theory development and use between Korean and international journals. Research questions asked include whether LIS has its own theoretical base as a discipline, and what characteristics the theoretical framework has.

Design – Bibliometric study.

Setting – Journal issues selected from four LIS journals for the time span from 1984 - 2003.

Subjects – Two international journals, Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology (JASIST) and Library and Information Science Research (LISR) were selected based on their high ranking in the Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI) impact factors. Two Korean journals, Journal of the Korean Society for Information Management (JKSIM) and Journal of the Korean Society for Library and Information Science (JKSLIS) were selected.

Methods - After having determined a definition of theory, and identifying different levels of theory, the authors set up rules for the identification of theory incidents, which are defined as “events in which the author contributed to the development or the use of theory in his/her own paper” (550).

Content analysis of 1661 research articles was performed to measure theory incidents according to working definitions. Interrater reliability was ensured by conducting independent coding for “subfield classification, identification of theory incidents, and quality measurement” (555), using a sample of 199 articles (random selection not specified), achieving 94-97% interrater reliability. Incidents, once identified, were evaluated for quality using Dubin’s “efficiency of law” criteria, involving measures of relatedness, directionality, co-variation, rate of change, and “profundity,” defined as the depth to which theory is incorporated into the research study.

Main Results - 21.79% (n=362) of the articles contained theory incidents that were analyzed and evaluated. Trend measurement indicated an overall increase, although a slight decrease was shown in the year range 1993-2003. International journals accounted for 61.33% of theory incidents, compared to 38.67% for the Korean journals. T-testing showed that differences in means between Korean and international journals were not statistically significant.

Topical theory areas were ranked by frequency. The top five areas were shown to be nearly identical between Korean and international journals. ANOVA was performed with significant results in the difference between efficiency ratings.

Conclusion – The authors find that the overall proportion of theory incidents including both theory development and use increased through the 20-year time span examined, and that LIS has established its own theoretical framework based upon the frequency of incidents.
Using Rubrics to Collect Evidence for Decision-Making: What do Librarians Need to Learn?
Authors: Oakleaf Megan Jane
Published: February 2016

Objective - Every day, librarians make decisions that impact the provision of library products and services. To formulate good decisions, librarians must be equipped with reliable and valid data. Unfortunately, many library processes generate vast quantities of unwieldy information that is ill-suited for the evidence based decision-making (EBDM) practices librarians strive to employ. As a result, librarians require tools that facilitate the translation of unmanageable facts and figures into data that can be used to support decision-making. One such tool is a rubric. Rubrics provide at least four major benefits to librarians seeking to use EBDM strategies and merit further investigation. To this end, this study examined 1) librarians’ ability to use rubrics as a decision facilitation tool, 2) barriers that might prevent effective rubric usage, and 3) training topics that address potential barriers.

Methods - This study investigated librarians’ use of rubrics as an EBDM tool to improve an online information literacy tutorial. The data for the study came from student responses to open-ended questions embedded in an online information literacy tutorial called LOBO used by first-year students in English 101 at North Carolina State University (NCSU). Fifteen academic librarians, five instructors, and five students applied rubrics to transform students’ textual responses into quantitative data; this data was statistically analyzed for reliability and validity using Cohen’s kappa. Participant comment sheets were also examined to reveal potential hurdles to effective rubric use.

Results - Statistical analysis revealed that a subset of participants included in this study were able to achieve substantially valid results. On the other hand some librarian participants included in the study were unable to achieve an expert level of validity. Non-expert participants alluded to roadblocks that interfered with their ability to provide quality data using rubrics.

Conclusions - Participant feedback can be categorized into six barriers that may explain why some participants could not attain expert status: 1) difficulty understanding an outcomes-based approach, 2) tension between analytic and holistic rubric structures, 3) failure to comprehend rubric terms, 4) disagreement with rubric assumptions, 5) difficulties with data artifacts, and 6) difficulties understanding local library context and culture. Each of these barriers can be addressed through training, and topics to maximize the usefulness of a rubric approach to EBDM are suggested.
Information Seeking Behaviours of Business Students and the Development of Academic Digital Libraries
Authors: Makani Joyline , WooShue Kelli
Published: February 2016

Objectives - The objective of this project was to gain insight into the extent to which user information seeking behaviours should inform the design and development of digital libraries in an academic setting. Researchers conducted this study at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada to explore the information seeking behaviours of business students.

Methods - The students participating in the study were enrolled in the School of Business Administration at Dalhousie University. The study was based on qualitative and quantitative data collected through a survey, in-depth semi-structured interviews, an observational study, and document analysis. Qualitative case study data was coded using QSR N6 qualitative data analysis software (. The data was categorized using Atkinson’s Model of Business Information Users’ Expectations and Renda and Straccia‘s personalized collaborative digital library (DL) model. Atkinson’s model defines the expectations of business students in terms of cost, time, effort required, pleasure, and the avoidance of pain. Renda and Straccia’s model of a personalized and collaborative digital library centres around three concepts: actors, objects, and functionality. The survey data was analysed using Zoomerang software .

Results - The study results revealed that students tend to select resources based on cost (free or for fee), accessibility, ease of use, speed of delivery (of results), and convenience. The results showed that similar to Atkinson’s findings, business students’ information seeking behaviour is influenced by the concepts of cost-benefit and break-even analyses that underlie business education. Concerning speed of delivery and convenience, the organization of the resources was paramount. Students preferred user-defined resource lists, alert services, and expert-created business resource collections. When asked about the usefulness of potential digital library functionalities, students valued a personalized user interface and communal virtual spaces in order to share information and communicate in real-time with their peers.

Conclusion - This study reveals that when digital libraries are developed, user behaviours and needs should be taken into consideration. Results demonstrate that the activity as well as the “user’s orientation and motivation” (here the business student training) can directly influence the design and use of a digital tool. In other words, this study confirms a new typology of a business digital information user, one that requires the building of dedicated accredited library research systems. Providing information and information tools tailored to this specific audience is more likely to increase the appeal and use of an academic business digital library.
The Right to Health in Darfur: An unfulfilled promise
Authors: Currea-Lugo Víctor de
Published: February 2016

The right to health in Darfur is an unfulfilled promise due to the armed conflict, the structural discrimination against Darfur, and the general weakness of the health sector in Sudan. The epidemiological profile of Sudan is typical of Sub-Saharan African countries. The Maternal Mortality Rate in 2006, in South Darfur, was 1,581, one of the highest in the world. Besides, an estimated 75 children under the age of five die every day in Darfur. For this analysis of the health in Darfur, we use here the already well-defined four categories of the right to health: a) availability (including availability of health facilities, human resources and health programs), b) accessibility (including referral system and humanitarian space), c) acceptability (including the debate related to traditional birth attendants) and d) quality (including the medical malpractice). All these aspects are presented in addition to the epidemiological profile of Darfur: health indicators and general causes of mortality and morbidity. The main goals of this paper are: a) to demonstrate the current health conditions of the population, b) to identify the gaps between the theoretical requirements of the right to health and the realities on the ground, and c) to remark the duty of the Sudanese state toward its population in Darfur.

Published online: 11 December 2017
Desafíos a la seguridad y protección de los trabajadores humanitarios. El compromiso de los donantes
Authors: Martín Eresta Ignacio
Published: February 2016

The safety of humanitarian workers is a basic premise for the access of victims of disasters to aid; both international humanitarian law and other national and international legal measures specifically protect them. But this security is gradually deteriorating in increasingly complex scenarios, where organizations face those adopting different strategies that combine acceptance, protection and deterrence. The operational challenges are structured on personnel policies, the degree of development and operational integration plans and systems, and operational practices of each organization. In this context, donors have made commitments to the explicit defense policy of humanitarian space and access to affected populations, basically around the Good Humanitarian Donorship, and the European Consensus on humanitarian aid at the EU level. The recent Spanish public policy illustrates some of these commitments.

Published online: 11 December 2017
Do they take the Advice? The Utilization of the TEC’s Recommendations on the International Tsunami Response on Local Capacities in Aceh, Indonesia
Authors: Zippel Kerstin
Published: February 2016

Guaranteeing the quality of the humanitarian sector has been challenging for some time. Several initiatives took place to enhance the performance in the field. Nevertheless reaching standards and avoiding mistakes is still not an organization’s forte. So far, evaluation is the main tool for assessing the quality of humanitarian programmes that are providing accountability and the opportunity for learning from weak performance. But the added value of an evaluation is not always appreciated. Often it is seen as an additional burden to answer donor’s request and a tool for destroying the organization’s reputation. Change is rarely seen after conducting evaluations. Therefore, it is often assumed that an evaluation has no added value. This study aims to investigate an evaluation’s utilization. The case selected is the Joint Evaluation of the international response to the Indian Ocean tsunami carried out in autumn 2005 in Aceh, Indonesia. The focus lies rather on its facilitation of learning than on providing accountability. The following study will asses to what extend the recommendations of the evaluation have been used and find out if the humanitarian performance improved.

Published online: 11 December 2017
El Islam creado y recreado. La práctica religiosa musulmana ante la esfera pública vasca
Authors: Intxaurbe José Ramón
Published: February 2016

Managing diversity according to democratic values is especially relevant in addressing religious plurality. The challenge of finding factors that bring together communities with different worldviews under a same social project presents a number of features, in the case of the Muslim community, that seem to underscore the potential for conflict that their integration into European societies has. A good way to test whether there is such inconsistency may be to compare the dynamics and needs of the Muslim population - in this case, in the Basque Countrywith the principles underlying the role of religion in contemporary democratic regimes. This is the aim of this paper, where the theoretical approaches to the role played by religious beliefs in modern societies enter into dialogue with the daily life of a religious minority that claims its place in the public space.

Published online: 11 December 2017
The rise of the emerging powers and donors: enhanced multilateralism in humanitarian action? The case of Turkey
Authors: Cabecerans Lopera María Del Mar
Published: February 2016

This paper reflects on how geopolitical challenges apply to the humanitarian landscape; and have the potential to alter the foundations of the institutionalized humanitarian system. The emerging powers have become the focus of attention of international analysts for the potential they have in reshaping world affairs. Similarly, new actors have appeared in the humanitarian scene: the so-called emerging donors. This study analyzes through the case study of Turkey how countries with a two-fold identity, like emerging powers and donors, interact with the UN multilateral humanitarian system. The premise behind is that the emerging powers and donors the potential to influence and change the way humanitarian action is carried out.

Published online: 11 December 2017
Disturbed valley: a case of protracted armed conflict situation in Northeast India
Authors: Ningthoujam Rameshchandra
Published: February 2016

India’s northeastern region has been experiencing the least known but one of the longest-lasting armed conflict situation in South Asia. New Delhi government has been trying to control the situation through some restrictive or economic incentives such as the Armed Forces Special Power Act-1958 (AFSPA) or the Look East Policy (LEP) and others. However, these policies have been contested by many of the human rights activists, civil societies for their disruptive character, who have unmasked the disruptive substance of human rights violation and the militaristic developmentalism. The proposed paper will rather be a tour d’ horizon of India’s political dispensation at its northeastern frontier in general and Manipur in particular, that shapes the political affairs of this region since India’s Independence.

Published online: 11 December 2017
La celebración del Inti Raymi en el Parque del Retiro de Madrid. Reconfiguración identitaria, rituales andinos en espacios públicos
Authors: Pinilla Pulido Ana
Published: February 2016

In this communication concerning the celebration of Inti Raymi (The Sun Festival – Traditonal ceremony related to the commencement of a time of renovation according to the Andean worldview) in a Madrid public space (Retiro Park) in 2012 and 2014. I shall discuss and analyse the process of revitilization both cultural and political, through which the Andean migrant community empowers itself. Becoming visible as a community with a specific identity to the Madrilenian society in its struggle for recognition as active social agents who participate in the construction of the city in which they inhabit.

Published online: 11 December 2017
Constitución de la Sociedad Cooperativa en la nueva Ley General española 27/1999, del 16 de julio 27/1999, del 16 de julio
Authors: Divar Garteiz-Aurrecoa Javier
Published: February 2016

La nueva Ley General española regula las sociedades cooperativas y se califican como entes económicos para la realización de actividades empresariales, por lo que se reconoce su naturaleza mercantil dejando a un lado posiciones que defienden la ausencia de ánimo de lucro de las cooperativas.
El régimen económico de las cooperativas en la Ley 27/1999, de 16 de julio, General de Cooperativas
Authors: Martínez Charterina Alejandro , Gómez Urquijo Laura
Published: February 2016

La Ley española General de Cooperativas regula uno de los aspectos sobre los que más se ha debatido en la elaboración de las últimas legislaciones cooperativas como es el régimen económico. Se analizan las peculiaridades de las cooperativas en la captación y acumulación de capital y su posible dificultad a la hora de competir en igualdad con las sociedades capitalistas.
El acto cooperativo. Fallo anotado
Authors: Ariel Omarini Cesar Juan
Published: February 2016

Se discute la reclamación del reembolso de la aportación realizada al capital de la cooperativa por un socio, y por cuyo uso ésta le abona intereses. Sin embargo, en épocas desfavorables de la situación económica, y hasta tanto no se haya superado la misma, no se devuelven aportaciones de capital
Tratamiento del Capital Social en la transformación de las Cooperativas
Authors: Nagore Iñigo
Published: February 2016

Establece el artículo 69.2 de la Ley española de Cooperativas, al regular la transformación de la sociedad cooperativa en sociedad civil o mercantil de cualquier clase, que la participación de los socios de la cooperativa en el capital social de la nueva entidad habrá de ser proporcional al que tenían en aquella.
El Capital en las Cooperativas (El caso uruguayo)
Authors: Rippe Siegbert
Published: February 2016

Se plantean los principales problemas que enfrentan las cooperativas en materia de financiamiento de sus actividades y operaciones, los que incluyen tanto los relativos a su autofinanciamiento como a su financiamiento externo y las soluciones previstas en la legislación cooperativa uruguaya.
Los valores de la cultura económica cooperativa
Authors: Estarlich Virginia
Published: February 2016

El análisis de los principios y valores que impregnan el cooperativismo debe hacerse desde un punto de vista sociológico e histórico. Es por ello que debe hacerse una mención necesaria a la historia, para averiguar cómo y por qué surgen los valores y principios cooperativos
El valor del socio en la cultura cooperativa
Authors: Rosembuj Tulio
Published: February 2016

El núcleo de la sociedad cooperativa es el socio. Y su finalidad, por tanto, no puede ser otra que la de estar al servicio de los intereses económicos y personales que persigue el socio.
Valores cooperativos y gestión pública
Authors: Ispizua Alfredo
Published: February 2016

El Gobierno Vasco ha adquirido el compromiso de tener especialmente en cuenta a las empresas cooperativas y de economía social. Las cooperativas no son un instrumento de política gubernamental, pero sí son objeto de políticas gubernamentales.
Valores de la cultura económica cooperativa
Authors: Farías Carlos Alberto
Published: February 2016

El tema de los valores de la cultura económica cooperativa es una cuestión de gran actualidad, aunque siempre estuvo vigente desde sus inicios en el movimiento cooperativo como una preocupación permanente de sus dirigentes para dar identidad al mismo. El trabajo necesariamente abordará tres aspectos sustanciales «valores», «cultura» y «economía cooperativa»
Los Nuevos Instrumentos Financieros de la Banca
Authors: Ayala Vargas José María
Published: February 2016

Los nuevos instrumentos financieros de la banca
La Financiación de las Empresas Agrarias
Authors: Osés Irulegui Carlos
Published: February 2016

La participación de una cooperativa de crédito en empresas agrarias del País Vasco.
La Financiación especial de las Pymes
Authors: González Royuela Juan Antonio
Published: February 2016

La financiación de las PYMEs por una caja de ahorros del País Vasco.
Los sistemas de Fiscalización y Control en las Cooperativas: aplicación al caso de Costa Rica
Authors: Hernández Vargas Oscar Alonso , López Lara Isaías
Published: February 2016

El Estado costarricense mediante el Instituto de Fomento del Cooperativismo fomenta, promueve, financia, divulga y apoya el cooperativismo en todos los niveles, propiciando las condiciones requeridas y los elementos indispensables, a una mayor y efectiva participación de la población del país, en el desenvolvimiento de la actividad económico-social.
Derecho de las Sociedades Cooperativas en Euskadi: Un análisis sobre su estructura orgánica y la política cooperativa de los últimos ejercicios
Authors: Atienza Mazías Elena , Merino Mar José Andrés , Ruiz de Huydobro y de Las M E. Guillermo
Published: February 2016

Con el objeto de aportar más un visión unificada del mundo cooperativo vasco que una nueva versión o propuesta, hemos redactado un comentario exhaustivo, quizá no del todo sistemático y en ocasiones crítico con la estructura de la ley vasca en lo que se refiere a los órganos de las sociedades cooperativas.
El buen gobierno de las Cooperativas
Authors: Torres Flores Zuriñe , Maza Gutiérrez Nagore
Published: February 2016

Las cooperativas nacen con una política basada en un sistema socio-económico de principios definidos, con un método y con nada menos que siete claros principios en los que basar sus conductas.
El Arbitraje Cooperativo en la Legislación Española
Authors: Martí Miravalls Jaume
Published: February 2016

El presente estudio tiene por objeto el análisis del arbitraje cooperativo como vía alternativa de resolución de conflictos. La investigación podría dividirse en dos bloques: en el primero se analizan las cuestiones polémicas relacionadas con la figura del arbitraje cooperativo. En el segundo bloque se desarrolla el actual régimen legal del arbitraje cooperativo, que es básicamente autonómico.
El Poder de la Mediación y la Mediación del Poder
Authors: Rosembuj Tulio
Published: February 2016

El sistema de resolución apropiada de conflictos resulta un elemento clave para facilitar la posición eficiente de los mercados dentro de la empresa, en salvaguardia de comportamientos aprovechados que puedan desequilibrar la estabilidad de los intereses, posiciones y el poder en la organización.
Globalización
Authors: Rosembuj Tulio
Published: February 2016

No hay una globalización en singular, así como tampoco es el resultado de un agente individual. Podríamos comenzar diciendo que el acto global tiene distintas aristas y los sujetos que lo realizan son diferentes, tanto como sus objetivos. Lo global es una invasión invisible de efectos materiales e inmediatos.
Cooperativismo y Globalización
Authors: Gadea Enrique
Published: February 2016

La cooperativa, condicionada por las exigencias de un mercado cada vez más global, se ha visto obligada a crear un tipo societario que, en lo externo, se acerca a una organización tipo sociedad lucrativa, aunque, en realidad, se diferencia de éstas en consideraciones internas puesto que fija sus normas socio-jurídicas en unos principios de democratización económica y solidaridad social.
Globalización y Cooperación Económica
Authors: Divar Javier
Published: February 2016

La globalización económica no es otra cosa, en realidad, que la universalidad del capitalismo. No se ha globalizado la cultura, ni la participación económica, ni los derechos humanos,... sólo se ha globalizado el Mercado. Debemos reaccionar sustituyendo los valores materialistas por otros de economía cooperativa.
El control público de las Cooperativas de Ahorro y Crédito
Authors: García Müller Alberto
Published: February 2016

El control público consiste en la actividad de examen o de revisión que la autoridad pública realiza sobre una empresa, para verificar la conformidad de su actuación a Derecho. Este trabajo analiza ese control sobre las cooperativas de ahorro y crédito.
Interculturalidad y Cooperativismo
Authors: Gadea Enrique
Published: February 2016

Se encuentran cooperativas en todos los sectores y en todos los países, incluso en aquellos que mantienen culturas más diferenciadas. Y es que, es indudable que existe algo de universal en las cooperativas y en los cooperativistas: debajo de la actividad económica siempre subyace una forma de hacer para contribuir a crear un mundo más justo, diferente y mejor.
Sociedade Cooperativa: paradigma de participação no mercado concorrencial
Authors: De Miranda José Eduardo , Lima Andréa Corrêa
Published: February 2016

Observada a recente edição do Código Civil brasileiro, e considerando as altercações provocadas na regulamentação das sociedades em geral, merece assinalar a permanência de um dualismo interpretativo acerca do posicionamento das sociedades cooperativas na órbita dos entes jurídicos exercentes das atividades negociais.
La interculturalidad cooperativa en Euskadi: la perspectiva pública
Authors: Ispizua Zuazúa Alfredo
Published: February 2016

El cooperativismo reconoce y respeta la individualidad como base de su sistema organizativo y valora los aportes de cada individuo. Así, el cooperativismo es una escuela de interculturalidad y cuenta con la participación pública en este objetivo.
Alianza para el conocimiento: Universidad y organización cooperativa
Authors: Sánchez Boza Roxana
Published: February 2016

Existen siete saberes del conocimiento que deben ser tomados en cuenta en cualquier proceso educativo, y que por lo tanto son aplicables al cooperativismo, como movimiento mundial que se aplica a múltiples grupos, culturas en todos los continentes.

Recibido: 04.06.2008
Aceptado: 07.07.2008
Cooperativismo e Universidade: uma perspectiva axiológica para a efetiva construção da cidadania
Authors: De Miranda José Eduardo , Lima Andréa Souza Corrêa
Published: February 2016

O século XXI traz em seu bojo uma perspectiva de altercações sócio-político-econômico-tecnológicas de alcance global, que afetam e desorganizam a estrutura das diferentes classes sociais, a formação universitária deve superar a inquietude extrema pelas demandas setorizadas do mercado de trabalho e estabelecer-se a partir de uma concepção cidadã.

Recibido: 20.06.2008
Aceptado: 25.07.2008
Porquê integrar as Universidades ao debate contemporâneo sobre o Direito Cooperativo no Brasil
Authors: Krueger Guilherme
Published: February 2016

O ato cooperativo, um conceito que foi proposto por Salinas Puente em 1954, encontrou no ambiente da Universidade de São Paulo, nas décadas de 60 e 70, a partir das contribuições de Waldírio Bulgarelli e Walmor Franke, vigoroso impulso para a sua positivação na legislação do Brasil.

Recibido: 04.04.2008
Aceptado: 09.06.2008
Universidad y Cooperativismo. Delimitación del Concepto de Cooperativa en una Sociedad Democrática avanzada: Referencia a los Principios Cooperativos y a su discutida vigencia
Authors: Gadea Enrique
Published: February 2016

Una de la funciones de la Universidad, utilizando las palabras del Quinto Principio Cooperativo, «es informar al público, y especialmente a los jóvenes y a los líderes de opinión, de la naturaleza y beneficios de la cooperación». Por ello, vamos a intentar exponer las ideas básicas para explicar un concepto actual de cooperativa

Recibido: 27.05.2008
Aceptado: 30.06.2008
Cooperativismo y Universidad: pasado y presente
Authors: Cracogna Dante
Published: February 2016

Cuando surge el cooperativismo en su concepción actual durante el apogeo de la Revolución Industrial, la universidad ya era una institución varias veces centenaria. Sin embargo, huelga decir que ninguna relación existió entre ambos. Se mantuvieran alejados entre sí durante mucho tiempo y que, aun hoy, sólo en pocos casos tengan alguna relación que vaya más allá de lo circunstancial.

Recibido: 15.06.2008
Aceptado: 20.07.2008
Crisis Económica, Cooperativismo e Innovación
Authors: Divar Garteiz-Aurrecoa Javier
Published: February 2016

La innovación como causa básica de la constante renovación de la empresa, motivando su permanencia en el mercado, está en la misma filosofía participativa de las cooperativas. El régimen jurídico de las cooperativas ha promovido algunas de las instituciones más novedosas del Derecho de Sociedades. En esa línea es necesario avanzar hacia la unidad registral y publicitaria mercantil.

Recibido: 05.05.2009
Aceptado: 12.06.2009
Antecedentes de la legislación cooperativa costarricense
Authors: Sánchez Boza Roxana
Published: February 2016

Es de importancia destacar el contexto en el que nace la primera normativa para cooperativas en Costa Rica, en tanto que este país se abrió a las propuestas del Partido Comunista y de la Iglesia Católica, al gobierno demócrata cristiano del Dr. Rafael Angel Guardia, quien ese momento estuvo de acuerdo en modificar la Constitución Política e introducir un Capítulo de Garantías Sociales y promulgar un Código de Trabajo.

Recibido: 15.06.2009
Aceptado: 08.07.2009
Crisis e intercooperación. La experiencia uruguaya
Authors: Rippe Siegbert
Published: February 2016

La presente colaboración, cuya temática central es exponer la forma, modo y oportunidad en que eventual o potencialmente operó la intercooperación como medio instrumental utilizado para respaldar —y superar en su caso— el impacto de la crisis económica mundial en el espacio geopolítico de la República Oriental del Uruguay, plantea los efectos y secuelas de dicha crisis en dicho país observándose, no obstante, la absoluta relatividad de aquel impacto en ese espacio y en la realidad cooperativa, la práctica inexistencia de casos específicos o constatables de intercooperación, en tanto no fueran estrictamente necesarios a aquella finalidad, las positivas previsiones legales contenidas en la nueva, reciente normativa cooperativa, en relación a la promoción de la intercooperación e integración cooperativas, algunas interesantes experiencias de desarrollo de cooperativas en el crítico período considerado (2008-2009), todo la cual se cierra con algunas consideraciones a modo de conclusión relacionadas con la aptitud de la intercooperación y de la integración como medios —y como fines— para el progreso del cooperativismo en lo económico y en lo social.

Recibido: 20.05.10
Aceptado: 28.06.10
O sentido do ato cooperativo e o princípio de intercooperação na Lei uruguaia 18.409/2008
Authors: Krueger Guilherme
Published: February 2016

La Ley uruguaya 18.407 de cooperativas realiza interesantes referencias a la intercooperación y a la naturaleza del acto cooperativo entre cooperativas de segundo grado. Se cuestiona la posibilidad de que un acto cooperativo no requiera en estos casos de un vínculo societario.

Recibido: 16.06.10
Aceptado: 28.06.10
La cooperativa como institución agraria en Cuba: principios normativos que la sostienen
Authors: Rojas Jiménez Andy
Published: February 2016

Las Cooperativas de Producción Agropecuarias y las de Créditos y Servicios en Cuba, a pesar de su carácter social y revolucionario, se desvían del real entendimiento del ente cooperativo, según lo entendido como tal históricamente. Fundan su funcionamiento en un conjunto de principios normativos, que ayudan a este alejamiento, y que en la realidad provocan disolución entre lo normado y la práctica, por lo que su modificación se torna urgente.

Recibido: 16.07.10
Aceptado: 27.07.10
Cooperativismo y defensa del consumidor: la identidad entre el espíritu cooperativo y el fundamento del derecho del consumidor
Authors: De Miranda José Eduardo , Lima Andréa Corrêa
Published: February 2016

Más allá de demostrar que el Hombre es el valor soberano del quehacer cooperativo, y presenta el comienzo y fines del Cooperativismo, se va exponer, también, el fundamento del Derecho del Consumidor. Además, pretendiese establecer el cambio de valor que se ha incrustado en el ámbito de las relaciones jurídicas de consumo, de manera que se muestra fundamental el rescate y empleo un nuevo modelo de actuación, basado en la axiología cooperativa, como forma de otorgar prevalencia a la dignidad de la persona humana. 
Recibido: 12.04.11
Aceptado: 17.05.11
La comercialización de energía eléctrica a través de cooperativas de consumo
Authors: Arnáez Arce Vega María
Published: February 2016

En este trabajo se analiza el régimen jurídico básico de las cooperativas eléctricas en su naturaleza jurídica de cooperativas de consumo que tienen por objeto social la distribución de la energía eléctrica y la comercialización de todo tipo de productos energéticos relacionados con la electricidad. Dicho análisis parte de la importancia cuantitativa y cualitativa de las cooperativas eléctricas, que representan en la actualidad un modelo de gestión eficiente que les permite garantizar el abastecimiento de electricidad tanto a sus socios como a cada vez un mayor número de clientes a precios muy económicos y competitivos, mediante el desarrollo de acuerdo con los principios y procedimientos de actuación propios de lo que se puede denominar un modelo energético sostenible.
Recibido: 24.05.11
Aceptado: 05.07.11
La legislación de defensa del consumidor y las cooperativas
Authors: Cracogna Dante
Published: February 2016

El cooperativismo moderno nació como un movimiento de consumidores para mejorar la condición de los trabajadores mediante la defensa de sus salarios y la organización de la demanda. La cooperativa es una genuina expresión voluntaria y democrática de la defensa del consumidor, anterior a la acción del Estado en esta materia. De allí que la aplicación de la legislación de defensa del consumidor a la relación entre cooperativa y asociados resulte redundante, puesto que la primera no es otra cosa que la expresión organizada de los últimos.

Recibido: 02.05.11
Aceptado: 12.06.11
Um ensaio sobre o adequado tratamento ao ato cooperativo de consumo
Authors: Krueger Guilherme
Published: February 2016

No recorte temático do presente ensaio, interessa dar sentido à existência jurídica da cooperativa de consumo, eletrificação, ou habitacional na sua manifestação originária e isso passa por sua coexistência na ordem econômica, seja em relação às empresas concorrentes ou fornecedoras, seja em relação aos seus sócios. 
Recibido: 18.03.11
Aceptado: 03.05.11
Las bases de la exitosa adaptación de Eroski a las nuevas condiciones del mercado
Authors: Gadea Soler Enrique
Published: February 2016

En este trabajo se abordan de forma esquemática los parámetros sobre los que debe sustentarse una cooperativa de consumo moderna sobre las bases trazadas por el Grupo Eroski.

Recibido: 30.07.2012
Aceptado: 10.09.2012
Luigi Luzzatti, «pionero del crédito popular»
Authors: Divar Garteiz-Aurrecoa Javier
Published: February 2016

Luigi Luzzatti, profesor y político italiano, es considerado uno de los «padres» del crédito popular, a más de ser también uno de los promotores de las políticas públicas proteccionistas.

Recibido: 05.07.2012
Aceptado: 10.09.2012
Socialismo, Cooperativismo y Derecho. Dialéctica necesaria para la actualización del modelo económico cubano
Authors: Rodríguez Musa Orestes
Published: February 2016

El objetivo del presente trabajo es valorar las perspectivas jurídicas de la cooperativa ante la restructuración del modelo económico socialista cubano. Para ello se comienza analizando el pensamiento de los clásicos del marxismo en torno a las cooperativas, a fin de ponderar lecciones que poseen plena vigencia. En un segundo momento se valoran los rasgos comunes de la relación Estado-Derecho-cooperativa en los modelos apegados —como el cubano— al socialismo clásico o real. Se concluye con comentarios constructivos a los Lineamientos políticos que guiarán la ampliación y renovación legal del sector cooperativo en Cuba.
Recibido: 29.06.2012
Aceptado: 10.09.2012
Estado, cooperativas y legislación cooperativa en la hora actual
Authors: Cracogna Dante
Published: February 2016

La relación entre Estado y cooperativas y la legislación cooperativa vuelve a estar en boga puesto que la Resolución que proclama el año 2012 como Año Internacional de las Cooperativas «alienta a los gobiernos a que sigan examinando, según proceda, las disposiciones jurídicas y administrativas que rigen las actividades de las cooperativas a fin de promover su crecimiento y sostenibilidad en un entorno socioeconómico que evoluciona con rapidez ». Resulta, por lo tanto, oportuno reflexionar sobre algunos lineamientos básicos que la legislación cooperativa debería tomar en cuenta para su adecuación a las exigencias de la hora actual.

Recibido: 30.10.2012
Aceptado: 20.04.2013
Cooperativismo y economía del bien común
Authors: Martínez Charterina Alejandro
Published: February 2016

En los últimos años (desde 2010) se está promocionando el modelo de economía del bien común que muestra un buen número de cooperativas como ejemplo de lo que promociona en el orden empresarial. Este trabajo trata de destacar el interés de las cooperativas por la mejora social, en general, y en particular en el medio en el que se hacen presentes, trascendiendo los intereses de cada cooperativa singular. Esto queda bien unido a las pretensiones de la Alianza Cooperativa Internacional dirigidas a la promoción de conductas que puedan llevar a un cambio social y una economía sostenible, que reconocemos como las aspiraciones de conquista del cooperativismo.
Recibido: 26.06.2013
Aceptado: 30.07.2013
Las cooperativas de utilidad pública e iniciativa social. Aspectos administrativos y fiscales
Authors: Arnáez Arce Vega María , Atxabal Rada Alberto
Published: February 2016

En este trabajo se analiza el régimen jurídico administrativo de las cooperativas calificadas como de utilidad pública e iniciativa social, por la singularidad de su objeto, toda vez que se trata de cooperativas dedicadas a la prestación de servicios asistenciales y de atención a las personas. Entre otros, el desarrollo de actividades sanitarias, terapéuticas, educativas, culturales, recreativas, de integración laboral y de defensa de personas o colectivos con especiales dificultades de integración. Además, la concurrencia de un interés público hace que la tributación de estas cooperativas se aparte del régimen fiscal especial previsto para las cooperativas, y se les aplique otro régimen fiscal especial más beneficioso.
Recibido: 20.05.2013
Aceptado: 26.06.2013
Particularidades de la transformación de la sociedad cooperativa
Authors: De Miranda José Eduardo , Gaudio Ronaldo
Published: February 2016

En el presente trabajo aborda las principales cuestiones del instituto de la transformación en el ambiente de la sociedad cooperativa, previstos por la ley de cooperativas de España y por las legislaciones autonómicas de Andalucía, de Valencia y del País Vasco. Asimismo se va a discurrir sobre la transformación en el seno de la ley de cooperativas de Brasil, presentándose un pronunciamiento critico relacionado al silencio del legislador brasileño respecto al tema.

Recibido: 18.06.2013
Aceptado: 30.07.2013
Bases legales para la transformación de Sociedades Civiles en Sociedades Cooperativas
Authors: Divar Garteiz-Aurrecoa Javier , Gadea Soler Enrique
Published: February 2016

El Derecho interno vigente permite abiertamente la transformación de Sociedades Civiles con personalidad jurídica, Asociaciones y Fundaciones, en Cooperativas. Ello está además integrado en las propuestas del Parlamento Europeo en beneficio del empleo, la lucha contra la exclusión en la UE y el mantenimiento del bienestar social en la Unión.

Recibido: 11.12.2012
Aceptado: 20.04.2013
Direitos Fundamentais, Relações Privadas e Autonomia dos Associados
Authors: Streck Lenio Luiz , De Conto Mário
Published: February 2016

No presente trabalho, pretende-se investigar qual o grau de autonomia que o associado de uma Cooperativa dispõe para realizar operações com outras sociedades cooperativas que atuam no mercado como concorrentes. Este estudo desenvolve-se por meio dos aportes do Direito Concorrencial e do Direito Cooperativo, e também mediante uma análise crítica da jurisprudência do Superior Tribunal de Justiça.

Recibido: 26.06.2013
Aceptado: 30.07.2013