27 de juny 2013

les xifres de l'atur en la generació Babyboomer i X a "Nada es Gratis"

La Fundación de Estudios de Economía Aplicada (FEDEA) és una fundació "independent" que té com a principi fonamental ser una Fàbrica d'Idees, sempre des del rigor que proporciona la recerca econòmica tant teòrica com aplicada. 
A la seva web es pot accedir a l'Observatori Laboral de la Crisis on et mostra trimestralemnt la situació laboral dels treballadors:  els que han entrat al mercat de treball, els que n'han sortit, per sexes, edat, nivell d'estudis... La directora de l'Observatori Laboral és Sara de la Rica

FEDEA disposa també d'un Blog Nada es Gratis  que cal mirar, sí o sí, de manera periòdica si voleu tenir eines per a poder comprendre la realitat econòmica, poder extreure'n conclusions i arguments raonats i documentats.

La directora de l'Observatori Laboral ha publicat un post demoledor pels que som majors de 45 anys.

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Photo: Margaret Bourke-White—Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images. Coney Island parachute jump and beach, 1952
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25 de juny 2013

Transparency: Inpatient and Outpatient open data



The world has suddenly changed. Recently, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services in US (CMS), released a dataset showing Inpatient hospital charges to Medicare for 100 of the most common inpatient diagnosis codes and also releasing Outpatient charge data for 30 of the most common ambulatory payment codes.

Prices charged to Medicare were formerly top-secret and closely guarded. Hospitals and health systems kept this information confidential because making it public could impact how they compete with other provider institutions and could also impact complex price negotiations with private third party insurers.

The datasets have been downloaded more than 300,000 times already, and the number of downloads continues to increase. Geolocation data shows that the data has been downloaded by users in every state in the U.S. and also by users in more than 130 different countries (Source: Health 2.0, June 20, 2013)

Accés to Medicare Data:

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18 de juny 2013

who is that... COTEC?


COTEC és una fundació de caràcter empresarial que té com a objectiu contribuir en la promocó de la innovació tecnològica i incrementar la sensibilitat social per la tecnologia.

Val la pena estar amatent als estudis que periòdicament publica i que són accessibles només donant-se d'alta en el formulari de registre. 

Recentment ha publicat l'Informe decàleg de reptes de la innovació per a la competitivitat de l'Estat Espanyol. 10 són els reptes enumerats:
  1. Millorar el sistema educatiu.
  2. Aconseguir que la societat apreciï que els empresaris assumeixin els riscos de la innovació.
  3. Evitar que les lleis, la fiscalitat i la regulació obstaculitzin la innovació.
  4. Atraure el talent i la inversió extrangera.
  5. Aconsegir que la Universitat i la Recerca pública s'impliquin plenament en la solució dels problemes de l'entorn.
  6. Fer conscients a les empreses que la seva sostenibilitat depèn de la seva capacitat per a crear valor.
  7. Implicar al finançament privat en la innovació.
  8. Preparar a les pimes per al mercat global.
  9. Aprofitar el mercat de les grans empreses i de l'administració com a tractors tecnològics.
  10. Aconseguir que les pimes trobin una àmplia oferta de serveis per a la innovació.
Accés al document: DECÀLEG DE REPTES DE LA INNOVACIÓ 2013

William C. Shrout—Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images. Taxicabs on Park Avenue, NYC, (1944)
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14 de juny 2013

There are no perfect companies and no perfect boards but something can be done




Ellen Richstone was asked by the Editor of the NACD's magazine to write an article on "Questions to Ask Before you Join a Board".

If we read, probably we'll find some interesting ideas to propose our Boards (specially in Non Profit Organizations).

Acces to the article:What to ask before joining a board

NACD: National Association of Corporate Directors in US. An association that promotes the directors strive to deliver exemplary board performance.

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11 de juny 2013

inclusive and extractive institutions


 

Josep M Lozano autor del Blog  Persona Empresa i Societat  i  Àngel Castineira  director de la  Càtedra LideratgeS i Governança Democràtica ambdós professors d'ESADE, i a qui cal seguir de prop, van publicar un article molt actual a La Vanguardia el passat 7 de juny sobre Lideratge i Êtica Pública.

En l'article referenciaven el Llibre "Why Nations Fail" de Daron Acemoglu, Killian Professor of Economics at MIT and James A. Robinson, David Florence Professor of Government at Harvard University  on es parla del concepte d'Institucions Extractives (provoquen ineficiència  i corrupció, lligades a elits) i Institucions Inclusives (provoquen prosperitat i empoderen als seus professionals)

Un petit tros del llibre:  "....What is common about the political revolutions that successfully paved the way for more inclusive  institutions …is that they succeeded in empowering a fairly broad cross-section of society. Pluralism, the cornerstone of inclusive political institutions, requires political power to be widely held in society, and starting from extractive institutions that vest power in a narrow elite, this requires a process of empowerment...."

Accés al blog: WHY NATIONS FAIL

Michael Rougier—Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images. "Model camp" for Mexican farm workers near Fullerton, Calif., 1959
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7 de juny 2013

enterpreneurship i innovació: Arran del BIZ Barcelona

 
Aquesta setmana a Barcelona s'ha celebrat el BIZ Barcelona  amb conferències, estands de promoció, activitats de networking, enfocat a les PIME i als emprenedors. 

Ja que es parla tant d'empreneduria avui us penjo les conclusions d'un workshop sobre empreneduria, que el World Economic Forum va organitzar a London el passat abril de 2013 Innovation entrepreneurship and global growth. La meva sopresa ha estat veure que entre els participants no hi havia ningú de l'Estat Espanyol ni de Catalunya.
 
També us vull penjar l'accés a dos blog,s a tenir presents, que parlen, entre d'altres, sobre temes d'innovació:

Gjon Mili—Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images. Runner photographed during an ICAAAA (Intercollegiate Association of Amateur Athletes of America) track meet, 1938. 
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6 de juny 2013

Health in All Policies: Seizing opportunities, implementing policies

 
Governance of the health sector has become even more complex and turbulent.
Globalization and decentralization, the role of the media and various pressure groups (e.g. civil society organizations) have ever greater significance. Hence, in addition to its traditional functions of financing and/or service provision, it is well-understood that the health sector must work with other sectors and multiple actors in a more complex environment in order to improve health.

This is one the key message it has been written in the new book Health in All Policies (HiAP).

Health in All Policies (HiAP) is an approach to policies that systematically takes into account the health and health-system implications of decisions, seeks synergies, and avoids harmful health impacts to improve population health and health equity. It is founded on health-related rights and obligations and has great potential to improve population health and equity.

This volume published in collaboration with the National Institute for Health and Welfare of Finland (THL), the European Observatory on Health Systems-Who and United nations research institute for social development  aims to improve our understanding of the dynamics of HiAP policy-making and implementation processes.

Acces to the book: Health in All Policies   

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3 de juny 2013

Leadership in health

 Management is doing things right; leadership is doing the right things. (Peter Drucker)

















Here I attach the latest report about leadership in health published by King's Fund, an independent charity working to improve health and health care in England, and a leadership survey done to a range of NHS professionals.

Patient-Centred Leadership Some key findings are:
  • The leadership of the NHS at a national level needs to create conditions in which local organisations have the freedom to deliver consistently high standards of care and where the needs of patients come first.
  • The quality of care provided by NHS organisations should, first and foremost, be a corporate responsibility under the leadership of boards, who must lead by example by focusing on the quality and safety of care.
  • Leaders need to value and support frontline staff and ensure the main focus is on patients and their care.
Leadership Survey 2013 Some key findings are:
  • The perspective changes when you are evaluating the NHS, your organization or your service
  • Respondents were more positive about the quality of leadership and priority given to the quality of care in their service/team than within their wider organisation or the NHS as a whole. 
  • There were significant differences of opinion between professional groups. Managers and clinicians report big disparities among themselves. 
  • The main obstacles to improve care are: time, resources and organisational culture.
  • The leadership qualities less seen in health care organizations are: lack of integrity, real staff engagement, long term foculs, create a positive climate. 
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