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Seit dem 22. Februar gehen Millionen von Menschen in Algerien auf die Straße. Was sie fordern, sind die Umsetzung huma-nitärer Werte und die Implementierung einer politischen Führung, die integer die Rechte des Volkes vertritt. Der Band vereint Beiträge zu den Demonstrationen und gibt Einblicke in politische und soziologische Hintergründe.

Community networks are a successful example of a collective where communities operate ICT infrastructure based on the principle of reciprocal sharing of network bandwidth. Cloud computing, common in today's Internet, has however not materialised within community networks. We analyse in this paper socio-technical characteristics of community networks in order to derive scenarios for community clouds. Based on an architecture for such a community cloud, we implement a prototype for the incentive-driven resource assignment component and evaluate its behaviour experimentally. In simulations of large-scale community cloud scenarios we study the behaviour of the incentive mechanism in different configurations. Our evaluation gives insight into how the developed mechanisms regulate the consumption of cloud resources. Our results suggest a further integration of this regulation component into current cloud management platforms in order to open them up for the operation of an ecosystem of collaborative cloud services in community networks. ; European Community Framework Programme 7 FIRE Initiative project Community Networks Testbed for the Future Internet (CONFINE) (FP7-288535); European Community Framework Programme 7 FIRE Initiative project CLOMMUNITY (FP7-317879); Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya BarcelonaTECH Spanish Government through the Delfin project ( TIN2010-20140-C03-01) ; Publisher's Version

This paper conceptually analyses the impact of corporate social responsibility(CSR) on firms' financial performance. CSR is considered as an important business strategy that achieves a steady growth in firms' profitability through improving their image. It includes all those strategies which account for are an ethical conduct and society friendly approach beneficial for the development of society. In addition to profit-maximization, the firm is also supposed to undertake activities which uplift the life of employees and the general public. In this regard, the conceptual framework of the current study shows that firms spend on awarding scholarships to needy students, health activities such as health awareness program, free medical camps, environmental protection awareness programs and sports activities. The conceptual framework alsohighlights that firms with large capital spend more on CSR activities owing to anincreased pressure of the government, public, media and other stakeholders. Based on the previous extant literature, it is also assumed that firms which earn higher profits spend more on CSR in the coming year/s that have positive impacts on their profitability. However, by following theoretical postulations, it is assumed the relationship between CSR and firms' profitability may be endogenous. Accordingly, this study proposes dynamic GMM estimation that is a preferred technique, particularly in the presence of endogeneity.