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MANAGEMENT & DEVELOPMENT OF HAPPINESS : A PRIORITY IN SOCIO-ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
Dr.VSR.Subramaniam - EconWPA - 2005
If bigger objects go into a jar, then there will be space to fill it with smaller objects in sequence. If the order of the objects are reversed, then it ends in filling it at the starting point. Happiness in life is similar to this. Fill high priority needs in the life, and smaller needs can be...
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"Civil Economy and Civilized Economics: Essentials for Sustainable Development"
Goodwin, Neva; 2001, January - EconWPA - 2001
principles. In particular, the concept of sustainability, carrying with it clear requirements for values, goals and ethics, has … examples of rules, or norms, that serve to organize human behavior without requiring that everything be rethought all the time …
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Global Idea Sourcing - An empirical investigation into the mechanisms behind the usage of foreign business sources for innovation
Sofka, Wolfgang - EconWPA - 2005
Globalization has set new paradigms, especially in the business world. Breakthroughs in technology (telecommunications …
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Popular Perceptions and Political Economy in the Contrived World of Harry Potter
Snir, Avichai; Levy, Daniel - EconWPA - 2005
Economic organization of the imaginary worlds depicted in popular literary works may be viewed as a mirror to public opinion on the economic organization of life. If a book becomes a best-seller, it is because the book conveys messages, feelings, and events the readers can relate to. In other...
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Il rapporto tra Economia e Società nella ricerca sul capitale sociale. Un tentativo di impostazione contabile e una classificazione “funzionale” della letteratura
Sabatini, Fabio - EconWPA - 2004
Nel dibattito sulla crescita economica si moltiplicano gli studi che attribuiscono un ruolo rilevante al tessuto sociale e istituzionale dell’economia, nella convinzione che non sia possibile interpretare correttamente i fenomeni economici senza tenere conto della loro dimensione relazionale....
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REDEFINED PRODUCTIVITY & SOCIO-ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ORIENTED MANAGEMENT DECISIONS.
DR.VSR.SUBRAMANIAM - EconWPA - 2004
In the Domain of Development Economics, Productivity is represented by Output to Input Ratio & Management Decisions related to the Inputs and Outputs ensures to keep this ratio in a favourable condition. When this is integrated with a Broad-Scope of Socio-Economic Development (SED). Qualitative...
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Il concetto di capitale sociale. Una rassegna della letteratura economica, sociologica e politologica
Sabatini, Fabio - EconWPA - 2004
Con questo articolo si intende offrire una rassegna critica del dibattito in corso da più di un decennio sul concetto di capitale sociale. Gli studi considerati sono suddivisi in base all’aspetto della struttura sociale cui di volta in volta viene accordata maggiore enfasi. La rassegna si...
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Application of Economic Concepts on Religious Behavior
Mangeloja, Esa - EconWPA - 2003
religious beliefs and activities are analyzed from the viewpoint of economic theory and behavior. The advanced statistical tools … social context. Analysis of interrelationship between economic and religious behavior increases our understanding of the … nature and behavior of the target subject of economic science scrutiny, homo economicus. …
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Social Preferences: Some Simple Tests and a New Model
Charness, Gary; Rabin, Matthew - EconWPA - 2001
are also motivated by reciprocity: While people are reluctant to sacrifice to reciprocate good or bad behavior beyond what … experiments and reinterpretation of previous experiments we argue that behavior that has been presented as "difference aversion …
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Cultural Education and the Voluntary Provision of Cultural Goods: An Experimental Study
Castro, Massimo Finocchiaro - EconWPA - 2004
We study the effect that the possibility of investing in cultural education has on the voluntary contributions to a cultural good. This is done in a two-stage public-good experiment. We also provide treatments with different context in order to control for a possible framing effect. Our results...
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