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The Elgar companion to economics and philosophy
Marciano, Alain (contributor); Davis, John B. (contributor);  … - 2004
The Elgar Companion to Economics and Philosophy aims to demonstrate exactly how these two important areas have always …pt. 1. Political economy as political philosophy -- pt. 2. The methodology and epistemology of economics -- pt. 3 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851384
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Equality, rights, and the autonomous self : toward a conservative economics
Roth, Timothy P. - 2004
Modern liberalism asserts the transcendental, autonomous self's 'natural rights' against others' moralistic and political preferences, and regards the economist's utilitarian social welfare theory as instrumental to the achievement of 'social justice'. Timothy Roth argues that the liberal...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014474146
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A research agenda for organizational ethics
Jones, Jen (ed.) - 2023
. Drawing on the philosophy of existentialism, this thought-provoking Research Agenda questions and encourages deeper ethical … hermeneutics with existential philosophy, this discerning Research Agenda will offer students and scholars of organization studies …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014437080
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Career dynamics in a global world : Indian and Western perspectives
Kadiyil, Premarajan Raman (ed.); Forrier, Anneleen (ed.);  … - 2020
Contents: Introduction to career dynamics in a global world -- 1. An incongruence-driven approach to careers: insights from Ayurveda -- 2. Self-awareness in career development: meaning, importance and malleability -- 3. A field research of nascent social entrepreneur's intention formation -- 4....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012294212
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Handbook of technology transfer
Audretsch, David B. (ed.); Lehmann, Erik (ed.);  … - 2022
Written by a plethora of expert contributors from a range of institutions, the Handbook of Technology Transfer provides an engaging deep-dive review of technology transfer as a complex and dynamic process, applying different mechanisms characterising activities in a variety of countries. The...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013462768
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Reflections of eminent economists
Arrow, Kenneth Joseph (contributor);  … - 2004
1. My life philosophy / Irma Adelman -- 2. My life philosophy / Bela Balassa -- 3. Thinking about economics / Carolyn … reflections of a historian of economic thought / Mark Blaug -- 6. Instead of a philosophy of life / Martin Bronfenbrenner -- 7 … life and economics / Ronald G. Ehrenberg -- 10. Education and its consequences : my philosophy of life / Victor R. Fuchs …
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Beyond conventional economics : the limits of rational behaviour in political decision making
Hamlin, Alan P. (contributor); Eusepi, Giuseppe (contributor) - 2006
Beyond Conventional Economics presents new original work from leading scholars on the interface between the individual and political and social institutions. The book offers a critique of the inadequacies of the conventional economic approach to politics and a state-of-the-art view of new...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851930
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The challenges of capitalism for virtue ethics and the common good : interdisciplinary perspectives
Akrivou, Kleio (contributor); Sison, Alejo G. (contributor) - 2016
Introduction / Kleio Akrivou -- Part I the common good in history: virtue epistemology as knowledge foundation for the relationships between institutions, society and person(s) -- 1. The merchant and the common good: social paradigms and the state's influence in western history / Agustín...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012419817
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Inventing leadership : the challenge of democracy
Wren, J. Thomas - 2007
The classical ideal of the leader -- Plato -- Thomas Aquinas -- Conclusion : fictions and implicit theories -- The classical ideal in republics -- Aristotle -- Niccolo Machiavelli -- James Harrington -- The implicit theories of the classical republicans -- Toward a new implicit theory and a new...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012419982
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Economics, competition and academia : an intellectual history of sophism versus virtue
Stabile, Donald - 2007
1. Introduction : markets, competition, and higher education -- 2. Sophism, academia, and Greek economics -- 3. Adam Smith and sophism : reaction to the endowment model -- 4. Virtue and early academia in the US -- 5. Academia and the rise of capitalism in the US -- 6. Corporate capitalism and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012420014