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"the Moral Logic and Growth of Suicide Terrorism"

Atran, Scott - HAL - 2006

Suicide attack is the most virulent and horrifying form of terrorism in the world today. The mere rumor of an impending … majority of all terrorism-related casualties, and the rate of attacks is rising rapidly across the globe. During 2000 … carried out by Islamist groups claiming religious motivation, also known as jihadis. Rand Corp. vice president and terrorism …

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Genesis of Suicide Terrorm (supporting online material)

Atran, Scott - HAL - 2003

Contemporary suicide terrorists from the Middle East are publicly deemed crazed cowards bent on senseless destruction who thrive in poverty and ignorance. Recent research indicates they have no appreciable psychopathology and are as educated and economically well-off as surrounding populations....

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Corporate Demand for Insurance: An Empirical Analysis of the U.S. Market for Catastrophe and Non-Catastrophe Risks

Michel-Kerjan, Erwann; Raschky, Paul A.; Kunreuther, … - HAL - 2009

standard property insurance and for catastrophe coverage (here, terrorism). We find that larger companies are more likely to … insurance for non-catastrophe risks. This result differs from the findings on individual demand for insurance. The terrorism … price elasticity of the demand for terrorism insurance is half in this area relative to the rest of the country. …

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Incentives and Governance of Distributer Networks : The Case of a Foreign-Funded Paint and Coating Materials Enterprise

Ruffier, Jean; Tan, Lihua - HAL - 2010

How a Japanese company managed a distributors network in China. The study describes some changes in firm strategies …, how these changes were implemented. The result is a multi-strategies network with different dependance links between …

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European Union energy security: the challenges of liberalisation in a risk-prone international environment Society

Clastres, Cédric; Locatelli, Catherine - HAL - 2012

The liberalisation and integration of European energy markets in a single one are going on. However, the energy environment of the European Union as well as its own internal situation have undergone profound changes. Thus, energy security issue of member states is discussed. This security...

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Toward managing threats to SME growth via networks: an empirical study based on network and resource based view

Postariu, A. E.; Parmentier, A. - HAL - 2009

see how different dedicated network configurations affect firm performance, taking into account both the performance …

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Malaysia : Feeding China's Expanding Demand for Wood Pulp

Roda, Jean-Marc; Rathi, Santosh - HAL - 2006

Malaysia has a total capacity pulp and paper production at over 1 million T/year. The country is a net importer of pulp, paper, and paper board, and progressively tends to decrease its dependency. However, the self-sufficiency is growing at a slow rate. All the paper mills of the country are...

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Vietnam : Feeding China's Expanding Demand for Wood Pulp

Roda, Jean-Marc; Rathi, Santosh - HAL - 2006

Regarding the forest sector, in a context of substantial areas of denuded and bare lands (initially around 25% of Vietnam area), forestry rehabilitation and development plans have been continuously on the focus in Vietnam since the end of the war. The first projects were planned under an...

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Cambodia Report : Feeding China's Expanding Demand for Wood Pulp

Roda, Jean-Marc; Rathi, Santosh - HAL - 2006

After decades of war, Cambodia is one of the world's poorest nations, its economy and its political life are still suffering from the civil war that racked the country during the latter part of the 20th century. Rice and rubber were traditionally the principal exports of Cambodia, but exports...

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HedN Game, a Relational Framework for Network Based Cooperation

Delaplace, Franck; Lescanne, Pierre - HAL - 2009

as a supportive partnerships represented by a directed network between players (aka hedonic relation). We examine in a … players. Two levels of description are considered: the first one describes the support network formation whereas the second …

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