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Logistics in early-modern Europe: A discussion of specialization, flexibility and efficiency in the activities of the Dutch shipping community in the eighteenth century
Scheltjens, Werner - HAL - 2008
present a preliminary taxonomy of shipping patterns on the basis of a continuous trade-off between cargo, port of destination … and origin of the shipmaster. This taxonomy distinguishes between repetitiveness and flexibility in the shipmaster …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010738810
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Evolution and Devolution of Knowledge: A Tale of Two Biologies
Atran, Scott; Medin, Douglas; Ross, Norbert - HAL - 2002
Anthropological inquiry indicates that all human cultures classify animals and plants in similar ways. This pre-theoretical knowledge also provided common ground for competing scientific investigations. Paradoxically, despite rapid advances in biological science, our citizenry's practical...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008791085
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Lobbying by firms to influence public decision : is it a legal or an illegal networking ?The cases of France and the United kingdom
Rival, Madina - HAL - 2005
Lobbying by businesses is a practice that has become increasingly widespread today, but hardly studied in Europe. This paper endeavours to determine whether corporate political operations differ significantly from one country to the other. To address this question in Europe, lobbying by French...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008792019
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TAXONOMY DEVELOPMENT IN INFORMATION SYSTEMS: DEVELOPING A TAXONOMY OF MOBILE APPLICATIONS
Nickerson, Robert; Muntermann, Jan; Varshney, Upkar; … - HAL - 2009
develop a systematic method for taxonomy development in information systems. The method we propose uses an indicator or … provide ways to understand the similarities and differences among objects under study. Developing a taxonomy, however, is a … by using it to develop a taxonomy of mobile applications, which we have chosen because of their ever-increasing number …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008794249
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Analyzing and comparing Professional Service Firms over services, time and space. Proposition of a foundation framework
Gand, Sébastien - HAL - 2010
help analyzing PSFs changes, heterogeneity and distinctiveness over services, time and space. We propose a foundation … different factors of heterogeneity between PSFs, there is still a lack of an integrated and actionable framework which would …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010553009
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Heterogeneous anchoring in dichotomous choice valuation framework
Flachaire, Emmanuel; Hollard, Guillaume; Luchini, Stephane - HAL - 2007
This article addresses the important issue of anchoring in contingent valuation surveys that use the double-bounded elicitation format. Anchoring occurs when responses to the follow-up dichotomous choice valuation question are influenced by the bid presented in the initial dichotomous choice...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010750356
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Cooperation in a Game of Chicken with Heterogeneous Agents: An Experimental Study
Cabon-Dhersin, Marie-Laure; Etchart-Vincent, Nathalie - HAL - 2008
Using a two-stage Game of Chicken, Cabon-Dhersin and Ramani (2007) examine the impact of population heterogeneity on …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010751040
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Should we subsidize longevity?
Leroux, Marie-Louise; Pestieau, Pierre; Ponthière, Grégory - HAL - 2008
This paper studies the design of the optimal non linear taxation in an economy where longevity varies across agents, and depends on three factors: longevity genes, health investment and farsightedness. Provided earnings, farsightedness and genes are correlated, governmental intervention can be...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010738996
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On the impact of trade on industrial structures: The role of entry cost heterogeneity
Oyama, Daisuke; Sato, Yasuhiro; Tabuchi, Takatoshi; … - HAL - 2009
This paper investigates the impacts of progressive trade openness, technological externalities, and heterogeneity of … make the symmetric equilibrium unstable, generating equilibrium multiplicity, while sufficient heterogeneity of individuals …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010739068
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Two-Period Comparison of Healthcare Demand with Income Growth and Population Aging in Rural China: Implications for Adjustment of the Healthcare Supply and Development
Audibert, Martine; He, Yong; Mathonnat, Jacky - HAL - 2013
with heterogeneity. In accordance with theoretical and inductive inferences, it is found that healthcare price effects …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010821359