motives, the roles and the consequences of the Jesuits as agents of information regarding China affected the European … and transmission of information. It finds that economic progress and political consolidation in Europe did result in a …

Early modern naturalists were faced with what has been termedthe ‘first bio-information crisis’. A key figure in … tointegrate new information into that order. A way out of thisdilemma was to keep information on particular subjects onseparate …

information about the quality ofthe provider's expertise, but facilitate good utilization of experts knowledge.In a …rm …, management holds soft information about individuals expertiseand thus improves on the matching of experts to problems; however …) and the quality of matching between problemsand problem solvers (the market provides less information about experts'quality).[...] …

Changes in information and communication technologieshave increased the offshorability of tasks.As routine tasks (Pol …

Empirical studies on information communication technologies (ICT) typically aggregate the“information” and … and information,technologies that reduce information costs enable agents to acquire more knowledge and ‘empower … impact of ICT on worker autonomy, plantmanager autonomy and spans of control. Consistently with the theory we find that …

Mass media can play a key role in enabling citizens to monitor the actions of incumbents and to use this information in … ofthe approach taken here is to focus on incentives the media have to produceand disseminate information.[...] …

[...]This paper addresses how central banks can resuscitatelending chains by providing information that reduces …

bankingindustry. This goal is served by taking a broad view of thepayments business and analyzing information provided bylarge bank … now furnish material onsources of noninterest income and the amounts earned thatis much more detailed than the information … filed in regularreports to supervisors. This information is used to estimatethe size of the payments area.[...] …