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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).[...] …
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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 … better informationtechnologies (Enterprise Resource Planning for plant managers and CAD/CAM for productionworkers) are …
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The presence of classical architectural features in modernWestern architecture shows that knowledge from ancient timeswas travelling through both space and time. Yet despite surfacesimilarities, the architecture of revival was very different to that ofantiquity. The classicistic architecture of...
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In John B. Calhoun’s early crowding experiments, rats weresupplied with everything they needed – except space. The resultwas a population boom, followed by such severe psychologicaldisruption that the animals died off to extinction. The take-homemessage was that crowding resulted in...
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culture and hisvexed and contradictory relationship with its French counterpart.[...] …
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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 …
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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 …
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Changes in information and communication technologieshave increased the offshorability of tasks.As routine tasks (Pol …
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Joe is one a small group of influential economists who brought theorizing aboutdevelopment processes to a new level. In trying to understand the reasons why low pooreconomies remain so, he was among the first to appreciate the importance of informationand contracting issues. His seminal...
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