bargaining power, do not turn on opportunistic behavior, but rather, they use this power to build relationships based on … cooperation in the long run. This demonstrates how important is the development of a new culture in vertical relationships. In …

defy dogma and undermine the conventional creed; they challenge the dominant ideology and threaten those in power …; occasionally, they cause the entire edifice of power to crumble. For these reasons, the latent purpose of intellectual accumulation …

this paper is to address this mismatch. Using a broad brush, we outline a new, power theory of capital and accumulation. We …

extremely large there is no room for cooperation and a conflict trap emerges; (b) whenever the degree of asymmetry falls within …This paper considers a partial equilibrium model of conflict where two asymmetric, rational and risk-neutral opponents … instrument to affect the outcome of the conflict. The second instrument is assumed to capture positive investments in ‘conflict …

Information and communication technologies are one of the most pervasive technologies in the world, second only to …-economic activities is regarded as power. Consequently, it will be obvious that the magnitude of the standard of living in any society …)will be a function of the extent to which its energy(power) resources are developed and utilised. This paper therefore argued …

aggregating the various risks that compose it. This can only be done through modelling of their dependence. It is a well known …, in times of crisis the dependence between risks increases. Experience has shown that very large loss events almost always … methods of modelling dependence and their influence on diversification benefits. We show that the latter strongly depend on …

support their business. The RAC depends on both the distribution and the dependence functions that are applied among the risks … shortfall. We highlight the behavior of different capital allocation principles according to the dependence assumptions and the …