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Sozialkapital, Vertrauen und Wissenstransfer in Unternehmen
Fuchs, Manfred (contributor) - 2006
Problemstellung: Von der Organisation der manuellen Arbeit zur Organisation der Wissensarbeit -- Die Produktion von Wissen und die Organisation der Wissensarbeit -- Sozialkapital und Vertrauen -- Das modell über den Zusammenhang von Vertrauen und Sozialkapital -- Abschließende Bemerkung --...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013516509
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Games, Groups, and the Global Good
Levin, Simon Asher (contributor) - 2009
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013521193
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The Political Economy of Wasta: Use and Abuse of Social Capital Networking
Ramady, Mohamed A. (ed.) - 2016
The term ‘wasta’ stems from the Arabic root for ‘middle’ or ‘medium' and describes the phenomenon of using ‘connections’ to find job, government services or other favors to circumvent bureaucracy or bypass the system as a whole. The effects of ‘wasta’ may be both positive or...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012397139
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Multinational Companies in Low-Income Markets : An Analysis of Social Embeddedness in Southeast Asia
Badry, Dina - 2009
Social embeddedness has been identified as a critical success factor for operations of MNCs in low-income markets. Based on survey data gathered from two subsidiaries of a European MNC, Dina Badry examines relational and structural network aspects with regard to their influence on the success of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013521262
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Guanxi and Business Strategy : Theory and Implications for Multinational Companies in China
Langenberg, Eike A. (contributor) - 2007
"Guanxi and Business Strategy" elaborates upon a topic of paramount importance to both academic scholars and managers doing business with China: the impact of personal relationships (guanxi) on business affairs. In the Chinese cultural and socio-economic environment, how are the ubiquitous...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013520700
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Knowledge and networks
Glückler, Johannes (ed.); Lazega, Emmanuel (ed.);  … - Klaus Tschira Stiftung - 2017
for a long time: social network theory and the geography of knowledge. This book considers that relational thinking has … become increasingly important for scholars to capture societal outcomes by studying social relations and networks, whereas … space and networks for learning and innovation. Experts in the fields of geography, sociology, economics, political science …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011607723
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Intergenerational Income Mobility and Redistributive Policy
Schad, Mareike - 2016
Mareike Schad examines how redistributive policy measures influence intergenerational income mobility, taking into account various facets of the parent-child connection. In the first part, the author investigates the impact of education and education policy on income mobility both theoretically...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012397674
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Culture, Growth and Economic Policy
Petrakis, Panagiotis E. - 2014
Introduction -- The Foundations: Human Needs and Cultural Background -- Culture in Economic Thinking -- Cultural Background and Economic System -- The Effect of Cultural Background on Incentives, Growth and Distribution and Vice Versa -- Cultural Background and Rationality -- The Cultural...
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Capacitated Planned Maintenance : Models, Optimization Algorithms, Combinatorial and Polyhedral Properties
Kuschel, Torben - 2017
uncapacitated planned maintenance problem (WUPMP). It introduces specific optimization algorithms such as construction heuristics … properties and lower bounds. Computational studies demonstrate the performance of the heuristics, lower bounds, subgradients … obtained from heuristics and the quality of dual information. This unique book includes implementation details and an …
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Heuristic Search : The Emerging Science of Problem Solving
Salhi, Saïd - 2017
heuristics, and to stress their hidden difficulties as well as their opportunities. It provides a comprehensive understanding of …Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: Improvement-Only Heuristics -- Chapter 3: Not-Necessary Improving Heuristics … -- Chapter 4: Population-based Heuristics -- Chapter 5: Hybridisation Search -- Chapter 6: Implementation Issues -- Chapter 7 …
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