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Are patients and relatives the better innovators? The case of medical smartphone applications

Goeldner, Moritz; Herstatt, Cornelius - 2016

the German, UK, and U.S. markets for medical smartphone apps (Apple App Store) and conduct 16 semi-structured interviews … developments in the early days of the Apple App Store were mainly triggered by healthcare professionals. The interview data shows … App Store customers than apps created by professional software companies. Apps developed by patients' relatives achieve …

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Politically Correct Information Adoption

Holm, Håkan J. - 2000

This paper analyses the case when the political struggle not is channeled through policy choices, but through what information to adopt. The paper presents a simple model to analyze collective decisions of adopting new information when different parties' payoffs are contingent upon the new...

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Value Oriented Organizations with Value Neutral Hierarchies

Echeverría, Manuel - 2012

This paper gives a game-theoretical treatment of the institutional homogenization of value-oriented firms. It explains why intrinsically motivated, value-oriented firms like non-profits may become similar to for-profit firms in terms of organization and norms. It highlights and explains the...

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Selection into Experiments: Evidence from a Population of Students

Schulz, Jonathan; Sunde, Uwe; Thiemann, Petra; Thöni, … - 2019

This study investigates the selection into lab experiments among university students based on data from two cohorts of a university's first-year students. The analysis combines two experiments: a classroom experiment in which we elicited measures for risk, time, social preferences, confidence,...

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The Long Term Impact of French Settlement on Education in Algeria

Merrouche, Ouarda - 2007

This paper provides evidence on the long run relationship between European settlers presence and education levels in Algeria. To correct for endogenous sorting of settlers (and natives) into regions I rely on the fact that proximity to the Mediteranean coast determined the timing of conquest and...

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The early childhood scaffolding scale: Conceptual framework, operationalization and functionality

Frankenberg, Sofia - 2023

This study reports on work undertaken to develop a framework and rating scale for the assessment of process quality in terms of scaffolding in preschool settings. The aim was to develop the Early Childhood Scaffolding Scale (ECSS) for the assessment of interaction quality in different types of...

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Measuring Changes in Multidimensional Inequality - An Empirical Application

Nilsson, Therese - 2007

During the past decade there has been a growing opinion of including more than an income perspective in the examination of inequality. As a result a broad theoretical literature on the subject of multidimensional inequality is present. This can mainly be divided into three different parts:...

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Rising to the occasion? Youth political knowledge and the voting age

Rosenqvist, Olof - 2016

Voting is a fundamental human right. Yet, individuals that are younger than 18 do typically not have this right since they are considered uninformed. However, recent evidence tentatively suggests that the political knowledge of youths is endogenous to the voting age. I test for the existence of...

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The study pace among college students before and after a student aid reform: Some Swedish results

Avdic, Daniel; Gartell, Marie - 2011

In 2001, the Swedish system of student aid for college students was substantially reformed; the grant-share of the total aid was increased, students were allowed to earn more without a reduction in student aid, and the repayment schedule of the loans was significantly tightened. In this paper, we...

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Econometric models of asymmetric ascending auctions

Hong, Han; Shum, Matthew - 2001

We develop econometric models of ascending (English) auctions which allow for both bidder asymmetries as well as common and/or private value components in bidders' underlying valuations We show that the equilibrium inverse bid functions in each round of the auction are implicitly defined...

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