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Network, Network Position and the Deal Flow of Venture Capital Firms
Böhner, Ingo - 2007
werden und die multiple Möglichkeiten besitzen, andere VCG im Netzwerk zu erreichen. Basierend auf den Analysen leitet der …) hold in their syndication network and determines the effect that network positions have on generating deal flow quantity … and quality. Network closure (Coleman 1988) emphasizes that cohesive network structures facilitate cooperative behavior of …
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The Impact of Kinship on the Economic Dynamics of Transnational Networks: reflections on some South Asian developments
Ballard, Roger - 2001
Prepared for a Conference on Transnational Networks in Princeton in 2001, this paper explored the comparative dynamics of the trans-local networks which South Asian migrants from Mirpur (Pakistan), Jullundur (India) and Sylhet (Bangladesh) have constructed around themselves.
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Positioning terrorism in management and marketing: Research propositions
Czinkota, M.R.; Knight, G. A.; Liesch, P. W.; Steen, J. T. - 2005
Terrorism poses both direct and indirect threats to the operations of the firm. It represents a market imperfection … in the presence of unhindered exchange. Terrorism reflects the risk or actual encounter of violent acts, whose goal is to … engender fear, coercion, or intimidation. We investigate terrorism and its association with marketing strategy and operations …
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Essays on risk aversion
Neilson, William S. (contributor) - 2006
This dissertation contains three essays on risk aversion. In the first essay, we an-alyze comparative risk aversion in a new way, through a comparative statics problemin which, for a cost, agents can shift from an initial probability distribution towarda preferred distribution. The Ross...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009464852
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Simulating the Impacts of Agroterrorism on U.S. Financial Markets and Regional Economic Performance
Routhe, Christopher - 2007
The threat of terrorism against the United States has been a primary concern of public policy makers, particularly … simulation model that captures the impacts of agricultural terrorism (agroterrorism) on the economic performance of various … financial uncertainty brought forth by terrorism can decrease consumer confidence, increase interest rates, increase credit …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009466288
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Inspections to Avert Terrorism: Robustness Under Severe Uncertainty
Moffitt, L. Joe; Stranlund, John K.; Field, Barry C. - 2005
Protecting against terrorist attacks requires making decisions in a world in which attack probabilities are largely unknown. The potential for very large losses encourages a conservative perspective, in particular toward decisions that are robust. But robustness, in the sense of assurance...
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Analysis of the Colby quarterly econometric model of the U.S. economy using the economic effects of September 11th
Culpen, Alison - 2002
The economic repercussions of September 11th are unique in that never before have economists needed to forecast and examine the impact of an event of such magnitude. This paper explains many of the economic effects of September l Ith, from the initial aftermath to recent developments. These...
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Three Essays on the Objective Function in Economics.
Goldstein, Daniel A. - 2007
This dissertation consists of three largely independent essays. The first finds a significant correlation between the price of crude oil and significant terrorist attacks by groups of Middle Eastern origin against Western nations. In particular, such terrorist attacks are considerably more...
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Repression and Newtwork Science: Tools in Fight against Terrorism
Wright, Dominick' E - 2010
The dissertation, Repression and Network Science: Tools in Fight againstTerrorism, explores what determines post …‐terror repression in democracies andwhat alternative tools network science may ultimately reveal to for compellingauthorities to rely on … terrorism. Chapter 2 takes the opposite view, using highpoweredstatistics to evaluate a single case. At question is the tool in …
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