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Peer-to-peer networks have emerged as a popular alternative to traditional client-server architectures for the distribution of information goods. Recent academic studies have observed high levels of free-riding in various peer-to-peer networks, leading some to predict the imminent collapse of...
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Self management of natural resources has started to gain increasing attention as an alternative tool to command-and-control and market-based tools, but the fundamental question remains: is self management economically beneficial such that it should be promoted in the first place? This article...
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Replaced with revised version of paper 01/30/06.
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Scholarly societies in economics (and many other professions) are clubs that provide members with a range of club goods, many of which have broader and economically significant spillover consequences for society at large. Yet surprisingly little is known about the historical evolution or current...
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of the firm. In such a theory, the firm exists as the solution to a coordination problem in a world of change and … examines the changing nature of the entrepreneurial coordination problem over the life-cycle. In this formulation, "the … no such thing as a non-entrepreneurial firm, firms that must solve coordination problems in a world of novelty and …
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-levelled learning mechanism optimises signal plans on-line while a distributed coordination mechanism establishes green waves in the …
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growth in the region, qualitative knowledge about diffusion of employment practices in this region, and about coordination of … coordination between MNCs, local actors, and international actors in shaping employment practices, their diffusion from … be achieved. To explain this, we apply several coordination games between management and trade unions in the empirical …
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to be influencing political manoeuvring, the level of interdepartmentaltrust and level of coordination within banks and …
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We examine a problem with n players each facing the same binary choice. One choice is superior to the other. The simple assumption of competition - that an individual's payoff falls with a rise in the number of players making the same choice, guarantees the existence of a unique symmetric...
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Although previous work in nonlinear dynamics on neurobiological coordination and control has provided valuable insights … from studies of single joint movements in humans, researchers have shown increasing interest in coordination of multi … practice. We conclude by showing how empirical analyses of neurobiological coordination and control have been used to establish …
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