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Gossip, Sexual Recombination and the El Farol Bar: Modelling the Emergence of Heterogeneity

Edmonds, Bruce - In: Journal of Artificial Societies and Social Simulation 2 (1999) 3, pp. 2-2

An investigation into the conditions conducive to the emergence of heterogeneity amoung agents is presented. This is done by using a model of creative artificial agents to investigate some of the possibilities. The simulation is based on Brian Arthurs `El Farol Bar model but extended so that the...

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Social network structure and performance of improvement teams

Luo, Jar-Der - In: International Journal of Business Performance Management 7 (2005) 2, pp. 208-223

There is a kind of knowledge, possessed by groups, that is more than the aggregation of individual knowledge. Nahapiet and Ghoshal call it intellectual capital. How does social structure, in a project team, influence collective knowing capability? In this study, several conclusions are made....

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Projektbericht "Entscheidungsträger in Deutschland: Werte und Einstellungen"

Bunselmeyer, Elisabeth; Holland-Cunz, Marc; Dribbisch, … - Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung (WZB) - 2013

Der Bericht beschreibt Erkenntnisinteresse, Anlage und Erstellung der Studie 'Entscheidungsträger in Deutschland: Werte und Einstellungen'. Im Mittelpunkt der Befragung stehen die gesellschaftspolitischen Einstellungen und Handlungsmaximen sowie die Karrieremotive und Lebensverläufe der...

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Bedeutungsvolle Orte: Eine kultursoziologische Annäherung an kreative Handlungsressourcen in Städten

Merkel, Janet; Oppen, Maria - Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung (WZB) - 2012

development has given rise to new urban growth theories based on creativity. Explanations focus on spatial-structural dimensions … creative work and life. The aim of this paper is to present a cultural sociological view on creativity in the city. It is not … just the urban context that breeds creativity, but culturally (re)produced perceptions of particular places that creative …

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Migration and modes of exploitation: the social origins of immobility and mobility.

G, Standing - International Labour Organization (ILO), United Nations - 1979

ILO pub-WEP pub. Working paper on the relationship between migration trends and social structure - argues that landowner-rural worker relations based on land tenure and feudalism comprise a foundation for increased mobility and the transition to capitalism (i.e. Social class differentiation,...

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Social structure and the labour market in Turkish agriculture.

C, Keyder - International Labour Organization (ILO), United Nations - 1983

ILO pub-WEP pub. Working paper on the social structure and labour market in the agricultural sector in Turkey - discusses the historical background of peasant farmer landowner system, impact of agricultural mechanization (tractorisation), incidence of landlordism in sharecropping and capitalist...

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Nature and process of labour importing : the Arabian Gulf States of Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates

Birks, J. S; Sinclair, C. A - International Labour Organization (ILO), United Nations - 1978

ILO pub-WEP pub. Working paper on the role and economic implications of migrant worker labour supply for the labour market and economic and social development in the Gulf States - covers population trends, human resources, educational level, industrialization policy, labour demand, etc.,...

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Institutional factors and government policies for appropriate technologies: survey findings in Indonesia, Thailand and the Philippines.

S, Ichimura - International Labour Organization (ILO), United Nations - 1983

ILO pub-WEP pub. Working paper on the role of industrial policy and social structures in the implementation of technology transfer in the textile industry and electronics industry in Indonesia, the Philippines and Thailand - evaluates a survey of managers covering sources of technical...

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Rural labour markets in Peru: a study of labour exchange.

A, Figueroa - International Labour Organization (ILO), United Nations - 1983

ILO pub-WEP pub. Working paper on rural area labour markets in Peru - discusses the historical background, agrarian structure, farm size, social structure, internal migration, seasonal unemployment, agricultural income, impact of land reform, obstacles to labour market expansion, impact on...

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Enquete socio-demographique sur une communaute villageoise de l'extreme- nord du Cameroun.

A, Badjeck - International Labour Organization (ILO), United Nations - 1989

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