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motives, the roles and the consequences of the Jesuits as agents of information regarding China affected the European … and transmission of information. It finds that economic progress and political consolidation in Europe did result in a …
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appropriate information provision enhances efficiency. We discuss extensions of the model and argue that subsidies may be a … property of a signalling equilibrium to overcome credibility problems in information provision. In addition we point out … possible problems with overreaction to public information. Furthermore, we suggest a new focus for development policy. …
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Water management steers a middle course between control and chaos. The concept of control in water management is the topic of this paper. Conditions for control in water management are: aconsistent policy, gaining support and an adequate informationsupply. It is demonstrated that the balance...
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We study a dynamic model where growth requires both long-term investment and the selection of talented managers. When ability is not ex-ante observable and contracts are incomplete, managerial selection imposes a cost, as managers facing the risk of being replaced choose a sub-optimally low...
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This work reviews a few significant historical stages of economic globalization, and shows how the logistics of resources and production has influenced the development of the human society. Historically, logistics has played a fundamental role in the global development of human society by means...
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Information plays a vital role in lives of individuals/groups for development and growth. Just information does not … serve the purpose, but accurate information does. The sources/tools/techniques used to get the desired information have … obtain information have widened. Search engines have enabled to get information from any corner of the world to personâ …
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analise of the importance of information and the higher dependens of the technological sistems of the developed countries. The …
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these societies have access to different amounts of information. This lack of information makes it hard to give the right … incentives to managers and entrepreneurs. We argue that differences in the amount of information arise because of the differences … poor economies, thus insufficient information to set the appropriate standards for firm performance. Our model predicts a …
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both indivisible and irreversible, a developer who ignores the possibility of obtaining new information about the outcome … specifying an information production function. In such a setting, I then ask and answer the question concerning when development …
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