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14.662 Labor Economics II, Spring 2005
Autor, David H.; Piore, Michael J. - 2005
The development and evolution of labor market structures and institutions. Particular focus on competing explanations of recent developments in the distribution of wage and salary income and in key institutions and organizational structures. Special attention to theories of worker motivation and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009432539
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The role of financial information, social capital and reputation in lender decisions
Maier, Michael Shane - 2009
This Thesis contains three essays on the economic behavior of individuals. The first essay, co-authored with Andreas Blume and Douglas DeJong is an experimental investigation into the contribution of cognition in a strategic setting where the goal is to coordinate by choosing different courses...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009466072
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Social Capital and Entrepreneurial Performance in Russia: A Panel Study
Batjargal, Bat - 2000
Drawing on the social embeddedness perspective, this paper examines the impact of entrepreneurs' social capital on their firm performance in post-Soviet Russia. Based on face-to-face interviews with 75 Russian entrepreneurs in 1995, and the follow-up study in 1999, the study contrasts the...
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Effect of Social Capital on Performance of Smallholder Producer Organizations: The Case of Groundnut Growers in Western Kenya
Wambugu, Stella N.; Okello, Julius Juma; Nyikal, Rose … - 2009
Development literature has recently promoted the use of producer organization in linking farmers to better-paying commodity markets. However, empirical studies find mixed performance of such organizations. This study examines the producer organization’s internal factors that may explain the...
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Foreign Direct Investments as Initiators of Change: The ”Swedmilk” dairy case- Reasons behind the failure
Tuna, Emelj - 2011
Institutional problems and the corruptive use of social capital give ground for misuse ofinstitutional gaps and cause intentional failures for financial benefits. Based on socialcapital theory and transaction cost economics (TCE) this paper describes how theinstitutional environment in the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009445600
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A comparative analysis of the purchase motivations of Fair Trade products: the impact of social capital
De Devitiis, Biagia; D'Alessio, Massimiliano; Maietta, … - 2008
Objective of this paper is to analyse themotivations in the purchase of Fair Trade (FT) foodproducts sold in the World Shops (WS) in order tocharacterize WS consumer profiles according to theethical content of their motivations. A questionnaire hasbeen distributed, at this end, to a sample of...
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Social Network Capital and Academic Careers
Medicamento, Umberto; Wilson, Paul; Rahman, Tauhidur; … - 2010
Social Network Capital and Academic Careers: The Case of a College of AgricultureABSTRACT The relationship between economic performance and various forms of capital anchors a significant portion of mainstream economic theory and applied economics. Human, physical and financial capital represent...
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Trade-off between Economic Revitalization and Social Capital: Application of Structural Equation Model in Japan
Kunimitsu, Yoji - 2010
social capital (represented by trust, altruistic moral and human network) positively affected the satisfaction level, but …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009446515
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Evidence-Based Trust in Distributed Agent Systems
Wang, Yonghong - 2009
Trust is a crucial basis for interactions among parties in large, open distributed systems. Yet, the scale and dynamism … participants in an open systemmust share information about trust. Traditional models of trust employ simple heuristics and ad hoc … formulas, without adequate mathematicaljustification. These models fail to properly address the challenges of combining trust …
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Interpersonal Trust Formation During the Supplier Selection Process: The Role of Communication Channel
Huang, Xiaowen; Gattiker, Thomas F.; Schwarz, Joshua L. - 2008
This study investigates business-to-business interpersonal trust formation (trust that develops between boundary … first investigate whether trust can form at this stage. Then we examine two factors that may affect trust formation: the … levels of procurement complexity. Results show that trust formation does occur at the price determination stage; however, the …
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