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Upgrading the System of Innovation in Late-Industrialising Countries -The Role of Transnational Corporations in Thailand's Manufacturing Sector
Martin Berger - 2005
The objective of this thesis is to investigate the potential contribution of transnational corporations (TNC) to the upgrading of systems of innovation in late-industrialising countries. This study looks specifically at TNC-affiliierter in Thailand’s manufacturing sector and compares them with...
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International business : competing in the global marketplace
Hill, Charles W. L. - 2007 - 6. ed., internat. ed.
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Dynamic decision making and race games
De, Shipra - 2011
Frequent criticism in dynamic decision making research pertains to the overly complex nature of the decision tasks used … in experimentation. To address such concerns we study dynamic decision making with respect to the simple race game Hog …, which has a computable optimal decision strategy. In the two-player game of Hog, individuals compete to be the first to …
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Fiscal data revisions in Europe
Castro Fernández, Francisco de; Pérez García, Javier … - 2011
Al igual que la mayoría de los datos macroeconómicos, las cifras de déficit público están sujetas a revisiones. Sin embargo, en el caso de Europa, estas podrían ser especialmente preocupantes dado el papel que desempeñan los datos fiscales en el funcionamiento de las reglas de...
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FORECASTING: EXPECTATIONS, INTENTIONS, AND CONFIDENCE
Rothschild, David Michael - 2011
All three articles in my dissertation gather information from individuals, analyze it, and aggregate that information into forecasts of upcoming events. The motivation is to make forecasts more efficient (accurate and timely), more versatile (provide the most useful information for each...
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Perspectives on Firm Decision Making During Risky Technology Acquisitions
Powell, Adam C. - 2011
Prospect Theory), and Bounded Rationality are tested as potential determinants of acquisition uncertainties. In the second … two questions from the decision making literature. First, what determines how much uncertainty a firm has when investing … theoretical comparisons are conducted. In the first, economic theory, behavioral theory (the Behavioral Theory of the Firm and …
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Essays on the Information Acquisition of Doubt-Prone Decision Makers
alaoui, larbi - 2010
There are many situations in which individuals have a choice of whether or not to observe the eventual outcome. In these instances, individuals often prefer to avoid observing the outcome. The standard von Neumann-Morgenstern (vNM) Expected Utility model cannot accommodate these cases, since it...
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The Impact of Salient Privacy Information on Decision-Making
Tsai, Janice Y. - 2009
practices; but, this information is extremely difficult to use and typically not considered in users’ decision-making processes …
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Punish in Public
Xiao, Erte; Houser, Daniel - 2006
Convergent evidence for detrimental effects of punishment on cooperation has been obtained in a wide variety of environments, ranging from American students facing punishment in laboratory experiments, to Israeli parents facing fines for arriving late to their child’s day care. We show here...
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ASYMMETRY IN RAW MILK SAFETY PERCEPTIONS AND INFORMATION: IMPLICATIONS FOR RISK IN FRESH PRODUCE MARKETING AND POLICY
Knutson, Ronald D.; Currier, Russell W.; Ribera, Luis; … - 2010
Scientific evidence clearly indicates that consumption of raw milk carries substantialdisease-inducing health risks. While federal U.S. policy mandates that milk moving in interstatecommerce be pasteurized; within 41 of 50 states, raw milk can be obtained for consumption.Warning labels...
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