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Impact of depth of pedigree and inclusion of historical data on the estimation of additive variance and breeding values in a sugarcane breeding program

Atkin, F.C.; Dieters, M.J.; Stringer, J.K. - 2009

Sugarcane breeders in Australia combine data across four selection programs to obtain estimates of breeding value for parents. When these data are combined with full pedigree information back to founding parents, computing limitations mean it is not possible to obtain information on all parents....

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We are not all Terrorists: UK Based Iranians, Consumption Practices and the ‘Torn’ Self.

Jafari, Aliakbar; Goulding, Christina - 2008

This paper presents an exploratory study of the consumption practices of UK-based young Iranians. Based on a series of in-depth interviews and participatory observation we provide an insight into the identity-constituting meanings associated with consumption practices. We illustrate how...

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China's economic revolution

Eckstein, Alexander - 1977 - 1. publ.

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Unlearning as a driver of sustainable change and innovation : three Australian case studies

Becker, Karen L. - 2008

In building an organisation's innovation capacity, managers have to be aware of barriers to learning and have an understanding of the importance of unlearning old ways. Unlearning is emerging as an important element of change and innovation in organisations. As the pace of change continues to...

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The Indian IT industry: A global production network perspective

Noronha, Ernesto; D'Cruz, Premilla - 2020

With regard to the IT/ITES industry, globalisationand the rapid improvements in communications technologies, the decoupling of hardware from software opened a window of opportunity for countries rich in human capital such as India to becomeinvolved in the IT value chain. To this end, the Indian...

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The return of happiness: Resilience in times of pandemic

Ahlheim, Michael; Kim, In Woo; Vuong, Duy Thanh - 2022

Many papers have been written about people's loss of life satisfaction during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, but not much has been said about their resilience after the first shock had passed. Were people able to return, at least in part, to their original level of life...

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Deterrence by collective punishment may work against criminals but never against freedom fighters

Bolle, Friedel - In: Games 12 (2021) 2, pp. 1-15

classes of problems. In one class, resistance against an authority is individually costly, but enough resistance can be … successful (the production of a public good, for example, higher wages after a strike). In the other case, "resistance" is … individually profitable (a criminal activity as pollution) and enough "resistance" produces a public bad. We find that, in the …

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The Fight Against Platform Capitalism: An Inquiry into the Global Struggles of the Gig Economy

Woodcock, Jamie - 2021

So far, platform work has been an important laboratory for capital. Management techniques, like the use of algorithms, are being tested with a view to exporting across the global economy and it is argued that automation is undermining workers' agency. Although the contractual trick of...

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The political legacies of wartime resistance: How local communities in Italy keep anti-fascist sentiments alive

Cremaschi, Simone; Masullo, Juan - 2023

Italy, a country whose democratic institutions were forged after a civil war (1943-45) fought between an armed resistance … movement and Nazi-Fascist forces. We argue that local experiences of resistance left anti-fascist legacies that can be … generations. Moreover, it emphasizes armed resistance as a critical source of war's longterm political legacies and explores …

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Effekte von interpersonalen Konflikten und Widerstand von Führungskräften auf die Implementierung von Verfahrensinnovationen

Krause, Diana E.; Gebert, Diether - In: Zeitschrift für Personalforschung (ZfP) 20 (2006) 2, pp. 102-120

We analyze the differential effects of task conflicts, resource conflicts, and resistance against the implementation of … conflict and of resistance as predictors for the implementation of process innovations. Resource conflicts are shown to have …

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