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Identity and Commitment: Sen's Conception of the Individual
Davis, John B. - Tinbergen Instituut - 2004
with recent standard economics' explanation of social identity in terms of conformity. Sen's concept of commitment is …This paper develops a conception of personal identity for Amartya Sen's capability framework that emphasizes his self …-scrutinizing aspect of the self and related concept of commitment, and compares this conception to the co1lective intentionality-based one …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011255985
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Identity and Commitment: Sen's Conception of the Individual
Davis, John B. - 2004
with recent standard economics' explanation of social identity in terms of conformity. Sen's concept of commitment is …This paper develops a conception of personal identity for Amartya Sen's capability framework that emphasizes his self …-scrutinizing aspect of the self and related concept of commitment, and compares this conception to the co1lective intentionality-based one …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010325342
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Identity and commitment : Sen's conception of the individual
Davis, John Bryan - 2004
with recent standard economics' explanation of social identity in terms of conformity. Sen's concept of commitment is …This paper develops a conception of personal identity for Amartya Sen's capability framework that emphasizes his self …-scrutinizing aspect of the self and related concept of commitment, and compares this conception to the co1lective intentionality-based one …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011335215
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Principals’ preferences for agents with social preferences
Arce, Daniel G. - In: Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization 90 (2013) C, pp. 154-163
This study explores a nested representation of ethical, moral, social identity, motivated, opportunistic and reciprocal agent preferences to characterize screening contracts in a principal–agent model under adverse selection. This leads to a ranking of the type of social preferences that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010665888
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The impact of group membership on cooperation and norm enforcement: evidence using random assignment to real social groups
Goette, Lorenz; Huffman, David; Meier, Stephan - 2006
Due to incomplete contracts, efficiency of an organization depends on willingness of individuals to take non-selfish actions, e.g., cooperate when there is no incentive to do so, or punish inefficient actions by others. Organizations also constitute a social boundary, or group. We investigate...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010267455
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The Impact of Group Membership on Cooperation and Norm Enforcement: Evidence using Random Assignment to Real Social Groups
Goette, Lorenz; Huffman, David; Meier, Stephan - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2006
Due to incomplete contracts, efficiency of an organization depends on willingness of individuals to take non-selfish actions, e.g., cooperate when there is no incentive to do so, or punish inefficient actions by others. Organizations also constitute a social boundary, or group. We investigate...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005763566
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Behavioural Theory of the Firm
Todeva, Emanuela - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2007
Conceptual overview, critical commentary and future directions
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Capabilities as shift parameters for the outsourcing decision
Jain, Amit; Thiétart, Raymond-Alain - Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris IX) - 2014
In this paper, we argue that capabilities serve as shift parameters that result in a change in the critical value of … asset specificity at which firms switch from in-sourcing to outsourcing. Capabilities have two effects: they result in a … inimitability of capabilities employed in firm processes. Considered as shift parameters, the effect of capabilities integrates …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010960533
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The formalization of organizational capabilities and learning: Results and challenges
Dosi, Giovanni; Faillo, Marco; Manara, Virginia Cecchini; … - 2017
This work offers an overview of recent formalizations of organizational capabilities and learning. We first present the … formal analysis of the development and change of firm's dynamic capabilities by improving our understanding of processes of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011789752
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Complementarities among capability, transaction and scale-scope considerations in determining organisational boundaries
Morroni, Mario - Dipartimento di Economia e Management, Università … - 2006
exploits the mutually reinforcing advantages provided by the organisational coordination of capabilities, transactions and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005466668