An attempt is made to deduce definitions about terms "surplus product", "surplus utility" (this term is introduced for the first time here) and "surplus value" in microeconomics with the help of the relative theory of utility and value, which basic concepts were developed by the author in his...

It is justified in a previous paper published in Economic Thought Journal that along with the theory of marginal utility, which is dominating the contemporary economic thought, a theory of marginal value, of equal worth to it, should be developed, and its starting points have been outlined. This...

In this article the author justifies the necessity of creating a General theory of utility and value as categories of the value individual economic behaviour. They are constructed on the basis of the economics, and therefore, any comprehensive and fundamental economic exposition should be based...

This paper considers a simple communication network characterized by an endogenous architecture and an imperfect transmission of information. We analyze the process of network formation in a dynamic framework where self – interested individuals can form or delete links and, occasionally, are...

This paper explores the role of immigrant employees for a firm’s capability to absorb international knowledge. Using matched employer-employee data from Denmark for the years 1996 to 2009, we are able to show that non-Danish employees from technological advanced countries contribute...

Despite much in-depth investigation of factors influencing this evolution in various scientific fields, our knowledge about how efficiency or creativity is linked to the longevity of collaborative relationships remains very limited. We explore what Nobel laureates' coauthorship patterns reveal...

Despite much in-depth investigation of factors influencing this evolution in various scientific fields, our knowledge about how efficiency or creativity is linked to the longevity of collaborative relationships remains very limited. We explore what Nobel laureates’ coauthorship patterns reveal...

Work schedules play an important role in time-sensitive production utilizing workers interchangeably. Studying emergency department physicians in shift work, I find two types of strategic behavior induced by schedules. First, on an extensive margin, physicians "slack off" by accepting fewer...

Dans ce papier, nous proposons d’évaluer les scores d’efficience productive de vingt banques commerciales tunisiennes tout au long de la période s’étalant de 1990 à 2009. Le paysage bancaire local a été marqué, au cours de la période étudiée, par des changements importants suite...

Cooperation in innovation processes has become crucial for the competitiveness of many firms. This paper focuses on technology-oriented East German firms and analyses details of their cooperation behaviour by studying the relationships between geographic and social proximity, the importance and...