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Environmental uncertainty is a major determinant in many managerial decisions and evaluations. Yet, there is no consensus what constitutes a valid measure of uncertainty to which executives can respond. This paper explicates conceptual and methodological differences between Archival...
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The paper presents four possible ways to devise interventions aimed at enhancing thinking abilities in children. The assumptions underlying each perspective are highlighted by making reference to training programs implemented to foster problem-solving and creativity skills. The critical role of...
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The firm's decision to use referrals as a hiring method is studied in a theoretical model of the labor market. The labor market is characterized by search frictions and uncertain quality of the match between a worker and a job. Using referrals increases the arrival rate of applicants and...
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We study a model of social learning in networks where agents have heterogeneous preferences, and neighbors tend to have … models predict that preference diversity helps learning, and homophily slows learning, while empirical work suggests the … learning. When connections are sparse, diverse preferences are harmful to learning, and homophily may lead to substantial …
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of uncertainties and country specificity, development must be a process of learning, selective adaptation, and industrial …-best institutions, China has embarked on a long journey of reform, experimentation, and learning by doing. It is moving from a … reviews the drivers behind China's learning and trade integration and provides both positive and negative lessons for …
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learning behaviour to a Nash equilibrium, that is not sufficient to establish that the equilibrium is robust against more …
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The benefits and costs of increasing solar electricity generation depend on the scale of the increase and on the time frame over which it occurs. Short-run analyses focus on the cost-effectiveness of incremental increases in solar capacity, holding the rest of the power system fixed. Solar’s...
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performance in terms ROI. The Knowledge Management with strategy, learning and information technology has relationship with …
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Learning is a very diverse activity: learning a PIN number, a poem, recognition of one's American Civil War … some conscious attention, usually learning how to drive takes 30-40 hours of practice, and it takes 10 years to qualify as … a neurosurgeon (in Britain). Despite the variations of time learning the same memory processes are involved in all …
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Global requirements, general economics and world business, are subject to rapid change. In such stormy conditions, strategic management must pro-actively intervene. The economic areas and the current scientific use increasingly more lately knowledge and knowledge management theme. Knowledge of...
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