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Imperialism and Theoricity in the Economic Science

Dinga, Emil - In: Studii Financiare (Financial Studies) 13 (2009) 1, pp. 183-191

science and, finally, for building of an economic genuine epistemology, as: theoreticity, analyticity, explanation performance …

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Rhetoric and Methodology of Behavioral Economics: The Case of Intertemporal Choice

Muramatsu, Celia Roberta - In: Economia 10 (2009) 1, pp. 01-18

of explanation and prediction.To undertake the foregoing task, it focuses attention on the terms of the debate about why … justify the hyperbolic discounting hypothesis is rather persuasive and has contributed to improved explanation of …

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Causal explanations affect judgments of the need for psychological treatment

Kim, Nancy S.; LoSavio, Stefanie T. - In: Judgment and Decision Making 4 (2009) 1, pp. 82-91

Knowing what event precipitated a client's abnormal behaviors makes the client appear more normal than if the event is not known (Meehl, 1973). Does such knowledge also influence judgments of the need for psychological treatment, and if so, does it matter whether the precipitating event was...

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Opportunity and Problem in Context (OPiC): A Framework for Environmental Management

Tsetse, David; Groot, Wouter T. De - In: Sustainability 1 (2009) 1, pp. 19-34

attention to the explanation of the problem and the opportunities for solving it. The Opportunity and Problem in Context (OPiC … interconnection to (i) the analysis and explanation of environmental problems by making use of parallel effect chains and norm chains …, the functions and values of the environment, a breakdown of human action through lifecycle principles and explanation …

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Analysing and explaining power in a capability perspective

Scholtes, Fabian - 2009

This paper offers a conceptual framework for analysing and explaining power based on the so-called Capability Approach to development (CA). This framework is intended as a heuristic device for micro-sociological analysis of political interaction in development practice. A systematic connection...

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Narrative Foundations of Knowing: Towards a New Perspective in the Sociology of Knowledge

Borisenkova, Anna - In: Sociological Research Online 14 (2009) 5, pp. 17-17

narrative history of science. The second is the embededness of narrative in the process of sociological explanation. The article …

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A typology for exploring the quality of explanations for non-compliance with UK corporate governance regulations

Shrives, Philip J.; Brennan, Niamh M. - In: The British accounting review : the journal of the … 47 (2015) 1, pp. 85-99

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Workforce diversity and religiosity

Cui, Jinhuan; Jo, Hoje; Na, Haejung; Velasquez, Manuel G. - In: Journal of business ethics : JOBE 128 (2015) 4, pp. 743-767

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Private information, overconfidence and trader returns in prediction markets

Goins, Sheila; Cipriano, Michael; Gruca, Thomas S. - In: The journal of prediction markets 9 (2015) 3, pp. 1-21

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MICRO-FOUNDATIONS IN STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT: SQUARING COLEMAN’S DIAGRAM

Vromen, Jack - 2008

In a series of joint papers, Teppo Felin and Nicolai J. Foss recently launched a microfoundations project in the field of strategic management. Felin and Foss observe that extant explanations in strategic management are predominantly collectivist or macro. Routines and organizational...

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