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Individual Learning : Theory Formation, and Feedback in a Complex Task
Lanteri, Alessandro; Novarese, Marco - 2007
We present an experiment for the study of learning in a complex task which requires both memorisation and the ability to process several pieces of information. The outcome of an action, for which immediate feedback is given, depends on the context (i.e. one of thirty-two sequences of three...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014223185
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Disorganizing Organizational Culture: Comment on the Individual and Family Factors
El Fasiki, Hamza - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
Defining culture in relation to organizational culture has also focused on the operation level of culture. This latter … as discussed by Maurice Thévenet (1993) concludes that culture is a collective phenomenon that concerns an enterprise as … whereby entrepreneurial activities in collectivist cultures are constructed via two non-identical cultures: individual culture …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011107276
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Peculiarities of management accounting in Libya
Iacob, Constanta; Karim, Abdelali Abdel - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
motivational efficacy in relation to Anglo-American culture. In this context, we try to present some aspects of management …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011107600
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Culture, Economics and Drugs addiction
Azmat, Hayat - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012
Drug use is one of the pressing issues facing humanity since time immemorial. Ground reality exhibits that there are linear association of drug use with violence, corruption, incest and numerous other immoral activities. Towards drugs addiction the policy approach of economists are based on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011107756
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Culture and Economic Growth of Cities; Evidence from Liberia
Gul, Ejaz - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009
Culture can now be used as an instrument for sustainable economic growth and developmental instrument of cities. By … remained in crises for 10 years. This paper examines the role of culture in overall economic growth sighting evidences from … cultural activities. This study forms a useful contribution on the role of culture in sustainable economic growth of cities. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011108140
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The Culture of Entrepreneurship
Chakraborty, Shankha; Thompson, Jon; Yehoue, Etienne - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2014
entrepreneurs. In either case culture ceases to be destiny. We relate the theory to historical and recent episodes. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011108809
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Dissecting the Act of God: An Exploration of the Effect of Religion on Economic Activity
Carpantier, Jean-Francois; Litina, Anastasia - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2014
This research establishes that religiosity has a persistent effect on economic outcomes. First we use a sample of migrants in the US to establish that religiosity at the country of origin has a long lasting effect on the religiosity of migrants. Second, exploiting variations in the inherited...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011109803
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Cultural Biases in Public Service Delivery: Evidence from a Regression Discontinuity Approach
Athias, Laure; Wicht, Pascal - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2014
(efficiency and political considerations), this paper emphasizes the role of culture and quantifies it. We build a representative … identical actual set of policies and institutions to analyze the causal effect of culture on the choice of how public services … out that culture is a source of a potential bias that distorts the optimal choice for public service delivery. Systematic …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011109906
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Culture capital humain et croissance économique
Jellal, Mohamed - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2014
In this paper , we consider an economic growth model with human capital accumulation , positive externalities and a cultural system of social norms . We show that endogenous rational emergence of this cultural belief may lead to increasing the stock of human capital and hence accelerating...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011110277
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Croyances culturelles éducation et croissance
Jellal, Mohamed; Bouzahzah, Mohamed - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012
We consider a growth model with education, externalities and a cultural norm . We show that endogenous emergence of this cultural belief may lead to increasing the stock of human capital and accelerating national growth.The mechanism of this internalization is based on the existence of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011110317