In the paper we study the recursive nature of artifacts in the production and the socialization of organizational knowledge. In this respect, artifacts are interpreted both as the product (output) of organizational knowledge processes and, at the same time, as tools easing the development of...

On the use of theoretical developments in agency economics for the practical design of incentive- and performance-based compensation systems.

Organizational and managerial theories of modularity applied to the design and production of complex artifacts are used to interpret the rise and success of Free/Open Source Software methodologies and practices in software engineering

A laboratory investigation of a simple agency model that allow to study how the principal's fairness affects the attitude towards cooperation between two interdependent agents performing a simple production task.

Organizational and managerial theories of modularity applied to the design and production of complex artifacts are used to interpret the rise and success of Free/Open Source Software methodologies and practices in software engineering

Despite the rich and interdisciplinary debate on the role of diversity and communication in group problem solving, as well as the recognition of the interactions between the two topics, they have been rarely treated as a joint research issue. In this paper we develop a computational approach...

Questo studio prende l'avvio da un'iniziativa di ricerca il cui obiettivo consisteva nella costruzione di un indice sintetico di dipendenza dell'anziano dalla struttura in cui è ospitato, veloce da calcolare e a basso costo. La variabile fondamentale usata nell'analisi è la quantità di tempo...

In this paper we make use of a particular technique of data analysis to empirically study the effect of joint attributes presentation in a multi-step process of choice, in which consumers first use a simple method for shortlisting, then proceed with a closer inspection of a restrict number of...