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Institutions and behavior: Experimental evidence on the effects of democracy

Dal Bó, Pedro; Foster, Andrew; Putterman, Louis - 2007

We present results from a novel experiment on the effect of a policy designed to encourage cooperation in a prisoner …'s dilemma game. We find that the effect of this policy on the level of cooperation is greater when it was chosen democratically …

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Cooperation under the shadow of the future: Experimental evidence from infinitely repeated games

Dal Bó, Pedro - 2002

higher the levels of cooperation. We compare the behavior from these in finitely repeated games with behavior from finitely … repeated games of the same expected length and we find that there is more cooperation in the in finitely repeated games …

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Is altruism bad for cooperation?

Hwang, Sung-Ha; Bowles, Samuel - 2008

when group members have opportunities to punish low contributors. Cooperation may also be supported if individuals are … punishment costs. The negative effect of altruism on cooperation and material payoffs is greater the stronger is the reciprocity …

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Entrepreneurship education in German speaking Europe: a mapping

Achleitner, Ann-Kristin; Kaserer, Christoph; Jarchow, Svenja - 2007

Entrepreneurship education plays a crucial role in shaping the attitudes of students towards entrepreneurship as well as spurring the creation of future young companies. It is a crucial topic in any economy and increasingly becoming key on the agenda for universities around the world. In this...

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Benchmarking business practices in Swedish manufacturing firms

Sanner, Leif - 2005

Regional benchmarking studies were conducted on business practices in manufacturing plants in three regions in Sweden … leaders and laggers is particularly wide in Information & benchmarking and Innovation & technology. Conclusions are that … improving benchmarking processes is a strategic step towards improving the firm's business practices. …

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An economical approach to estimate a benchmark capital stock: An optimal consistency method

Albala-Bertrand, Jose Miguel - 2003

There are alternative methods of estimating capital stock for a benchmark year. However, these methods are costly and time-consuming, requiring the gathering of much basic information as well as the use of some convenient assumptions and guesses. In addition, a way is needed of checking whether...

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Labour market policies, strategies and statistics for people with disabilities: A cross-national comparison

Bergeskog, Anders - 2001

In addition to describing different countries' labour market policies for people with disabilities, this study attempts to establish some initial benchmarks for comparing national policies in this respect for a number of OECD countries. The report systematically compares the countries in order...

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Kooperationsmanagement der japanischen Industrie in der Globalisierung

Haak, René - 2001

Die letzten Jahre ließen in Japan ein Zeitalter zu Ende gehen; es war dieschwerste Erschütterung des japanischen Wirtschaftssystems nach dem Zweiten Weltkrieg.

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Relationship Quality: A Continuing Investigation

Myhal, Catherine Genevieve; Kang, Jikyeong; Buttle, … - Manchester Business School - 2002

A number of authors acknowledge the academic and corporate significance of being able to measure relationships and their quality (Naudé and Buttle 1999; Buttle 1996, 1997; Anton 1994; Copulsky & Wolfe 1990; Grönroos 1991). The authors are currently pursuing such work, and herein present findings from two...

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COMMON LEGACIES - DIVERGENT CONTRACTUAL RELATIONS:Inter-firm Co-operation in transition in Ukraine and Estonia

Czaban, Laszlo - Manchester Business School - 2003

The economic success of Japan in the post-war period and various new forms of market co-ordination in European regions, and specificities of inter-firm relationships in high technology industries have increased academic and business interest in the ways that firms manage relationships between...

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