Religion and beliefs in the supernatural are present in all societies. Yet, studies about the spread of small-scale supernatural belief systems remain quite limited. In this work, we test the anthropological hypothesis that historical dependence on pastoralism favored the adoption of customs...

As the modern workplace increasingly adopts technology, that technology is being used to surveil workers in ways that can be highly invasive. Ostensibly, management uses surveillance to assess workers’ productivity, but it uses the same systems to, for example, map their interpersonal...

What are cryptocurrencies: securities, commodities, or something else? Maybe they are a new form of established currency ― a non-sovereign fiat currency. Like other self-governing bodies, the communities that issue cryptocurrencies should be judged on how well they support their currencies....

Objective – The success of e-commerce depends on the numbers that is taken into consideration. At the customer side, the trend of online shopping triggers more people to do purchase by online and it also reflects on the business side where they will start to upgrade their business one step...

There is a considerable amount of literature analyzing factors of success in music contests, in particular those where the audience votes for the winner. However, one factor that is highlighted by the economic theory of stardom is generally neglected in the literature. In this paper, we tackle...

Croatian Abstract: Analiza dubrovačkih ljetnikovaca obuhvaća 278 građevina izgrađenih između 14. i 18. stoljeća. Ljetnikovci su većinom rasprostranjeni na području Dubrovnika i bliže okolice (67%), iako se nalaze na prostoru od Konavala do poluotoka Pelješca. Gustoća izgradnje...

Croatian Abstract: Kulturni turizam je važan da bi se sačuvala i shvatila vrijednost kulturne baštine. Međunarodne organizacije zakonskom regulacijom određuju globalne okvire ponašanja spram baštine, a Europska unija financijskim instrumentima omogućava realizaciju programa i projekata...

Croatian Abstract: Suvremeno prepoznavanje graditeljske baštine fokusira se na povijesne cjeline, prostore i ambijente koji se kulturno i društveno vrednuju na lokalnim, regionalnim, nacionalnim i globalnim razinama. Dubrovački ljetnikovci koji pripadaju posebnom segmentu arhitekture,...

Objective – Local culture acts as a bridge in empowering the resources owned by a firm so they can operate harmoniously. This research tests the theory of local culture, internal marketing, and employee satisfaction in an effort to improve financial performance.Methodology/Technique – The...

The goal of this paper is to determine the probability of discovery to explain the processes of discovery in different research fields over time and space. This study applies a probabilistic model of Poisson to assess the probability of discoveries in the research fields of medicine and physics....