Charles Darwin (1874) stated that women are less selfish but men are more competitive. Very recent papers (Eckel & Grossman, 1998, 2001 or Andreoni and Vesterlund 2001, among others) have shown the relevance of gender in altruism in both ultimatum and dictator games. In this paper we analyze the...

This paper presents a "second generation" theory on the nature of social preferences. Incorporating an inter-temporal ingredient, we generate an outcome-based model which focuses on the conflict between cooperation towards social efficiency and competition for the individual relative standing....

An integrating model which, based on a review of the most recent theoretical and empirical studies, offers an overall view of the factors affecting the adoption of Advanced Manufacturing Technologies (AMTs) is presented. The model is intended to be a base for the managers′ analysis of the...