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The spectrum of semantic and syntactic labour

Warner, Julian - In: Journal of Documentation 80 (2023) 3, pp. 649-664

Purpose The article extends the distinction of semantic from syntactic labour to comprehend all forms of mental labour. It answers a critique from de Fremery and Buckland, which required envisaging mental labour as a differentiated spectrum. Design/methodology/approach The paper adopts a...

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The nature of market-preserving government

Wang, Yi-Jiang - In: Journal of government and economics : JGE 16 (2024), pp. 1-9

This paper offers a framework for understanding the origin of market-preserving government. The paper shows that when parties in a Hobbesian society end in an arms race rather than war, they can create a market-preserving government to maintain the no-war equilibrium at lower cost. The...

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Entrepreneurship and the market economy : a new perspective

Casson, Mark - 2024

. Synthesising key insights from mainstream economics, modern entrepreneurship theory and network theory, Mark Casson examines how … for academics and students across economics and business studies"-- …

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Evaluation of economics journals based on structural equation dimension reduction method

Wu, Gongxing; Addai, Bismark; Yu, Liping; Ran, Jiarui - 2021

structural equation dimension reduction method to evaluate economics journals. We classify evaluation indexes based on cluster …. The evaluation based on JCR 2019 Economics journals shows that the structural equation dimension reduction method …

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Characteristics of the information content in business sentiment surveys

Friesner, Daniel; Khayum, Mohammed; Schibik, Timothy - In: American Journal of Business 28 (2013) 1, pp. 19-37

Purpose – The purpose of this manuscript is to quantify exactly how much information and/or predictive content is contained in business sentiment surveys. Design/methodology/approach – This paper uses techniques drawn from information theory econometrics, and more specifically the theory of...

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Smart specialisation in European regions: issues of strategy, institutions and implementation

Landabaso, Mikel; McCann, Philip; Ortega-Argilés, Raquel - In: European Journal of Innovation Management 17 (2014) 4, pp. 409-427

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to show that the approaches to smart specialisation being adopted in different European Union (EU) regions are likely to be heavily shaped by the institutional and governance context, as well as the regional economic specifics. Along with the specific...

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TIPS FOR TEACHING THE HIGH SCHOOL ECONOMICS COURSE

Leet, Don R.; Lopus, Jane S. - In: Social Studies Research and Practice 7 (2012) 1, pp. 9-18

Because economics is increasing in importance in the high school curriculum, it is critically important that it is … taught well by well-trained teachers. We offer suggestions for teaching high school economics in the areas of content … materials, and innovative approaches for teaching economics. The use of literature, film, music, and activity-based lessons are …

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Economics in the Media: Cool Tools for Teaching Economics

Ferrarini, Tawni Hunt - In: Social Studies Research and Practice 7 (2012) 1, pp. 19-28

. This article helps teachers integrating economics into their classrooms plug into this M2 frenzy. It identifies numerous … engaging students in advancing along the economics learning curve. Hopefully, their engagement will spill over and entice …

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Data Literacy Contributes to Critical Thinking: FRED for the Classroom

Cosgrove, Kathy; Suiter, Mary; Wolla, Scott - In: Social Studies Research and Practice 7 (2012) 1, pp. 29-45

The authors make the case that data literacy is a key component to critical thinking in the world today. They describe the Federal Reserve Economic Data (FRED) database and how it can be used. They provide a classroom lesson that uses FRED to help students gain an understanding of inflation and...

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Anna Julia Cooper, Ph.D., and the Inequality of Economic Industry

Christensen, Lois McFadyen - In: Social Studies Research and Practice 7 (2012) 1, pp. 61-65

Dr. Anna Julia Cooper was an early, radical educational pioneer who asked why African Americans were perceived as problematic to society and subjected to economic biases (Berry, 2006; May, 2007) Her life spanned the period of the Civil War to the dawn of the Civil Rights Movement ,. Reflecting on...

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