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Capabilities and utilities [PDF]
Economic Design, 1996 This paper deals with the problem of looking for resource allocation mechanisms which would be accepted as just in Sen's capabilities framework. We start by suggesting a way of simplifying Sen's idea of capability by using acapability index which measures the ability of a person to function. Then we look for mechanisms providing allocations which could
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Economics and Philosophy, 2014 A capability approach prescribes paternalist government actions to the extent that it requires the promotion of specific functionings, instead of the corresponding capabilities. Capability theorists have argued that their theories do not have much of these paternalist implications, since promoting capabilities will be the rule, promoting functionings ...
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Capabilities and Equality of Health II: Capabilities as Options [PDF]
The concept of capabilities, introduced originally by Sen, has inspired many researchers but has not found any simple formal representation which might be instrumental in the construction of a comprehensive theory of equality.
Hans Keiding
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The emergence of dynamic capabilities in SMEs: A critical realist study [PDF]
, 2012 How do dynamic capabilities develop in small firms? More specifically, what mechanisms account for the emergence of dynamic capabilities in SMEs? The dynamic capabilities perspective synthesises evolutionary theory, the resource based view of the firm ...
Ó hÓbáin, Lorcán
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The capabilities approach [PDF]
Capabilities and functionings are new and attractive concepts for assessing the well-being and advantage of individuals. Functionings refer to a person’s achievements, i.e. what she manages to do or to be. Capabilities refer to her real opportunities and
Erik Schokkaert
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Designing lobbying capabilities: Managerial choices in unpredictable environments [PDF]
, 2011 Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to explore how, in unpredictable policy environments, specific managerial choices play a vital role in designing lobbying capabilities through the choice of levels of investment in human capital, network ...
Rajwani, Tazeeb +3 more
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Science of Computer Programming, 2006 AbstractCapability-passing processes model global applications in a way that decouples the global agreement aspects of protocols from the details of how the communications are actually made. It relies on a restricted API or programming language and on the exchange of digital certificates representing capabilities to ensure that participants are ...
T. Chothia (Tom), D. Duggan
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Report to the President of the United States
, 2005 Final report of the Commission on the Intelligence Capabilities of the United States describing their activities and findings regarding the failure of the Intelligence Community to provide accurate information about Iraq's weapons of mass destruction. It
Commission on the Intelligence Capabilities of the United States Regarding Weapons of Mass Destruction
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Dynamic Capabilities and their Indirect Impact on Firm Performance [PDF]
This paper investigates the relationship between dynamic capabilities and firm performance. In particular it addresses the question of whether dynamic capabilities impact directly or indirectly on performance.
Spyros Lioukas +2 more
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Capabilities and Equality of Health I [PDF]
The concept of capabilities, introduced originally by Sen with the aim to provide a better basis for the theory of inequality, has inspired many researchers but has not found any simple formal representation which might be instrumental in the ...
Hans Keiding
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