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Atlas Unplugged: Re‐Imagining the Premises and Prospects of Capitalism for Business and Society
Journal of Management Studies, EarlyView.Abstract Atlas Shrugged, Ayn Rand’s dystopian work of fiction, became a cornerstone of libertarian philosophy and its influence continues as an articulation of contemporary capitalism. In introducing this Special Issue, we revisit its core assumptions and contradictions in order to reimagine capitalism and reflect on the potential of management studies
Rick Delbridge +4 more
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Sociobiology, 2013 Growth of Reticulitermes flavipes (Kollar) incipient colonies during their first year was documented via a monthly destructive sampling census of 15 unique colonies, each headed by an inbred primary pair, for a total of 180 colonies.
Mark A. Janowiecki +2 more
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Journal of Regional Science, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Delinking social identity from entrenched stereotypes can reshape economic behavior. This study exploits China's hukou reform, which abolished the agricultural‐nonagricultural distinction and weakened the institutional foundation of rural‐urban identity, to assess its labor market impacts.
Ye Jiang, Yue Yin
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Telecom Expansion and Internal Migrants in Indian Cities
Journal of Regional Science, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This paper estimates the impact of mobile phone service expansion on migration to and between cities of India during 2001–2011. We show that the number of cross‐state migrants living in urban areas of India increased significantly due to telecommunications infrastructure growth. The increased migration reflects better labor and marriage market
Arnab Dutta, Gregory Randolph
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Journal of Sociolinguistics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study adopts a transnational raciolinguistic perspective to examine how Chinese international students (CISs) navigate language, race, and identity across borders and contexts. Based on semistructured interviews with 14 CISs, the study highlights that pre‐migration socialization in China influences how CISs perceive and interpret their ...
Gengqi Xiao, Hailing Wang, Jing Yu
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The Distribution of Household Wealth in India [PDF]
assets, liabilities, vertical inequality, horizontal inequality, land, real ...
Jayaraj, D., Subramanian, S.
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Feeding frequency and caste differentiation in Bombus terrestris larvae [PDF]
, 1998 The frequency with which bumble bee larvae are fed during their development was studied using video-recordings. The behaviour of the workers while feeding worker, male and queen larvae of Bombus terrestris was recorded.
Duchateau, Marie José +3 more
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Royal Society Open ScienceThe fidelity of vertical transmission is a critical factor in maintaining mutualistic associations with microorganisms. The obligate mutualism between termites and intestinal protist communities has been maintained for over 130 million years, suggesting ...
Tatsuya Inagaki +3 more
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Reflections on Hindi and history [PDF]
, 2014 textIn this paper, I consider historical periods, linguistic categories, and social theories in relation to Hindi in order to trace out the character and trajectory of the language.
Pace, Colin Gaylon
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Kyklos, EarlyView.ABSTRACT We study the effect of royal status—a historically rooted legal privilege enjoyed by hereditary monarchs and their families—on human longevity, a proxy of individuals' health capital. We disentangle the effect of royal status that encompassed serving as heads of state from that of other royal family members and compare it to their contemporary
Alberto Batinti +2 more
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