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To centralize or not to centralize?
, 2011 The CEO's dilemma-were the gains of centralization worth the pain it could cause?-is a perennial one. Business leaders dating back at least to Alfred Sloan, who laid out GM's influential philosophy of decentralization in a series of memos during the 1920s, have recognized that badly judged centralization can stifle initiative, constrain the ability to ...
Campbell, Andrew +2 more
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, 2020 During the past decades, central banks acquired considerable independence from democratic institutions under the Central Bank Independence (CBI) template. Yet, the changing role of central banks since the 2007–2008 crisis has led to a (re)politicization of central banking and has weakened the scientific and political consensus on the CBI model. In turn,
Fontan, Clément, Larue, Louis
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Is it Redistribution or Centralization? On the Determinants of Government Investment in Infrastructure [PDF]
The dilemma efficiency versus equity, together with political partisan interests, has received increasing attention to explain the territorial allocation of investments.
Daniel Albalate +2 more
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From Lab to Landscape: Environmental Biohybrid Robotics for Ecological Futures
Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.This Perspective explores environmental biohybrid robotics, integrating living tissues, microorganisms, and insects for operation in real‐world ecosystems. It traces the leap from laboratory experiments to forests, wetlands, and urban environments and discusses key challenges, development pathways, and opportunities for ecological monitoring and ...
Miriam Filippi
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National and cultural peculiarities of phonetics in New Zealand English
Polylinguality and Transcultural Practices, 2012 The article shows the establishment of the national norm on the level of the phonetic in the New Zealand English. It analyses their national and cultural peculiarities.
A R Beckeeva
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Inevitable Choice for Survival: The Last Ottoman Grand Strategy
Gazi Akademik Bakış, 2023 Today most scholar in the field, defines the concept of grand strategy as the allocation of a state’s resources to meet its main objectives. In history no exceptions all states had guiding strategy to grow, exist or survive within the international ...
Murat TOMAN, Fikrettin YAVUZ
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Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.Intelligent Sky Guardians (InSkyGuard) is introduced as a four‐drone swarm that autonomously detects, tracks, and safely captures rogue drones using a coordinated net system. Computer vision and leader–follower control architecture enable synchronized enclosure, while integrated failsafes enhance system reliability. Validated through closed‐environment
Joshua Hastings +6 more
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Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.Autonomous field robots equipped with ISFET‐based sensors enable rapid, spatially resolved soil nutrient analysis directly in the field. An automated system based on the BoniRob platform is presented for standardized on‐site extraction and measurement of key macronutrients and soil pH.
Vadim Riedel +3 more
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Cryptic successors unrevealed even by network analysis: A comparative study of two paper wasp species [PDF]
Network Biology, 2013 Understanding queen succession could be a key contribution to the better understanding of the origins and evolution of eusociality. In order to investigate the nature of organizational changes during queen succession, we analyzed two closely related ...
Anindita Bhadra, Ferenc Jordan
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Malezya Kamusal Zekât Uygulaması Üzerine
Cumhuriyet İlahiyat Dergisi, 2016 Zekât, zengin ile fakir arasında köprü oluşturan, darda kalanların imdadına yetişen ve böylece toplumsal huzur ve barışa önemli katkı sağlayan mali bir ibadettir.
İsmail Yalçın
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