Strategic Management Journal, EarlyView.Abstract Research Summary Scholars often examine how entrepreneurs' existing ties predict resource acquisition. We investigated the reverse: How does the act of pitching generate new ties with investors? Using the context of the Slow Money community, we analyzed social entrepreneurs' pitches to impact investors.
Esther Leibel +2 more
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Differences in Textile Metal Threads in Croatia Through the Centuries. [PDF]
Materials (Basel)Šimić K +3 more
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A Test of the Coase Conjecture Using Prices of Electronic Books
Southern Economic Journal, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The Coase Conjecture predicts that a durable‐goods monopolist without commitment will rapidly cut price toward marginal cost. We test this prediction in the electronic‐book market using release‐day prices. To proxy for marginal cost, we use competitive prices of public‐domain electronic books on the same platforms.
Tim Groseclose, Alex Tabarrok
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Lexical Context Effects During Reading: The Impact of Vocabulary Knowledge and Word Frequency. [PDF]
J Eye Mov ResAbraham AN, Folk JR.
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Systems Research and Behavioral Science, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Our theory of education, based on a systemic understanding of the subjective and intersubjective construction of knowledge, is that students are motivated to study what is most meaningful to them. Meaningfulness is grounded in the students' prior experiences, which are highly diverse.
Wendy J. Gregory, Gerald Midgley
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The processual construction of emotional experience and cultural identity: a qualitative interview study of intangible cultural heritage education in Chinese universities. [PDF]
Front PsycholZhou Z, Xu R.
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Accomplishing Ethics‐Work as a Generic Social Process
Symbolic Interaction, EarlyView.Existing systems of university research ethics are often criticized by those in the qualitative research tradition. A common thread is that ethics cannot be fully anticipated before the research begins, as is expected by most institutional review boards.
Deana Simonetto, Antony Puddephatt
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A comparative study on folk sports inheritance in China and South Korea: Influencing factors and mediating roles. [PDF]
PLoS OneJin X, Hou Y.
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Symbolic Interaction, EarlyView.This article engages in a close rereading of Stigma, relating it to Goffman's biography as a person who faced stigma. Exploring his biography helps us to recognize the ways Goffman applies stigma strategies in how he represents himself as the author in Stigma.
Thaddeus Müller
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'Some Gave It to Cow, Others to Woman' - Traditional Knowledge and Use of Tuberous Orchids in Hungarian Communities in the Eastern Carpathians (Romania). [PDF]
Plants (Basel)Molnár V A +3 more
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