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The University and the Gift: A Problem Definition [PDF]
The authors suggest introducing the notion of the gift into the theory and practice of the University life. They believe that the relationship of gift in transmission of knowledge is immanent to the management organization of the University. If knowledge
Nikolay Emelianov, Ivan Pavliutkin
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Collective philanthropy: describing and modeling the ecology of giving. [PDF]
Reflective of income and wealth distributions, philanthropic gifting appears to follow an approximate power-law size distribution as measured by the size of gifts received by individual institutions.
William L Gottesman +2 more
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Potlatch, absolute hospitality and metaphorization in constructing socioeconomic intercultural reality [PDF]
The article reveals and substantiates the following thesis: the “economy of trust” exists exclusively in the context and sphere of specific social relations named potlatch. Potlatch is a traditional gift-giving feast that taken place among the natives of
Bolshunov Andrey Yakovlevich +3 more
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Gift-giving, Love Styles, and Sacrifice: An Analysis Among Romantic Partners
Going beyond analyzing gift-giving from a single love perspective, this paper aimed to understand the gift-giving from the love types experienced in romantic relationships, investigating the frequency, the reasons for the act of giving gifts among ...
Marianny Silva +3 more
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Building Trust—One Gift at a Time
This paper reports an experiment evaluating the effect of gift giving on building trust. We have nested our explorations in the standard version of the investment game.
Radovan Vadovič +2 more
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Gift-Giving as a Conversion Device in Online Marketplaces
The social foundations of the platform economy stand at the forefront of academic research in economic sociology, communication, and organization studies.
Asaf Darr
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The culture of gifting with the emergence of online tourism experiential gift-giving
Purpose: This study aims to explore the evolution of the culture agapic (personal) gift-giving with the advent of new online gifting platforms that provide the opportunity to gift tourism experiences.
Bec, A, Gardiner, S
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Gift-giving, Love Styles, and Sacrifice: An Analysis Among Romantic Partners
Going beyond analyzing gift-giving from a single love perspective, this paper aimed to understand the gift-giving from the love types experienced in romantic relationships, investigating the frequency, the reasons for the act of giving gifts among ...
Francisco Vicente Sales Melo (8183142) +3 more
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The Coming of the Corporate Gift [PDF]
Corporate gifts - from philanthropic donations to individual reward schemes –attract considerable attention from scholars for the kinds of moral, economic and political logics that motivate them.
Jamie Cross, Cross, Jamie
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Austere kindness or mindless austerity: the efects of gift-giving to beggars in east London
The current austerity policies in the United Kingdom are creating a precarious situation for many people on the margins of society. Employing micro-level ethnographic analysis, this article addresses how government decisions affect people living on the ...
Johannes Lenhard
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