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Information disclosure and questionnaires in public tenders
The Scandinavian Journal of Economics, EarlyView.Abstract Public tenders typically involve uncertainty and unforeseen costs, which might not be fully known to the bidders themselves. This uncertainty may also concern adaptation costs to the procurer after the delivery, and information about such adaptation costs may influence the bidding strategies, even though the cost is paid by the procurer ...
Thomas Greve, Hans Keiding
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A greve nos serviços essenciais [PDF]
, 2014 O presente trabalho versa sobre o direito de greve, mais especificamente com foco na temática que trata dos serviços e atividades essenciais. Como um direito debatido em nível mundial, buscou-se fazer uma pesquisa histórica do direito de greve tanto no ...
Freitas, Paulo Leandro O. de
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Social Policy &Administration, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Fiscal–occupational welfare is becoming an increasingly important feature of social protection systems and state–business relations in Europe, reflecting a broader trend towards outsourcing public functions to private actors. In Italy, the 2016 and 2017 Stability Laws significantly expanded its scope and relevance.
Marcello Natili, Matteo Jessoula
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More of the Same? Institutional Stability and Change in Contemporary Welfare States
Social Policy &Administration, EarlyView.ABSTRACT While there has been a longstanding debate on welfare state retrenchment and convergence, welfare states have mostly been perceived to continuously diverge along previously established lines. This stability is commonly ascribed to institutional legacies and policy feedback.
Sebastian Sirén, Riccardo Corti
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Topics in Cognitive Science, EarlyView.Abstract Recent studies suggest that learners who are asked to predict the outcome of an event learn more than learners who are asked to evaluate it retrospectively or not at all. One possible explanation for this “prediction boost” is that it helps learners engage metacognitive reasoning skills that may not be spontaneously leveraged, especially for ...
Joseph A. Colantonio +4 more
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Topics in Cognitive Science, EarlyView.Abstract Hunter‐gatherers faced the survival threat of confusing edible mushrooms with their poisonous twins, imposing selection pressure on those who failed to detect subtle visual differences. Grounded in the ancestral priorities framework, which posits that the human mind is adapted to handle prehistoric challenges, we investigated whether humans ...
Roman Abel
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Creativity Under Pressure: A Case Study of Drug Cartel Innovation
The Journal of Creative Behavior, Volume 60, Issue 4, December 2026.ABSTRACT This article examines drug cartels as creative, innovation‐driven organizations rather than solely violent criminal enterprises. Building on creativity research applied to terrorist groups, we use a qualitative case study approach—drawing from news reports, official documents, open‐source materials, and academic work—to analyze 10 cases of ...
Isaac J. Moelter +3 more
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South African Journal of Economics, Volume 94, Issue 4, December 2026.ABSTRACT This paper synthesizes causal evidence on the transition from traditional biomass to improved cookstoves and modern fuels like LPG and electricity. Although literature identifies liquidity, gender and information as primary barriers to adoption, uncertainty remains regarding usage intensity and technological persistence.
Yonas Alem
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Hippocampus, Volume 36, Issue 6, November 2026.ABSTRACT Mnemonic discrimination—the ability to distinguish between existing memories and similar new inputs—supports accurate memory in the face of interference (e.g., in a card game, recognizing that the card you are currently seeing, the King of Hearts, is distinct from the King of Diamonds you encountered earlier in the same hand).
Min Sung Seo +4 more
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Deepening the real options debate: Real options as dynamic optimization
Strategic Management Journal, Volume 47, Issue 11, Page 2823-2870, November 2026.Abstract Research Summary Is real option theory useful for management research? This topic was hotly debated two decades ago. Real options were said to be inapplicable to management research and to lack conceptual distinctiveness. Whereas responses to the claim about the non‐distinctiveness of real options were disparate, the concern about the theory's
Arkadiy V. Sakhartov +2 more
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