Institutional Theories and International Development [PDF]
Global Justice : Theory Practice Rhetoric, 1970 A recent trend in international development circles is ‘New Institutionalism’. In a slogan, the idea is just that good institutions matter. The slogan itself is so innocuous as to be hardly worth comment. But the push to improve institutional quality has the potential to have a much less innocuous impact on aid efforts and other aspects of ...
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When does privatization spur entrepreneurial performance? The moderating effect of institutional quality in an emerging market [PDF]
arXiv, 2019 We explore how institutional quality moderates the effectiveness of privatization on entrepreneurs sales performance. To do this, we blend agency theory and entrepreneurial cognition theory with insights from institutional economics to develop a model of emerging market venture performance.
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Theoreticians at the Physical-Technical Institute (To the centennial of the Ioffe Institute) [PDF]
arXiv, 2018 Dedicated to the centenary of the Ioffe Institute, the article contains the shortest review of scientific achievements of the theorists of the institute during this time. We concentrate mainly on research in the field of elementary particle physics, astrophysics, nuclear theory and atoms.
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On the Institutional Theory of Art
Prolegomena, 2008 The topic of the article is George Dickie’s institutional theory of art as one of contemporary art theories which purport to answer the “what is art?” question by defining the concept of art in terms of its necessary and sufficient conditions ...
Ivan Parascic
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Sports Management. From Institutionalism to Research [PDF]
GeoSport for Society, 2015 Throughout the entire period of the 20th century, management has developed both as a concept and as a general spread in all fields of activity. In the present, regardless of the area of activity, we cannot speak about forecasting, development and ...
Sorin D. BUHAŞ
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Connecting abstract logics and adjunctions in the theory of ($π$-)institutions: some theoretical remarks and applications [PDF]
arXiv, 2020 In the present work, a natural sequel to \cite{MaPi1}, we further discuss the existence of adjunctions between categories of institutions and of $\pi$-institutions. This is done at both a foundational and an applied level. Firstly, we reformulate and conceptually clarify such adjunctions in terms of the $2$-categorical data involved in the construction
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Self-consistent calculations of quadrupole moments of the first 2+ states in Sn and Pb isotopes [PDF]
, 2011 A method of calculating static moments of excited states and transitions between excited states is formulated for non-magic nuclei within the Green function formalism. For these characteristics, it leads to a noticeable difference from the standard QRPA approach.
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A Lipsetian theory of institutional change [PDF]
, 2015 The paper addresses the role of education policies for institutional change. Our paradigmatic model consists of an autocratic elite and a mass of handto- mouth workers. The elite has full political and economic control. First, it anticipates and can avoid revolutionary threats through income redistribution.
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A systematic literature review on the determinants of sustainability reporting systems
Heliyon, 2023 In the last decade, the use of sustainability reporting as a tool for communicating and reporting on the performance of sustainability objectives by companies has led to a growing awareness of its value and development in the corporate world.
Marco Benvenuto +2 more
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Allocation of risk capital in a cost cooperative game induced by a modified Expected Shortfall [PDF]
arXiv, 2016 The standard theory of coherent risk measures fails to consider individual institutions as part of a system which might itself experience instability and spread new sources of risk to the market participants. In compliance with an approach adopted by Shapley and Shubik (1969), this paper proposes a cooperative market game where agents and institutions ...
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