Constant Capital and the Crisis in Contemporary Capitalism: Echoes from the Late Nineteenth Century [PDF]
Because constant capital involves irreversible decisions, understanding this subject is essential for coming to grips with the complexity of the economy, especially crisis theory.
Michael Perelman
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Assessing the potential for reopening a building stone quarry : Newbigging Sandstone Quarry, Fife [PDF]
, 2009 Newbigging Sandstone Quarry in Fife is one of a number of former quarries in the Burntisland- Aberdour district which exploited the pale-coloured Grange Sandstone from Lower Carboniferous rocks.
Albornoz-Parra, Luis J. +2 more
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Injuries in deep time: interpreting competitive behaviours in extinct reptiles via palaeopathology
Biological Reviews, EarlyView.ABSTRACT For over a century, palaeopathology has been used as a tool for understanding evolution, disease in past communities and populations, and to interpret behaviour of extinct taxa. Physical traumas in particular have frequently been the justification for interpretations about aggressive and even competitive behaviours in extinct taxa.
Maximilian Scott +3 more
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Genre Painting and Portraiture: On the Boundary Between Genres [PDF]
Художественная культураThe article highlights a trend in Russian and Western painting concerning the boundaries between genre and portraiture. In the article the author refers to such pieces of art as a mixed ‘everyday genre with portraiture’, though some other definitions are
Samokhin Aleksandr
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If only I could sack you! Management turnover and performance in large German Banks between 1874 and 1913 [PDF]
We analyze the relation of firm performance and managerial turnover in 19th century German banking by probit estimation. This period covers a major reform of corporate governance. Before the reform performance and turnover are unrelated, wheras after the
Carsten Burhop, Christian Bayer
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Teachers and Their Work in the Voluntary Associations of the Eastern Siberian Cities in the Late 19th Century [PDF]
, 2016 Session: VI-B: Organizations and Identity. Presenter: Dr. Anna Raskin, Montgomery County Community College - "Teachers and Their Work in the Voluntary Associations of the Eastern Siberian Cities in the Late 19th Century"
Raskin, Anna
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The impacts of biological invasions
Biological Reviews, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The Anthropocene is characterised by a continuous human‐mediated reshuffling of the distributions of species globally. Both intentional and unintentional introductions have resulted in numerous species being translocated beyond their native ranges, often leading to their establishment and subsequent spread – a process referred to as biological
Phillip J. Haubrock +42 more
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Mass Migration, Commodity Market Integration and Real Wage Convergence: The Late Nineteenth Century Atlantic Economy [PDF]
As part of a process that has been at work since 1850, real wages among the current OECD countries converged during the late 19th century. The convergence was pronounced as that which we have seen in the post World War Il period.
Jeffrey G, Williamson +2 more
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Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Circular economy (CE) is increasingly adopted by the manufacturing industry to decouple economic growth from environmental impacts by optimizing resource use and minimizing waste generation. Nevertheless, circular manufacturing often triggers systemic responses that diminish or offset their potential environmental gains, resulting in the so ...
Mariantonietta Ferrante +2 more
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