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Military Spending and Development [PDF]

This paper considers the link between arms spending and economic growth for developing countries, in particular whether high spending on arms is likely to have a negative effect on economic growth and what benefits that might be gained by reducing it ...
Mehmet Uye, J Paul Dunne
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Fritz Scheffer Under National Socialism: Assessing His Political Involvement

Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Aims This article examines the role of soil scientist Fritz Scheffer (1899–1979) under National Socialism and offers a critical assessment of his scientific, institutional, and political positioning between 1933 and 1945. It asks how Scheffer shaped his career within the tension between disciplinary specialization, political expectations, and ...
Jan Arend
wiley   +1 more source

Anthony Shea Interview

, 2005
MAJ Anthony Shea served in the Air Force from 1985-1994 as a security forces specialist, was an officer with the chief computer support section, wide area network program manager, internet protocol engineer, chief military telephone command and control ...
Shea, Anthony
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How Does Entrepreneurs' Grit Predict Effectual Decision‐Making?

Strategic Change, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Entrepreneurs' grit is one of the most relevant predictors of new venture performance. We investigate whether the “stubbornness” of entrepreneurs' grit negatively relates to their effectual decision‐making abilities. Understanding the underlying mechanisms is relevant because the effectual decision‐making abilities of founders are crucial for ...
Kris Gericke, Andrea Greven, Malte Brettel   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Cadets at military drill, ca. 1907

, 1907
Cadet company at military drill, on bricks outside of ...

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Managing Strategically in Public Procurement: Dynamic Capabilities, Set‐Asides, and Contract Outcomes

Strategic Change, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT A key challenge in public procurement management is balancing equity and efficiency in government procurement. Based on longitudinal data on more than 120,000 US federal service and construction contracts awarded between 2008 and 2018 across over 500 federal agencies, we examine how agency‐level dynamic capabilities shape the performance of ...
Matilde Cappelletti, Leonardo M. Giuffrida, Sohvi Heaton, Donald Siegel   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Regulations of the Virginia Military Institute, 1848

Regulations for the Corps of Cadets of the Virginia Military Institute. These regulations governed all aspects of cadet life.
Virginia Military Institute
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Military Expenditure and Debt in South America [PDF]

The debt crisis that struck South American countries in the 1980s led to severe recession, and chronic economic problems. This paper considers one potentially important contributor to the growth of external debt, namely military spending.
Sam Perlo-Freeman, Aylin Soydan, J Paul Dunne   +2 more
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Avoiding “Failure of Foresight” or Tunnel Vision Requires a Multi‐Paradigmatic Strategic Decision‐Making Approach

Strategic Change, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper considers the tensions between different organizational strategic decision‐making approaches at various levels of uncertainty. Of particular focus are the mechanisms for defaulting to lower uncertainty, from the Cynefin framework's unordered chaotic and complex domains to the more ordered complicated and obvious domains.
Richard J. Logan, Robert Y. Cavana, Bronwyn E. Howell, Ian Yeoman   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Military Training, Grenade Toss, ca. 1925

, 1925
Military training on the Parade Ground - grenade ...
Underwood & Underwood, Washington, DC (photographer);
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