Rethinking the contract‐failure theory
American Business Law Journal, EarlyView.Abstract The contract‐failure theory posits that the nonprofit form can be an indicator of high product quality because the nondistribution constraint reduces the nonprofit manager's financial benefits from cheating. This would give nonprofits an advantage over for‐profit firms when consumers cannot determine product quality and thus explains ...
Yumiao Wang
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Between sound and sleep: a perspective on Sonic Sleep Aids. [PDF]
SleepVazzaz J +3 more
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Faith, gender and financial investment: Providence and Presbyterianism in Scotland and abroad
Asia‐Pacific Economic History Review, EarlyView.Abstract Mid‐nineteenth century fictional representations of misdirected investment by widows and clergy position them as ignorant in financial matters and hence pitiable. While scholars have recognised female agency in nineteenth century commerce, insufficient attention has been paid to religious belief in financial decision‐making.
Jennifer Jones, Susan Poole
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Enhancing text-level reading fluency and engagement in immigrant children through a structured singing-based intervention. [PDF]
Front PsycholChoe E, Lee M, Kim SJ.
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A Double Machine Learning Approach to Estimate the Effects of Musical Practice on Student's Skills
, 2018 This study investigates the dose-response effects of making music on youth development. Identification is based on the conditional independence assumption and estimation is implemented using a recent double machine learning estimator.
Knaus, Michael C.
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The McKinleys of Punch: Politics and the Press in Melbourne, 1870s to 1920s
Australian Journal of Politics &History, EarlyView.This article re‐examines the Melbourne Punch (1855–1925; known simply as Punch from 1900) as a political weapon in the cut‐and‐thrust of Victorian, local, and national politics, in the hands of its longest‐serving, but least‐known proprietor, Alexander McKinley (1848–1927).
Richard Scully
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Lady Anne Kerr: From the Rise of International Conference Interpreting to the Whitlam Dismissal
Australian Journal of Politics &History, EarlyView.Before Anne Robson (née Taggart) became the second Lady Kerr upon marrying governor‐general John Kerr in 1975, she had an international career of some 30 years working as a French to English interpreter and consultant at over 30 national and international conferences and became the first Australian elected to the International Association of Conference
Alexis Bergantz
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Exploring the impact of AI-assisted practice applications on music learners' performance, self-efficacy, and self-regulated learning. [PDF]
Front PsycholOu J, Nogueira J, Qin C.
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Who Makes the Far Right? Exploring Membership Application Data of the National Front of Australia
Australian Journal of Politics &History, EarlyView.This paper addresses a problem for scholars examining the question of who supports far right political parties or movements. Due to the semi‐clandestine or oppositional nature of far right groups, historians, as well as those in adjacent disciplines, have often been unable to gain access to sufficient records or data to conduct analysis of who supports
Evan Smith, Lauren Pikó
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Remote intentional music listening intervention to support mental health in individuals with chronic stroke: study protocol for a feasibility trial. [PDF]
BMJ OpenProvias V +11 more
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