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The contribution of the humanities to the theory and practice of public administration in the 21st century

open access: yesAustralian Journal of Public Administration, EarlyView.
Abstract This Forum Article integrates a range of four contributions which are all underpinned by the conviction that the rediscovery of the humanities may be beneficial to the field of public administration. The first piece examines the contribution that philosophy, as a key discipline of the humanities, can provide to the field of public ...
Edoardo Ongaro   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Does Customization Promote Innovation? Evidence From Knowledge‐intensive Business Service Firms

open access: yesBritish Journal of Management, EarlyView.
Abstract The relationship between customization and innovation remains unclear in existing research. Customization requires firms to gain in‐depth knowledge of clients and the product attributes they need, and such knowledge is typically seen as vital for successful innovation.
Panos Desyllas   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Shameful or shameless? Anxieties about mothers and women's autonomy on the Central African Copperbelt, 1956–1964

open access: yesGender &History, EarlyView.
Abstract This article deals with anxiety about and the shaming of modern urban mothers and wives on the mines of the late colonial Central African Copperbelt. Women's various labours and public presence lead to ambivalent depictions, such as the ‘careless mother’, that were part of a broader array of anxieties about women's autonomy on the mines ...
Stephanie Lämmert
wiley   +1 more source

The predatory behavior of ants: an impressive panoply of morphological adaptations

open access: yesInsect Science, EarlyView.
This review focuses on predation in ants, showing the wide diversity of cases from solitary foraging to group hunting tactics, as well as the evolution of mandible shape frequently adapted to capture specific prey. Although most ants are generalist feeders, finding their sugary substances directly on plants or indirectly via sap‐sucking insects, some ...
Alain Dejean   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Myopia, redistribution and pensions [PDF]

open access: yes
This paper reviews a number of recent contributions that study pension design with myopic individuals. Its objective is to explore how the presence of more or less myopic individuals affects pension design when individuals differ also in productivity ...
CREMER, Helmuth, PESTIEAU, Pierre
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Endogenous Technology Spillovers in R&D Collaboration Networks

open access: yesThe RAND Journal of Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We introduce an R&D network formation model where firms choose both R&D efforts and collaboration partners. Neighbors in the network benefit from each other's R&D through technology spillovers, and there exists competition effects reflecting strategic substitutability in R&D.
Chih‐Sheng Hsieh   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

A BRAND TRIANGLE MODEL to AVOID BRANDING MYOPIA [PDF]

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This article takes the metaphor of myopia to explain the most limited vision of brand, understood as the identifying sign of a product. As brand is a sign, we turn to semiotics, the science of signs, in order to apply a model which broadens the concept ...
Ana Côrte-Real, Paulo Lencastre
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