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Abstract A substantial body of literature has considered warfare a fundamental driver of fiscal capacity. We argue that the nature of the tax base available to governments can either foster or constrain the ability and incentives of central elites to impose their legitimacy once the war is over.
Oriol Sabaté, José Peres‐Cajías
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Internal versus external CSR practices: The trade‐off in family firms
Abstract Firms face the challenge of choosing between corporate social responsibility (CSR) practices aimed at different stakeholders (internal and external). Striking the right balance is particularly complex in family firms (FFs), in which CSR practices become a vehicle to express their identity.
Pilar Rivera‐Franco+2 more
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Using real-time truck transportation information to predict customer rejections and refrigeration-system fuel efficiency in packaged salad distribution [PDF]
Thesis (M. Eng. in Logistics)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Engineering Systems Division, 2011.Cataloged from PDF version of thesis.Includes bibliographical references (p.
Marks, Emmanuel+1 more
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ABSTRACT Soybean plants are one of the most cultivated legume crops worldwide. Their ability to establish nitrogen‐fixing symbiosis with rhizobium bacteria allows the reduction of molecular nitrogen to ammonium, contributing to a reduction in the dependence on nitrogen fertilizers.
María Isabel Rubia+2 more
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Femininities and Masculinities in Highly Skilled Migration : Peruvian Graduates’ Narratives of Employment Transitions and Binational Marriages in Switzerland [PDF]
Biographic research about migrant’s gender identities grasps tendencies of normativity change chronologically and transnationally. Transition to employment stories of Peruvian graduates from Swiss universities evoke continuities and changes in ...
Seminario, Romina
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Maddison‐style estimates of the evolution of the world economy: A new 2023 update
Abstract This paper surveys the literature on historical national accounting, discusses the importance of relative income benchmarks for, in particular, historical income estimates, and presents an update of long run global economic development with a new version of the Maddison Project Database (MPD).
Jutta Bolt, Jan Luiten van Zanden
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This is to review some recent progress in PDE. The emphasis is on (energy) supercritical nonlinear Schr\"odinger equations. The methods are applicable to other nonlinear equations.Comment: This is an invited contribution to Milan J.
Wang, Wei-Min
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Abstract This article discusses the relationship between women and their garments by examining written, visual, and material sources about dress drawn from the historical records of the Malatesta family. The objective of this research is to understand whether women of this House had any degree of autonomy regarding the garments that they chose to ‘self‐
Elisa Tosi Brandi
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The japanese technology system [PDF]
L'obiettivo del seminario è stato quello di approfondire un tema di grande attualità quale è quello dei percorsi di sviluppo tecnologico seguiti dal sistema industriale giapponese; percorsi che hanno consentito a questo Paese di raggiungere in pochi ...
Westney, Eleonor
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Current State of Professionalism Curriculum in Oral Health Education
ABSTRACT Aim The aim of this study was to systematically review the relevant literature on teaching professionalism in dental curricula and report the relevant data from a survey of members of the Association for Dental Education in Europe (ADEE) on the topic.
Melanie Nasseripour+5 more
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