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The impact of tournament incentives on corporate credit repair: Evidence from China. [PDF]
PLoS ONEThis study investigates the impact of tournament incentives on corporate credit repair and re-repair. Drawing on tournament and agency theory, respectively, we argue that tournament incentives improve corporate credit repair and re-repair by motivating ...
Jianxiu Wang +3 more
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Effects of Rule Modifications on the Quality and Manner of Technical Skill Execution in Youth Volleyball [PDF]
SportsThe aim was to assess the effect of changes in both the net height and the court size, as well as serve limitations on the manner of execution of the technical-tactical actions in youth volleyball.
José M. Palao +3 more
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Sport fans’ self-esteem and supporting the team that won over the favorite [PDF]
Frontiers in Sports and Active LivingResearch purposeMost often, when their favorite team loses, sports fans are disappointed by the outcome and hostile to the winning team. However, in the tournaments, they also sometimes voice their support for the team that eliminated their favorite. The
Endzhe Takemura +2 more
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Criteria for internal fixed points existence of discrete dynamic Lotka–Volterra systems with homogeneous tournaments [PDF]
Известия высших учебных заведений: Прикладная нелинейная динамика, 2022 Purpose of the work is to study the dynamics of the asymptotic behavior of trajectories of discrete Lotka–Volterra dynamical systems with homogeneous tournaments operating in an arbitrary (m − 1)-dimensional simplex.
Eshmamatova, Dilfuza Bakhromovna +2 more
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Games, 2023 A multi-tournament environment is analyzed, focusing on the impact of organizer market structure on agent entry behavior. Two high ability agents first decide which tournament to enter (with fields then filled by low ability agents).
Timothy Mathews +2 more
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Fostering Programming Practice through Games
Information, 2020 Loss of motivation is one of the most prominent concerns in programming education as it negatively impacts time dedicated to practice, which is crucial for novice programmers.
José Carlos Paiva +2 more
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Journal of Indonesian Economy and Business, 2023 Introduction/Main Objectives: This research integrates the self-categorization and contagion theories to analyze faultlines due to a decentralization system.
Frida Fanani Rohma +2 more
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A Quantum Annealing Bat Algorithm for Node Localization in Wireless Sensor Networks
Sensors, 2023 Node localization in two-dimensional (2D) and three-dimensional (3D) space for wireless sensor networks (WSNs) remains a hot research topic. To improve the localization accuracy and applicability, we first propose a quantum annealing bat algorithm (QABA)
Shujie Yu, Jianping Zhu, Chunfeng Lv
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A tournament, not a competition
Проект Байкал, 2023 On May 27, 2023, the jubilee V Tournament of Architectural Graphics “Line of Thought”, established by the Iakov Chernikhov International Foundation in 2018, was held within the framework of the XXVIII International Exhibition of Architecture and Design “
Елена Григорьева +1 more
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Nordina: Nordic Studies in Science Education, 2017 Since 1993, Swedish technical universities have engaged 15-year-old students and their teachers in the annual tournament “Teknikåttan” (technology for students in school year eight), which is aimed at increasing students’ interest in STEM (science ...
Lena Gumaelius, Tanja Kramer Nymark
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