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Accounting &Finance, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study examines how board expertise diversity influences firm performance using a novel machine learning approach to classify directors' professional backgrounds. Drawing on data from Spanish listed firms, we develop multidimensional expertise profiles that capture multiple skills held by each director.
Fernando Hernández‐Atienza +4 more
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Rise of the south: How Arab‐led maritime trade transformed China, 671–1371 CE
Asia‐Pacific Economic History Review, Volume 65, Issue 1, Page 3-38, March 2025.Abstract China's center of socioeconomic activities was in the North prior to the Tang dynasty but is in the South today. We demonstrate that Arab and Persian Muslim traders triggered that transition when they came to China in the late seventh century, by lifting maritime trade along the South Coast and re‐creating the South.
Zhiwu Chen, Zhan Lin, Kaixiang Peng
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The most controversial topics in Wikipedia: A multilingual and geographical analysis
, 2013 We present, visualize and analyse the similarities and differences between the controversial topics related to "edit wars" identified in 10 different language versions of Wikipedia.
Graham, Mark +3 more
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Rulers on the road: Itinerant rule in the Holy Roman Empire, AD 919–1519
American Journal of Political Science, EarlyView.Abstract Itinerant rule, rule exercised through traveling, was a common yet insufficiently researched, premodern form of governance. Studying the determinants of ruler itineraries in the Holy Roman Empire, AD 919–1519, we argue that rulers' visits targeted “marginal” elites.
Carl Müller‐Crepon +3 more
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De Facto Adoption of Blog and Wikipedia in Research Reporting
Online Academic Journal of Information Technology, 2017 Assessing references in the review process of academic research is a common requirement. One of the criteria in the credibility of the works is to support arguments with solid and peer-reviewed resources from the literature.
Ö. Tolga Pusatlı
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BJU International, EarlyView.Objective To describe the development and validation of the Prostate Cancer Electronic Health (eHealth) Literacy Instrument (P‐CeHLI). This is in response to: (i) a lack of clear and validated eHealth literacy measurement for men with prostate cancer; (ii) the unique information processing, decision making, and digital communication experience of men ...
Stuart Robert Jackson +6 more
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Forum: Qualitative Social ResearchOlaf RAHMSTORF bietet in seinem Buch eine umfassende Analyse der Wikipedia als soziales und technisches Phänomen, das im Kontext der Digitalisierung betrachtet wird.
Tom Kaden
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Cristiano of Arabia: Did Ronaldo increase Saudi Pro League attendances?
Contemporary Economic Policy, Volume 43, Issue 2, Page 260-270, April 2025.Abstract In December 2022, Cristiano Ronaldo, five‐time Ballon d’Or winner and the most‐followed person on Instagram, signed for Al‐Nassr in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. This marked one of several expensive, recent interventions by the kingdom in global sports markets. We exploit the timing of this event to estimate superstar effects.
Dominik Schreyer, Carl Singleton
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Machtvolle Wahrheiten. Diskursive Wissensgenerierung in Wikipedia aus Foucault’scher Perspektive [PDF]
kommunikation@gesellschaft, 2007 Der Beitrag beschäftigt sich mit den diskursiven Prozessen der Wissenskonstitution in Wikipedia. Den theoretischen Rahmen dafür bildet Foucaults Konzept einer ‚genealogischen’ Analyse von Macht/Wissen-Regimen.
Christian Pentzold
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Rich Dad Poor Dad? CEO Private School Background and Firm Risk
European Financial Management, EarlyView.ABSTRACT We examine the effect of CEO childhood socioeconomic status (SES) on firm risk. Using hand‐collected data on US CEOs' private high‐school attendance as proxy for high‐SES, we find that firms led by high‐SES CEOs exhibit 5.35% lower firm risk. This effect diminishes with CEO tenure, analyst coverage, and institutional ownership, consistent with
Yifei Bi, Christos Mavrovitis, Chen Yang
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