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A Model of Strategic Delegation in Contests between Groups [PDF]
We analyze a contest between two groups where group members have differing valuations for the contested rent. Generically the pivotal group member with the median valuation of the rent will not act himself but will want to send a group member that has ...
Florian Englmaier, Stefan Brandauer
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Managers factors in delegating work tasks to associates
Management cannot do all work tasks alone, but with the help and cooperation of its associates. Managers have to delegate some work tasks to their employees. Which work tasks managers will delegate depends on the manager's judgment. Trust is indispensable in the manager's decision to delegate work tasks to his colleagues.
Miklošević, Ivana +2 more
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Nothing to See Here: Researching Non‐Recent Child Abuse in Schools and the Politics of Silence
ABSTRACT While institutions, including schools, have responsibilities to protect children from harm, responses to instances of child sexual abuse have often exhibited avoidance and denial. Recent public inquiries in Australia revealed that some institutions, particularly in the Catholic sector, employed a deliberate strategy of silence which was used ...
John Crowley +2 more
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The December 1st unification acts: Goals and deviations [PDF]
The December 1st acts for the unification of South Slavs in a common state represented the end of the realization of the great idea of unification and the beginning of the process of the dissolution of the new state.
Ranđelović Nebojša V., Mitić Sara I.
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Modern programming paradigms heavily rely on the concept of parallel programming and multi-threading. As a consequence, it has been possible to observe an increase in the need to efficiently communicate, synchronize and share data structures between ...
Claudio Montanari (9908475)
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Active reactance in electro‐thermal memristors emerges intrinsically from rapid thermal switching of device resistance, linking current‐controlled and voltage‐controlled negative differential resistance to neuronal spiking dynamics. Opposing temperature coefficients of resistance give rise to active inductive or capacitive responses, enabling tunable ...
Fatme Jardali +4 more
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The power of delegation: Allowing workers to choose their wage [PDF]
This paper analyzes the effect of delegation on the employees’ performance in an experimental gift exchange game where employers may allow workers to choose their own wage.
Juan Antonio Lacomba +4 more
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Guiding and Manipulating Light Fields in Microstructured Liquid Crystals
This review summarizes recent advances in guided‐wave optics enabled by microstructured liquid crystal (LC) devices, covering their fundamental material properties, key degree of freedom for dynamic light field manipulations. The advances of linear guided‐wave optics, nonlinear‐optics with spatial optical solitons, and microlasers in LC‐based devices ...
Shan‐shan Chang +2 more
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INFORMATION GATHERING, DELEGATED CONTRACTING AND CORPORATE HIERARCHIES [PDF]
In a typical corporate hierarchy, the manager is delegated the authority to make strategic decisions, and to contract with other employees. We study when such delegation can be optimal.
Chongwoo Choe, In-Uck Park
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ABSTRACT In this paper we report on faunal remains recovered from a legacy archaeological excavation undertaken in the rockshelter entrance of Waribruk (New Guinea II Cave), a GunaiKurnai site located on the west bank of the Snowy River, East Gippsland, southeastern Australia.
Matthew C. McDowell +7 more
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