has important practical implications for the design of organizational incentive systems. JEL Classi cation: C72, C91, J33 Keywords: Tournaments, Incentives, Economic experiments Max Planck Institute for Economics, Kahlaische Strasse 10, 07745 Jena, Germany. yEberhard Karls Universitat Tubingen, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, Nauklerstrasse 47, 72074 Tubingen, Germany. zThe Hebrew University, Center for the Study of Rationality, Giv'at Ram, Jerusalem 91904, Israel. 1
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March 13, 2013 Imagine walking into your favorite coffee shop, ordering your favorite cup of coffee, finding a comfortable seat, then opening up your laptop to begin working. This scenario is played out thousands of times a day throughout the country and is how some people “go” to work every day. Being able to work from home, hotel, or anywhere you can think of, is telecommuting or teleworking. Decades ago you might not have imagined anyone outside the sales staff being able to work from anywhere
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Entrepreneurship and Small Business Element CW/1 Individual Essay ‘Entrepreneurship is said to benefit society in many ways, however there is also said to be a dark side to entrepreneurship. Drawing on academic literature, consider the downsides of entrepreneurship.’ Introduction Entrepreneurship is portrayed by society and media as a positive concept, often praised for the creation of jobs and innovation. Individual entrepreneurs, such as Steve Jobs and Richard Branson, are idolized and
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Inductive Triple Graphs: A purely functional approach to represent RDF Jose Emilio Labra Gayo1 , Johan Jeuring2 , and Jose María Álvarez Rodríguez3 1 University of Oviedo Spain labra@uniovi.es Utrecht University, Open University of the Netherlands The Netherlands j.t.jeuring@uu.nl 3 South East European Research Center Greece jmalvarez@seerc.org 2 Abstract. RDF is one of the cornerstones of the Semantic Web. It can be considered as a knowledge representation common language based on a graph
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Terrorist Organization the Ku Klux Klan 1 Terrorist Organization the Ku Klux Klan Excelsior College January 10, 2008 Terrorist Organization the Ku Klux Klan 2 Terrorist Organization the Ku Klux Klan The actions of this group have taught many lessons through out the United States, especially in the deep southern states. We will discuss particular cases that created fear and intimidation to an
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Was Germany any closer to being unified by 1849? The period from 1815-1849 is often described as “time period where nothing happened” in terms of unification, this can be seen with Germany remaining divided by 1849. However, throughout this period there was significant steps that both enhanced, and hindered how close Germany was to being unified, these include economic changes with the Prussian customs union, political changes within the congress of Vienna and social changes through the 1848-49
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CHAPTER 20--INCOME TAXATION OF TRUSTS AND ESTATESCHAPTER 20--INCOME TAXATION OF TRUSTS AND ESTATES Student: ___________________________________________________________________________ 1. Tax planning motivations usually are secondary to other objectives in deciding whether to create a trust. True False 2. A trust might be used by one running for a political office. True False 3. Like a corporation, the fiduciary reports and pays its own Federal income tax liability. True
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Case Treppen aus Nord‐ Case ”Treppen aus Nord‐ Nordwegen” g Story Intro • "We must not underestimate the risks of this project. Johannes Stiklestad looked this project " Johannes Stiklestad looked at his in‐law worriedly. Briefly, Per Moen had a slightly annoyed expression, but he controlled himself quickly. He was fully aware that they were talking about a big investment for such a small business, and that the implementation of the project would require great efforts. If it should
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OXFORD REVIEW OF ECONOMIC POLICY, VOL. 14, NO. 2 WHAT’S NEW ABOUT THE NEW ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY? PAUL KRUGMAN Massachusetts Institute of Technology Since 1990 a new genre of research, often described as the ‘new economic geography’, has emerged. It differs from traditional work in economic geography mainly in adopting a modelling strategy that exploits the same technical tricks that have played such a large role in the ‘new trade’ and ‘new growth’ theories; these modelling tricks, while they
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Karl Heinrich Marx Submitted to: Mr. Felipe Submitted by: Eugenio, Marquiel Ivan M. II-2BSBA Philosophy BIOGRAPHY Karl Heinrich Marx was one of nine children born to Heinrich and Henrietta Marx in Trier, Prussia. His father was a successful lawyer who revered Kant and Voltaire, and was a passionate activist for Prussian reform. Although both parents were Jewish with rabbinical ancestry, Karl’s father converted to Christianity in 1816 at the age of 35. This was likely a professional concession
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