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Industrial Marketing Management 32 (2003) 187 – 198 Electronic transportation marketplaces: a transaction cost perspective Thomas J. Goldsbya‚*‚ James A. Eckertb‚1 a Fisher College of Business‚ The Ohio State University‚ 554 Fisher Hall‚ 2100 Neil Avenue‚ Columbus‚ OH 43210‚ USA b Haworth College of Business‚ Western Michigan University‚ Kalamazoo‚ MI‚ USA Abstract Electronic transportation marketplaces (ETMs) are Internet-based mechanisms that match buyers and sellers of transportation
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Resolutions “Man is a rational animal who always loses his temper when he is called upon to act in accordance with the dictates of reason.” As seen from Oscar Wilde’s famous quote‚ rationality is one of the most crucial and controversial subjects in studying human behavior. To study and examine this rationality‚ numerous scholars have tried to establish their own theories and generalize their explanation with empirical evidences from real world‚ which ultimately produces so called‚ the theory
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Kenneth Studebaker Mrs. Halpin Lit. 11/12 11-24-09 The Oresteia The Oresteia‚ written by playwright Aeschylus‚ is a trilogy about the fall of the House of Atreus. Throughout The Oresteia‚ Aeschylus shows that it is personal responsibility and rationality rather than Fate that determines a person’s experience. This is shown at many various times‚ like when the Furies decide to change from their role as Furies to the Eumenides‚ Orestes‚ also does not kill Clytaemnestra simply because he is predetermined
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Berelson‚ Lazarsfeld‚ and McPhee all evaluate a voter’s ideal requirements and how realistic they are. V.O. Key‚ Jr questions what makes a voter vote for a certain candidate. They have similar views on voter concepts and theories and how some can be unrealistic and confusing. They both use examples of the perfect voter‚ as evidence to back up their conclusions and to also compare the voter behavior. Each article shows similar stands when the democratic system is concerned. But their thoughts differentiate
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Great ideas like-Democracy‚ Liberty‚ fraternity‚ rationality had their advent in the western culture that have surely proved good for India and boosted. Her strength. For most of the Indian public perception‚ western culture is just a set of western clothes‚ discos‚ parties and other things that are ’hostile to morality’‚ but in reality western culture totally embodies another realm as opposed to the popular view. One shouldn’t say it straightaway that bikinis‚ jeans‚ pornography is all that western
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serious problem today because an enlightened and alive moral sense is hard to find in today’s economically rational world. According to R.W.Fevre; in secular societies such as America‚ morality has been hollowed out by common sense and economic rationality; only its façade remains‚ deceiving for its presence . In Economically enlightened society’s prostitution as a profession (low skill and high pay) provides an economically feasible alternative to an economically inefficient procreational method
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1. INTRODUCTION General Motors is a motor vehicle company in the United States that started manufacturing in 1915. The purpose of this report is to examine the decisions that were made within the company‚ in the lead up to their financial crisis in 1991. In the years preceding this downfall‚ the CEO Robert Smith made several decisions that contributed to the declining financial status of General Motors. Consequently‚ when Smith retired‚ the Black Swan Event of America’s recession left the next
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power to decide and must vote unanimously either guilty or not guilty and this forms the precedent for an epic battle. The authority bestowed upon these men is defined by many themes such as the struggle between subjectivity and rationality. One must understand rationality before they can comprehend why it is at the heart of righteous judgement. It is perceived as the sense of ruling that is right or just based on logic. Power conversely can be misused due to
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Elites and the Masses There are many theories pertaining to the nature of power in society. In modern society‚ it is important to identify where and when power is exercised‚ who benefits and who suffers from it being exerted upon them. In this tradition‚ it is useful to examine the managerialist perspective. Managerialism focuses on organizations as the basis‚ or unit of analysis of society‚ to which all other aspects of society are subordinate to. These organizations use their resources
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