Topic 1：Property Right Approach After skimming through the abstract and conclusion points of the listed material for the first topic The Property Rights Approach‚ I chose the famous book Firms‚ Contracts‚ and Financial Structure for further study. This book provides a framework for thinking about economic relationships and institutions such as firms. The basic argument is that in a world of incomplete contracts‚ institutional arrangements are designed to allocate power among agents. It points out
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2 The Economic Approach: Property Rights‚ Externalities‚ and Environmental Problems The charming landscape which I saw this morning‚ is indubitably made up of some twenty or thirty farms. Miller owns this field‚ Locke that‚ and Manning the woodland beyond. But none of them owns the landscape. There is a property in the horizon which no man has but he whose eye can integrate all the parts‚ that is‚ the poet. This is the best part of these men’s farms‚ yet to this their land deeds give them no title
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Why do organizations experience resistance to change? What techniques can managers use to overcome resistance? If we want things to stay as they are‚ things will have to change. (Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa. II Gattopardo 1958). More and more organizations have come to accept that as the external environment changes they need to adapt in order to stay competitive. Organizational change may be necessary to retain a competitive edge in the ever changing economic dynamics. A manager or leaders
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and make this world a better habitat; except‚ embracing the entire world as a venture can undeniably be a tremendous task. How can a task of such significance and magnitude be initiated? And‚ what can one person with simple resources effectively do? Certainly‚ there are things that we can do to help build a better world because the end results are rewarding. But‚ with all that said‚ we must ask the question‚ "What is wrong with the world"? It is impossible to contribute to improving the world if you
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Understanding corporate value: managing and reporting intellectual capital Intellectual capital Contents 1 Introduction 4 2 Definitions of intellectual capital 6 2.1 2.2 Classifications of intellectual capital Why is intellectual capital so difficult to measure? 3 IC measurement 8 Generic models 3.1 Balanced scorecard 3.2 Performance prism 3.3 Knowledge assets map approach Individual company models 3.4 The Skandia navigator 3.5 Ericsson’s cockpit communicator
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Autumn Gabrielson Image Analysis WBIS 019 Professor Deering 11/5/12 We Can Do It! “All the day long whether rain or shine‚ She’s a part of the assembly line‚ She’s making history‚ working for victory‚ Rosie the Riveter.” These are a few lyrics from Redd Evans and John Jacob Loeb’s “Rosie the Riveter” song. This song came out in 1942‚ and was the first time the term Rosie the Riveter was used. Representing the women who worked in factories during WWII‚ Rosie is a cultural icon of the U.S. Many
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Q.How to shape behavior of manager in an organization. * Attempt to mold individuals by guiding their learning in graduated steps. * Systematically reinforcing each successive step that moves an individual closer to the desired response. * There are four ways to shape behavior such as: (1) Positive Reinforcement (2) Negative Reinforcement (3) Punishment (4) Extinction (1) Positive Reinforcement According to Skinner’s terminology‚ any form of incentives such
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Pharmaceutical companies have a responsibility to distribute drugs to developing countries at low cost‚ as failure to do so means millions of people are sick or dying unnecessarily. Discounted prices make political‚ economic‚ and‚ most importantly‚ moral sense. Although ninety-five percent of people living with HIV/AIDS are in developing countries‚ the impact of this epidemic is global. In South Africa‚ where one in four adults are living with the disease‚ HIV/AIDS means almost certain death
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Environment - how can you help protect it? Our planet is in trouble! Almost every day we seem to hear of yet another problem affecting the environment - and what a list of problems! - pollution‚ acid rain‚ climate change‚ the destruction of rainforests and other wild habitats‚ the decline and extinction of thousands of species of animals and plants....and so on. Nowadays‚ most of us know that these threats exist and that humans have caused them. Many of us are very worried about the future of our
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Describe the Role of the Artist in Politics We can do it by J. Howard Miller Over the centuries women have fought to play a major role in society‚ in our path to gender equality we have employed many tools. During WWII an image came back to inspire women and set a new direction;which was the case of J.Howard Miller’s poster “We can do it”. This posterpromoted self- empowerment‚ feminism andinpiration for political figures‚this image made a significant contribution during time of chaos. It was
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