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		<title><![CDATA[Audio Vs. Chat: The Effects Of Group Size On Media Choice]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=316360]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[The increasing usage of audio and chat communication in private and commercial cooperative settings requires new insight into choosing the appropriate media for collaborative tasks. The paper presents the results of two series of experiments comparing audio and chat communication with varying group sizes. The experimental data indicates that chat...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Dec 2006 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Entrepreneurship As A Non-Profit-Seeking Activity]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=282182]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[It is typically assumed that people engage in entrepreneurship because there are profits to be made. In contrast to this view, this paper argues that entrepreneurship is more adequately characterized as a non-profit-seeking activity. Evidence from a broad range of authors and academic fields is discussed showing that entrepreneurship does...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Sep 2006 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Pricing Of Corporate And Portfolio Securities In Buyer-Supplier Networks]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=277051]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[The paper investigates how buyer-supplier firm-specific relationships affect security prices. Starting from the empirical inconsistencies associated with some standard structural models we proposes a structural model of firm dependence in a variety connected network of firms based on cash flow transfers between the buyers and the suppliers. We prove that...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Jun 2006 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Foreign Direct Investment And R&D Offshoring]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=312629]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[This paper analyzes a two-country model of Foreign Direct Investment FDI. Two firms, each of which is originally situated in only one of the countries, first decide whether to build a plant in the foreign country. Then, they decide whether to relocate R&D activities. Finally, they engage in product-market competition....]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Jun 2006 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Equity And Efficiency Under Imperfect Credit Markets]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=312763]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Macroeconomic research discusses credit market imperfections as a key channel through which inequality retards growth. Limited borrowing prevents the less affluent individuals from investing the efficient amount, and the inefficiencies are considered to become stronger as inequality rises. This paper, though, argues that higher inequality may actually boost aggregate output...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Apr 2006 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Deductible or Co-Insurance: Which Is the Better Insurance Contract Under Adverse Selection?]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=122403]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[This paper contributes to the discussion on optimal insurance. It analyzes two basic forms of insurance contracts: A contract with a deductible and a contract imposing a positive co-insurance rate. Since high risks can always self-reveal themselves as high risks and buy the optimal insurance contract at high risks' premiums...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Oct 2004 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Calculating Tragedy: Assessing the Costs of Terrorism]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=237021]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[This paper aims to show that the damage done by terrorism can be empirically measured. In recent years, economic scholars have analyzed the effects terrorist acts have on various aspects of the economy and society. The paper briefly discuss how the extent of terrorism is measured and the most important...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Sep 2004 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Accrual Budgeting - Lessons Learned From the Harmonised Accounting Model (HAM) in the Light of IPSAS]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=235342]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[In Switzerland the cantons and local governments have been using a modified accrual model that includes budgeting for almost 20 years. This so-called Harmonised Accounting Model HAM has recently been evaluated in the light of IPSAS by a research project of "Adminet" the National Network of Excellence in Public Management....]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Aug 2004 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[A Primer In Strategic Outsourcing]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=313887]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[The notion of an organisation's 'Strategy' seems to be defined very broadly. If a decision or an action is considered as being 'Strategic', this may mean that it involves the selection of an organisation's goals, that it affects the organisation beyond the short run (i.e. it concerns long-term issues), that...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Feb 2004 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[A Case Study Of IPO Valuation]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=316245]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[The valuation and pricing of an in Initial Public Offer IPO is always a difficult and contentious issue. Trying to gauge market sentiment and setting a price that does not spell disaster in terms of the desired objectives is a real challenge. Typically, IPOs will be valued using a variety...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Aug 2003 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Fund of Hedge Funds- Market trend Analysis]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=105530]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[This paper documents the growth of the global fund of hedge funds FOHFs market over the last decade. It includes illustrations of the total size of the hedge fund and fund of hedge funds markets, the expansion of FOHFs over time, and the market share of FOHFs and other hedge...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 May 2002 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Market Selection and Survival of Investment Strategies]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=133319]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[The paper analyzes the process of market selection of investment strategies in an incomplete market of short-lived assets. In the model understudy, asset payoffs depend on exogenous random factors. Market participants use dynamic investment strategies taking account of available information about current and previous events. It is shown that an...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Oct 2001 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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