Discussion Paper No. 10-093 Maintaining (Locus of) Control? Assessing the Impact of Locus of Control on Education Decisions and Wages Rémi Piatek and Pia Pinger Electronic copy available at: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1739746 Non-technical summary This paper investigates the impact of an individual’s level of locus of control‚ a concept commonly used in social psychology (Rotter‚ 1966)‚ on educational choices and wages. We establish that more internal individuals‚ i.e.‚ who believe that
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The implications of an ageing population for the UK economy Garry Young garry.young@bankofengland.co.uk The views expressed in this paper are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect those of the Bank of England. I am grateful to seminar participants at the Bank of England‚ Financial Services Authority and National Institute of Economic and Social Research and two anonymous referees for comments on earlier drafts. This paper has been prepared as background to a study on the implications
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Available online at www.sciencedirect.com Research in Organizational Behavior 28 (2008) 185–206 Ambidexterity as a dynamic capability: Resolving the innovator’s dilemma Charles A. O’Reilly IIIa‚*‚ Michael L. Tushman b a Graduate School of Business‚ Stanford University‚ Stanford‚ CA 94305‚ USA b Harvard Business School‚ Soldiers Field Road‚ Boston‚ MA 02163‚ USA Abstract How do organizations survive in the face of change? Underlying this question is a rich debate about whether organizations
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THE RESEARCHING AND TEACHING COMMUNICATION SERIES THE RESEARCHING AND TEACHING COMMUNICATION SERIES RESEARCHING MEDIA‚ DEMOCRACY AND PARTICIPATION THE INTELLECTUAL WORK OF THE 2006 EUROPEAN MEDIA AND COMMUNICATION DOCTORAL SUMMER SCHOOL Edited by Nico Carpentier Pille Pruulmann-Vengerfeldt Kaarle Nordenstreng Maren Hartmann Peeter Vihalemm Bart Cammaerts The Intensive Programme in Media and Communication: Enlarging Europe – Enlarging Participation is supported by the Socrates Erasmus
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1. Rizal‚ Heidelberg‚ 31 July 1886 Rizal compliments Blumentritt with a copy of Rufino Baltazar Hernández‚ Aritmética‚ written in Tagalog and Spanish. 11 Obere Neckar Strasse Heidelberg‚ 31 July 1886 Esteemed Professor Ferdinand Blumentritt Esteemed Sir‚ Having heard that Your Lordship is studying our language and that you have already published some works on the subject‚ I take the liberty of sending you a valuable book(1) written in that language by a countryman of mine. The Spanish
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A Companion to QUALITATIVE RESEARCH A Companion to QUALITATIVE RESEARCH Edited by Uwe Flick‚ Ernst von Kardorff and Ines Steinke Translated by Bryan Jenner SAGE Publications London ● Thousand Oaks ● New Delhi Translation © 2004 This English edition first published 2004 Originally published in the series “rowohlts enzyklopädie” under the title QUALITATIVE FORSHCHUNG – Ein Handbuch Copyright © 2000 Rowohlt Ttaschenbuch Verlag GmbH‚ Reinbek bei Hamburg Apart from any fair
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21 Concentrating Solar Thermal Power 21.1 21.2 Introduction and Context................................................ 21-2 Solar Concentration and CSP Systems ........................... 21-6 Why Use Concentrating Solar Energy Systems? Dependence of Efficiency on Temperature 21.3 21.4 21.5 21.6 Solar Concentrator Beam Quality................................... 21-9 Solar Concentration Ratio: Principles and Limitations of CSP Systems........................................... 21-13 Solar Thermal
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INDIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES YEAR BOOK 2013 Postal Address Indian Academy of Sciences C.V. Raman Avenue Post Box No. 8005 Sadashivanagar Post Bangalore 560 080 India Telephone Fax Email Website : : : : (080) 2266 1200‚ 2266 1203 (080) 2361 6094 office@ias.ernet.in‚ execsec@ias.ernet.in www.ias.ac.in Text formatted by Wintecs Typesetters‚ Bangalore (Ph. 2332 7311). Printed by Brilliant Printers Pvt Ltd.‚ Bangalore (Ph. 2341 2455). CONTENTS Page Memorandum of Association . . . . . . . . . . .
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Inventing a better future A strategy for building worldwidecapacities in science and technology January 2004 InterAcademy Council InterAcademy Council IAC projects are funded individually by multiple sponsors‚ including interested foundations and international organizations. Administrative overhead is covered by special grants from the Netherlands government and the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences. Participating academies not only contribute time and ideas‚ but also funding for
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Sensors and Transducers Sensors and Transducers Third edition Ian R. Sinclair OXFORD AUCKLAND BOSTON JOHANNESBURG MELBOURNE NEW DELHI Newnes An imprint of Butterworth-Heinemann Linacre House‚ Jordan Hill‚ Oxford OX2 8DP 225 Wildwood Avenue‚ Woburn‚ MA 01801-2041 A division of Reed Educational and Professional Publishing Ltd A member of the Reed Elsevier plc group First published by BSP Professional Books 1988 Reprinted by Butterworth-Heinemann 1991 Second edition published
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