Competition, Cooperation, Efficiency, and Social Organization

Competition, Cooperation, Efficiency, and Social Organization
Author: Antonio Jorge
Publisher: Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press
Total Pages: 104
Release: 1978
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN:

Deals with competition and cooperation as antithetical approaches to human interaction in the social field. This innovative study advocates a new and difference perspective on the joined disciplines of history, economic theory, and the social sciences.

Perspectives on Competition in Transportation

Perspectives on Competition in Transportation
Author: Michael Pickhardt
Publisher: LIT Verlag Münster
Total Pages: 260
Release: 2006
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9783825896706

Issues of competition seem to have been neglected for a long time in the transportation sector. But the provision of transport services at competitive prices and quantities may have an important impact on economic development, both from a regional and a global perspective. This volume addresses such issues of competition in transportation. Part I deals with the air transport sector, part II is concerned with the road transport sector, part III takes a look at transportation costs and, in the final part, some visions of competition in transportation are discussed.

Pilgrimage and Holy Space in Late Antique Egypt

Pilgrimage and Holy Space in Late Antique Egypt
Author: David Frankfurter
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 550
Release: 2015-08-27
Genre: History
ISBN: 9004298061

This volume deals with the origins and rise of Christian pilgrimage cults in late antique Egypt. Part One covers the major theoretical issues in the study of Coptic pilgrimage, such as sacred landscape and shrines' catchment areas, while Part Two examines native Egyptian and Egyptian Jewish pilgrimage practices. Part Three investigates six major shrines, from Philae's diverse non-Christian devotees to the great pilgrim center of Abu Mina and a Thecla shrine on its route. Part Four looks at such diverse pilgrims' rites as oracles, chant, and stational liturgy, while Part Five brings in Athanasius's and an anonymous hagiographer's perspectives on pilgrimage in Egypt. The volume includes illustrations of the Abu Mina site, pilgrims' ampules from the Thecla shrine, as well as several maps.

Social Organizations

Social Organizations
Author: Göran Ahrne
Publisher: SAGE
Total Pages: 194
Release: 1994-07-05
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1446236668

In this lively and wide-ranging essay, Göran Ahrne sketches an organizational theory of society. Combining the insights of organization theory with the traditional concerns of social theory, he makes an innovative and creative contribution to both fields. Using a broad definition of organizations, the author shows that what goes on inside, outside and among organizations is central to understanding social relations. Organizations provide people with resources and motives, and they set the frames for human action. Although organizations do not form societies or systems, society is shaped and changed through interaction between organizations. Drawing on various schools of organization theory, including institutional, ecological and contingency theories, the book shows how their synthesis with social theory clarifies the nature and effects of organizational interactions.

Multiunit Organization and Multimarket Strategy

Multiunit Organization and Multimarket Strategy
Author: Joel Baum
Publisher: Elsevier
Total Pages: 420
Release: 2001-06-15
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0762307218

A conspicuous feature of the modern economy is the multitude of multiunit systems that operate in several markets - an organizational form that arguably rivals the "M-form" as the 20th century's most successful. Research traditions studying multiunit systems include the multimarket perspective, which has used commitment and mutual forbearance theory, and the multiunit perspective, which has used learning and knowledge transfer theory. These perspectives are interdisciplinary, but to date there has been little direct interaction among them. This text aims to bring these areas together, discussing such things as: examining how variation in firm capabilities affects the co-ordination of branches and thus their forbearance or transfer of routines; bridging theories of market conduct and internal behaviour to explore how knowledge about markets and competitor behaviour is transferred among organizational units; making a theory of contingent multiunit or single-unit competitive advantage that can account for the coexistence of these organizational forms in many markets; and examining the effects of firm contacts in alliances or technological fields on their competitive behaviours.

Learning to Cooperate, Cooperating to Learn

Learning to Cooperate, Cooperating to Learn
Author: R. Hertz-Lazarowitz
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 477
Release: 2013-11-11
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 1489936505

This book was written and edited as a project of the International Asso ciation for the Study of Cooperation in Education (lASCE). It grew di rectly out of the second conference of the lASCE, held at Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, in [uly 1982. The chapters in the book were originally presented in some form at the Provo conference, though most have been considerably revised since that time. This is the second book sponsored by the lASCE; the first, Cooperation in Education (Provo, Utah:Brigham Young University Press, 1980), edited by Shlomo Sharan, Paul Hare, Clark Webb, and Rachel Hertz-Lazarowitz, was based on the proceedings of the first conference of the IASCE in Tel Aviv, Israel, in 1979. The IASCE is a group of educators interested in studying, devel oping, or applying cooperative methods at various levels of the process of education. It includes researchers, teacher educators, teachers, and school administrators from more than a dozen countries.

The Evolution of Social Behaviour

The Evolution of Social Behaviour
Author: Michael Taborsky
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 446
Release: 2021-08-26
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 1108788637

How can the stunning diversity of social systems and behaviours seen in nature be explained? Drawing on social evolution theory, experimental evidence and studies conducted in the field, this book outlines the fundamental principles of social evolution underlying this phenomenal richness.To succeed in the competition for resources, organisms may either 'race' to be quicker than others, 'fight' for privileged access, or 'share' their efforts and gains. The authors show how the ecology and intrinsic attributes of organisms select for each of these strategies, and how a handful of straightforward concepts explain the evolution of successful decision rules in behavioural interactions, whether among members of the same or different species. With a broad focus ranging from microorganisms to humans, this is the first book to provide students and researchers with a comprehensive account of the evolution of sociality by natural selection.

The Conceptual Structure of EU Competition Law

The Conceptual Structure of EU Competition Law
Author: Csongor I. Nagy
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Total Pages: 273
Release: 2024-10-03
Genre: Law
ISBN: 1035311844

This is an Open Access title available under the terms of a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 License. It is free to read, download and share on Elgaronline, thanks to generous funding support from the Ministry of Culture and Innovation of Hungary and the National Research, Development and Innovation Fund. The Conceptual Structure of EU Competition Law provides a systematic overview of the key theoretical issues of restrictive agreements, by means of doctrinal analysis and comparative law. Engaging in both positivist and evaluative approaches, Csongor Istvan Nagy conceptualizes case-law in practical terms, outlining its paradigmatic changes and apparent contradictions.

The New Cuban Presence In The Caribbean

The New Cuban Presence In The Caribbean
Author: Barry B Levine
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 230
Release: 2019-06-18
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1000303845

The Caribbean area projects an image—not entirely accurate—of instability, and it is within that context that the United States and Cuba, the region's chief protagonists, struggle. This book explores in detail the history and nature of Cuba's influence in the Commonwealth Caribbean, Mexico, and Central and South America, as well as its relations wi

Competition, Efficiency, and Welfare

Competition, Efficiency, and Welfare
Author: Dennis C. Mueller
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 397
Release: 2012-12-06
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1461555590

Competition, Efficiency and Welfare contains a collection of papers in honor of Manfred Neumann. This collection was prepared as a tribute to a teacher and scholar, whose accomplishments have enriched various fields of economics. The magnitude of his interests is reflected in the breadth of topics covered in this volume: industrial economics, competition policy and related topics. However, if one unifying principle runs through Manfred Neumann's work, it is the belief in the power of competition. Born on May 16, 1933, Manfred Neumann studied economics at the University of Cologne. He graduated in 1960. In 1969 Manfred Neumann was appointed Professor of Economics at Nürnberg University. He was Dean of the Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences of the University of Erlangen-Nürnberg, President of the European Association for Research in Industrial Economics (EARIE) and Chairman of Industrial Organization Study Group of the Verein für Sozialpolitik. Most of his professional career has been spent at Nürnberg, where he has helped to make the Economic Institute one of the leading research centers in Industrial Organization. He has also been involved in various advisory activities. The volume contains 18 essays. The first twelve are grouped into four categories: Innovation and R&D (Part I), Cartels (Part II), Mergers and Merger Policy (Part III), and Methodological Issues in Industrial Organization (Part IV). These papers fall within the bounds of industrial economics, which has been Manfred Neumann's primary research interest throughout his career. Part V includes two papers on theories of international trade, which has been a recurring topic of interest for Manfred Neumann through the years. The last three papers look at broader policy and macroeconomic issues. Contributors to this volume include Karl Aiginger, David B. Audretsch, Paul A. Geroski, Stephen Martin and Dennis Mueller.