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Who was Who in Polymer Science: I
Get PDFImanishi, Yukio Imoto, Minoru Inagaki, Hiroshi Inoue, Shohei Ise, Norio Israel, Stanley Itoh, Yoshikazu Iwakura, Yoshi
Contributions to the introduction of Itoh-Paeonia in the Republic of Moldova
Get PDFOnly AbstractThe achievements of the Japanese breeder Toichi Itoh, from the middle of the 20th
century (1948), had a crucial impact on peony breeding. By successfully crossing the woody peony ′Alice Harding′ with the herbaceous peony ′Kakoden′, he obtained
absolutely exceptional hybrids: the leaves are similar to the woody peony, and the habit is similar to the herbaceous peony. In the cold season of the year, the aerial part dies. According to recent classifications, they are attributed to intersectional hybrids (Moutan section x Paeonia section). Of the 36 seeds resulting from the hybridizations, 9 plants inherited the characters of the woody variety, and the rest of the seeds generated herbaceous plants. Toichi Itoh died in 1956, before being able to enjoy the results of his work. The researcher's work was continued by his assistant Shigao-Oshida, who in 1963 recorded the flowering of hybrids for the first time. The first generation of Itoh-hybrids
was promoted by the American horticulturist Luis Smirnov, who bought Toichi Itoh's patent. Later, as a co-author, he patented the varieties ′Yellow Emperor′, ′Yellow Dream′
etc. After a break in peony breeding, in 1988, the American breeder R. Anderson obtained significant results, fascinating the world with the Itoh-hybrids created, declaring that these robust, exceptional varieties are the flowers of the future (Martin Page, 1997)
Differences in Social Preferences - Are They Profitable for the Firm?
Get PDFThis paper analyzes the impact of heterogeneous (social) preferences on the weighting and combination of performance measures as well as on a firm’s profitability. We consider rivalry, egoism and altruism as extreme forms within the continuum of possible preferences and show that the principal can typically exploit both the altruistic and rivalistic behavior of his agents. Firm profits reach their maximum value if the agents are differentiated as much as possible in their individual characteristics. We provide further insight; namely, that in order to realize these gains in profitability, it is necessary to reallocate participation in performance measures such that competitive agents are privileged as compared to altruistic agents. In this context, stochastic interdependencies are of importance since they yield overlapping functions of the share parameters, causing additional adaptations in the optimal design of the wage compensation system.Social Preferences; Rivalry; Altruism; Egoism; Team Composition; Performance Measurement
Differences in Social Preferences - Are They Profitable for the Firm?
Get PDFThis paper analyzes the impact of heterogeneous (social) preferences on the weighting and combination of performance measures as well as on a firm’s profitability. We consider rivalry, egoism and altruism as extreme forms within the continuum of possible preferences and show that the principal can typically exploit both the altruistic and rivalistic behavior of his agents. Firm profits reach their maximum value if the agents are differentiated as much as possible in their individual characteristics. We provide further insight; namely, that in order to realize these gains in profitability, it is necessary to reallocate participation in performance measures such that competitive agents are privileged as compared to altruistic agents. In this context, stochastic interdependencies are of importance since they yield overlapping functions of the share parameters, causing additional adaptations in the optimal design of the wage compensation system
Cayley-Hamilton type theorems of higher order and second fundamental theorems of invariant theory (Research on finite groups and their representations, vertex operator algebras, and algebraic combinatorics)
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