428 research outputs found
Probability and uncertainty in Keynes's The General Theory
No full textBook description: John Maynard Keynes is undoubtedly the most influential Western economist of the twentieth century. His emphasis on the nature and role of uncertainty in economic thought is a dominant theme in his writings.
This book brings together a wide array of experts on Keynes' thought such as Gay Tulip Meeks, Sheila Dow and John Davis who discuss, analyse and criticise such themes as Keynesian probability and uncertainty, the foundations of Keynes' economics and the relationship between Keynes' earlier and later thought. The Philosophy of Keynes' Economics is a readable and comprehensive book that will interest students and academics interested in the man and his thought
Uncertainty, Conventional Behavior, and Economic Sociology
No full textThis paper addresses the problem of the conceptualization of social structure and its relationship to human agency in economic sociology. The background is provided by John Maynard Keynes's observations on the effects of uncertainty and conventional behavior on the stock market; the analysis consists of a comparison of the social ontologies of the French Intersubjectivist School and the Economics as Social Theory Project in the light of these observations. The theoretical argument is followed by concrete examples drawn from a prominent recent study of the stock market boom of the 1990s.
Human resource management implications of new forms of organizing
No full textAdopting a process view, we explore the personnel (HRM) implications of new forms of organizing (NFOs). We review the characteristics of NFOs and explain how they require a renewed HRM approach. We illustrate the HRM approach with preliminary results from a European comparative study, and comment on the challenges ahead.Human resource management;
People Management Dualities in A M Pettigrew, R Whittington, L Melin, C Sanchez-Runde, F van den Bosch, W Ruigrok and T Numagami (eds)
No full textPeople Management Dualities in A M Pettigrew, R Whittington, L Melin, C Sanchez-Runde, F van den Bosch, W Ruigrok and T Numagami (eds)
No full textPeople Management Dualities in A M Pettigrew, R Whittington, L Melin, C Sanchez-Runde, F van den Bosch, W Ruigrok and T Numagami (eds)
No full textReplication Data for: The professional profile, competence, and responsiveness of senior bureaucrats: A paired survey experiment with citizens and elite respondents
No full textThis dataset includes the treatment and outcome variables of a survey experiment conducted among citizens, elected representatives, and central government administrators as part of the KODEM_DEMO pilot conducted in winter/spring 2020/2021 (https://www.uib.no/en/digsscore/150821/kodemdemo). The code (STATA do-file) allows for a full replication of the core analyses.
A complete documentation of the original (including methodological reports) is available as follows:
Norwegian Citizen Panel, round 19, file version "Norsk medborgerpanel - runde 19k1 - v-102-L.dta", www.uib.no/en/digsscore/154675/wave-19-norwegian-citizen-panel
Norwegian Panel of Representatives, round 4, file version "The Panel of Elected Representatives - round 4k1 - v-102.dta", www.uib.no/en/digsscore/169586/wave-4-norwegian-panel-elected-representatives
Norwegian Panel of Public Administrators, round 1, file version "Norsk forvaltningspanel - runde 1k1 - v-101-L.dta", www.uib.no/en/digsscore/169594/wave-1-norwegian-panel-public-administrator
Beitrag zur Konstruktion eines T-förmigen Anschlusses eines Rundrohres an ein Rechteckrohr mit Torsionsbelastung
No full textTorsionsbeanspruchte Teile von Landmaschinen und Fahrzeugen fertigt man oft aus Rohrprofilen. Dabei kann ein T-förmiger Anschluß eines runden Rohres an ein rechteckiges Rohr erforderlich sein. Eine torsions- und biegesteife Verbindung erhält man, wenn das runde Rohr durch die Seitenwände des Kastenprofils hindurchgeführt und dort angeschweißt wird. Experimentelle Spannungsanalysen ergaben, daß man die kreisförmigen Ausschnitte in den Seitenwänden innerhalb des Querrohres nicht mit "Ronden" oder besonderen Formkörpern auszufüllen braucht
Retrospective comparison of bone marrow and granulocyte colony-stimulating factor-mobilized peripheral blood progenitor cells for allogeneic stem cell transplantation using HLA identical sibling donors in myelodysplastic syndromes.
No full textIn this multicenter retrospective study, the outcomes of 234 patients with myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS) who underwent transplantation between 1995 and 1999 from HLA-identical siblings were analyzed according to the hematopoietic stem cell source used, that is, bone marrow (BM, n = 132) or granulocyte colony-stimulating factor-mobilized peripheral blood progenitor cells (PBPCs, n = 102). There were 69 cases of refractory anemia (RA), 86 RA with excess blasts (RAEB), 75 RAEB in transformation (RAEB-t), and 4 unclassified MDS at diagnosis. The International Prognostic Scoring System was intermediate-2 or high in 104 of the 158 available scores. Multivariate analyses focused on transplantation-related mortality (TRM), 2-year treatment failure incidence, and survival. Use of PBPCs reduced the median duration of neutropenia and thrombocytopenia by 4 and 12 days, respectively. The incidence of acute GVHD was similar whatever the graft type used. Chronic GVHD was more likely to have occurred with PBPCs (odds ratio [OR], 1.62; 95% confidence interval [CI], 0.87-3.02). Two-year TRM was significantly reduced with PBPCs (relative risk [RR], 0.33; 95% CI, 0.15-0.73; P <.007), except for patients who had either RA or high-risk cytogenetics. The 2-year treatment failure incidence was significantly decreased with PBPCs, from 38% to 13% (RR, 0.22; 95% CI, 0.10-0.48; P <.001). Estimate of the 2-year event-free survival was 50% with PBPCs versus 39% with BM. In multivariate analysis, the outcome was significantly improved with PBPCs (RR, 0.27; 95% CI, 0.13-0.52; P <.001), except for patients with either RA or high-risk cytogenetics. In conclusion, PBPCs might be preferred for allogeneic transplantation in MDS patients at high risk for relapse on the basis of morphologic criteria because the use of this hematopoietic stem cell was associated with lower treatment failure incidence and improved survival
Arguments for and Approaches to Computing Education in Undergraduate Computer Science Programmes
No full textComputing education (CE), the scientific foundation of the teaching and learning of subject matter specific to computing, has matured into a field with its own research journals and conferences as well as graduate programmes. Yet, and unlike other mature subfields of computer science (CS), it is rarely taught as part of undergraduate CS programmes. In this report, we present a gap analysis resulting from semi-structured interviews with various types of stakeholders and derive a set of arguments for teaching CE courses in undergraduate CS programmes. This analysis and the arguments highlight a number of opportunities for the discipline of CS at large, in academia, in industry, and in school education, that would be opened up with undergraduate CE courses, as well as potential barriers to implementation that will need to be overcome. We also report on the results of a Delphi process performed to elicit topics for such a course with various audiences in mind. The Delphi process yielded 19 high-level categories that encompass the subject matter CE courses should incorporate, tailored to the specific needs of their intended student audiences. This outcome underscores the extensive range of content that can be integrated into a comprehensive CE programme. Based on these two stakeholder interactions as well as a systematic literature review aiming to explore the current practices in teaching CE to undergraduate students, we develop two prototypical outlines of such a course, keeping in mind that departments may have different preferences and affordances resulting in different kinds of CE offerings. Overall, input from external stakeholders underscores the clear significance of undergraduate CE courses. We anticipate leveraging this valuable feedback to actively promote these courses on a broader scale
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