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A powerful study illuminates our nation's collective civic fault lines Recent events have turned the spotlight on the issue of race in modern America, and the current cultural climate calls out for more research, education, dialogue, and understanding. Race and Social Change: A Quest, A Study, A Call to Action focuses on a provocative social science experiment with the potential to address these needs. Through an analysis grounded in the perspectives of developmental psychology, adaptive leadership and complex systems theory, the inquiry at the heart of this book illuminates dynamics of race and social change in surprising and important ways. Author Max Klau explains how his own quest for insight into these matters led to the empirical study at the heart of this book, and he presents the results of years of research that integrate findings at the individual, group, and whole system levels of analysis. It's an effort to explore one of the most controversial and deeply divisive subject's in American civic life using the tools of social science and empiricism. Readers will: Review a long tradition of classic, provocative social science experiments and learn how the study presented here extends that tradition into new and unexplored territory Engage with findings from years of research that reveal insights into dynamics of race and social change unfolding simultaneously at the individual, group, and whole systems levels Encounter a call to action with implications for our own personal journeys and for national policy at this critical moment in American civic life At a moment when our nation is once again bitterly divided around matters at the heart of American civic life, Race and Social Change: A Quest, A Study, A Call to Action seeks to push our collective journey forward with insights that promise to promote insight, understanding, and healing.


Social Capital and Strategy Effectiveness: An Empirical Study of Entrepreneurial Ventures in a Transition Economy Social Capital and Strategy Effectiveness: An Empirical Study of Entrepreneurial Ventures in a Transition Economy

Автор: I. Manev

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Although new ventures’ competitive positioning and their founders’ social networks are both recognized as important in the context of transition economies, not much is known about their multiplicative effect on performance. We build on the strategic management literature and social network theory to develop theoretical predictions about the role of competitive strategies and social capital for entrepreneurial performance. These are tested with survey data from Bulgaria. We find that both the venture’s competitive strategic positioning and the founder’s networking positively influence performance. The hypothesized moderating effect of networking for the relationship between differentiation strategy and performance received only tentative support. Contrary to expectations, we find a negative moderating effect of networking for the relationship of cost leadership with performance. These results suggest that the entrepreneur’s network plays a role in shaping how strategies influence performance by possibly upholding differentiation and deemphasizing cost leadership strategy. Implications for managerial practice and public policy are discussed.


Theorie des richesses sociales. T. 1 Theorie des richesses sociales. T. 1

Автор: Frederic Skarbek

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Полный вариант заголовка: «Theorie des richesses sociales : Tome 1 : suivie d'une bibliographie de l'economie politique / par le Comte Frederic Skarbek».


Des changemens operes dans toutes les parties de l'administration de l'Empire Romain. T. 1 Des changemens operes dans toutes les parties de l'administration de l'Empire Romain. T. 1

Автор: Joseph Naudet

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Полный вариант заголовка: «Des changemens operes dans toutes les parties de l'administration de l'Empire Romain, sous les regnes de Diocletien, de Constantin, et de leurs successeurs, jusqu'a Julien, etc. T. 1, p. 1-2. T. 1, p. 1-2».


Nouveau traite geographique renfermant les productions, les usages, les coutumes de chaque pays et tous les changements arrivees sur le globe jusqu'en 1806. T. 1 Nouveau traite geographique renfermant les productions, les usages, les coutumes de chaque pays et tous les changements arrivees sur le globe jusqu'en 1806. T. 1

Автор: Lucie Renelle

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Полный вариант заголовка: «Nouveau traite geographique renfermant les productions, les usages, les coutumes de chaque pays et tous les changements arrivees sur le globe jusqu'en 1806. T. 1».


Theorie des lois sociales Theorie des lois sociales

Автор: J. F. de Brie

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Полный вариант заголовка: «Theorie des lois sociales / par J.F. Dauray de Brie».