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This paper attempts to reconcile the slowdown in wage inequality in the 1990s with the view that international trade was a major factor contributing to the sharp increases in inequality during the 1980s. I present a model that highlights the importance of intermediate products and attributes the trend reversal of inequality to the restructuring of the economy. The model is supported by evidence...
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Thèse de doctorat : Università della Svizzera italiana, 2006 ; 2006COM005.
This thesis, starting from the debate on museum’s roles and functions in modern society, raises some questions on the main issues museums have to face with the changes in contemporary society. The title of the research suggests the adoption of an alternative approach to the study and analysis of traditional museum’s activities, in fact the specific aim of this study is to present the museum...
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In this article, we examine the use of visual representations for the business strategy process (from strategic analysis and strategy development to strategic planning and implementation). Starting with a review of literature, we show that visualization can address many of the cognitive, social, and emotional challenges of the strategy process, if visualization is understood as a participatory...
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Thèse de doctorat : Università della Svizzera italiana, 2005 ; 2005COM004.
A common opinion in the Requirements Traceability field is that solution design, i.e. the design of the application solutions, may be derived directly from requirements refinement; according to current industrial practices and to some specific experiences, this dissertation proposes a different thesis: the design process is not a fully rational and explicit sequence of actions; designers keep...
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Thèse de doctorat : Università della Svizzera italiana, 2006 ; 2006COM004.
Quanto il presente studio si propone di analizzare è secondo quali logiche l’industria cinematografica si sia evoluta rispetto alle tecnologie emergenti – in particolare quella digitale –, adattando e rimodellando ciclicamente la propria filiera. Approfondendo la storia sociale e tecnologica dei principali dispositivi ottici che hanno preceduto il mezzo cinematografico si vuole comprendere...
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Thèse de doctorat : Università della Svizzera italiana, 2006 ; 2006ECO003.
Over the last two decades it has become increasingly important to promote the efficiency and improve the performance of natural monopolies operating within network industries. In line with this, different regulatory approaches have been designed aiming at preventing the abuse of monopoly power and at the same time enhancing the performance of regulated firms. The most widely adopted...
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This paper seeks to explain local variations in the use of antibiotics in the community and to assess the welfare loss due to heterogeneous attitudes towards the risk of bacterial infections and resistance. Significant differences are observed in the per capita antibiotic consumption measured in defined daily doses per 1000 inhabitants (DID) across small geographic areas in Switzerland. A model...
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This research documents the empirical results of a study investigating the role of collective selfefficacy for resistance to change in organizational identity. Arising from the belief that members’ threat perception to change in organizational identity creates resistance, thus far studies have explained the existence of this threat perception by focusing on the role of organizational identity...
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