Allocative value of design and technological know-how

Education, Matching and the Allocative Value of Romance

Societies are characterized by customs governing the allocation of non-market goods such as marital partnerships. We explore how such customs affect the educational investment decisions of young singles and the subsequent joint labor supply decisions of partnered couples. We consider two separate matching paradigms for agents with heterogeneous abilities one where partners marry for money and t...

How do we know the value of our research?

R esearch is vital to the progress of medicine. Patients depend on it to generate new knowledge that may improve their lives. Clinicians yearn for more effective tools and better guidance for themselves and their patients. Funders seek a substantial return on their investment, often in the form of a contribution to society. Researchers want their work to result in meaningful benefits for others...

legal protection of know how

unlike patent, there are not clear legal rules to protect know how in iranian law, then intellectual property law theories require to afford protection to know haw and its owner. the protection rules may be provided under contractual bases or under law. approaches of legal systems towards the terms and rules of the protection are different. in iranian legal system some protection rules are foun...

Knowing culture in Second Life: international literacy and the technological know how in a virtual world

In this article, the author presents a theoretical overview of the connections among education, technology and intercultural literacy within Second Life, a multiuser virtual environment. Some researchers and educators are advocating that SL can enhance and encourage intercultural literacy. However, educators and researchers need to be fully aware of how complex culture and cultural identity are...

How Scientists Know What Babies Know