Go West, Young Thomson!

Why charges go to the surface: a generalized Thomson problem

– We study a variant of the generalized Thomson problem in which n particles are confined to a neutral sphere and interacting by a 1/r potential. It is found that for γ ≤ 1 the electrostatic repulsion expels all the charges to the surface of the sphere. However for γ > 1 and n > nc(γ) occupation of the bulk becomes energetically favorable. It is curious to note that the Coulomb law lies exactly...

Go West Young Firm: the Value of Entrepreneurial Migration for Startups and Founders

Startup locational choice is a central question for entrepreneurial strategy. To realize the growth potential of their venture, social embeddedness provides founders with a ‘home field advantage,’ while agglomeration economies in regions such as Silicon Valley offer unique access to resources and new networks. For firms born in environments lacking a strong entrepreneurial ecosystem, founders m...

John Thomson

one whose clinical acumen, painstaking and accurate observations and valuable writings had gained for him a reputation which was world-wide and which added a lustre to British Medicine. John Thomson was born in Edinburgh in 1856, and, after receiving his education at the Academy and University, he studied in London, Berlin and Vienna. His interest was early directed towards diseases of children...

Anticompetitive Impact of Star Pagination License Fee Provisions Creates Temporary Delay for Thomson-West Merger

Doug Thomson

This paper will present an e-procurement model to facilitate online B2B exchanges. Large organizations in Australia and around the world are increasingly implementing e-procurement, which has increased the need for services of intermediaries such as ‘emarkets’ to facilitate the process. However, both being new and unproven require theories and models to support their roles in the online procure...