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Los Alamos National Laboratory, an affirmative actiodequal opportunity employer, is operated by the University of California for the US. Department of Energy under contract W-7405-ENG-36. By acceptance of this article, the publisher recognizes that the US. Government retains a nonexclusive, royalty-freeicense to publish or reproduce the published form of this contribution, or to allow others to...

HOLCOMBE (2004) ARGUED THAT government was inevitable. In Block (2005) I maintained that this institution was not unavoidable. Holcombe (2007) takes issue with that response of mine to his earlier paper, and the present essay is, in turn, a response to his latest missive in this conversation.1 In section I, I deal with what I can consider an anomaly in Holcombe’s argument. Section II is devoted...

Although the interactions between information technology and the context of government-to-business relations challenge the implementation of information systems, the challenges are currently underresearched. Therefore, this paper analyzes the mutual shaping between technology integration and the context. Based on an empirical study of the deployment of electronic cash registers for value-added ...

NATIONAL LABORATOR Y Los Alamos National Laborato ry, an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer, is operated by the University of California for the U .S . Depa rtment of Energy under contract W -7405-ENG-36 . By acceptance of this art icle, the publisher recognizes that the U .S. Government retains a nonexclusive, royalty-free license to publish or reproduce the published form of this c...

Energy under contract W-7405-ENG-36. By acceptance of this article, the publisher recognizes that the U.S. Government retains a nonexclusive, royaltyfree license to publish or reproduce the published form of this contribution, or to allow others to do so, for U.S. Government purposes. Los Alamos National Laboratory requests that the publisher identify this article as work performed under the au...

Energy under contract W-7405-ENG-36. By acceptance of this article, the publisher recognizes that the U.S. Government retains a nonexclusive, royaltyfree license to publish or reproduce the published form of this contribution, or to allow others to do so, for U.S. Government purposes. Los Alamos National Laboratory requests that the publisher identify this article as work performed under the au...

The savings/investment process in capitalist economies is organized around financial intermediation, making them a central institution of economic growth. Financial intermediaries are firms that borrow from consumer/savers and lend to companies that need resources for investment. In contrast, in capital markets investors contract directly with firms, creating marketable securities. The prices o...

As scholars become more aware of the importance of religion in world affairs, several have begun to ask whether specific religious traditions are compatible with the institutions and values of liberal democracy. With approximately 350 million Orthodox Christians in the world, and given the great political and economic importance of the many countries they call home, an understanding of Orthodox...

IN T R O D U C T IO N Within the next decade, more than $30 billion will be spent at the federal, state and local levels for the construction of new roadways in the United States. Additional billions will be allocated for the operation and maintenance of existing facilities. Toward what end is this huge expenditure being made? Most highway officials would agree that it is to promote the efficie...