This paper is a review of firm level theorising and practice in the field of knowledge management and intellectual capital. The review is based on the premise that we are at the beginning of a new social and economic era: the knowledge economy. As such, a re-thinking effort is needed for all aspects of the society. This review traces the history of management principles and practices on the iss...

Much recent work in epistemology has focused on the analysis of cognitive character traits. These traits comprise an important kind of intellectual virtue. 1 Among the intellectual virtues that have received extended treatment in the literature are responsibility, conscientiousness, honesty, courage, open-mindedness, firmness, humility, charity, and wisdom. 2 To my knowledge, no philosopher has...

william chittick, currently professor of religious studies at the state university of new york (stony brook), is an internationally renowned expert on islamic thought. his contributions to the fields of sufism and islamic philosophy have helped paint a clearer picture of the intellectual and spiritual landscape of islamic civilization from the 7th/13th century onwards. yet chittick is not simpl...

This note contains a short history of my work on the foundations of revealed preference, emphasizing the intellectual influence of Sydney Afriat. I also present a few “novel” applications of revealed preference analysis drawn from some areas of applied economics.