Automated argumentation is believed to be a more powerful approach to interaction between agents than game-theoretic and heuristic-based approaches. However, during argumentation agents spend a lot of time to ensure their arguments are safe. The paper attempts to find the reasons that slow down the argument generation process by considering a simple multi agent game – Diplomacy. The research is...

Abstract Outlines 15 explanations for the fog which has enveloped the nascent domains of corporate identity and corporate marketing. However, the fog surrounding the area has a silver lining. This is because the fog has, unwittingly, led to the emergence of rich disciplinary, philosophical as well as `̀ national’’, schools of thought. In their composite, these approaches have the potential to fo...

This study provides an empirical evidence on how Corporate Sustainability Performance (CSP), is reflected in the corporate value. Using a theoretical framework combining Legitimacy theory, Stakeholder theory and Agency theory, a set of hypotheses that relate the corporate value to CSP is examined. For a sample of Iranian firms, 28 components with four dimensions as Community, Environment, Emplo...

the growth in the number and quality of businesses caused many positive results for societies. but it can potentially bring some unfavorable effects to their environment. although there issued many different definitions of social responsibility, there is lack of consensus among scholars about its definition. aside from its different and sometimes paradoxical definitions, corporate social capita...

In this paper, we identify and test an implication of the claim that chief executives are uniquely effective diplomatic actors. To the extent that a leader’s time is valuable and non-substitutable, there will always be more diplomatic problems that could benefit from a leader’s scarce time than he or she can possibly address. This executive bottleneck should tighten when the opportunity cost of...

In this study, the impact of corporate social responsibility (CSR ) disclosure on idiosyncratic risk has been investigated concerning three stakeholder theory, information asymmetry, and risk management. It also goes further and explores the impact of some corporate governance mechanisms such as ownership structure, board characteristics, and incentive contracts on this relationship. To achieve...

In the 21st Century, distinctions and boundaries between global health, international politics, and the broader interests of the global community are harder to define and enforce than ever before. As a result, global health workers, leaders, and institutions face pressing questions around the nature and extent of their involvement with non-health endeavors, including international conflict reso...