1 The present paper presents a synopsis of work on language, form, and meaning in conceptual integration theory. It consists of excerpts and summaries from G. FAUCONNIER, "Conceptual Blending" in N. SMELSER and P. BALTES (eds.), The Encyclopedia of the Social and Behavioral Sciences, 2000; G. FAUCONNIER and M. TURNER, “Blending as a Central Process of Grammar”, in A. GOLDBERG (ed.), Conceptual ...

The challenge of Karl Polanyi. Journal of European Economic History 6: 703–16 Schmoller G 1904 Grundriss der Allgemeinen Volkswirtschaftslehre. Teil 2. Duncker und Humblot, Leipzig Swedberg R 1994 Markets as social structures. In: Smelser N J, Swedberg R (eds.) The Handbook of Economic Sociology. Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ, pp. 255–82 Vanberg V J 1982 Markt und Organisation. J. C...

Comparison is a fundamental principle of science as well as a basic element of everyday life. It is a spontaneous mental process, so that “[t]hinking without comparison is unthinkable” (Swanson, 1971, p. 145). Daily we compare lines in shops (shorter or longer), the weather from one day to the next (better or worse), the size of clothing articles (larger or smaller), the arrival of trains (earl...

the main objective of this article is to identify and evaluate the accelerating factor in the iranian oil nationalization movement. the main question is: what was the accelerating factor that put the iranian oil nationalization movement into practice? the article relies on the reform movement theory of neil smelser. for this purpose, fraud in the 16thnational election of the parliament, and est...

The main objective of this article is to identify and evaluate the accelerating factor in the Iranian oil nationalization movement. The main question is: what was the accelerating factor that put the Iranian oil nationalization movement into practice? The article relies on the reform movement theory of Neil Smelser. For this purpose, fraud in the 16thnational election of the parliament, and est...

School Quality Assurance Guidelines (SQAGs) were adopted in Tanzania as a lens through which the quality standards all aspects of school life would be monitored, assessed, evaluated and reported. This study sought to assess implementation assurance guidelines private secondary schools Sumbawanga Municipality. It was underpinned by Value-Added Theory Neil Smelser (1962). The guided two objective...

Recently, basophiles, especially beta cells, of the anterior pituitary have been generally accepted as being the site of TSH production (Zeck wer, '38a, b; Griesbach, '41; Griesbach and Purves, '45; Purves and Griesb .ach, '46a, 51a, b; Salter, '50; Halmi, '51 , '52a,b; Halmi and Bogdanove, '51 ; Hal m i and G u d e , '54), although some authors are inclined to believe the acidophiles to be TSH...

Ikujiro Nonaka: It's a long story. Originally, I was interested in information processing. I spent five and a half years at UC Berkeley in the M.B.A. and Ph.D. programs and finished my Ph.D. dissertation in 1972. My major was marketing and Francisco M. Nicosia was my mentor. He's Italian. He had been an assistant professor at the University of Rome and came to Berkeley, got a degree there, and ...

Non-cooperative games are mathematical models of interactive strategic decision situations. In contrast to cooperative models, they build on the assumption that all possibilities for commitment and contract have been incorporated in the rules of the game. This contribution describes the main models (games in normal form, and games in extensive form), as well as the main concepts that have been ...