This review essay, concerning three collections of Shils' essays published in 1997, focuses on Shils' assertion of the importance of charisma or the sacred in the ties that bind a secular society together and enable it to function as it does, asks why Shils did not accept Polanyi's views about intellectuals, and refers to aspects of the sacred attributed to universities and to our academic trad...

Evidence shows that training can increase product innovation. Yet in most studies survey design omits the differentiation between ‘new' and ‘improved' technical Thus, our objective is to quantify impact of on process innovation, especially terms new versus improved innovations. We use a national, establishment level, mandatory survey, explicity designed as longitudinal. 2SLS approach correct fo...