In an environment of anonymous random matching, Kandori [1992] showed that with a sufficiently rich class of simple information systems the folk theorem holds. We specialize to a gift-giving game and examine the stochastic stability of a process of learning and evolution in this setting. If the benefit of future altruism is too small, then there is no altruism. When the benefit of altruism is l...

Gift-giving involves both the objective value of a gift and the symbolic meaning of the exchange. The objective value is sometimes considered of secondary importance as when people claim, "It's the thought that counts." We evaluated when and how mental state inferences count in gift exchanges. Because considering another's thoughts requires motivation and deliberation, we predicted gift givers'...

In writings on the open source software development model, it is often argued that it is successful as a result of the gift economy that embraces activities in online communities. However, the theoretical foundations for this argument are seldom discussed and empirically tested. Starting with the ‘classic’ theories of gift giving, we discuss how they need to be developed in order to explain gif...

Chapter 1: The Marketing Management Process Abstract Sendwine.com : Thomas R. Eisenmann, Charmaine Ess, Ann O'Hara Product #: 800211 Length: 23p Teaching Note: 801198 How should Sendwine.com spend the venture capital money it attracted? Should the company consolidate its niche position in wine gift-giving? Or should it aggressively expand into new gift-giving categories under the "Send.com" nam...

Messaging with new media should be fun, but sometimes participating in conversations can become a burden for users due to the effort required. In this paper, examples of such situations are presented from a study on a multimedia program for mobile phones that can be used to create MMS-based comic strips. The examples show how the social system of gift-giving obligations, originally presented by...

Interpersonal relationships are essential to well-being, and gifts are often given to cultivate these relationships. To inform gift givers of what to give and to gain insight into the connecting function of gifts, this research investigates what type of gift is better at strengthening relationships according to gift recipients—material gifts (objects for recipients to keep) or experiential gift...

This study shows how Berlin (n = 35) and Delhi (n = 28) mothers scaffold a common and highly scripted social situation, namely gift giving, and enable cultural learning in 19-month-olds. Using modeling and prompting to encourage appropriate responses, mothers took culture-specific directions during scaffolding that were in line with the broader cultural model as assessed by maternal socializati...

914 November 2014 T HE pulmonary circulation is distinct from the systemic circulation both in structure and in function. Pharmacologic options for selective therapeutic manipulation of pulmonary vascular tone are limited. A major clinical milestone in contemporary perioperative practice has been the advent of selective pulmonary vasodilators that have transformed the management of pulmonary hy...

Abstract Maternal gift-giving sustains life and creates positive human relations. Addressing important issues in the theory of language communication, Genevieve Vaughan associates mothering to free gift economy. A fundamental hypothesis is that maternal gift-giving, mothering/being-mothered forms a non-essentialist, but core process material verbal communication has been neglected by Western vi...