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incentive-compatible contract — A contract designed to ensure mutually beneficial behaviour by the parties. So, for example, the employment contracts of a company s managers might incorporate a bonus system to make sure that their interests and those of the shareholders are… … Big dictionary of business and management
suboptimization — A situation that arises when the individual components of a system fail to work together to achieve maximum synergy This can result from: • the failure of one or more elements to produce their own outputs to a sufficient standard; • poor… … Big dictionary of business and management
Life Sciences — ▪ 2009 Introduction Zoology In 2008 several zoological studies provided new insights into how species life history traits (such as the timing of reproduction or the length of life of adult individuals) are derived in part as responses to… … Universalium
education — /ej oo kay sheuhn/, n. 1. the act or process of imparting or acquiring general knowledge, developing the powers of reasoning and judgment, and generally of preparing oneself or others intellectually for mature life. 2. the act or process of… … Universalium
nature, philosophy of — Introduction the discipline that investigates substantive issues regarding the actual features of nature as a reality. The discussion here is divided into two parts: the philosophy of physics and the philosophy of biology. In this… … Universalium
KABBALAH — This entry is arranged according to the following outline: introduction general notes terms used for kabbalah the historical development of the kabbalah the early beginnings of mysticism and esotericism apocalyptic esotericism and merkabah… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
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