This paper will explore the notion of theory and why it is important in research and how it is used from the perspective of three different scholarly articles regarding institutional theory, economic theory and dual market theory. Also, this paper will describe the theories utilized in each specific article; the manner in which the author applied the theory in their research and whether I believe the theory was applied well within each article. ... That body of knowledge grows with theory and research-because theory guides research. ... The study goes on further to expand the analysis of labor...

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This week in international relations discusses the enterprise of international relations theory and the realist model of international relations. When reading the book International Relations Theory, the area that I took particular interest in was the excerpt by Robert Gilpin and his book War and Change in World Politics(Viotti and Koppi, pg145-153). ... The discussion focuses on the differential growth of power in the international system and the result of this unevenness. A shift in the balance of power - economic or military - weakens the foundations of the existing system, because those...

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According to this theory, customer's perception of quality depends on same benchmarks, if a certain service can be standardized. ... Service Quality and the Banking System Banks play an important role in the development of the payment system and the development of the economy in total. ... Some of them have a stronger impact and this has different explanations; the culture of the customer, the level of development of the banking system and society in general. ... The development of the technology and banking system has lead to the creation of different forms of banking services such as; i...

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The Classical Theory, key to early capitalism, dominated the spectrum of economics. ... If unemployment existed, it would be a transient phenomenon since within the economic system there exist self-correcting properties that would being the economy back to full employment. ... Therefore, the Classical Theory, as supported by the Say's Law, was demolished. But, increasingly, some ideas of the Classical Theory have been brought back. ... In conclusion, it is easily observable why the careful study of the Classical Theory can be applied to resolve issues in the present economy. ...

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These functions are divided into three parts: process functions, policy functions, and system functions. ... System functions create individual ideology, recruit leaders, and communicate government actions to the citizens. ... Modernization argues that there is a linear process that replaces traditional values and systems with modern Western ones and that all societies are ultimately headed toward democracy and free-market economies. ... The next grand theory is dependency theory. ... The last of the grand theories is the theory of newly industrializing countries (NIC theory). ...

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Thus, the creation of new economic entities and organizations reduced the significance of existing traditional systems and gave way to new systems. ... The traditional terms for economic systems are limited to fixed systems and are not applicable to dynamic changes taking place in economies across the world. ... Hence the modern approach defines economic systems in terms of organizational features, which basically refers to the system of communication within groups. ... It is important to understand that the economic system of a country is the summation of other political, environmental a...

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Another theory is the Eysenck's Theory of Personality and Crimes, which suggests that "criminal behavior is the result of an interaction between certain environmental conditions and features of the nervous system" (Bartol & Bartol, 2005). ... The final theory is a more extreme version of Eysenck's theory. ... There is a definite link between behavior patterns and chemical changes in the brain and nervous system. ... The first sub-theory is the Social disorganization theory. ... The Cultural deviance theory is a combination of both social disorganization and strain theories...

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At that time , after the set in of feudal system in Europe, mercantilism policy has grew up. ... Later in 1817, the English economist David Ricardo came up with his theory of comparative advantage which extended and refined Smith's argument about the benefits of mutual international trade between two nations. Ricardo's theory was formulated based on a lot of assumptions, 11 assumptions according to (Carbaugh, 2011). ... However, are the economists that support free trade theory agree that it is always optimum? ... Conclusion In conclusion, new trade models are more practical than cla...

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Inflationary window is a dangerous critical point in the capitalist economy system. ... Soft landing is a modification of Friedmans theory because the Friedmans initial theory there would never be inflationary window if the increasing rate of money supply was reasonable and consistent. ... According to Keyness theory, the government should increase founds for infrastructure so that there wont be excessive money in the circulation. ... But the theory is that there will be lower unemployment rate when the economy peak down. ... Based on the neoclassic economic theory, governments are suggested ...

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A few theories have been developed which discuss approaches to global industrialism. ... Advocates of this theory believe that wealthy countries succeed in light of their embracement of industrialism. ... The Dependency theory supports the idea that an inequality between two nations is the reason for one being underdeveloped. ... The World Systems theory is similar to the Dependency theory, however it differs in that it recognizes that differences among countries are not always clear, and it is also specifically sociological. ... He also discusses two types of world systems, world-political, i...

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Free investment for free trade is a widely miss-conceptualized aspect of free world trade systems. ... Neo- liberal theory is consistent all through capitalism because a free global market conducts the accumulation wealth. The theory has a record of improving prosperity and technology. ... Neoliberalism updated from an entity of economic theory and the unregulated capitalist system. ... The dominant theory of contemporary capitalism and capital accumulation allows for the rising standards of living in the population. ...

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By 1912 he had completed his first major work, Theory of Money and Credit. ... In the Theory of Money and Credit, Mises tried to integrate all parts of the economic system, which had previously been separated. ... The increase begins at one point in the economic system and prices will only rise as the new money spreads in ripples throughout the economy. ... Hayek was eventually awarded the Nobel Prize in Economics in 1974 for work on the Trade Cycle Theory. This Nobel Prize for Hayak was an end result of what began in Mises The Theory of Money and C...

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Examining these differences can be just as important as the theories themselves. Adam Smith's theory of economics established capitalism as the only moral economic system. ... Smith's theory of economics developed from his ideas regarding the proper relations among men. ... Marx's ideas and theories came to be known as Marxism, or scientific socialism. ... All of these theories, although vastly different and even contradicting at times are of substantial importance to modern economic theory. ...

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When looking at Neo-liberalism, one must understand that it is a political theory that has become predominant only through out the last thirty years or so. ... In this book he criticized the idea of government intervention and regulation in economic matters and called for the elimination of such a system. ... As far as development is concerned, many different development models and theories have molded and formed its history in the last century or so. ... However, neoliberalism and other mainstream development frame- works that draw their conceptual roots from neoclassical theory have virtu...

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The following sections offer a brief review of these theories as they pertain to the current discussion. Stockholder (Classic) Theory The "traditional" or "classic" view of business - that the sole purpose of corporations is to maximise profits - has been summarised by James W. ... If all corporations were to do so, he argues, it would likely skew the entire system and interfere negatively with the invisible hand that so effectively creates what he considers to be the inherent fairness and efficiency of the market place in a so-called "free society." ... More recently, advocates of stakeh...

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In a market-oriented system of capitalism businesses are treated as commodities, they are freely traded without real regard to social effects. ... The "law of codetermination" is a dual board system. ... Every business system has distinctive advantages and disadvantages. ... In the U.S., Adam Smith's economic theory of laissez-faire was adopted, aiming to benefit the entire society by encouraging people to act in their own best interests, "the size of the pie." Smith's theory aspired to allocate resources efficiently, which unimpeded one's ability to earn profits and increased t...

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In contrast, a socialistic type of government is defined as " Any of various theories or systems of social organization in which the means of producing and distributing goods is owned collectively or by a centralized government that often plans and controls the economy" We have had the opportunity to witness, observe and analyze the consequences of socialism since its fall in 1989 during this generation. ... The right to pursue one's dreams and ambitions are encouraged under this system. ...

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Smith's analysis is not confined to showing the interrelation between the different elements of a continually maintained system. It also explains how the system can generate the continual accumulation of wealth. ... This fundamental implication of the theory came as something of a shock to exponents of the traditional economics who had been inclined to take refuge in the assumption that economic system tend automatically to full employment. ... His system subsequently underwent considerable refinement, some have said that Keynes himself would hardly have recognized it, and became th...

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Although he is primarily known for a single work, Wealth of Nations, the first comprehensive system of political economy, he is regarded as a social philosopher whose economic writings constitute views on political and social evolution. ... The Wealth of Nations is an influential statement of the case for laissez-faire, the theory that government should not attempt to control or direct economic activity. ... In Book IV Smith criticizes the mercantile system of public policy. ... The main topic of Smith's economic analysis was the theory that individuals working towards their own self...

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In this paper, we shall conduct an in-depth study of Herbert Simon's Contribution to the Public Organization Theory. ... His Psychology background as well as his reverence to Weber's Bureaucratic theory led him to investigate by experiments how administrators make decisions, what clouds their decision as well as the limitations of the human mind and cognitive process. For this reason, Simon writes a lot on rationality and the limitations of perfect rationality advanced by economic theories. ... Herbert offers a complete antithesis of this theory. ... These are the type of the task, t...

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Smith's analysis is not confined to showing the interrelation between the different elements of a continually maintained system. It also explains how the system can generate the continual accumulation of wealth. ... This fundamental implication of the theory came as something of a shock to exponents of the traditional economics who had been inclined to take refuge in the assumption that economic system tend automatically to full employment. ... He therefore did not direct his attention in The General Theory to the issues of what should be produced and how. ... The General Theor...

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A system of free trade among states increases the possibilities of voluntary exchange and the overall creation of wealth, which would lead to peace. ... The H-O theory is also called the factor proportion theory because it stresses the importance of the allocation of different factors of production, and what role they play in what countries trade. ...

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Mercantilism, the theory and system of political economy prevailing in Europe after the decline of feudalism, based on national policies of accumulating bullion, establishing colonies and a merchant marine, and developing industry and mining to attain a favorable balance of trade, as defined by The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, was supposed to be a way for Britain to make itself more powerful and prevalent, but instead benefited the colonies more than it did the Royal Crown. ... Part of the mercantile system involved the Navigation Laws, but these did not have a ...

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His second theory stated that, "The worker is alienated from the act of production. ... As for the second portion of Marx's theory, I think my situation concerning part one of his theory is very similar to part two. ... The portion of his theory that is not prevalent at all in my workplace is the fourth portion. ... Max Weber has also presented some astounding theories on the idea of an ideal bureaucracy. ... The second item states a system of supervision and subordination should be present as well. ...

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British economist Alfred Marshall(1842-1924), known as the father of Modern Orthodox Microeconomic theory (Neoclassicism). ... Marshall introduced the method of "partial analysis" or "partial equilibrium analysis" also known as the ceteris paribus approach, which basically say that the economic system as a whole is too complex to comprehend so there is a need to make an analytic technique to simplify it in order to study and understand certain parts of the economy. ... Marshall wanted to develop a concrete theory of dynamic change and growth, in Principles he wrote, "T...

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