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Title: Socialist competition of the masses.
Creator: Mikulina, Elena
Date Issued: 1932
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/DT/243118
Subject Headings: Socialist competition.
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Title: COMPETITION AND PRICES IN A PERFECTLY COMPETITIVE ECONOMY.
Creator: HORNER, GEORGE FRENCH, JR., Florida Atlantic University, Scheidell, John M., College of Business, Department of Economics
Abstract/Description: In classical economic theory, competition consisted of buyers outbidding one another and sellers underbidding one another; and it was argued that, for sufficiently large markets, competition would yield uniform prices in equilibrium. Neoclassical economists subsequently investigated the role of preferences in trading, concluding that, in equilibrium, each trader would obtain the most desirable commodity bundle affordable at prevailing prices, given his initial resources. In the process,...
Show moreIn classical economic theory, competition consisted of buyers outbidding one another and sellers underbidding one another; and it was argued that, for sufficiently large markets, competition would yield uniform prices in equilibrium. Neoclassical economists subsequently investigated the role of preferences in trading, concluding that, in equilibrium, each trader would obtain the most desirable commodity bundle affordable at prevailing prices, given his initial resources. In the process, however, neoclassical economists ultimately made price uniformity an assumption, assumed individuals incapable of influencing prices under any circumstances, and redefined competition to mean price-taking behavior. By thus denying individuals any active role in price determination, an inconsistency was introduced into the theory. This thesis eliminates the inconsistency by combining classical competitive behavior and the neoclassical insights into the role of preferences, to produce an axiomatic theory of competition within which the characteristics of equilibrium (uniform prices and utility maximization) are rigorously derived.
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Date Issued: 1982
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/14128
Subject Headings: Competition, Prices
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Title: An impartial authority speaks out on labor monopoly and its evil effects which require legislation correction.
Creator: Jacoby, Neil Herman
Date Issued: 1959
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/FCLA/DT/3358274
Subject Headings: Prices., Labor unions., Competition.
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: Non-overlapping distributions of spionid polychaetes: the relative importance of habitat and competition.
Creator: Wilson, W. Herbert, Jr., Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute
Date Issued: 1984
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/FCLA/DT/3331850
Subject Headings: Polychaeta, Spionidae, Intraspecific competition, Interspecific competition, Habitat (Ecology)
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: Risk of sperm competition moderatres men's relationship satisfaction and interest in their partner's copulatory orgasm.
Creator: Bates, Vincent M., Charles E. Schmidt College of Science, Department of Psychology
Abstract/Description: Sperm competition occurs when the sperm of multiple males concurrently occupy a female's reproductive tract and compete for fertilization. Sperm competition may have been a recurrent adaptive problem over human evolutionary history. Women's orgasm may facilitate retention of a particular man's sperm. I therefore hypothesized that men experiencing greater sperm competition risk will be particularly interested in the occurrence of their partner's copulatory orgasm. Men who are more satisfied...
Show moreSperm competition occurs when the sperm of multiple males concurrently occupy a female's reproductive tract and compete for fertilization. Sperm competition may have been a recurrent adaptive problem over human evolutionary history. Women's orgasm may facilitate retention of a particular man's sperm. I therefore hypothesized that men experiencing greater sperm competition risk will be particularly interested in the occurrence of their partner's copulatory orgasm. Men who are more satisfied with and invested in their relationship may experience greater costs in the event of sperm competition and potential cuckoldry. Therefore, these men may be more interested in ensuring their partner's copulatory orgasm. I hypothesized that men's relationship satisfaction and investment would predict interest in their partner's copulatory orgasm and moderate the link between sperm competition risk and interest in partner's copulatory orgasm. Using data secured from 229 men in a committed relationship, I tested and found support for these hypotheses.
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Date Issued: 2010
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/FAU/1927608
Subject Headings: Man-woman relationships, Sperm competition, Human behavior, Competition (Biology)
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Title: Socialist competition in the Soviet Union.
Creator: Friends of the Soviet Union. United States Section.
Date Issued: 1929
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/FCLA/DT/3172843
Subject Headings: Socialist competition., Labor productivity -- Soviet Union.
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: Analysis of government strategies to achieve industrial competitiveness: A comparative case study of Japan, South Korea, Taiwan and China.
Creator: Chang, Yanru, Florida Atlantic University, Washington, Charles W.
Abstract/Description: The desire to understand the reasons behind high economic growth and increased manufacturing exports in East Asian countries has generated considerable debate and study of the strategies employed by East Asian governments. This study explores a general claim that there exists an Asian Model, typified by the Japanese government's strategy since the end of WWII to 1980, which has been followed by other East Asian governments to achieve remarkable economic performance. The Asian Model is...
Show moreThe desire to understand the reasons behind high economic growth and increased manufacturing exports in East Asian countries has generated considerable debate and study of the strategies employed by East Asian governments. This study explores a general claim that there exists an Asian Model, typified by the Japanese government's strategy since the end of WWII to 1980, which has been followed by other East Asian governments to achieve remarkable economic performance. The Asian Model is characterized by strategies to promote high savings, high investment, education, industrial targeting, exports, and protection of home markets and industries. This dissertation compares and contrasts government strategies adopted by Japan, South Korea, Taiwan and China. The Wheel-Spokes Model, developed by the author, is used as an analytical framework to conduct the comparative case study. It comprises six dimensions: industrial structure, investment, human resources, technology, market, and timing. This study reveals that there are similarities but significant differences in strategies adopted by these four governments to pursue national industrial competitiveness. The study also finds that there is no single Asian Model followed by the case-study governments. Each government's strategies were unique to select industries and support a certain industry structure, open or close markets to foreign capital, target the level of technology, prepare human resources, set up market protection, and choose strategic timing to build its industrial competitiveness. These differences reflect public policy preferences by the case governments, and they lead to a different industrial strength and level of competitiveness for each case country. The study recognizes the need for balance and consistency among the six major strategy areas represented by each dimension of the Wheel-Spokes Model in government strategy making. It makes recommendations for public policy initiatives and highlights the value of comparative studies in public policy and administration.
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Date Issued: 2001
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/11940
Subject Headings: Competition--Government policy--Econometric models, Industrial policy--Econometric models, Competition--Government policy--Japan, Competition--Government policy--Korea (South), Competition--Government policy--Taiwan, Competition--Government policy--China
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: Food level effects on thecompetitive interactions of two co-occurring cladoceran zooplankton: Diaphanosoma brachyurum andDaphnia ambigua.
Creator: Orcutt, John D., Jr., Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute
Date Issued: 1985
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00007329
Subject Headings: Zooplankton, Cladocera, Daphnia ambigua, Competition (Biology), Zooplankton--Ecology
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: Corporate diversification: organization capital, organic growth, and long-term performance.
Creator: Smith, Garrett C., Garcia-Feijoo, Luis, Florida Atlantic University, College of Business, Department of Finance
Abstract/Description: Corporate diversification is a core topic in Financial Economics. The desire to better understand why a firm elects to diversify as opposed to increase in scale is the motivation of this dissertation. To accomplish this goal I test a number of dynamic models of corporate diversification, with similar predictions, to better understand the dynamic choice to diversify. I find that several previously untested models do indeed provide insight as to why a firm would diversify (Essay One). In...
Show moreCorporate diversification is a core topic in Financial Economics. The desire to better understand why a firm elects to diversify as opposed to increase in scale is the motivation of this dissertation. To accomplish this goal I test a number of dynamic models of corporate diversification, with similar predictions, to better understand the dynamic choice to diversify. I find that several previously untested models do indeed provide insight as to why a firm would diversify (Essay One). In particular two firm traits, firm talent which I use the proxy of organization capital and asset specificity which I use the proxy of asset tangibility, are strongly related to propensity of the firm to engage in corporate diversification for the first time.
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Date Issued: 2015
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004468, http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004468
Subject Headings: Competition, Corporate reorganizations, Corporations -- Growth, Diversification in industry, Economics -- Sociological effects, Industrial organization
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Title: The Effects of Competition on Empathy and Prosociality.
Creator: Gilad, Corinne, Maniaci, Michael, Florida Atlantic University, Charles E. Schmidt College of Science, Department of Psychology
Abstract/Description: The current research investigated the effects of competition on empathy and prosociality in two studies. Study 1 aimed to explore associations between competition and prosociality by asking participants to play a computer puzzle game that was either high or low on competitiveness, and then to complete measures of empathy, perspective taking, compassionate love and willingness to sacrifice for a romantic partner. Study 1 found a marginally significant difference across conditions for...
Show moreThe current research investigated the effects of competition on empathy and prosociality in two studies. Study 1 aimed to explore associations between competition and prosociality by asking participants to play a computer puzzle game that was either high or low on competitiveness, and then to complete measures of empathy, perspective taking, compassionate love and willingness to sacrifice for a romantic partner. Study 1 found a marginally significant difference across conditions for perspective taking, a marginally significant gender interaction for perspective taking, and a significant gender by condition interaction for compassionate love, in support of hypotheses that competition reduces prosocial responses in men. Study 2 addressed methodological limitations from Study 1 and examined the effect across a broader range of relationship contexts, including close friends. Results for Study 2 did not replicate the marginally significant effect for perspective taking seen in Study 1, but found a significant interaction between gender and condition predicting perspective taking. Significant findings in line with prior research emerged for dominance and commitment, indicating that higher dominance and lower commitment were associated with less empathy and prosociality. Overall, results do not consistently support the hypothesized effect of competitive situations on prosocial and empathic behavior, although results of exploratory analyses suggest potential moderated or conditional effects.
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Date Issued: 2017
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004822, http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004822
Subject Headings: Competition--Psychological aspects., Empathy., Social values., Identity (Philosophical concept), Motivation (Psychology)
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Title: Female Directed Sexual Coercion in Intimate Relationships: An Evolutionary Psychological Perspective.
Creator: Starratt, Valerie G., Florida Atlantic University, Shackelford, Todd K., Charles E. Schmidt College of Science, Department of Psychology
Abstract/Description: Over human evolutionary history, men faced the adaptive problem of cuckoldry, or the unwitting investment in genetically unrelated offspring. As cuckoldry is potentially so reproductively costly, men may have evolved anti-cuckoldry psychological adaptations. Sexual coercion has been hypothesized as one class of anti-cuckoldry behaviors. By sexually coercing an intimate partner, a man may reduce the risk of cuckoldry by placing his sperm in competition with a rival male's spenn, should his...
Show moreOver human evolutionary history, men faced the adaptive problem of cuckoldry, or the unwitting investment in genetically unrelated offspring. As cuckoldry is potentially so reproductively costly, men may have evolved anti-cuckoldry psychological adaptations. Sexual coercion has been hypothesized as one class of anti-cuckoldry behaviors. By sexually coercing an intimate partner, a man may reduce the risk of cuckoldry by placing his sperm in competition with a rival male's spenn, should his partner have been sexually unfaithful. I will present three studies that investigate the role of female infidelity, an assessment of risk of spenn competition and subsequent cuckoldry, in predicting male sexual coercion in the context of an intimate relationship.
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Date Issued: 2008
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00000879
Subject Headings: Sex roles, Behavior (Psychology)--Social aspects, Violence in men, Man-woman relationships, Sperm competition
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: Mate retention and copulation frequency in humans: Complementary anti-cuckoldry tactics.
Creator: Guta, Faith E., Florida Atlantic University, Shackelford, Todd K.
Abstract/Description: Guarding oneself from cuckoldry can be a challenging task for males of socially monogamous species. Accordingly, human males may possess evolved psychological mechanisms designed to prevent their partner's infidelity, and to "correct" that infidelity if it occurs. Because preventative tactics are not failsafe, I hypothesized that men's reports of their mate-retention behaviors and copulation frequency would function as complimentary tactics (Study 1). Research has suggested that men's reports...
Show moreGuarding oneself from cuckoldry can be a challenging task for males of socially monogamous species. Accordingly, human males may possess evolved psychological mechanisms designed to prevent their partner's infidelity, and to "correct" that infidelity if it occurs. Because preventative tactics are not failsafe, I hypothesized that men's reports of their mate-retention behaviors and copulation frequency would function as complimentary tactics (Study 1). Research has suggested that men's reports of their own anti-cuckoldry behaviors can be flawed, and that women may be more accurate. Therefore, Study 2 analyzed reports made by women of copulation frequency and their partner's mate-retention behaviors. In the two studies, the hypotheses that (1) men's reports of copulation frequency and their own mate-retention behaviors and (2) women's reports of copulation frequency and their partner's mate-retention behaviors would show positive correlations was supported. Discussion focuses on the use of copulation frequency and mate-retention behaviors as complimentary tactics in solving the adaptive problems of sperm competition and cuckoldry.
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Date Issued: 2005
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/13277
Subject Headings: Man-woman relationships, Human behavior, Adultery, Commitment (Psychology), Sperm competition
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: The Government Finance Officers Association's (GFOA) Distinguished Budget Presentation Awards Program: Differences between successful and denied applicants.
Creator: Long, Donald C., Florida Atlantic University, Lynch, Thomas D.
Abstract/Description: This dissertation focuses on the Government Finance Officers Association's (GFOA) Distinguished Budget Presentation Awards Program. The number of applicants has steadily increased since the awards program was initiated in 1984. In order to win the award an agency must receive a favorable rating by reviewers, based on guidelines established by GFOA. This exploratory research relates to those local government agencies which applied for the award during the 1991-92 fiscal year. Very limited...
Show moreThis dissertation focuses on the Government Finance Officers Association's (GFOA) Distinguished Budget Presentation Awards Program. The number of applicants has steadily increased since the awards program was initiated in 1984. In order to win the award an agency must receive a favorable rating by reviewers, based on guidelines established by GFOA. This exploratory research relates to those local government agencies which applied for the award during the 1991-92 fiscal year. Very limited research has been conducted on this GFOA awards program. No research has identified differences between winning and denied agencies. The broad research question is: Is there a significant difference between winning and denied applicants for the award, according to the studied variables? The hypothesis is that there are differences between the groups, according to the studied variables. A survey of all 584 applicants was conducted during March, 1993. A total of 544 surveys were returned. The statistical techniques employed in the study include t-tests, chi-square analysis, and discriminant analysis. The null hypothesis that there is no difference between the means of the two groups (winning and denied agencies) is rejected for thirteen (13) of the thirty-eight (38) variables. Through discriminant analysis, the research identifies seven variables which create the best discriminant function. These variables include population size (POPULATE), use of performance measures (PERFMEAS), use of word processing (WORDPROC), previous receipt of the GFOA financial reporting certificate (GFOACERT), agency participation as a program reviewer (REVIEWER), number of pages in the annual budget (PAGES), and participants' views that the program uses a fair process of evaluation (FAIR). Future research into the GFOA Distinguished Budget Presentation Awards program should include more detailed analysis into the variables which appear to be associated with winning agencies.
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Date Issued: 1994
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/12376
Subject Headings: Government Finance Officers Association, Local budgets--Awards, Budget--Competitions
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Title: Dynamics of two-actor cooperation–competition conflict models.
Creator: Liebovitch, Larry S., Naudot, Vincent, Vallacher, Robin R., Nowak, Andrzej, Bui-Wrzosinska, Lan, Coleman, Peter T.
Date Issued: 2008-11-01
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/165475
Subject Headings: Nonlinear theories, Social systems--Mathematical models, Conflict management, Cooperativeness, Differential equations, Competition, Dynamics--Mathematical models
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Title: One yard shy of empowerment: cinematic portrayals of female athletes.
Creator: Lieberman, Vividiana., Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, Center for Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies
Abstract/Description: Sports are a primary zone of masculinity and sports films are a popular genre. One is hard pressed to find many leading female roles as athletes in male-dominated sports storylines. The cinematic portrayal of women athletes represents social attitudes and values and whether or not the women's movement has been able to influence representations and, concomitantly, social understandings of women and athleticism. My discussion of films featuring female athletes begins with National Velvet (1944)...
Show moreSports are a primary zone of masculinity and sports films are a popular genre. One is hard pressed to find many leading female roles as athletes in male-dominated sports storylines. The cinematic portrayal of women athletes represents social attitudes and values and whether or not the women's movement has been able to influence representations and, concomitantly, social understandings of women and athleticism. My discussion of films featuring female athletes begins with National Velvet (1944) and ends with Whip It (2008). By examining select sports films centered on all female teams, co-ed teams and individual female athletes, I show how their storylines and resolutions do or do not capitulate to patriarchal ideology. I find a general capitulation, with some concessions to women's equality. I conclude with a call for a degendering of sports and a redefinition of strength, competitiveness and aggression as human, not masculine.
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Date Issued: 2012
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/FAU/3342205
Subject Headings: Women athletes, Feminism and sports, Competition (Psychology), Minorities in motion pictures, Sex discrimination against women
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Title: Corporate Social Responsibility and Strategic Performance: Realizing A Competitive Advantage through Corporate Social Reputation and a Stakeholder Network Approach.
Creator: Peters, Richard C., Golden, Peggy A., Florida Atlantic University
Abstract/Description: This study provides an exploratory investigation of the link between Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and Firm Competitive Advantage. It poses two primary research questions (1) What valuable and rare resource does the firm acquire through CSR? and 2) How does the firm's approach to stakeholder management influence its ability to protect and enhance the value of this resource? Corporate Social Reputation, the perception of the firm by its internal and external stakeholders, is argued to...
Show moreThis study provides an exploratory investigation of the link between Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and Firm Competitive Advantage. It poses two primary research questions (1) What valuable and rare resource does the firm acquire through CSR? and 2) How does the firm's approach to stakeholder management influence its ability to protect and enhance the value of this resource? Corporate Social Reputation, the perception of the firm by its internal and external stakeholders, is argued to be the valuable and rare resource that CSR provides. By building positive stakeholder relationships through CSR the firm is able to positively influence stakeholder assessment and gain 'reputational capital'. The value of reputational capital lies in its ability to promote operational efficiency and engender product differentiation, which independently as well as in tandem, grant firms superior performance over their competitors. Corporate Social Reputation is also expected to be positively influenced by the finn's adoption of a 'network' approach to stakeholder management. Two specific network attributes: extensiveness and consistency are argued to promote reputational capital growth. Network Extensiveness is determined by the number and diversity of firmstakeholder relationships, whereas Network Consistency is concerned with the variability of firm behavior across its entire stakeholder network. The hypothesized model was evaluated via a longitudinal study of one hundred and fifty eight firms from multiple industries. Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) was employed to assess path coefficients as well as the goodness of fit of the measurement and structural models. The results provide support for the positive influence of CSR on Corporate Social Reputation, but no support for a significant relation between either Network Extensiveness or Network Consistency and Corporate Social Reputation. Also, the results indicate that Corporate Social Reputation directly, positively and significantly contributes to a firm's ability to achieve and sustain a Competitive Advantage for both an internal (Return on Assets) and external (Tobin's q) measure of firm financial performance. Further, the findings suggest that the contribution of CSR to financial performance may be indirect and facilitated through a step-wise process which requires the attainment of a positive and superior Corporate Social Reputation before Competitive Advantage can be achieved.
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Date Issued: 2007
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00000609
Subject Headings: Social Responsibility of Business, Industrial Management--Moral and Ethical Aspects, Organizational Effectiveness, Strategic Planning, Competition--Social Aspects
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Title: Resource use, competition, grazing behavior, and ecosystem invasion impacts of Pomacea maculata.
Creator: Monette, Dean J., Markwith, Scott, Florida Atlantic University, Charles E. Schmidt College of Science, Department of Geosciences
Abstract/Description: Invasion of exotic species is a global threat to native species, biological diversity, and ecological restoration projects. Pomacea maculata is a macrophyte herbivore often misidentified with one of the world’s most invasive and destructive exotic snail, Pomacea canaliculata, but has a broader geographical distribution and climate tolerance, and greater egg production. This research examines whether the exotic P. maculata and native Pomacea paludosa occupy identical vegetation communities,...
Show moreInvasion of exotic species is a global threat to native species, biological diversity, and ecological restoration projects. Pomacea maculata is a macrophyte herbivore often misidentified with one of the world’s most invasive and destructive exotic snail, Pomacea canaliculata, but has a broader geographical distribution and climate tolerance, and greater egg production. This research examines whether the exotic P. maculata and native Pomacea paludosa occupy identical vegetation communities, mechanisms of interference competition, grazing impact differences on Vallisneria americana and to develop an exploratory agent based model. This model uses historical and present data to project how differences between species in life history and grazing patterns can potentially impact South Florida ecosystems. This model examined how P. maculate invasion of South Florida could affect two of the Central Everglades Planning Project’s main environmental restoration goals: function of key vegetative communities and conservation of endangered or threatened species.
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Date Issued: 2014
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004309, http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004309
Subject Headings: Competition (Biology), Ecosystem management -- Florida, Florida applesnail -- Ecology, Florida applesnail -- Environmental aspects, Florida applesnail -- Habitat, Pomacea maculata -- Florida, Wildlife conservation -- Florida
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