The Name is the Game

We\u27ve all known people whose names or nicknames indicated that their parents had a sense of humor, if not compassion or good taste. One of the most highly noted examples of frivolous appellation was Ima Hogg, the highly-regarded philanthropist. The actor Rip Torn\u27s real name is Rip Torn, and in popular fiction, Perry Mason\u27s courtroom adversary was Hamilton Ham Burger

The Name is the Game

Al Gore\u27s name spoonerized is galore which turns out to be a clever Al Gore rhythm. This year Republicans are experiencing Al Gore-aphobia, but are hoping to Bush whack the opposition. George Bush\u27s name anagrammed becomes He bugs Gore, and, adding the the W, He grew bogus which I realize you may interpret as a Bush League prey on words. Switching first letters of the candidates\u27 last names, we discover that one will gush and the other will bore. Looks like we\u27re in for a Gore-Tex campaign--I hope it doesn\u27t leak. I predict that at the end of the campaign Gore will be bushed and Bush will be gored. Then we\u27ll either have four Gore years or rule by a son of a Bush

Skewness is the name of the game

Theoretical models of risk taking attempt to explain why risk-averse individuals participate in unfair gambles. This paper evaluates the two explanations as to why rational individuals would accept gambles with negative expected returns. It is found that it is skewness, not the mean or the variance of the prize distribution that attracts risk-averse gamblers. However, evidence shows that there seems to be an optimal trade-off between operators’ sales revenues and skewness of the pay-off; a point that designer of gambling games needs to heed to

21st century innovation: What is the name of the new game?

This is the author accepted manuscrip. The final version is available from ISPIM via the link in this recordThe Circular Economy is a relatively immature research landscape, particularly when considered from an Innovation perspective. However it is gaining momentum and according to critics offers a solution to many of the issues currently being experienced around the world, in terms of resource shortages and the energy, food, water nexus. This study attempts to explore examples of products and services, collected by the Ellen MacArthur Foundation, to begin to understand which size of companies are developing them, what types of innovations they represent and how they might diffuse to scale. The contribution of this paper is to introduce, define and raise awareness of circular innovations whilst beginning to articulate how analysis of CE products and service might be undertaken by further studies, with the aim of informing companies and policy-makers accordingly

Profit is the Name of the Game

Hedgefonds versprechen traumhafte Renditen, mittlerweile nicht nur für Großinvestoren. Aber mit welchen Anlagestrategien werden diese Renditen erzielt? Vor diesem Hintergrund untersucht der vorliegende Artikel, wie Hedgefonds im Hinblick auf Sozial- und Umweltgerechtigkeit zu beurteilen sind

Do People Care about Social Context? Framing Effects in Dictator Games

Many previous experiments document that behavior in multi-person settings responds to the name of the game and the labeling of strategies. Usually these studies cannot tell whether frames affect preferences or beliefs. In this Dictator game study, we investigate whether social framing effects are also present when only one of the subjects makes a decision, in which case the frame may only affect preferences. We find that behavior is insensitive to social framing.beliefs; preferences; framing effects; altruism; cooperation