Conventional wisdom

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111Islamic terrorism / Organized crime / Politics / Terrorism in Pakistan / National security / War in Afghanistan / Taliban / Al-Qaeda / Lashkar-e-Taiba / Islamism / Islam / Terrorism

Are the Better Educated Less Likely to Support Militancy and Terrorism? Women Are. Evidence from a Public Opinion Survey in Pakistan Abstract Conventional wisdom dictates that the more educated are less likely to support

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Source URL: www.cgdev.org

Language: English - Date: 2012-06-18 17:28:44
112Business process / Entrepreneurship / Sales / Hewlett-Packard / Business / Computing / Computer hardware

FAST RETAILING WAY (FR Group Corporate Philosophy) Corporate Statement Changing clothes. Changing conventional wisdom. Change the world. The FAST RETAILING Group Mission

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Source URL: www.fastretailing.com

Language: English - Date: 2013-12-17 02:34:45
113National accounts / Monetary policy / Economic indicators / Hong Kong Monetary Authority / Balance of payments / Foreign-exchange reserves / Capital account / Hong Kong dollar / Fixed exchange-rate system / Economics / International economics / Macroeconomics

BALANCE OF PAYMENTS STATISTICS: EXAMINING SOME RECEIVED WISDOM Conventional interpretation of balance of payments (BoP) statistics tends to focus on the “overall” BoP position. This position, however, simply mirrors

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Source URL: www.hkma.gov.hk

Language: English - Date: 2012-01-31 00:02:00
114Health economics / Federal assistance in the United States / Presidency of Lyndon B. Johnson / Statistics / Medicaid / United States / Medi-Cal / National Health Interview Survey / RAND Health Insurance Experiment / Healthcare in the United States / Healthcare reform in the United States / Health

I. Introduction Conventional wisdom holds that expansion of publicly provided health insurance is an effective means of improving the health of children from low-income families. The Balanced Budget Act of 1997 include

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Source URL: www.nber.org

Language: English - Date: 1999-01-15 16:23:38
115Security / Monoculture / Vulnerability / Malware / Attack / Address space layout randomization / Buffer overflow / Computer network security / Cyberwarfare / Computer security

IT Monoculture The Monoculture Risk Put into Context Conventional wisdom holds that software monocultures are exceptionally vulnerable to malware outbreaks. The

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Source URL: www.cs.cornell.edu

Language: English - Date: 2009-02-09 20:02:40
116Incentive / Microeconomics / Behavior / Mind / Motivation / Economic theories / Economics

Can Higher Rewards Lead to Less Effort? Incentive Reversal in Teams∗ Esteban F. Klor, Sebastian Kube, Eyal Winter and Ro’i Zultan† Abstract Conventional wisdom suggests that a global increase in monetary rewards

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Source URL: www.bgu.ac.il

Language: English - Date: 2013-10-22 04:16:33
117Aid / Evaluation methods / DAC Network on Development Evaluation / Aid effectiveness / Evaluation / Development aid / Development Assistance Committee / Capacity building / Empowerment evaluation / Development / International economics / International development

1 DAC NETWORK ON DEVELOPMENT EVALUATION Workshop on Joint Evaluations Challenging the Conventional Wisdom - the View from Developing Country Partners[removed]April 2005, Nairobi, Kenya

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Source URL: www.oecd.org

Language: English - Date: 2014-07-21 03:34:08
118International economics / International development / Aid effectiveness / Impact assessment / Development / Evaluation methods / Evaluation

1 DAC NETWORK ON DEVELOPMENT EVALUATION Workshop on Joint Evaluations Challenging the Conventional Wisdom - the View from Developing Country Partners[removed]April 2005, Nairobi, Kenya

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Source URL: www.oecd.org

Language: English - Date: 2014-07-21 03:34:09
119Pneumatics / Energy / Valve actuator / Valves / Mechanical engineering / Pneumatic actuator / Gas compressor / Engine / Linear actuator / Actuators / Compressors / Energy technology

A BIMBA WHITEPAPER[removed]Debunking “Conventional Wisdom” in Actuator Selection and Deployment

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Source URL: www.bimba.com

Language: English - Date: 2011-09-01 12:17:14
120Corporations law / Management / Corporate governance / Corporate finance / Private capital / Private equity / Board of directors / The Firm / Financial economics / Business / Finance

BOARD AGE AND TENURE Boardroom imperative: Youthful impatience The challenge for corporate boardrooms is not to find younger directors, per se, but directors who are highly motivated to challenge conventional wisdom and

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Source URL: www.cdr-inc.com

Language: English - Date: 2011-04-29 16:33:40
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