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William worked on The Principles of Psychology throughout the 1880s, while teaching psychology and philosophy at Harvard University. He drew together various styles of science to create a unified whole and establish psychology as a valid discipline that connects many different areas-including philosophy, biology, and medicine-and helps us understand that the physical and mental are intertwined. He also created concepts-such as thoughts happening in...
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"The Core Competence of the Corporation" challenged and redefined traditional concepts of management strategy in a market that was growing increasingly global and competitive.
Business scholars C. K. Prahalad and Gary Hamel base their 1990 argument for a strategy change on a comparison of case studies. They note that some corporations are adept at inventing new markets, quickly entering emerging markets, and shifting patterns of customer choice in...
3) A Macat Analysis of Marcel Mauss's The Gift: The Form and Reason for Exchange in Archaic Societies
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In The Gift (1925), Marcel Mauss elevates a simple gift from the status of innocent object to something that has the capacity to motivate people and define social relationships. The Gift analyzes cultures across the world and across time, examining the ways gifts are given and received to understand the rules and traditions of many different societies. Gifts can be tangible, like jewelry, or intangible, like the offering of skills. But binding relationships...