Challenges or survival instinct of Tibetan entrepreneurs

Musicality: Instinct or Acquired Skill?

Is the human tendency toward musicality better thought of as the product of a specific, evolved instinct or an acquired skill? Developmental and evolutionary arguments are considered, along with issues of domain-specificity. The article also considers the question of why humans might be consistently and intensely drawn to music if musicality is not in fact the product of a specifically evolved ...

Does Learning or Instinct Shape Habitat Selection?

Habitat selection is an important behavioural process widely studied for its population-level effects. Models of habitat selection are, however, often fit without a mechanistic consideration. Here, we investigated whether patterns in habitat selection result from instinct or learning for a population of grizzly bears (Ursus arctos) in Alberta, Canada. We found that habitat selection and related...

Exploring the challenges facing sustainable technology entrepreneurs

This paper is concerned with the issues surrounding technology diffusion, specifically that of More Sustainable Technologies (MST’s), the barriers which they face, and how new business models might be able to overcome these challenges. The distinctive features of MST’s are described and their associated challenges outlined. Entrepreneurs are identified as being essential to their successful com...

Ideological Adaptation? The Survival Instinct of Threatened Legislators

Do legislators remain at one point on the ideological spectrum for their entire careers, or do they update their ideological positions in response to the demands of constituents? Although theories of the electoral connection predict that legislators should adapt to voter demands, most empirical studies instead show that they maintain consistent positions in the face of changing political condit...

Entrepreneurs: Jacks of all Trades or Hobos?