Cinema en curs: Transmission of film as creation and creation as experience

Software Development as Knowledge Creation

This paper proposes a fundamental change in the way we view software development and the role of software in our society. We argue that the conventional understanding of software as a vehicle for automation is responsible for some of the most serious problems in the industry. As an alternative, we present a view of software as knowledge, and software development as knowledge creation. This shif...

Liquidity Creation as Volatility Risk

We show, both theoretically and empirically, that liquidity creation induces negative exposure to volatility risk. Intuitively, liquidity creation involves taking positions that can be exploited by privately informed investors. These investors’ ability to predict future price changes makes their payoff resemble a straddle (a combination of a call and a put). By taking the other side, liquidity ...

The Creation of an Intercultural Learning Experience in EFL Contexts

The present Study aimed to examine the efficacy of using literary texts in promoting intercultural communication competence, and intercultural awareness and understanding within language teaching contexts. The participants were 50 Iranian undergraduate students of English Literature, 20 male and 30 female, with their ages ranging from 19 to 24 engaged in reading and discussing literary texts wi...

Gamification as Creation of a Social System

Central banks as agents of employment creation

Employment creation has dropped off the direct agenda of most central banks. Th e so-called “global best practice” approach to central banking has not focused on economic growth or employment generation but rather on keeping infl ation in the low single digits. However, the policy record shows that employment generation and economic growth are often not by-products of infl ation focused central...