Commentary: If only we knew when we would fail

UvA - DARE ( Digital Academic Repository ) If we knew ability , how would we tax individuals ?

The suggestion to tax people on earnings capacity instead of earnings has been around for a long time and is attractive in terms of economic efficiency. In this paper we reflect on the feasibility of such a system and give an exploratory empirical implementation. We apply the Leyden Welfare Function of Income, a survey based measure of an individual’s welfare associated with income, to derive i...

If Only We Knew What We Know Organisational Knowledge Sharing - Concepts and Frameworks

“If only we knew what we know” is a refrain that has echoed across centuries, cultures, organisations and day-to-day affairs. The root cause for this is the lack of a holistic and integrated view on knowledge sharing. Globalisation and the increased speed of operations in the business world have led to dramatic changes in organisational life; the traditional way of working is no longer competit...

If only we all cared.

We know accurately only when we know little.

185 'We know accurately only when we know little, with knowledge doubt increases.' Objective In this thesis we aimed to gain novel insights into the radiological construct of MBs in dementia in relation to: I clinical relevance, II underlying vasculopathies and associated pathologies and III novel imaging techniques. In this chapter, the main observations are summarized and reviewed in the cont...

Further defining lung SP cells: their origin and their heterogeneity, now if we only knew their fate!

TISSUE INJURY AND REPAIR are ongoing processes in the lung and result from acute and chronic exposure to environmental insults. There are a myriad of effectors of lung injury, including infectious agents, particulate and chemical pollutants, radiation, and host defense mechanisms gone awry. Many of these processes are ablative in nature and require repair mechanisms that regenerate mature lung ...