Sexual risk-taking and reproductive morbidity are common among rapidly modernizing populations with little material wealth, limited schooling, minimal access to modern contraception and healthcare, and gendered inequalities in resource access that limit female autonomy in cohabiting relationships. Few studies have examined how modernization influences sexual risk-taking and reproductive health ...

that gained speed in the nineteenth and twentieth century in the western world, a typical modernist practice of technology politics emerged. The concepts of modernization and modernity need to be handled with care, of course, since their use may easily lead to an identification with modernizers, actors who have invented and used these labels to advance their cause. In addition, using these conc...

We examine whether strong relations between managers and analysts lead to analysts “following” the managers to new firms. Specifically, we investigate sell-side analyst coverage decisions in the context of CEO and CFO moves between publicly listed firms. We find that top executive moves from an origin firm to a destination firm often trigger analysts following the origin firm to initiate covera...

This paper tests the hypothesis that the extension of the voting franchise was caused by the threat of revolution, as suggested by Acemoglu and Robinson [Quarterly Journal of Economics 115, 1167-1199, 2000]. We approximate the threat of revolution in a given country by revolutionary events happening in neighboring countries. We investigate the relationship between this new measure of the threat...

This white paper examines the benefits, both expected and realized, for migrating data warehouses from Oracle platforms to the Teradata platform. It builds upon a previous white paper on migration strategies, for which several companies in different industries were interviewed. The study reveals that smart IT managers must balance a multifaceted perspective on benefits: immediate payoffs versus...