Previous studies of moral reasoning have treated moral reasoning as a product of the individual. This article extends the study of moral reasoning by analyzing its use in strategic interaction. I analyze how participants in a naturally occurring situation of conflict use moral arguments strategically and negotiate over the types of arguments that are acceptable. Gilligan’s Care and Justice mode...

Current implementation of new technologies for Communication, Navigation, Surveillance and Air Traffic Management (CNS/ATM systems) along with computational improvements on airborne and ground systems developed in the last two decades, point out the need for more strategic navigation and air-traffic control procedures based on four-dimensional (position plus time) trajectories. Moreover, the CN...

Chapter one of the thesis develops a theoretical model that explores the incentives of incumbents and potential entrants in inventing a patentable new product. Winning the new product enables an oligopoly incumbent to internalize the externalities between the new and existing products, but it may either strengthen or weaken the incumbent’s competitive position in its existing business. The equi...

For e-government to succeed, government agencies must manage their records and archives of which the sheer volume and diversity necessitate the use of electronic record management systems (ERMS). Using an established business–technology alignment model, we analyze an agency’s strategic alignment choice and examine the outcomes and agency performance associated with that alignment. The specific ...

In contexts ranging from public goods provision to information collection, a player’s well-being depends on own action as well as on the actions taken by his or her neighbors. We provide a framework to analyze such strategic interactions when neighborhood structure, modeled in terms of an underlying network of connections, affects payoffs. In our framework, individuals are partially informed ab...

The NOAA Fisheries Service, Northeast Fisheries Science Center (NEFSC) asked the panel to review the activities of their Social Science Branch (SSB) and provide advice and recommendations on the alignment of the SSB strategic objectives and initiatives with the missions, strategic goals, and objectives of NOAA, NMFS, and the NEFSC; the direction and quality of SSB programs and research in relat...

the aim of this research is to develop a model of antecedents and consequences of iran exemplary exporters’ competitive intelligence (ci) in order to identify their strengths and weaknesses. for this purpose we discuss position and growth strategies of exporters, effective use of ci, export competitiveness enhancement and sustainable export development. based on conceptual model, knowledge mana...

although on the basis of geo-economic theories, study of energy-related issues is of strategic importance to all countries, energy resources are no more restricted to oil and gas reserves as was the case during the past century. of course, these resources are still key elements of global energy reserves. today, in addition to geo-politics and geo-economics, the concept of hydro-geopolitics puts...

contrary to president obama’s stated position in november 2009, it is presumed here that the islamic republic intentionally procrastinates normalization of its foreign policy towards the u.s. this intentional delay is due to mutual mistrust existing between the two states. nonetheless, the islamic republic is determined to avoid further confrontation with the u.s. in this respect, the islamic r...

undoubtedly achamenids, as the greatest empire of ancient periods that tried to preserve its internal security and defend its frontiers, needed the help of their appointed governors who were usually elected from among achaemenid families. besoos, who was one of achaemenids, was appointed as a governor on east (bacteria). besoos dismissed and killed darius iii and claimed himself as the emperor ...