Theories of international outsourcing predict rises in firms’ innovation rates mediated through lower wages per worker. Consistent with the predictions of Glass and Saggi (2001), we find a tradeoff between wages and innovation. However, we do not find that the proportion of internationally outsourced service inputs reduces but rather increases a firm’s wage per worker, a result most likely driv...

A product of years research, both on and off-site, this volume provides a much-needed documentation corpus eighteen monumental rock reliefs carved between the seventeenth sixth centuries BC in Elamite highland open-air sanctuaries Izeh valley its surrounds (Xong-e Azdhar, Shah Savar, Shekaft-e Salman, Kul-e Farah, Qal-e Tul), Mamasani river district (Kurangun), Marvdasht plain (Naqsh-e Rustam)....

Noting the poorly known historical geography of Elamite coastal region Persian Gulf during first half millennium BCE, author proceeds to contribute new knowledge on topic by investigating toponym(s) Nagitu, an settlement that appears quite frequently in Neo-Assyrian sources with various postpositions: Nagitu-raqqi “island-in-the-marshes”, Nagitu-di’bina “coastal town-of-rocks”, or Nagitu-of-Ela...

This short paper present a project spanning over two years with the goal of establishing usability work in a university context. The project was a collaborative project where members from the university administrations planning division worked together with action researchers in order to reach the project goals. During the first year the project members educated almost 200 of the IT professiona...