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In this short paper I consider Professor Bence Nanay's suggestion that representationalism can be supported by the theory of tropes. I argue that from a philosophical point of view such a support is nevertheless not very strong.

The article deals with the issues of today's state of development of pedagogical college innovative management in theory and practice. The theoretical summary of the main approaches to its solution is presented through comparative characteristics of innovation potential.

Die Ängste von Führungskräften waren bisher kaum Thema wissenschaftlicher Auseinandersetzungen. Gabi Harding befragt achtzehn deutsche Topmanager von Profit-Organisationen zu ihren Ängsten und deren Bewältigung. Unter Bezug auf psychoanalytische, organisationspsychologische und soziologische Konzepte arbeitet sie mit der Grounded Theory Methodologie heraus, dass die Interviewten ihre Position nutzen, um ihre Identität zu konstituieren. Auf diesem Weg können sie ihre Angst vor Bedeutungslosigkeit bewältigen.

An interview with Thomas Friedman is provided. Friedman discusses his theory that information technology is the key to global commerce, as well as his project of providing digital IDs to 1.2 billion Indians. Adapted from the source document.

Examines role of development of intercontinental air power and other technological innovations in decolonization of the British Empire; some focus on political geography theory and its impact on British military strategy in the first half of the twentieth century.

Books reviewed:Frederic E. Sautet, An Entrpreneurial Theory of the FirmDavid M. Newbery, Privatization, Restructuring and Regulation of Network UtilitiesG. C. Peden, The Treasury and British Public Policy, 1906–59Karl‐Heinz Paque´, Structural Unemployment and Real Wage Rigidity in Germany

The author investigated the degree of change in a single client's 3‐letter Holland code (J. L. Holland, 1985) over a 10‐year period. Results seem to support Holland's theory that personality traits remain relatively stable over time.

In the light of the dramatic events in political society in Serbia the author examines the most basic question of political theory of constitutionalism, i.e. how is it possible for a revolution to culminate in a viable form of constitutional government.

Theodor W. Adorno, Aesthetic Theory, newly translated, edited, and with a translator's introduction by Robert Hullot-Kentor (Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 1997)Ernst Bloch, Literary Essays, trans. Andrew Joron, et. al. (Stanford: Stanford University Press, 1998)

This note shows the existence of a second‐order locally consistent equilibrium in the game analysed in 1988 by Bonanno, under assumptions which are weaker and empirically more satisfactory than usual. An example of application to oligopoly theory is also provided.

Examines innovation and diffusion as social processes for transmitting and adopting new ideas, practices, and technologies; topics include fashionable clothing, community outreach, industrial pollution, political activism, morality policy, tobacco regulation, jazz music, and diffusion theory; US, chiefly.

Phelps, Nicholas A., Multinationals and European Integration: Investment and Regional DevelopmentLauria, Mickey (ed.), Reconstructing Urban Regime Theory: Regulating Urban Politics in a Global EconomyMarsden, Terry; Lowe, Philip and Whatmore, Sarah (eds.), Rural Restructuring: Global Processes and Their Responses

This paper provides an improved stopping boundary for open sequential selection of the normal population with the largest mean when all populations have common known variance. The proof relies on the theory of Brownian motion processes with drift.