VOLUME 6 • 2007
HEGEMONIC STABILITY, DISTRIBUTED GOVERNANCE, AND RETERRITORIALIZATION
ABSTRACT. Harvey argues that a direct trade-off exists between changing technology or location in the competitive search for excess profits. Layne points out that a hegemon tends to overpay for security, which eventually weakens the internal foundation of its external position. Jessop treats structu..
ON JUDICIAL HARMONIZATION OF PRIVATE LAW
ABSTRACT. Cafaggi claims that the formation of European private law is a process. Cafaggi and Muir Watt highlight the internal transformation of private law and its increasing regulatory function to be considered in governance design. Murillo emphasizes that, over the 20th century, the obsolescence ..
CORPORATE INVESTMENT AND THE TRANSMISSION MECHANISM OF MONETARY POLICY
ABSTRACT. Reddy says that a factor that complicates the transmission mechanism of monetary policy is the limited size of the Indian financial system. Barseghyan and DiCecio analyze optimal discretionary monetary policy in an endogenous sticky prices model: sticky-price firms are allowed to switch to..
MONETARY POLICY AND GLOBAL ECONOMIC INTEGRATION
ABSTRACT. Wagner analyzes a channel of influence on monetary policy, which is based on an increase in competition through global economic integration. Yellen asserts that global factors may impact inflation in the medium term. Carlsson and Westermark assert that downward nominal rigidity implies tha..
GOVERNANCE AND EUROPEAN PRIVATE LAW
ABSTRACT. Caruso holds that private law performs a significant state-breaking function. By regulatory functions of private law Cafaggi and Muir Watt mean the ability of private law instruments, in particular contract, torts and property to address market failures. Joerges observes that the intervent..
PRACTISING HUMAN GEOGRAPHY
ABSTRACT. Salter and Meserve hold that to be a real geographer, one must observe: there is great power in observation. Soja claims that geographically uneven development, reproduced at multiple scales, is inherent to the concretization of capitalist social relations. Mayhew explains that a history o..
LIBERAL IMPERIALISM AND EXTRAREGIONAL HEGEMONY
ABSTRACT. Smith writes that whereas the geographical language of empires suggests a malleable politics, the "American Century" suggests an inevitable destiny. Eland shows that imperial behavior by one power can lead to counterbalancing by other powers. Felker argues that we need to study how to degr..
OPTIMAL MONETARY POLICY, ASSET PRICES, AND FIRM INVESTMENT
ABSTRACT. Berger et al. study the nexus between globalization and the optimal monetary policy response to asset prices. Reddy holds that at an operational level, there is greater transparency amongst the monetary authorities as a strategic objective. Rogoff argues that continuing asset price volatil..
ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE AND LEADERSHIP EFFECTIVENESS
ABSTRACT. Gray and Densten claim that effective knowledge management is at the heart of organizational performance. Kwnates and Boglarsky view aspects of organizational culture that promote employee fulfillment and satisfaction as positively related to leadership and personal effectiveness. Marinova..
INTERACTIVE MUSIC SYSTEMS AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF EXPRESSIVE CONDUCTING GESTURES
ABSTRACT. Pérez et al. describe the process of composing for a new interface, the use of such a system as dictated by the concept of the piece and the effect the novel interface has on the decision making for the final compositional result. Schementi claims that ideally the virtual orchestra can be ..
STYLISTIC COMPETENCY AND INTERPRETIVE NUANCE
ABSTRACT. Kertz-Welzel notes that improvisation means inventing music at the moment of playing without writing it down. Kramer argues that listening to classical music involves both unselfconscious absorption in the sweep of a piece as a whole and quickened attention to special details. Lester expla..
DIFFERENTIAL MODES OF CHORAL PERFORMANCE EVALUATION PERFORMANCE
ABSTRACT. Pérez et al. claim that research on new interfaces for musical expression tends to primarily focus on innovative gesture measurement, extending traditional instruments' expressivity or creating completely new digital instruments. Kasparian thinks that the reasonable audience member can be ..