Many people are skittish of sharing resources with someone they don't know: what if someone runs off with my shared prized possession, or damages it, or doesn't return it on time?
It is about being able to give back in the ways that you can afford, whether it be money, volunteering talent and resources, teaching someone something new, or taking care of someone's kids for an afternoon.
"It is consuming resources for someone who is contributing to their own demise".
The police treated the case as an abduction, employing what Mr. Kelly said were "significant resources," until someone who had been at the party returned home from Pennsylvania and alerted the police.
To figure out what motivates people to act generously, Professor Van Lange and three colleagues set up a game in which more than 600 people made choices about sharing resources with someone they didn't know and would never meet again.
A lack of support staff, operations professionals, research help and other resources that someone may have had at their disposal at a large investment bank just aren't feasible at a start-up.
Says Foo Choy Peng, an associate director of China research at UOB Kay Hian (Hong Kong): "[Chinese President] Hu Jintao and [Premier] Wen Jiabao are both engineers with a concern about resources, and someone with Chen's background is in tune with the times".
