Shane (1992) tried to make a connection between the differences in the cultural background among societies and the perceptions on transaction costs observed and the differences in societies' preferences for licensing and international joint ventures.
His ideas result from removing himself from society in preference to the company of classical books.
My daughter and her peers already understand society's preference for top-ranked colleges.
It would seem from this characterization of Atticus that his claim is more than a lament of society's preference of some citizens more than others.
"As a society our preference for breadwinning over caregiving has made us blind to the cost of caregiving and the economic value of caregivers," says Anne-Marie Slaughter, CEO of think tank New America, in her book Unfinished Business.
The parameter ε reflects the strength of society's preference for equality, and can take values ranging from zero to infinity.
7 These instruments are designed to reflect both a quantitative description of a patient's health state and society's preference for that particular health state.
In "Top Gun," perhaps the ultimate portrayal of a renegade hero, even the nicknames of fighter pilots reflect society's preferences, with Maverick the star and Iceman the annoying, by-the-book perfectionist.
Economics has developed along a single line of thought, in which individuals, isolated from society, have "preferences" for a collection of goods and are motivated by self-interest to pursue the acquisition, at the lowest prices, of the most goods that their economic circumstances allow.
