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What happens when people “achieve”? Why do reactions to “achievement” vary so profoundly? And how might an anthropological study of achievement and its consequences allow us to develop a more nuanced model of the motivated agency that operates in the social world? These questions lie at the heart of this volume. Drawing on research from Southeast Asia, Europe, the United States, and Latin America, this collection develops an innovative framework for explaining achievement’s multiple effects—one which brings together cutting-edge theoretical insights into politics, psychology, ethics, materiality, aurality, embodiment, affect and narrative. In doing so, the volume advances a new agenda for the study of achievement within anthropology, emphasizing the significance of achievement as a moment of cultural invention, and the complexity of “the achiever” as a subject position.

Although new ventures’ competitive positioning and their founders’ social networks are both recognized as important in the context of transition economies, not much is known about their multiplicative effect on performance. We build on the strategic management literature and social network theory to develop theoretical predictions about the role of competitive strategies and social capital for entrepreneurial performance. These are tested with survey data from Bulgaria. We find that both the venture’s competitive strategic positioning and the founder’s networking positively influence performance. The hypothesized moderating effect of networking for the relationship between differentiation strategy and performance received only tentative support. Contrary to expectations, we find a negative moderating effect of networking for the relationship of cost leadership with performance. These results suggest that the entrepreneur’s network plays a role in shaping how strategies influence performance by possibly upholding differentiation and deemphasizing cost leadership strategy. Implications for managerial practice and public policy are discussed.

Полный вариант заголовка: «Theorie des richesses sociales : Tome 1 : suivie d'une bibliographie de l'economie politique / par le Comte Frederic Skarbek».

Полный вариант заголовка: «Theorie des lois sociales / par J.F. Dauray de Brie».

Полный вариант заголовка: «Theorie des richesses sociales : Tome 2 : suivie d'une bibliographie de l'economie politique / par le Comte Frederic Skarbek».

Полный вариант заголовка: «Histoire de la Sorbonne dans laquelle on voit l'insluence de la Theologie sur l'ordre social. T. 1 / par M. l'Abbe J. Duvernet».