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  2. Development theory - Wikipedia

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    The Rostow model has serious flaws, of which the most serious are: (1) The model assumes that development can be achieved through a basic sequence of stages which are the same for all countries, a doubtful assumption; (2) The model measures development solely by means of the increase of GDP per capita; (3) The model focuses on characteristics ...

  3. O-ring theory of economic development - Wikipedia

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    The O-ring theory of economic development is a model of economic development put forward by Michael Kremer in 1993, [1] which proposes that tasks of production must be executed proficiently together in order for any of them to be of high value. The key feature of this model is positive assortative matching, whereby people with similar skill ...

  4. Rostow's stages of growth - Wikipedia

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    Rostow's model is descendent from the liberal school of economics, emphasizing the efficacy of modern concepts of free trade and the ideas of Adam Smith.It also denies Friedrich List’s argument that countries reliant on exporting raw materials may get “locked in”, and be unable to diversify, in that Rostow's model states that countries may need to depend on a few raw material exports to ...

  5. Malcom McLean - Wikipedia

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    McLean was born in Maxton, North Carolina in 1913. [2] His first name was originally spelled Malcolm, though he used Malcom later in life. [3]In 1935, when he finished high school at Winston-Salem, his family did not have enough money to send him to college, but there was enough for McLean to buy a used truck.

  6. Robert S. Siegler - Wikipedia

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    He proposed the 'overlapping waves' model of cognitive development in 1996. Siegler received a B.A. in psychology from the University of Illinois in 1970 and a Ph.D. in psychology from SUNY Stony Brook in 1974, and he has been employed at Carnegie Mellon University until 2018, where he was a colleague of Herbert A. Simon .

  7. Social ecological model - Wikipedia

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    Socio-ecological models were developed to further the understanding of the dynamic interrelations among various personal and environmental factors. Socioecological models were introduced to urban studies by sociologists associated with the Chicago School after the First World War as a reaction to the narrow scope of most research conducted by developmental psychologists.

  8. Job characteristic theory - Wikipedia

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    Job characteristics theory is a theory of work design.It provides “a set of implementing principles for enriching jobs in organizational settings”. [1] The original version of job characteristics theory proposed a model of five “core” job characteristics (i.e. skill variety, task identity, task significance, autonomy, and feedback) that affect five work-related outcomes (i.e ...

  9. Information systems success model - Wikipedia

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    A representation of the IS success model. The information systems success model (alternatively IS success model or Delone and McLean IS success model) is an information systems (IS) theory which seeks to provide a comprehensive understanding of IS success by identifying, describing, and explaining the relationships among six of the most critical dimensions of success along which information ...