Although many studies of form and function find a correlation between performance and
adaptive specialization, others fail to discern such a tight link despite careful monitoring and …

In recent years new approaches to the integration of economics and thermodynamics have
been developed which build on the physics of open non-equilibrium systems, the so-called …

Organisms architecturally modify environments and these modifications may persist across
generations, potentially strongly shaping social behavior. However, few experiments have …

During the second half of the twentieth century, economics exported its logic–utility
maximization–to the analysis of several human activities or realities: a tendency that has …

A geocentric turn in economics would radically transform the performative functions of
economics in contemporary capitalism; inspired by John Stuart Mill, I outline the idea of …

Humans are characterized by a suite of traits that seem to differentiate them profoundly from
closely related apes such as the gorilla, chimpanzee, and orang‐utan. These traits include …

This essay offers views on some current and future trends in marketing. The content is based
on recent literature and on what is happening in the business world. Four major topics are …

Despite the dynamic development of the discipline of economics, the ways in which
economics is taught and how it defines its basic principles have hardly changed, resulting in …

Aim The rise of the Isthmus of Panama and the formation of 'geminate'species pairs serves
as an important model of allopatric speciation. However, to function as a model system …

'Big'history treats events between the Big Bang and contemporary technological life on Earth
as a single narrative, suggesting that cosmological, biological and social processes can be …