If this article seems to favor the great man theory of success over its competitor it was intentional.
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A. Hayek, market theoreticians have to a large extent employed the equivalent of the Great Man theory of history to explain what makes markets tick.
In any case, general relativity directly contradicts quantum mechanics, the other great physical theory of the 20th century, so more and more precise tests need to be carried out to find out what cracks might exist in either theory.
The theory sounds great: Insurers that provide the most cost-effective care can lower premiums and attract more buyers.
Clearly, the "great man" theory of history will always be ripe for debate, but as shown by a choice reading of CEOs the presence of a strong, charismatic leader can hold more sway in business than elsewhere.
However, I also believe that every great leader has a huge bias toward the inside- out, Great Man theory of history and human nature regardless of whether this theory is objectively valid or not.
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Both have advantages and disadvantages, much as the broad, impersonal-forces approach to the past and the heroic, great-man theory of history each have theirs.
Do you know why the Great Depression hit back in the 1930s, according to the General Theory?
Whatever happened to the theory of investing in great businesses?
Moreover, BGI wants to change business for good but teaches the same neoclassical economic theory that justified policies and actions that led to the great recession.
Instead, the prevalent Russian theory is that the Chinese will follow the advice of their great military philosopher Sun Tsu, who said the best general wins wars without fighting a single battle.
For instance, balance is great in theory, but the idea of carving pieces of our lives into equal portions is unrealistic.
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That sounds great in theory, in the end, both O Rei and El Diego dominated their times, while neither Leo nor CR7 have won a World Cup, and no one would say that Xavi and Iniesta are better than Messi.
While baseball allows its old hands to sometimes retire gracefully with their original team (see: Chipper Jones and the Atlanta Braves and, soon, Derek Jeter and Mariano Rivera and the New York Yankees), that rarely happens in the NFL. Once you are deemed old and expensive (the fate of all great players, in theory), you are usually gone.
The panel basically acknowledged that what sounds great in theory would entail a tough culture change.
Theory is great, but the proof is in the pudding.
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This fact and the harassment the USMNT faces in some of these games in San Pedro Sula, San Jose, Panama City, Kingston and Mexico City, should be, in theory, great preparation for the U.S. team.
Many of his other opinions will be challenged, perhaps especially when it is not quite clear what they are: he seems studiously to avoid committing himself to any particular theory of the origins of the Great Depression.
Dr. Murray disagrees with the theory, saying he has tracked a great deal of movement from urban areas to less-populated counties.
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History is littered with examples, such as the Seiko Ruputer wristwatch computer, that sounded great in theory but turned out to be lemons in practice.
Without providing a great deal of detail, in theory the FCC would force local TV stations to sell chunks of airwave spectrum rights to the U.S. government, which would then use them for public Wi-Fi networks.
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It is a conspiracy theory and one that the prime minister takes great exception to.
Some economists say the theory explains why many people don't feel great about their financial situations, despite statistical evidence of a very strong economy.
Research Chairman Eisenstadt takes great satisfaction in having proved to adherents of the efficient market theory that the market can, in fact, be beaten.
And the great majority of investment advisers claim they base decisions on this theory, which falls short when it comes to accounting for the risk of borrowed money.
We can understand atomic theory, and we can understand literature and learn about the great works of art and all the great things of culture, but why?
Having Apple host your media in the cloud and being able to access it on any device is great in theory, but do you really want to be paying rent on music and movies that you have already paid for once?
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It sounds great in theory: using human ingenuity to make fresh water for the most parched state from the world's biggest ocean.
Scientist Alfred Russel Wallace, who proposed the theory of evolution by natural selection with Charles Darwin, corresponded with the great and good of 19th Century society.
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Sounds great in theory, but it's absolutely pointless since long-pressing the home screen achieves exactly the same result.
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