The theory that employees are inherently lazy and irresponsible and will tend to avoid work unless closely supervised and given incentives.

The theory that employees are capable of being ambitious and self-motivated under suitable conditions.

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(physics) A discredited scientific theory, once considered an alternative to special relativity, proposing that light is emitted at speed c relative to its source instead of applying the invariance postulate.

(economics) The idea that the burdens of taxation "stick" to those taxed directly instead of spreading through the economy.

(politics, historical) Synonym of domino effect

(economics) A theory that abstinence in business will bring beneficial interest.

A mathematical technique for finding an approximate solution to a problem that cannot be solved exactly, by starting from the exact solution of a related problem; used in modelling physical interactions between particles, etc.

(physics) A mathematical approach to developing a theory of everything in theoretical physics, based on quantizing spacetime into units called metrons.

(physics) The theory that (most) baryons and mesons are composed of bound quarks and antiquarks.