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regression models are used to examine the impacts of variables coming from transactions cost economics and risk on contracting … contracting. The study focuses on cross-commodity differences in contracting and the variable underlying contracting. Logistic … decisions. Support is found for the effects of transactions cost, but price risk is not found to be an important determinant of …
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Productivity at Australian container terminals has improved significantly in absolute terms since 1997 according to this international benchmarking study. For the sample of ship calls and terminals studied, productivity improved also in relative terms. The productivity improvement at Australian...
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This paper presents an analysis of self-employed contracting in Australia. The analysis covers all self …
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This study examines selected work arrangements and assesses their implications for the performance of container stevedoring workplaces. The effects on employees and users of stevedoring services are also considered, and impediments to achieving improved work arrangements are analysed. This is...
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and to supply missing information. Application of the five-step procedure to the issue of return postage in mail surveys …
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This paper investigates the usefulness of Italian consumer surveys as estimation and forecasting tool over the period … household surveys improves both the goodness- of-fit of consumption equations and their forecasting performances. It is …
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Public opinion surveys conducted since 1977 in Japan are usually interpreted as showing decreasing support among the …
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surveys about the nomination of Clarence Thomas. In this situation, prior theory allowed us to predict the direction of … changes, surveys had been conducted by a number of organizations, and substantial information was available about the … methodology used in the surveys. As a result we concluded that the deteriorating opinions of Thomas were real. …
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strong positive impact on the response rate in mail surveys. One of these studies is described here and an attempt is made to …
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