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Ricardian or Spender Consumers? Evidence from a Taxpayer Survey Questionnaire

Échevin, Damien - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009

This paper uses a unique survey questionnaire to assess the impact of the 2002 French tax cut on consumption. I find that the proportion of "spender" consumers as opposed to "Ricardian" consumers is relatively high, with 52.7 per cent of the households declaring that they consume their tax cuts....

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Influence of corporate social responsibility on development of corporate reputation and customer purchase intentions

Ali, Imran - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011

The concept of corporate social responsibility (CSR) has gained wide consideration in academic field as well as in business world in recent years. Organizations are using CSR to develop competitive advantage and establish congenial relations with its stakeholders. Despite the popularity of CSR...

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Lessons for Procurement and Contract Management Practice in the Public Sector: Evidence from a Quantitative Study

Watson, Glyn; Lonsdale, Chris; Peng, Fei; Sanderson, Joe - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012

We contribute to the literature on procurement and contract management in the public sector by reporting on the current practice of public and private sector organisations and the outcomes of that practice. In particular, we chart the effectiveness of certain procurement and contract management...

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Public Sector Funding and Debt Management: A Case for GDP-Linked Sukuk

Diaw, Abdou; Bacha, Obiyathulla Ismath; Lahsasna, Ahcene - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011

effective way the issue of debt management, in an interest-free context, and the issue of benchmarking sovereign Sukūk against …

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The results account of the ABC method. The main source of underlining the performances of an entity

Briciu, Sorin; Căpuşneanu, Sorinel; I - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011

This paper presents a model of the results account specific for the method of Activity Based Costing (ABC), starting from its definition, component and typology. There are also described the defining elements of the results account in its quality of instrument of measuring and monitoring the...

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Quantitative studies of water and sanitation utilities: a literature survey

Berg, Sanford V; Marques, Rui Cunha - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010

) performance assessment (benchmarking). In addition, this paper presents some patterns regarding quantitative methods adopted over …

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The Appeal of Risky Assets

Stolper, Anno - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010

A fund's performance is usually compared to the performance of an index or other funds. If a fund trails the benchmark, the fund manager is often replaced. We argue that this may lead to excessive risk-taking if fund managers differ in ability and have the opportunity to take excessive risk. To...

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International Entrepreneurship and Technology Transfer: The CDM´s Reality in China

Aleluia, João; Leitão, João - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009

economies. Taking as reference the Chinese context, a benchmarking approach is proposed to assess the performance of distinct …

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Gaming in a benchmarking environment. A non-parametric analysis of benchmarking in the water sector

De Witte, Kristof; Marques, Rui - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009

This paper discusses the use of benchmarking in general and its application to the drinking water sector. It … provides some examples of benchmarking in the water sector. After presenting in detail the institutional framework of the water … sector of the Belgian region of Flanders (without benchmarking experiences), Wallonia (recently started a public benchmark …

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Crescimento da produtividade e organização do trabalho: discussão de alguns factores

Moniz, António - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2002

take the non-material factors that integrate the productivity dimension, as factors of intervention for a benchmarking that …

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