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The property management division of Kiev City

Deakin, Mark - In: Property Management 14 (1996) 4, pp. 15-26

’s property management division to function as a privatization authority ‐ to develop, that is, what is referred to as the … services, which the property management division of Kiev City require to participate in the privatization, economic reform and … process of liberalization the Ukraine has become subject to since the break‐up of the former USSR. …

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Economic performance in European telecommunications, 1978‐1998: a comparative study

Daßler, Thoralf; Parker, David; Saal, David S. - In: European Business Review 14 (2002) 3, pp. 194-209

. Performance is measured in terms of profit margins and labour and total factor productivity. …

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Performance Improvement Intervention: Privatized and Public Sector Organizations

Chaston, Ian - In: Leadership & Organization Development Journal 14 (1993) 1, pp. 4-8

training as an intervention mechanism to increase employee productivity. A survey of south‐west organizations confirmed this … employers to determine whether restructuring of managerial roles or training has the potential to increase productivity. …

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The Magnitude and Direction of Collider Bias for Binary Variables

Nguyen, Trang Quynh; Dafoe, Allan; Ogburn, Elizabeth L. - In: Epidemiologic Methods 8 (2019) 1

Abstract Suppose we are interested in the effect of variable X on variable Y . If X and Y both influence, or are associated with variables that influence, a common outcome, called a collider , then conditioning on the collider (or on a variable influenced by the collider – its “child”)...

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Extrapolating sparse gold standard cause of death designations to characterize broader catchment areas

Lyles, Robert H.; Cunningham, Solveig A.; Kundu, Suprateek - In: Epidemiologic Methods 9 (2020) 1

Abstract Objectives The Child Health and Mortality Prevention Surveillance (CHAMPS) Network is designed to elucidate and track causes of under-5 child mortality and stillbirth in multiple sites in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia using advanced surveillance, laboratory and pathology methods....

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Selection bias and multiple inclusion criteria in observational studies

Zetterstrom, Stina; Waernbaum, Ingeborg - In: Epidemiologic Methods 11 (2022) 1

Abstract Objectives Spurious associations between an exposure and outcome not describing the causal estimand of interest can be the result of selection of the study population. Recently, sensitivity parameters and bounds have been proposed for selection bias, along the lines of sensitivity...

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Confounding Equivalence in Causal Inference

Pearl, Judea; Paz, Azaria - In: Journal of Causal Inference 2 (2014) 1, pp. 75-93

Abstract The paper provides a simple test for deciding, from a given causal diagram, whether two sets of variables have the same bias-reducing potential under adjustment. The test requires that one of the following two conditions holds: either (1) both sets are admissible (i.e. satisfy the...

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Generalizing Experimental Findings

Pearl, Judea - In: Journal of Causal Inference 3 (2015) 2, pp. 259-266

Abstract This note examines one of the most crucial questions in causal inference: “How generalizable are randomized clinical trials?” The question has received a formal treatment recently, using a non-parametric setting, and has led to a simple and general solution. I will describe this...

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Analyzing Causal Effects with Observational Studies for Evidence-based Marketing at IBM

Manganaris, Stefanos; Bhasin, Ruchi; Reid, Michael; … - In: Review of Marketing Science 8 (2010) 2

Sound marketing decisions often require understanding the cause-and-effect relationships between treatment and outcomes. Market research traditionally approaches such questions by designing randomized experiments that aim to isolate the effects of the specific treatment from other effects. We...

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Organic farming

Ma, Wanglin; Ma, Chunbo; Su, Ye; Nie, Zihan - In: China Agricultural Economic Review 9 (2017) 2, pp. 211-224

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore the factors that influence Chinese apple farmers’ willingness to adopt organic farming, paying a special attention to the role of information acquisition. Design/methodology/approach Given that the selection bias may occur when farmers themselves...

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