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The Shingo Prize for Operational Excellence: Rewarding World-Class Practices
Chakravorty, Satya S.; Atwater, J. Bryan; Herbert, James I. - 2008
Established in 1988, the Shingo Prize for Operational Excellence recognises organisations in the USA, Mexico and Canada …
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Determinants of the Relations between Transitory Earnings and CEO Cash Compensation in the USA
Asthana, Sharad; Ye, Zhongxia Shelly - 2007
effect). This study has practical implications for regulators, corporations and investors, both in the USA and abroad. …
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A study of outsourcing of premedia services to India by US companies
Nayak, Rahul P. - 2009
offshore outsourcing.The objectives of this research are:1. To analyze the differences between the theory and the practice …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009459219
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14.662 Labor Economics II, Spring 2005
Autor, David H.; Piore, Michael J. - 2005
of the relevance of the theory and analysis to developing economies. …
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Foundations for Cooperation in Social Dilemmas
Ahn, Toh-Kyeong - 2001
"Institutional approaches to social dilemmas have so far focused on how to create incentive structures that channel individuals' behavior into socially desirable outcomes assuming that everyone is selfish. However, the presumption of universal selfishness is not only empirically invalid but may...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009468335
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Assessing Quality Improvement Infrastructure in the Formation of Accountable Care Organizations: A Regional Policy Analysis for the Pharmaceutical Industry
Carr-Whealy, Nathan - 2011
Accountable Care Organizations are developing in the United States as a result of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. A study is needed to evaluate an emerging issue of ACOs, quality improvement infrastructure, and the pharmaceutical industry. The convergence of these topics has not...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009434765
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Unethical secrets, lies and legal retaliation in the context of corporate restructuring in the United States
Clark, Gordon - 1990
Corporate restructuring is normally analyzed with reference to economic imperatives and the inherited geographical structure of production. The economic landscape is assumed to be the consequence of private decisions made in response to these structural factors. If understanding and empirically...
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Price shocks and the components of urban inflation
Clark, Gordon L. - 1984
In a previous study of US city inflation, I emphasized the temporal regularities of urban price inflation. But, despite these identified regularities, it is apparent that the process of inflation is rarely so regular and so systematic. Unanticipated shocks in three components, energy food, and...
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Fluctuations and rigidities in local labor markets, part 1: theory and evidence
Clark, Gordon L. - 1983
Phillips curves do not exist. The evidence supports the implicit notion of contract theory that continuous employer - worker … relationships exist over the business cycle. The question of how useful, in general, this theory might be is left open for the … local labor markets, part 1: theory and evidence', Environment and Planning A, 15(2), 165-185. [Available at http://www.envplan.com/A.html]. …
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A Hicksian model of local labor market turnover and wage determination
Clark, Gordon L. - 1981
Employers have a variety of reasons for attempting to stabilize turnover in their labour force. For example, specific skill requirements, the added costs of training inherent in hiring new workers, and the absolute demand for labour may stimulate firms to minimize labour turnover. One way of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009441464