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Narayan, S; Narayan, P - 2008

While there is a growing literature that examines the issue of cointegration (co-movement over the long run) among health expenditures, there are no studies that examine the issue of common cycles (co-movement over the short run) among health expenditures. We undertake a multivariate variance...

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When Advance Purchase need to be Made for Future Consumption – An Empirical Investigation of Consumer Choice under Bucket Pricing

Sun, Bao-Hong; Sun, Yacheng; Li, Shibo - 2006

Bucket pricing entails a prepaid price and a maximum consumption limit, which requires consumers to make advance purchase decisions before their consumption needs are fully revealed. We propose a dynamic model that involves how consumers form expectations of future consumption needs, learn to...

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Emotional labor in intercultural service encounters: An experience sampling study

McCance, Andrea S. - 2010

The body of literature surrounding emotional labor, defined as service employees’ effort to manage their emotions to meet organizational goals (Hochschild, 1983; Morris & Feldman, 1996), exhibits a severe lack of studies examining intercultural service encounters (i.e., service episodes in which a...

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Knowledge management: a residential aged care perspective

Preece, Michael - 2011

This research explores perceptions of knowledge management processes held by managers and employees in a service industry. To date, empirical research on knowledge management in the service industry is sparse. This research seeks to examine absorptive capacity its four absorptive capacity...

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Identifying entrepreneurship readiness for the application of the Lean Startup practices in the service industry – Case study Romania

Racolța-Paina, Nicoleta Dorina; Andrieș, Andreea Maria - 2017

The Lean Startup approach revealed around 2011 came as a novelty in the field of entrepreneurial management. The abbreviated version of the principles that mold the entire concept, states that instead of spending years developing a product towards perfection, a product that in the end might not...

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Leaving the L-Space; Kundenintegration als Erklärungsansatz multinationaler Unternehmen im Dienstleistungssektor - Eine Weiterentwicklung des OLI-Modells

Radmacher-Nottelmann, Nils A. - 2010

Dienstleistungssektor unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der Kundenintegration erklärt werden kann.Als Ausgangspunkt wird argumentiert, dass … absatzorientierten Auslandsinvestitionen und mithin der weitaus überwiegende Teil der Entstehung von MNU im Dienstleistungssektor … erklären.Die zentrale Bedeutung der Kundenintegration bei der Entstehung von MNU im Dienstleistungssektor wird zudem empirisch …

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Trade Integration and the Rise of the Service Sector in Latin America : the Case of Honduras

Hauck, Benjamin Christoph - 2006

This thesis analyzes the service dimension of the Central American Free TradeAgreement (CAFTA) and examines the challenges and opportunities which it entailson El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras with a particular focus on the financialsector. CAFTAs principal merits are seen to be the...

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Decision-making in relation to climate and climate change in the People's Republic of China : from adaptation to sea-level rise to destination choice in Chinese tourism

Lau, Maren Anja - 2006

PART I: INTRODUCTIONChapter 1: introduction and method1.1 General introduction 1.2 Purpose, aim and scope1.3 Outline and methodPART II: SEA-LEVEL RISE AND DECISION-MAKING IN THE COASTAL ZONEChapter 2: the garbage can – a theoretical approach to decision-making2.1 Decision-making processes in...

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Banking Efficiency, Consolidation and Foreign Ownerhip: Evidence from the Polish Banking Market

Havrylchyk, Olena - 2005

The thesis consists of four separate papers that can be read individually.In the first paper “Efficiency of the Polish Banking Industry: Foreignversus Domestic Banks” we analyze the efficiency of foreign and domesticbanks. The second paper entitled “Foreign Acquisitions and Industry...

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Strukturwandel des Textileinzelhandels in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland : Eine Analyse und Prognose der Betriebsformen und Vertriebswege unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der Absa...

Gühlert, Hans Christian - 1990

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