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Enhancing business continuity management capacities in the insurance industry : a Southeast Asian perspective
Wong, Kok Loon; Barnes, Paul H. - 2011
As a resilience enhancing practice, business continuity management (BCM) can play an important role in aiding preparation of the insurance industry for coping with the losses incurred by major discontinuity incidents: regardless of cause. Acknowledging the increasing frequency of unpredictable...
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Media Coverage & Charitable Giving After the 2004 Tsunami
Brown, Philip; Minty, Jessica - 2006
Media coverage of humanitarian crises is widely believed to influence charitable giving, yet this assertion has received little empirical scrutiny. Using Internet donations after the 2004 tsunami as a case study, we show that media coverage of disasters has a dramatic impact on donations to...
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Exchange rate policy and poverty reduction
Chowdhury, Anis - University of Western Sydney; University of Western Sydney; … - 2005
The objective of this chapter is to evaluate the theoretical debate on the choice of an exchange rate regime in light of the empirical evidence with a view to suggesting appropriate exchange rate regimes that are conducive for poverty reduction. Due to its obvious implications for poverty, the...
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Labor market policies as instruments of industry policy : what can Europe learn from Southeast Asia?
Chowdhury, Anis - University of Western Sydney; University of Western Sydney - 2008
It seems there is a pessimistic view about the need and effectiveness of industry policy in an era of unprecedented globalization. The discussion about industry policy has been mostly on the fiscal, credit, and tariff measures, which are generally designed to favor particular activities....
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Das Volkskommissariat für Außenhandel und seine Nachfolgeorganisationen 1920- 1930
Heubaum, Regine - 2002
Die Dissertation untersucht am Beispiel des Volkskommissariates für Außenhandel die Entstehung der frühen Sowjetbürokratie und analysiert administrative und politische Prozesse, die der Herausbildung des Stalinismus vorangingen. Gegenstand der Untersuchung sind die Probleme des staatlich...
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The Stability and Growth Pact : an Analysis of the Pros and Cons
Blumenthal, Svetlana - 2004
The Stability and Growth Pact (SGP) has attracted much attention since the idea was first suggested by German Finance Minister, Mr. Waigel, in late 1995. Naturally, there is not an unanimous view on the Pact: for some it is an unnecessary restriction; for others the Pact is necessary but...
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The mediating effects of perceived quality and risk on purchase intentions between prototypical and me-too brands
Quintal, Vanessa; Sims, Daniel - 2009
users comprised young adults, a survey was administered to a general student population at three universities in Australia …
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On-farm quality assurance in the redmeat industry of Australia
Kennedy, Anna - 2006
A series of on-farm quality assurance schemes for red meat producers across Australia were developed in the late 1990s … in Australia, indicating that the larger than average producers were implementing quality assurance. Based on previous … producers (22% of certified Flockcare producers) across Australia were initially approached. A total of 382 adopter surveys were …
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Expatriate selection, training, family issues and repatriation putting theory into best practice for expatriate success in Australia, Singapore and Malaysia
Neilson, George A. - 2002
expatriate management in fifty, multinational and international organisations in Australia, Singapore and Malaysia to contribute …
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