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The economic costs of health service treatments for asbestos-related mesothelioma deaths
Watterson, Andrew; Gorman, Thomas; Malcolm, Cari; … - 2006
costs specifically relating to asbestos. Diagnosed mesothelioma cases in Scotland in one calendar year were used to … investigate the subject in greater depth. Data from UK sources on asbestos disease types recorded in 2000 and their disease …, recorded, andtreated cases of asbestos-related diseases occurred in 2000 in Scotland. Mesothelioma accounted for 100 cases and …
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Double standards: the multinational asbestos industry and asbestos-related disease in South Africa
Tweedale, Geoffrey; McCulloch, Jock - 2005
This study documents and contrasts the development of knowledge about asbestos-related disease (ARD) in South Africa … industry. Between the 1930s and 1960s, the leading UK asbestos companies developed a sophisticated knowledge of ARD, though in … South Africa, where the leading companies such as Turner & Newall and Cape Asbestos owned mines, there was little attempt to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009455125
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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 continues to gain prominence as the printing industrystrides into the future. With different segments of the industry looking at reducingcosts and, in exchange providing value-added services, more companies turntowards outsourcing services offshore as a solution. Although it...
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Effiziente Risikoallokation bei Kreditkartensystemen : eine Untersuchung anhand der oekonomischen Analyse des Rechts
Langenbucher, Anja - 2002
Trotz ständig steigender Bedeutung kartengebundener Zahlungssysteme fehlt es im deutschen Zivilrecht an einer speziellen Regelung für Kreditkarten und den mannigfachen Risiken, die sich bei deren Gebrauch ergeben können. Aus diesem Grund kommt den Allgemeinen Geschäftsbedingungen, also den...
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Eine ökonomische Analyse rechtlicher Regelungen von Verbraucherkrediten
Jozsa, Dan-Paul - 2008
Die Arbeit untersucht das Auftreten von Externen Kosten im Rahmen der Verbraucherverschuldung, sowie die Wirkungen verschiedener rechtlicher Regelungen auf die Arbeitsleistung der Kreditnehmer nach der Kreditaufnahme. Sie konzentriert sich dabei auf drei „Arten“ von externen Kosten:1....
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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...
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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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