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This paper starts with the basic premise: that conventional measures of productivity growth - - -often used as a measure of corporate performance - - -which ignore external or social output, are biased. We then construct an alternative productivity growth measure using activity analysis which...
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The development and evolution of labor market structures and institutions. Particular focus on competing explanations of recent developments in the distribution of wage and salary income and in key institutions and organizational structures. Special attention to theories of worker motivation and...
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Established in 1988, the Shingo Prize for Operational Excellence recognises organisations in the USA, Mexico and Canada …
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effect). This study has practical implications for regulators, corporations and investors, both in the USA and abroad. …
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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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Fundraising is a field misunderstood in public perception (Giving Australia 2005) yet fundraisers are arguably critical … change agents in Australian society. Debate continues around aspects of whether fundraising is an industry or a profession … professionalisation of fundraising in creating more sustainable organisations and the issues of providing a supply of qualified …
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nonprofit sector as the various comprehensive giving studies undertaken in countries such as Australia, the USA, the Netherlands …
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factors that influence voluntary contributions. I examine the effects of organizational characteristics, such as fundraising … cost to the donor of achieving a one-dollar increase in the provision of program services. Resources devoted to fundraising …
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fundraising presents a challenge for many NGOs. The potential of individual donors to financially support INGOs has been … for many of the country’s NGOs. Individual fundraising is just one of many fundraising models, but one that is … fundraising initiatives in other middle income countries could help avoid some of the challenges particular to fundraising in such …
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