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Essays on incongruent preferences for effort allocations in multi-task agency relations
Thiele, Veikko - 2006
Die Dissertation enthält drei Aufsätze, welche sich mit Prinzipal-Agenten Beziehungen in Verbindung mit moralischem Risiko beschäftigen. Dabei ist der Agent für die Ausführung von multiplen Aufgaben (Multitasking) verantwortlich. In dem ersten Aufsatz wird ein Prinzipal-Agenten Modell...
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GROUNDNUT TRADE LIBERALIZATION: A SOUTH-SOUTH DEBATE?
Beghin, John C.; Diop, Ndiame; Matthey, Holger; … - 2003
We use a new partial-equilibrium, multi-market international model to analyze trade and agricultural policies affecting markets for peanut/groundnut products. The model covers four goods in thirteen countries/regions, including a large set of developing countries. Welfare is evaluated by looking...
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Creating the entrepreneurial organization - a values-based leadership algorithm
Robinson, David A - 2009
The paper aims to position entrepreneurship within a leadership and values paradigm. This knowledge will equip business leaders, who may wish to evoke a more entrepreneurial culture within organisations, to proactively create conditions that support entrepreneurial initiatives. As psychology...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009441633
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The effect of explanations and monetary incentives on effort allocation decisions
Guymon, Ronald Nathan - 2008
In this study I examine the joint effect of explanations and monetary incentives on employees' effort allocation … decisions in a multi-action setting. A rich literature in economics indicates that monetary incentives substantially influence … allocation decisions are influenced both by explanations and monetary incentives: I hypothesize that providing reasonable and …
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Outsourcing of supply chain processes: evaluating the impact of congruence between outsourcing drivers and competitive priorities on performance
Kroes, James Raymond - 2007
The outsourcing of elements of supply chain processes is now an integral component of the operationalization of a firm s competitive business strategy. While the purported goal of outsourcing is usually to derive a competitive advantage in the marketplace, it is not clear whether the outsourcing...
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ORGANIZATION-EMPLOYEE RELATIONSHIPS MODEL: A TWO-SIDED STORY
Shen, Hongmei - 2009
The purpose of this study was to develop a theory of internal relationship management, and to propose a new way of measuring organization-public relationships by simultaneously examining the organizations' as well as their employees' perceptions of the quality of their relationships. It sought...
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The Effect of Bi-dimensionality of the Congruity on Consumer Responses
Meziou, Rim; Besbes, Fatma - 2014
This study attempts to provide a better understanding of the functioning of television sponsorship and to determine the effect of the bi-dimensionality of congruity between a sponsor brand and a television program on consumer responses.We used structural equation modeling to validate the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011315678
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The Effect of Bi-dimensionality of the Congruity on Consumer Responses
Meziou, Rim; Besbes, Fatma - 2014
This study attempts to provide a better understanding of the functioning of television sponsorship and to determine the effect of the bi-dimensionality of congruity between a sponsor brand and a television program on consumer responses.We used structural equation modeling to validate the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011374932
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THE IMPACT OF THE CONGRUENCE BETWEEN BRAND PERSONALITY AND SELF-IMAGE ON CONSUMERS’ BEHAVIORAL RESPONSES: CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK
SAHOUR, SID AHMED; DRAGOMIR, ANCA CRISTINA - 2018
Abstract Companies have recognized that people buy or consume products not only for their functional value but also to enhance their self-concept through the symbolic meaning embedded in these products, customers seek brands with a personality identical with their own personality. In this...
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Nonlinear Pricing of Information Goods
Sundararajan, Arun - 2004
This paper analyzes optimal pricing for information goods underincomplete information, when both unlimited-usage (fixed-fee) pricingand usage-based pricing are feasible and administering usage-basedpricing may involve transaction costs. It is shown that offeringfixed-fee pricing in addition to a...
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