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Income Inequality and Racial/Ethnic Infant Mortality in the United States
Jesmin, Syeda Sarah - 2008
The objective of this study was to examine if intra-racial income inequality contributes to higher infant mortality rates (IMRs) for African-Americans. The conceptual framework for this study is derived from Richard Wilkinson's psychosocial environment interpretation of the income inequality and...
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United States Healthcare: the Need for a More Comprehensive Approach
Balzer-Carr, Alexander - 2008
This paper discusses the relationship between two threads of social science research: traditional analysis of healthcare market failures and criticism of the narrow assumptions economic models make. The results that the American healthcare system produces are relatively poor compared to other...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009468249
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Globalized Forest-Products: Commodification of Matsutake Mushroom in Tibetan Villages Yunnan Province, Southwest China
Jun, He - 2006
"Within the global framework of Sustainable Development, NTFPs (Non-timber Forest Products) draw a great deal of attentions from scholars. However, previous literature and research has mainly placed emphasis on how commercialization of NTFPs contributed to forest management and local livelihood...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009468317
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Tangibility consequences for ethnic marketing strategy
Pires, Guilherme D.; Stanton, John; Stanton, Patricia - University of Western Sydney; College of Law and Business; … - 2004
The influence of intangibility on ethnic minority consumers' choice of service providers is reflected in their use of information sources, choice criteria, motivation for switching and valuation of provider attributes. This is examined by drawing from survey responses given by members of a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009482143
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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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Die Messung von Kundendiskriminierung in Dienstleistungsunternehmen – Eine Analyse von Determinanten und kundenbezogenen Konsequenzen
Klinner-Möller, Nicole - 2011
betriebswirtschaftlichen Forschung gewesen. Existierende, zumeist sozialwissenschaftliche Untersuchungen aus den USA belegen zwar die Existenz … von Diskriminierung in verschiedenen Dienstleistungskontexten, jedoch weist die bestehende Literatur einige Lücken auf … Diskriminierung aus der Perspektive der Kunden, jedoch liefern sie dem Management von Dienstleistungsunternehmen keine hilfreichen …
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Three Essays on Heterogeneous Workers in Imperfect Labour Markets
Manger, Christian - 2010
Koordinations- und Informationsfriktionen ausreichen, um Diskriminierung gegen ältere arbeitslose Arbeitnehmer hervorzurufen, selbst … Diskriminierung gegen Arbeiter mit türkischem Migrationshintergrund auf dem deutschen Arbeitsmarkt. Die dritte Arbeit diskutiert den …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009471808
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Vulnerability and labour market discrimination of Roma in South East Europe
Milcher, Susanne - 2011
The focus of this dissertation is on vulnerability to poverty and on wage discrimination of Roma in South East Europe with the aim to reveal the systemic causes of poverty and labour market disadvantage. It calls attention to the interaction of various socio-economic factors that are responsible...
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