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Development of a supply chain management framework for health care goods provided as humanitarian assistance in complex political emergencies
McGuire, George Anthony - 2006
The thesis develops a coherent and comprehensive supply chain management framework for managing health care goods provided as humanitarian assistance in complex political emergencies. The objective of the research is improving the effectiveness and efficiency of logistics services which enable...
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Optimierung der Personaleinsatzplanung in Call Centern - Theoretische Systematisierung und empirische ?berpr?fung
Huber, Kathrin - 2006
.Die Analyse beschr?nkt sich dabei auf reine Inbound Call Centers. Die Optimierung der Personaleinsatzplanung l?sst sich grunds … dass von keiner effizienten und vor allem praxisorientierten Personaleinsatzplanung mehr gesprochen werden kann. Aus diesem … Personaleinsatzplanung verbindet und so eine optimale Verzahnung der entscheidenden Komponenten im Betrieb erlaubt. F?r die praktische …
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Topics in Fractional Airlines
Yao, Yufeng - 2007
Fractional aircraft ownership programs offer companies and individuals all the benefits of owning private jet, such as safety, consistency, and guaranteed availability, at a fraction of the cost of owning an aircraft. In the fractional ownership model, the partial owners of an aircraft are...
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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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Theorie der markovschen Abfertigungsprozesse und deterministisches Chaos
Völker, Diana - 2006
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A Bayesian Approach To Imposing Curvature On Distance Functions
O'Donnell, Chris; Coelli, Tim J. - 2003
The estimated parameters of output distance functions frequently violate the monotonicity, quasiconvexity and convexity constraints implied by economic theory, leading to estimated elasticities and shadow prices that are incorrectly signed, and ultimately to perverse conclusions concerning the...
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Statistical Properties of Generalized Method-of-Moments Estimators of Structural Parameters Obtained from Financial Market Data
Tauchen, George - 1986
The article examines the properties of generalized method of moments GMM estimators of utility function parameters. The research strategy is to apply the GMM procedure to generated data on asset returns from stochastic exchange economies; discrete methods and Markov chain models are used to...
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'Online' monitoring and retrospective analysis of hospital outcomes based on a scan statistic
Ismail, Noor A.; Pettitt, Anthony N.; Webster, Ronald A. - 2003
Statistical tests based on the scan statistic are introduced for detecting possible increases in the occurrence of hospital events. The tests use a moving window and the theoretical aspects of the tests are investigated using Markov chain theory. The main objective of this study is to provide a...
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