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Group dismissal for poor performance as a response to excessive stock shrinkage : a study of owner-managed franchised grocery retailers
Brown, Timothy Glen - 2008
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Excessive shrinkage threatens the viability of retailers, especially grocery retailersbecause they … excessive shrinkage, but South African law generally requires that theemployer prove individual culpability or poor performance … to justify a dismissal. Inmost cases, retailers are not able to identify the exact causes of shrinkage or thoseemployees …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009442044
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Shrinkage in Europe: Stock Loss in the Fast-moving Consumer Goods Sector.
Beck, Adrian; Bilby, Charlotte; Chapman, Paul - 2002
This paper presents the findings of the first pan-European survey of companies withinthe Fast Moving Consumer Goods sector. It provides a discussion on the definition ofshrinkage and presents data on the extent, nature and causes of stock loss throughout thesupply chain – from point of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009463086
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Impact of Cash Flow Coverage, Debt Service & Current Ratio on Capital Structure Decisions: Empirical Evidence from the Indian Corporate Sector
Rasoolpur, Gurnam Singh - 2014
This empirical study examines the capital structure decisions of developing countries through a case study of Indian corporate sector by classifying the capital structure of 298 out of top 500 private sector manufacturing firms selected on the basis of sales turnover for the year 2004-2005 which...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011315478
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Impact of Cash Flow Coverage, Debt Service & Current Ratio on Capital Structure Decisions: Empirical Evidence from the Indian Corporate Sector
Rasoolpur, Gurnam Singh - 2014
This empirical study examines the capital structure decisions of developing countries through a case study of Indian corporate sector by classifying the capital structure of 298 out of top 500 private sector manufacturing firms selected on the basis of sales turnover for the year 2004-2005 which...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011531845
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Estimating heterogeneous effects: applications to labor economics
Bonhomme, Stéphane; Denis, Angela
Un número creciente de aplicaciones utilizan escenarios en los que, para inferir efectos heterogéneos, un investigador compara distintas unidades. Ejemplos de diseños de investigación son aquellos que incluyen a niños que se mudan de barrio, trabajadores que cambian de empresa, pacientes...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014573592
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Prediction Markets versus Alternative Methods. Empirical Tests of Accuracy and Acceptability
Graefe, Andreas - 2009
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009434635
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The Relatve Influence of Advice from Human Experts and Statistical Methods on Forecast Adjustments
Önkal, Dilek; Goodwin, Paul; Thomson, Mary E.; … - 2009
methods. This research examines, in the context of stock price forecasting, how the apparent source of the advice affects the … expert and the other that they were generated by a statistical forecasting method. The participants were then asked to adjust …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009435325
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Do forecasts expressed as prediction intervals improve production planning decisions?
Goodwin, Paul; Önkal, Dilek; Thomson, Mary E. - 2010
A number of studies have shown that providing point forecasts to decision makers can lead to improved production planning decisions. However, point forecasts do not convey information about the level of uncertainty that is associated with forecasts. In theory, the provision of prediction...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009435336
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Performance evaluation of judgemental directional exchange rate predictions
Pollock, Andrew C.; Macaulay, Alex; Thomson, Mary E.; … - 2005
A procedure is proposed for examining different aspects of performance for judgemental directional probability predictions of exchange rate movements. In particular, a range of new predictive performance measures is identified to highlight specific expressions of strengths and weaknesses in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009435350
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The influence of the forecast horizon on judgemental probability forecasts of exchange rate movements
Thomson, Mary E.; Pollock, Andrew C.; Henriksen, Karen B.; … - 2004
An experiment is reported which compares directional forecasting performance of experts, novices and simple statistical …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009435351