This paper assesses International Joint Venture (IJV) marketing performance in the Republic of Thailand, as opposed to general business performance. Furthermore, the paper develops an objective measure to assess IJV marketing performance and compares two different types of measures for measuring...

With states facing tightening Medicaid budgets, the high cost of financing long-term care for the elderly through Medicaid has prompted proposals to make private long-term care insurance (LTCI) more affordable through tax incentives. The effectiveness of tax incentives for stimulating LTCI...

An individual s decision to place a close family member in a nursing home is both difficult and crucial. To assist consumers with such a decision, several initiatives have led to the creation of public websites designed to communicate quality indicators for nursing homes. However, a majority of...

Magistro baigiamajame darbe nagrinėjama ES fondų finansinės paramos žemės ūkio subjektų veiklos plėtros galimybėms ekonominis efektyvumas. Susisteminus išanalizuotą lietuvių ir užsienio mokslinę literatūrą, atskleidžiamas skirtingas ekonomikos teorijų atstovų požiūris į...

Das Ziel dieser Diplomarbeit soll ein wirtschaftlicher Vergleich zwischen zwei Ziegelwerken mit unterschiedlicher Kapazität sein. Die Grundlage dieser Beurteilung stellen zwei von ihrer Technologie baugleiche Produktionsstätten dar. Zur Vereinfachung wird auch die Annahme getroffen, dass in...

Für viele landwirtschaftliche Betriebe stellte der ökologische Landbau in der Vergangenheit eine wirtschaftliche Alternative zum konventionellen Landbau dar. Sinkende Erzeugerpreise, steigende Preise für Produktionsfaktoren, geänderte agrarpolitischen Rahmenbedingungen und die zunehmende...

The past few years have witnessed the increasing ubiquity ofuser-generated content on seller reputation and product condition inInternet based used-good markets. Recent theoretical models of tradingand sorting in used-good markets provide testable predictions to use toexamine the presence of...

This paper investigates the roles of industrial cluster on the efficiency of rice milling and the improvement of milled rice quality. The data were obtained in Kumasi area, central Ghana because the enhancement of domestic rice production is a urgent policy issue in this country, but little...

The challenge of implementing EU quality and safety standards for food production and trading is one of the driving forces behind the restructuring of the agrofood chains in Central and Eastern European Countries (CEEC). The progress made in the compliance process not only varies amongst sectors...