The increasing casualisation of labour forces trade unions globally to deal with a growing number of unprotected and unrepresented workers in what is dubbed by the unions, even if critically, as the informal economy. This paper assesses the impact and further potential of a direct and indirect...

Zur Rekonstruktion der jungquartären Landschaftsentwicklung am Kilimanjaro werden Sedimente aus Paläoböden am Mt Kilimanjaro untersucht, um die lokale und regionale Ökosystem-, Klima-, Feuerdynamik in einem größeren Rahmen zu verstehen. Desweiteren soll die Reaktion der Ökosysteme auf...

Despite the trillions of dollars spent over the past decades on foreign aid 80% of humanity still lives on less than $10 dollars a day. There is an alarming need to deliver quality healthcare services and products to developing countries. The healthcare industry for developing countries is...

Privacy preservation has become an important requirement in information systems that deal with personal data. In many cases this requirement is imposed by laws that recognize the right of data owners to control whom their information is shared with and the purposes for which it can be shared....

This study examines the process improvement initiatives undertaken at a community-based hospital to improve patient satisfaction and the financial and competitive position of the hospital through the implementation and marketing of the 29 Minute Emergency Department Guarantee. Specifically, the...

The production of hospital care can be viewed as a two-tiered production process. At the first tier, intermediate services are produced which are used in the production of final services, which comprise the second tier of production. Intermediate services are not always produced internally. Some...

Background . Michigan Medicaid outpatient prescription drug program implemented the following four policies to address rising expenditures considered "out of control": (1) February 2002: Preferred Drug List (PDL); (2) February 2003: Joint Purchasing Arrangement (JPA); (3) November 2003: Maximum...

This doctoral thesis draws on the financial economics, strategic management, product innovation, and health technology literatures to investigate and explain conditions under which corporate acquisitions in the medical device industry have enhanced or eroded shareholder wealth and financial...