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Is lack of retail competition in the grocery sector a public health issue?
Wardle, Jon; Baranovic, Michael - 2009
. However, there are also significant health implications of such anti-competitive practices that seldom receive attention. This … paper hopes to draw attention to the potential public health issues that arise as a result of lack of competition in the … concentration on various health outcomes. Results: High retailer concentration may adversely affect affordability, accessibility …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009448553
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On Hospital Competition: Quality, Efficiency, and Ownership
Herr, Annika - 2009
) quality, ii) efficiency, and iii) ownership.i) Quality of health care is the most important good of the health production … of competition on quality of care.ii) The health economy also merits attention because of its sheer size e.g. with … industrialised countries, approximately one third of health care expenditure is generated by inpatient care. For this reason …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009451161
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Klimaschutz und Ernährungssicherheit : ein ordnungspolitischer Ansatz
Presse, André; Häußner, Ludwig Paul; Köke, Sonja - 2009
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009434475
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Factors Affecting Biotechnology Innovation in Canada: Analysis of the 2001 Biotechnology Use and Development Survey
van Moorsel, Daryl; Cranfield, John A.L.; Sparling, David - 2005
property, firm size and age, whether the firm was in the agricultural or human health biotechnology sectors and whether the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009444916
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Precautionary principles: a jurisdiction-free framework for decision-making under risk
Ricci, PF; Cox, LA; MacDonald, TR - 2004
Fundamental principles of precaution are legal maxims that ask for preventive actions, perhaps as contingent interim measures while relevant information about causality and harm remains unavailable, to minimize the societal impact of potentially severe or irreversible outcomes. Such principles...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009447872
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Reverse logistics and agricultural production
Vaněček, Drahoš; Frausová, Miroslava - 2012
Reverse logistics in industry developed rapidly in last years. It concerns the material flow of products which cannot be longer exploit according to their original designation (old products, defect products etc.). They are collected, sorted and recycled for their exploitation in the next...
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Three essays in applied microeconomics and their implications for policymakers
Ross, Kyle D. - 2009
is played.The final essay is on moral hazard, market power and the demand for health insurance. The issue of health …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009464077
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Anticipating Vulnerability to Climate Change in Dryland Pastoral Systems: Using Dynamic Systems Models for the Kalahari
Dougill, Andrew J.; Fraser, Evan D.G.; Reed, Mark - 2010
"It is vitally important to identify agroecosystems that may cease functioning because of changing climate or land degradation. However, identifying such systems is confounded on both conceptual and methodological grounds, especially in systems that are moving toward thresholds, a common trait...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009468468
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The development and utility of an interactive assessment protocol for evaluating company based responses in managing employees on long-term absence
Thorne, Julie M; McAnaney, Donal F; Biggs, Herbert Charles - 2002
This paper presents the results of Phase 3 of The RETURN Project, a European Study which aimed to reduce long term absenteeism in the workplace. Phases 1 and 2 have been described in detail elsewhere. The Study adopted an iterative approach that explored LTA from three different perspectives:...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009438099