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Data is dangerous: Comparing the risks that the United States, Canada and Germany see in data troves
Aaronson, Susan Ariel - 2020
of the United States, Canada and Germany to data risks posed by popular apps such as FaceApp, Facebook, Strava, TikTok … countries in which they live) at risk. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014565881
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Procurement: The Transaction Costs Perspective in a Globalising World
den Butter, Frank A.G. - 2007
Fragmentation of production into more and more complex supply chains is a prominent feature of globalisation. It implies that transaction costs as part of total costs of ownership carry a large weight in procurement decisions. An analysis of the various types of transaction costs is also...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010325237
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Transaction Management: Value Creation by Reducing Transaction Costs
den Butter, Frank A.G. - 2010
In this era of globalization we see an increase in specialization: the production chain issplit up in more and more parts and the production of these parts is outsourced to thoseplaces in the world where production is relatively cheapest and most efficient. Itimplies that transaction costs,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010325952
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The crisis in the foreign exchange market
Melvin, Michael; Taylor, Mark P. - 2009
The financial crisis of 2007-2008 had major implications for the foreign exchange market. We review events and implications for exchange rates, volatility, returns to currency investing, and transaction costs. This blow-by-blow" narrative is intended to be a resource for researchers seeking a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010266026
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Networks and markets: The dynamic impacts of information, matching and transaction costs on trade
Kumagai, Yuki - 2010
The purpose of this paper is to explore strategic incentives to use trade networks rather than markets and shed light on the dynamic relation between the two distinct trading systems: a formal system of markets and a issues in the infinitely repeated multi-player prisoner's dilemma...
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Avoiding the common wisdom fallacy: The role of social sciences in constitutional adjudication
Petersen, Niels - 2011
argument, I will discuss decisions of different jurisdictions, including the United States, Canada, Germany and South Africa. …
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Political [personnel] economy: A political economy perspective to explain different forms of human resource management strategies
Nienhüser, Werner - In: Management Revue 15 (2004) 2, pp. 228-248
A political economy approach to explaining the existence of different human resource strategies is developed in this article - in short: a political personnel economy. The starting point is a critical analysis of the abstinence of politics and power and the resulting explanation deficiencies of...
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Size and Impact of Privatisation – A Survey of Empirical Studies
Chahyadi, Candra S.; Megginson, William L.; Netter, … - In: CESifo DICE Report 03 (2005) 1, pp. 3-11
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U.S. wage-price dynamics, before, during and after COVID-19, through the lens of an empirical econometric model
Bårdsen, Gunnar; Nymoen, Ragnar - 2024
We specify an empirical model of US inflation which has the dynamics of wage and price setting at its core. In the dynamic wage equation an equilibrium-correction term connects the wage level to industrial prosperity indicators. In that way, the role of wage setting in the dynamics of the...
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Control of relational risk in offshore accounting and finance outsourcing: Case evidence from UK and India
Nicholson, Brian; Aman, Aini - 2008
Many companies in USA and Western Europe are taking advantage of developments in information technology and outsourcing … parts of the accounting process to vendors in other parts of the world. Offshore outsourcing of accounting presents some … unique risks, control problems and challenges. In this paper we focus on the control of relational risk, a form of risk …
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