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Outsourcing de sistemas de información: Situación actual, evolución y tendencias
González Ramírez, María Reyes; Gascó Gascó, José Luis - In: Investigaciones Europeas de Dirección y Economía de … 21 (2015) 2, pp. 93-99
The aim of this work is to describe in detail on the current situation of outsourcing of Information Systems using the … authors. The conclusions point to a preservation of the status quo in the configuration of the outsourcing and to a larger …
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El outsourcing de sistemas de información: Una revisión a la investigación
González Ramírez, M. R.; Gascó Gascó, J. L.; Llopis … - In: Investigaciones Europeas de Dirección y Economía de … 12 (2006) 3, pp. 167-194
The spectacular advance in Information Technologies, among others reasons, is promoting outsourcing as a way that … businesses adopt, in order to manage their Information Systems. During the last years, the growth in outsourcing as a managerial …
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Razones y riesgos del outsourcing de sistemas de información: Un análisis de su situación y evolución
González Ramírez, M. R.; Gascó Gascó, J. L.; Llopis … - In: Investigaciones Europeas de Dirección y Economía de … 16 (2010) 1, pp. 55-76
This study elaborates a proposal of the main reasons and risks at Information Systems Outsourcing. We try also to …. Attending to the interviewed, outsourcing reasons are not based merely on the reduction of costs but in strategic reasons while …
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Citizen-centric governance indicators: Measuring and monitoring governance by listening to the people and not the interest groups
Ivanyna, Maksym; Shah, Anwar - 2009
Governance indicators are now widely used as tools for conducting development dialogue, allocating external assistance and influencing foreign direct investment. This paper argues that available governance indicators are not suitable for these purposes as they do not conceptualize governance and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010294704
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Citizen-Centric Governance Indicators: Measuring and Monitoring Governance by Listening to the People and Not the Interest Groups
Ivanyna, Maksym; Shah, Anwar - 2009
Governance indicators are now widely used as tools for conducting development dialogue, allocating external assistance and influencing foreign direct investment. This paper argues that available governance indicators are not suitable for these purposes as they do not conceptualize governance and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010298608
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Coming home without supplies: Impact of household needs on bribe involvement and gender gaps
Asiedu, Edward - 2016
Using a unique data on sub-Saharan Africa, we show that even though in absolute terms men pay more bribes, in relative terms, women are more likely to be involved in bribery or do favors that benefit the household. Additionally, running country specific regressions shows that for 65% of the...
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Interim Assessment of the PhilHealth CARES Project
Baja, Emmanuel S.; Castillo-Carandang, Nina T.; Viray, … - 2014
The PhilHealth Customer Assistance, Relations and Empowerment Staff (CARES) project was launched in 2012 to help members and their families navigate the complex Filipino health care system. The study assesses the design and quality of implementation of the PhilHealth CARES project in selected...
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Does Having a Female Sarpanch Promote Service Delivery for Women and Democratic Participation of Women? Evidence from Maharashtra, India
Sathe, Dhanmanjiri; Klasen, Stephan; Priebe, Jan; … - 2013
In this paper we examine the impact of mandated reservations for female sarpanchs in the gram panchayats on perceptions of service delivery and women's democratic participation. Using survey data from the Sangli district, Maharashtra, we find that the availability of basic, public services is...
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Brand equity measurements and service delivery: Empirical study from the Nigerian insurance industry
Ajemunigbohun, Sunday Stephen; Aduloju, Sunday Adekunle - In: Economic and Environmental Studies (E&ES) 17 (2017) 4, pp. 777-793
This study evaluates brand equity measurements on service delivery of insurance companies in Nigeria. An explanatory research design was employed. A purposive sampling technique was adopted. Structured questionnaire was employed for data gathering exercise. The study surveyed 31 insurance...
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Willingness to pay for improved household solid waste collection in Blantyre, Malawi
Ndau, Hanke; Tilley, Elizabeth - In: Economies 6 (2018) 4, pp. 1-21
Insufficient staff, inappropriate collection vehicles, limited operating budgets and growing, hard to reach populations mean that solid waste management remains limited in most developing countries; Malawi is no exception. We estimated the willingness to pay (WTP) for two hypothetical solid...
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