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The vicious cycle: growth and declining quality in the US airline industry: some lessons for new start-ups
Rhoades, Dawna L.; Tiernan, Siobhan D. - In: World Review of Entrepreneurship, Management and … 1 (2005) 1, pp. 31-44
Since US deregulation, over 200 airlines have started up and failed (Rosen, 1995). While competitive pressures and economic conditions were a factor in the failure of many carriers, the issue of rapid growth and service quality has been blamed for the demise of these carriers. This paper...
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Commercial benefits of social entrepreneurship
Meewella, John; Sandhu, Maqsood - In: World Review of Entrepreneurship, Management and … 8 (2012) 3, pp. 340-357
Research within social entrepreneurship traditionally operates in the social domain and lacks direct commercial attributes. The aim of this paper is to highlight that social entrepreneurship can be utilised within commercial context. Article attempts to clarify social entrepreneurship relative...
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The vicious cycle: growth and declining quality in the US airline industry: some lessons for new start-ups
Rhoades, Dawna L.; Tiernan, Siobhan D. - In: World Review of Entrepreneurship, Management and … 1 (2005) 1, pp. 31-44
Since US deregulation, over 200 airlines have started up and failed (Rosen, 1995). While competitive pressures and economic conditions were a factor in the failure of many carriers, the issue of rapid growth and service quality has been blamed for the demise of these carriers. This paper...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008564318
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A critique of emergency management policy: recommendations to reduce disaster vulnerability
McEntire, David A. - In: International Journal of Public Policy 3 (2008) 5/6, pp. 302-312
The problems currently evident in emergency management give ample reason to reflect upon the direction of this … profession in the USA. This paper evaluates the founding principles upon which this profession was based in the 1980s. It then … for and problems associated with homeland security, this paper puts forward the concept of vulnerability management. This …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010670257
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Schooling Supply and the Structure of Production: Evidence from US States 1950–1990
Ciccone, Antonio; Peri, Giovanni - Economics and Research Department, Asian Development Bank - 2013
We find that over the period 1950–1990, states in United States absorbed increases in the supply of schooling due to tighter compulsory schooling and child labor laws mostly through within-industry increases in the schooling intensity of production. Shifts in the industry composition towards...
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Primary and Secondary Education in the United States
Tulip, Peter; Wurzburg, Gregory - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2007
The average educational attainment of US students is weak by international comparison. For example, mean results of PISA test scores are below the OECD average. This is despite substantial resources devoted to the schooling system. One partial explanation for this is that academic standards,...
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Understanding Productivity and Income Differentials Among OECD Countries: A Survey
Ark, Bart van - Center for the Study of Living Standards (CSLS); The …
Productivity and income growth rates and differentials vary widely among OECD countries. In this chapter, Bart van Ark develops a framework for the understanding of these productivity and income differences. The framework breaks GDP per capita into two basic drivers: labour supply and labour...
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Editor's Overview
Sharpe, Andrew - In: International Productivity Monitor 4 (2002) Spring, pp. 1-2
The fourth issue of the International Productivity Monitor produced by the Centre for the Study of Living Standards contains five articles. Topics covered are: recent productivity developments in the United States and Canada and implications for the Canada-U.S. productivity and income gaps; the...
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Future Productivity Growth in Canada: Comparing to the United States
Macklem, Tiff - In: International Productivity Monitor 7 (2003) Fall, pp. 50-57
In this second contribution to the Symposium included in this volume on Future Productivity in Canada, Tiff Macklem of the Bank of Canada compares sources of recent productivity growth in Canada and the United States. Macklem sees aggregate labour productivity growth in Canada advancing at...
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The Linkages Between Productivity and Social Progress: An Introduction and Overview
Banting, Keith; Sharpe, Andrew; St-Hilaire, France - Center for the Study of Living Standards (CSLS); The …
Productivity research is Canada has traditionally focused on narrow economic issues. In our view, it has given inadequate attention to the broader ramifications of productivity, both in terms of shedding light on the importance of productivity for the advancement of various aspects of social...
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