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Devolved government and public sector pay reform: Considerations of equity and efficiency
Elliott, Robert; Bell, David; Scott, Anthony; Ma, Ada; … - In: Regional Studies 39 (2005) 4, pp. 519-539
that reveal little sensitivity to specific labour market conditions in Scotland. In consequence, in Scotland, public sector … public sector into line with those in the private sector in Scotland. …
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Policy convergence and divergence in Scotland under devolution
Keating, Michael - In: Regional Studies 39 (2005) 4, pp. 453-463
Keating M. (2005) Policy convergence and divergence in Scotland under devolution, Regional Studies 39 , 453—463. The … scope for divergence of public policy between Scotland and the rest of the UK is constrained by institutional, political and … services. Scotland is more committed than England to the traditional public sector model, emphasizing egalitarianism and …
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Technology Transfer Within Multinational Firms and Its Impact on the Productivity of Scottish Subsidiaries
Siler, Pamela; Wang, Chengqi; Liu, Xiaming - In: Regional Studies 37 (2003) 1, pp. 15-25
SILER P., WANG C. and LIU X. (2003) Technology transfer within multinational firms and its impact on the productivity of Scottish subsidiaries, Reg. Studies 37 , 15-25. This paper aims to examine the extent to which the technology generated in US parent firms is transferred to their Scottish...
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Managing growth: Human resource management challenges facing the Indian software industry
Agrawal, Narendra M.; Khatri, Naresh; Srinivasan, R. - In: Journal of World Business 47 (2012) 2, pp. 159-166
Indian software industry has had a phenomenal growth in the last two decades and is expected to sustain this momentum in the foreseeable future. Based on content analysis of 25 cases, the paper identifies several human resource management challenges: managing human resources in globally...
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Are Foreign IT Workers Cheaper? U.S. Visa Policies and Compensation of Information Technology Professionals
Mithas, Sunil; Henry C. Lucas, Jr. - In: Management Science 56 (2010) 5, pp. 745-765
The use of H-1B and other work visas to hire foreign information technology (IT) professionals in the United States has attracted significant controversy and policy debates. On one hand, hiring high-skill foreign IT professionals on work visas can be advantageous for U.S. firms and the overall...
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Human Capital and Institutional Effects in the Compensation of Information Technology Professionals in the United States
Mithas, Sunil; Krishnan, M. S. - In: Management Science 54 (2008) 3, pp. 415-428
This paper studies the influence of supply-side and demand-side factors on the compensation of information technology (IT) professionals and considers the human capital and institutional explanations. We focus on returns to an MBA and the IT-related experience of IT professionals and use the...
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Retention of IT professionals: Examining the influence of empowerment, social exchange, and trust
Ertürk, Alper; Vurgun, Levent - In: Journal of Business Research 68 (2015) 1, pp. 34-46
Given the importance of information technology professionals in today's high-technology-driven business environment, the issue of how to retain these professionals has received relatively little attention. Hence, using data from IT professionals employed in private companies in Turkey, this...
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Cost-effectiveness of febuxostat in chronic gout
Beard, Stephen; Scheele, Birgitta; Nuki, George; … - In: The European Journal of Health Economics 15 (2014) 5, pp. 453-463
Our objective was to evaluate data on the cost-effectiveness of febuxostat compared with standard clinical practice with allopurinol in patients with gout that was presented to the Scottish Medicines Consortium (SMC) in 2010. A Markov health-state model estimated the direct health-related costs...
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Reliability and Validity of an Adapted Version of the Cantril Ladder for Use with Adolescent Samples
Levin, K.; Currie, C. - In: Social Indicators Research 119 (2014) 2, pp. 1047-1063
fit for purpose in the measurement of global life satisfaction among adolescents in Scotland. The study found that across …
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Fiscal Policy: Its Role in an Independent Scotland
Laramie, Anthony J; Mair, Douglas - Post Keynesian Economics Study Group - PKSG - 2013
In this paper we consider the implications for macroeconomic fiscal policy in Scotland if the Scottish electorate votes …
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