Previous research on corporate community involvement (CCI) initiatives indicates that such behaviour is critical for building neighbourhood relationships and extending corporate influence in the community, but there is little theoretical work that provides a clear picture of managing the nature...

The purpose of cause-related marketing is to capitalise on a firm’s social engagement initiatives to achieve a positive return on a firm’s social investment. This article discusses two strategic perspectives of cause-related marketing and their impact on a firm’s decision-making regarding...

The large and growing uninsured population poses an alarming threat to the US health care system, and is a major target of the Obama health reform. This paper investigates analytically and empirically the degree to which the absence of health insurance in the US reflects the availability of the...

From a third-party payer perspective, atypical antipsychotic mono-therapy generated higher drug costs but lower medical care costs, resulting in equivalent total healthcare costs over a 1-year period. </AbstractSection> Copyright Adis Data Information BV 2010

Given that it is still early days for the URBMI scheme, the positive effect on health services utilisation is appreciable. </AbstractSection> Copyright Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2014

Under the highly price-regulated market in China, competition from generic and therapeutic competitors did decrease pharmaceutical prices. Further research is needed to explore whether this competition increases consumer welfare in China’s healthcare setting. </AbstractSection> Copyright Springer International...

Urban air pollution is one of the most visible environmental problems in China. In this paper, we use emission inventory data to assess the air quality and health effects in the Chinese city of Shijiazhuang. A spatial model is developed to identify the sources of emissions and to estimate...