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Information and Communication Technologies for Health Systems Strengthening
Otto, Kate; Shekar, Meera; Herbst, Christopher H.; … - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2015
Information and communication technologies (ICT) for health or eHealth solutions hold great potential for generating systemic efficiencies by strengthening five critical pillars of a health system: human resources for health, supply chain management, health care financing, governance and service...
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Outsourcing, Offshoring - Service Offshoring: Bane or Boon and What to Do?
Brainard, Lael; Litan, Robert - In: CESifo Forum 5 (2004) 2, pp. 3-7
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005013153
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GRAIN QUALITY IN THE CANADIAN BARLEY SECTOR: A REVIEW OF REGULATIONS, INDUSTRY PRACTICES, AND POLICY ISSUES
Johnson, D. Demcey - Department of Agribusiness and Applied Economics, North … - 1999
selection; and recent changes in handling, procurement, and marketing. …
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The Labor Illusion: How Operational Transparency Increases Perceived Value
Buell, Ryan W.; Norton, Michael I. - In: Management Science 57 (2011) 9, pp. 1564-1579
Aubiquitous feature of even the fastest self-service technology transactions is the wait. Conventional wisdom and operations theory suggest that the longer people wait, the less satisfied they become; we demonstrate that because of what we term the labor illusion, when websites engage in...
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Großhandel auf den Weg in den EG-Binnenmarkt
Batzer, Erich; Lachner, Josef - In: Ifo Schnelldienst 43 (1990) 22, pp. 16-24
werden, zum anderen, weil die Firmen viel Wert auf Direktbeziehung in Beschaffung und Absatz legen. Gut drei Fünftel der …
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Ostdeutscher Großhandel : abnehmerorientierte Funktionen gewinnen an Bedeutung
Lachner, Josef; Nassua, Thomas - In: Ifo Schnelldienst 47 (1994) 08, pp. 07-18
Die Studie befaßt sich mit dem Stand und den Perspektiven des Großhandels in den neuen Bundesländern. Die schriftliche Erhebung umfaßt 1100 ostdeutsche Großhandelsfirmen. Trotz schwieriger wirtschaftlicher Rahmenbedingungen konnten sich die Unternehmen im Distributionssystem der neuen...
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Unternehmensberatung im Bausektor : hoher Qualitätsstandard, aber viele "schwarze Schafe" ; Ansätze und ausgewählte Ergebnisse der ifo Studie "Beratungsbedarf und Beratungsmethoden...
Rußig, Volker; Dullinger, Peter - In: Ifo Schnelldienst 47 (1994) 06, pp. 09-13
Die ökonomische Bedeutung des Bausektors, seine ausgeprägte Konjunkturzyklik, Spezifika der Leistungserstellung und Abrechnung sowie insbesondere die kleinbetriebliche Struktur der Unternehmen lassen einen hohen Bedarf an Beratungsleistungen in diesem Wirtschaftszweig erwarten. Die Studie...
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Decision-making structures in US and Japanese manufacturing affiliates in the UK : some similarities and contrasts
JH, Dunning - International Labour Organization (ILO), United Nations - 1986
Japanese industrial management in the 1980s; covers cultural factors, labour relations, production control, procurement … policies, subcontracting, marketing methods, and the locus of authority; suggests that perhaps the time dimension explains many …
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Future Role Of Cooperatives In Marketing Beans, Peas, And Lentils
Smith, Art - Economic Research Service, Department of Agriculture - 1980
Pulse production in the United States has become geographically specific and concentrated, and the marketing channels … proprietary marketing firms which are vertically integrated as national packagers and exporters, and procure directly from pulse … pulses, merging regional marketing agencies into a single national cooperative marketing agency in common, and/or by …
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Visits to the Client when Tendering for Consulting Contracts: Sourcing Information or Influencing the Client?
Svensson, Roger - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2000
Consulting firms (CFs) sell services on a project basis to many clients and must therefore continuously tender for new contracts. One frequently used strategy by CFs is to visit the clients in connection to the tenders. The reason to the visits is either: 1) to influence the client in his...
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