Population ageing has often been summarised through rising old-age dependence ratios. Age is therefore perceived as a … source of dependence, which supposedly causes economic problems. While these perceptions seem intuitive, they are open to … query and may be misleading. The current chapter looks at how we define dependence, how it relates to ageing, and whether it …

Drawing from relational exchange, dependence, and agency theories the authors explain that it is not only the type of … performance. Dependence affected relationship continuity positively. Monitoring affected the second order relational norm … continuity. Dependence, relationship continuity, monitoring, and relational norm affected distributor performance positively. …

review paper synthesises the findings from previous studies on switching barriers, and relationship variables, dependence …) inertia. These factors are mediated by dependence and calculative commitment. This is the first comprehensive study of the …

feeling of dependence on, and calculative commitment to, the service provider. The mediation mechanisms also imply that sunk … costs are more related to dependence or calculative commitment than repurchase intentions, and that dependence or …

dependence.The relationship of housing market prices for nine U.S. census divisions is studied in thefirst essay. The results … isexamined in the second essay. The general dependence structure and degree is estimatedusing copula functions. The findings show … weak dependence between stock marketindices and oil prices for most countries except for the large oil producing nations …