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Social dialogue in micro and small companies
Voss, Eckhard; Maack, Wilke; Giaccone, Mario - Europäische Stiftung zur Verbesserung der Lebens- und … - 2014
Micro and small companies constitute the backbone of private business in Europe, accounting for nearly 99% of all enterprises, more than half of total employment in the private sector and an even greater proportion of new jobs. Despite their crucial place in the economy, there has been little...
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Incomplete information games of conflict and collective action
Shadmehr, Mehdi - 2011
My thesis consists of three essays that investigate strategic interactions between individuals engaging in risky collective action in uncertain environments. The first essay analyzes a broad class of incomplete information coordination games with a wide range of applications in economics and...
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Economic valuation of phenotypic cattle trait preferences in trypanosomosis prevalent production systems of Eastern Africa : implications for sustainable cattle breeding programs
Emily Awuor Ouma - 2007
The study examines cattle keeping households’ preferences for phenotypic cattle traits in trypanosomosis prevalent production systems of Kenya and Ethiopia, using cross-sectional choice experiment survey data of 508 households. The data was collected between September 2004 and May 2005....
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11.471 Targeting the Poor: Small Firms, Workers, and Local Economic Development, Fall 2004
Tendler, Judith - 2004
Covers conditions under which public-sector policies, programs, and projects succeed in enhancing the economic activities of poorer groups and micro-regions in developing countries. Topics include local economic development; small enterprises; various forms of collective action; labor and worker...
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One Player Games versus Two Player Games: Comparing Agribusiness Cooperatives with Investor-Owned Business Models
Parker, Frederick - 2011
Cooperative business firms are prevalent in agribusiness, yet no concise generalizedmodel exists to demonstrate how and why cooperative firms differ from, and may beselected over, the more common investor owned business firm. It is shown within ageneric transaction game that cooperatives fill...
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Retail shopping behaviour: a comparison of Australian and Canadian shopping time
Yacyshyn, Alison; Vitartas, Peter - 2010
process provides marketers with an understanding of consumer behaviour decisions. The allocation of time to shopping is also … also been shown to affect shopping behaviour. This paper investigates the differences in retail shopping time between the … two countries with a focus on the impact of travel time and time pressure on shopping behaviour. Demographic and personal …
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BNAS: Towards a Business Nework ABM System
Young, Louise - 2011
nature and impact of different factors on structure, behaviour and performance that are beyond traditional closed …
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Explaining Variation in Farm and Farm Business Performance in Respect to Farmer Segmentation Analysis
Wilson, Paul; Harper, Nicholas; Darling, Richard - 2011
Results from a pilot application of Defra’s segmentation model applied to the Farm Business Survey for England are presented. Interviews with 750 FBS co-operators during 2010, using a discursive approach, classified co-operators into one of five segmentation groups: Custodians (14.0%);...
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Seasonal Affective Disorder and the Pricing of IPOs
Dolvin, Steven D.; Pyles, Mark K. - 2007
Purpose - It has been found that stock market returns vary seasonally with the amount of daylight, and they attribute this effect to seasonal affective disorder (SAD), which is a psychological condition that causes depression and heightened risk aversion during the fall and winter months. The...
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