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Reintroducing Intergenerational Equilibrium: Key Concepts behind the New Polish Pension System
Góra, Marek - 2003
Poland adopted a new pension system in 1999. This new pension system allows Poland to reduce pension expenditure (as a percent of GDP), instead of increasing it – as is projected for the majority of other OECD countries. This paper presents the conceptual background of the new system design....
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Labor force participation patterns and earnings of women clerical workers / BEBR No. 532
Ferber, Marianne A. - 2011
Includes bibliographical references (p. 33-34).
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Going-Concern Opinions: The Effects of Partner Compensation Plans and Client Size
Carcello, Joseph V.; Hermanson, Dana R.; Huss, H. Fenwick - 2000
Partner compensation plans in large accounting firms tend to emphasize either local office profits or worldwide firm profits ("small-pool" or "large-pool" firms, respectively) (Trompeter 1994). Some have expressed concern over possible impairment of auditor independence when a small-pool...
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Forging relationships with services: The antecedents that have an impact on behavioural outcomes in the life insurance industry
Durvasula, Srinivas; Lysonski, Steven; Mehta, Subhash; … - 2004
The extent to which service quality is linked to satisfaction, value and behavioural outcomes continues to be debated in the literature. This research investigated two models involving the linkages between service quality, satisfaction, perceived value, repurchase intention and willingness to...
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Finding the Sweet Spot: A Two Industry Study Using the Zone of Tolerance to Identify Determinant Service Quality Attributes
Durvasula, Srinivas; Lobo, Antonio; Lysonski, Steven; … - 2006
This paper makes a detailed comparison of two major financial services in Singapore: life insurance and stockbrokerage. Relationships of perceptions and expectations of service quality, mean service adequacy (MSA) and mean service superiority (MSS) with service satisfaction and loyalty are...
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Business sustainability and undergraduate management education in Australia
Fisher, Josie; Bonn, Ingrid - 2009
sustainability and the appropriate strategies required to improve business sustainability. In addition, there are international calls … for educators to address sustainability in their programs. The aim of this study was to investigate the extent to which … business sustainability is being incorporated into undergraduate business and management courses in Australian universities …
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A Comparative Analysis of Water Quality Sampling Decisions in Aquifers
Rajagopal, Rangaswamy; Kuchibhatla, Ramana - 1995
No single set of sampling decisions is optimal for all monitoring programs. Cost-effective decisions will have to be made in an adaptive framework, constantly changing yet having a basic structure. The major objectives of this paper are to develop and illustrate such a model structure for...
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The Point-of-Use Water Treatment Industry: Expert Opinion on Regulation.
Rajagopal, Rangaswamy; Tobin, Graham A - 1990
Concerns over declining water quality have led many home owners to install point-of-use water treatment units to improve potable supplies. This industry has grown considerably in recent years. However, some questions have been raised regarding misleading advertising and improper claims being...
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Tracking the Sun II: The Installed Cost of Photovoltaics in the U.S. from 1998-2008
Barbose, Galen L; Wiser, Ryan; Peterman, Carla; … - 2010
States was the world's third largest PV market in terms of annual capacity additions in 2008, behind Spain and Germany; 335 …
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DOES INTENSITY OF CHANGE MATTER? FACTORS AFFECTING ADOPTION IN TWO AGRI-ENVIRONMENTAL SCHEMES
Barreiro-Hurle, Jesus; Espinosa-Goded, Maria; Dupraz, Pierre - 2008
level of requirement of each measure.The model is tested with two different AES in Spain implying a low and a high farm …
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