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Working conditions and social dialogue : Conference report, Prague, 22-23 June 2009
European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and … - 2009
The European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (Eurofound), in cooperation with the Czech Presidency, organised a conference addressing the theme of working conditions and social dialogue in Prague on 22-23 June 2009. The conference aimed to present the findings of...
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Wholesale sector : working conditions and job quality
Europäische Stiftung zur Verbesserung der Lebens- und … - 2014
This report gives an overview of working conditions, job quality, workers’ health and job sustainability in the wholesale sector (NACE 46).1 It is based mostly on the fifth European Working Conditions Survey (EWCS), which gathers data on working conditions and the quality of work across 34...
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Online-Shopping
Gunther Held - 2009
Die vorliegende Untersuchung untermauert die Bedeutung der Usability für den Bereich der Online-Dienstleistungen am … Beispiel der gesetzlichen Krankenversicherung und ergänzt sie, indem sie den Einfluss des Involvement auf die Usability … einbezieht. Es wurde eine Skala zur Erfassung der Usability von dienstleistungsorientierten Webanwendungen geschaffen. Das …
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The declining profitability of litchi orchards in northern Thailand: Can innovations reverse the trend?
Schreinemachers, Pepijn; Potchanasin, Chakrit; Berger, … - 2009
Litchi is an important crop in the mountainous part of northern Thailand yet its profitability has declined during the last 15 years. The replacement of litchi fruit orchards for seasonal flowers and vegetables has external costs related to increased levels of soil erosion, pesticides, and...
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Understanding the Adoption of Web-Enabled Transaction Processing by Small Businesses
Dembla, Pamila; Palvia, Prashant; Krishnan, Balaji - 2007
The promise of the Internet and e-commerce has led to the increasing use of the web for transaction processing. Many organizations have adopted web-enabled transaction processing for applications such as processing payments online, selling products online, making travel reservations to name a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009459118
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Unlocking sustained business value from IT investments
Peppard, Joe; Ward, John - 2005
Surveys continue to highlight that most senior business executives aredissatisfied with the value they believe their organizations are deriving frominvestments in information technology. What is often forgotten is that IT initself has no inherent value. This value must be unlocked, and only...
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A case study: Integrated work environment and organizational change
Heubach, J.G.; Montgomery, J.C.; Weimer, W.C.; … - 2009
The failure to integrate environmental and organizational interventions may help explain the lack of success of many change efforts. The high rate of failure for change efforts (50% to 90% failure rates) has been noted by many writers. While specific causes of failure are diverse, a common theme...
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Economics and lighting level recommendations
Clear, R.; Berman, S. - 2008
The Illuminating Engineering Society of North America develops light level recommendations for tasks where visual performance is important. The 1959 and 1972 recommendations for illumination levels were based on the principle of delivering a fixed level of performance as predicted by the visual...
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Work environments and organizational effectiveness: A call for integration
Heerwagen, J.H.; Heubach, J.G.; Brown, B.W.; Sanchez, J.A. - 2008
In response to a request from the Pacific Northwest Laboratory`s Analytical Chemistry Upgrades Program, a team was formed to (1) review work environment and productivity research, (2) report the research in a manner usable to organizational decision-makers, (3) identify Hanford Site facilities...
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Westinghouse Hanford Company ALARA year-end report, Calendar Year 1994: Revision 3A, Radiological engineering and ALARA
Berglund, O.D. - 2009
It has long been the US Department of Energy`s (DOE`s) Policy that radiation doses should be maintained as far below the dose limits as is reasonably achievable. This policy, known as the ``ALARA Principle of radiation protection,`` maintains that radiation exposures should be maintained as low...
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