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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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The influence of spatial groupings on consumer decisions

Mishra, Arul - 2007

items in a shop window or depictions of groups of objects or people in an advertisement. However, very little attention has … grouping of objects, such as economy, symmetry, and similarity in different consumer decision domains. Specifically, it is … proposed that when each object in two groups has an equal chance of a gain (for instance, one in 10 has a gift coupon), then …

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Characterizing core stability with fuzzy games

Shellshear, Evan - 2009

This paper investigates core stability of cooperative, TU games via a fuzzy extension of the totally balanced cover of a TU game. The stability of the core of the fuzzy extension of a game, the concave extension, is shown to reflect the core stability of the original game and vice versa....

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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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Interkulturelle Kompetenz in der Zusammenarbeit zwischen deutschen und französischen Geschäftspartnern

Schiffels, Edmund W. - 2001

Kultur und interkulturelle Kompetenz, Deutsche und Franzosen, Klischees, Hintergründe kultureller Unterschiede, Erscheinungsformen im Leben in der Gesellschaft, Erscheinungsformen im Geschäftsleben

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Preferences, cooperation, and Institutions

Minkler, Alanson P.; Miceli, Thomas J. - 1997

social policy can affect cooperation rates by changing the size of the three groups exhibiting these behaviors if preferences …: 1) pure defection, (2) pure cooperation, and (3) behavior contingent on expected partner behavior. All three behaviors …

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Specification and enforcement of flexible security policy for active cooperation

Sun, Yuqing; Gong, Bin; Meng, Xiangxu; Lin, Zongkai; … - 2009

Interoperation and services sharing among different systems are becoming new paradigms for enterprise collaboration. To keep ahead in strong competition environments, an enterprise should provide flexible and comprehensive services to partners and support active collaborations with partners and...

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Government Services Information Infrastructure Management

Cavallini, J.S.; Aiken, R.J. - 2009

services and users of form affinity groups that more accurately and effectively define these common requirements, that drive …

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Audit unto others{hor_ellipsis}

Maday, J.H. Jr. - 2008

My first encounter with a quality assurance auditor is reminiscent of an old Dodge commercial. You remember? The old sheriff, masked in mirrored sunglasses, paunch hanging over his gun belt, prophesying, ``You`re in a heap o` trouble boy!`` Well, my auditor could have been kin to the sheriff; they...

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United States -- Mexican joint ventures: A case history approach

Moore, N.L.; Chidester, R.J.; Hughes, K.R.; Fowler, R.A. - 2008

Because the Mexican government has encouraged investment in Mexico by increasing the percentage of ownership of a Mexican business that a US company can hold, joint ventures are more attractive now than they had been in the past. This study provides preliminary information for US renewable...

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