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The Shingo Prize for Operational Excellence: Rewarding World-Class Practices

Chakravorty, Satya S.; Atwater, J. Bryan; Herbert, James I. - 2008

Established in 1988, the Shingo Prize for Operational Excellence recognises organisations in the USA, Mexico and Canada … for the successful implementation of world-class practices. The Shingo Prize emphasises the improvement of operations and … processes, the adoption of proven world-class practices, the use of specific measurements related to quality and process …

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Determinants of the Relations between Transitory Earnings and CEO Cash Compensation in the USA

Asthana, Sharad; Ye, Zhongxia Shelly - 2007

effect). This study has practical implications for regulators, corporations and investors, both in the USA and abroad. …

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2008 EU-US summit declaration, Brdo, Slovenia, 10 June 2008

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A call to be whole : the fundamentals of health care reform

Sowada, Barbara J. - 2003

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Interorganizational dynamics in collaboration in university-industry research projects: context, politics and social construction

Zanko, Michael; Badham, Richard; Garrety, Karin H - 2005

University-industry partnerships (UIPs) are widely viewed as essential in leveraging research capability and economic performance in organizations and the nation as a whole. In Australia, as in many other countries, the national government commits significant funds to such ‘strategic’...

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Assessing Quality Improvement Infrastructure in the Formation of Accountable Care Organizations: A Regional Policy Analysis for the Pharmaceutical Industry

Carr-Whealy, Nathan - 2011

Accountable Care Organizations are developing in the United States as a result of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. A study is needed to evaluate an emerging issue of ACOs, quality improvement infrastructure, and the pharmaceutical industry. The convergence of these topics has not...

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Price Transmission Asymmetries and Nonlinearities in the International Coffee Supply Chain

Lee, Jun; Gomez, Miguel I. - 2011

We examine two distinct and important dimensions (e.g. symmetry vs. asymmetry and linearity vs. nonlinearity) of price transmission from international to retail coffee prices in France, Germany and the United States. We show that ignoring these two features of the price transmission process may...

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ANÁLISE DO COMÉRCIO DE PESCADO ENTRE BRASIL E OS ESTADOS UNIDOS.NÁLISE DO COMÉRCIO DE PESCADO ENTRE BRASIL E OS ESTADOS UNIDOS.

Carvalho, Rosemeiry Melo; Kob, Pedro Carneiro - 2008

Esse trabalho tem como objetivo estimar as equações de oferta e demanda de pescado comercializado entre o Brasil e os Estados Unidos no período entre 1996 e 2006. As variáveis incluídas no modelo foram: quantidade comercializada, preço, renda per capita do americano e a taxa de câmbio do...

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An Economic Analysis of the Impact of Food Prices and Other Factors on Adult Lifestyles: Choices of Physical Activity and Healthy Weight

Chen, Yanni; Huffman, Wallace E. - 2009

This paper examines women’s and men’s decisions to participate in physical activity and to attain a healthy weight. These outcomes are hypothesized to be related to prices of food, drink and health care services and products, the respondent’s personal characteristics (such as education,...

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Overweight and Obesity in Sexual-Minority Women: Evidence From Population-Based Data

Boehmer, Ulrike; Bowen, Deborah J.; Bauer, Greta R. - 2007

OBJECTIVE: We sought to determine whether lesbians have higher rates of overweight and obesity than women of other sexual orientations.METHODS: We compared population estimates of overweight and obesity across sexual orientation groups, using data from the 2002 National Survey of Family...

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