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differences between organizations in Spain and Norway across two studies. By extension, the empirical findings appear to be valid … properties of the main reasons for business sustainability (economic, social and environmental) and business sustainability … efforts in companies and the supply chains or business networks. Practical implications Business sustainability efforts need …
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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to shed some light on the effect of the current financial crisis on corporate social responsibility (CSR) reporting and CSR assurance strategies that companies disclose online to stakeholders, by dividing the time horizon into two periods, before 2008 and...
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Basque Country and Navarre (Spain) regarding the relevance of these factors to their improvement programmes. Design …/methodology/approach – In total, 15 elements have been considered to be key issues for the sustainability of CI programmes. Semi … factors for the sustainability of continuous improvement systems. Furthermore, it examines the mechanisms or indicators which …
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Social Security privatization, in any form, will only highlight the problems that individuals face when left on their own to make saving and investment decisions. The 401(k) experience is a case in point. Making everyone a money manager is not the way to improve retirement income security for an...
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counterfactual simulation to assess the effects of changes in the earnings distributions on pensions in the UK. The paper uses data …
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Provides a framework for analysing the financing of state pensions with a wide range of policy options. Special …
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influencing policy design in the post reform pension system. Originality/value – Although the pensions literature has extensively …
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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the factors predicting which employees receive employer‐funded commercial pension insurance contributions in Shanghai's zhenbao (town insurance) program, introduced by the Shanghai Government in 2003. Design/methodology/approach – A series...
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. Research limitations/implications – As the motives for early retirement pensions most likely stem from how the collective … agreement occupational pensions are financed, this emphasizes the need for a debate on the preferable construction of these …
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Explores the issue of retirement and the rise in proportion of population who are still active after ceasing full‐time employment – in their “third age”. Outlines the present environment which shows that this growth presents significant economic and social problems. Suggests different...
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