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Consumer profiles of runners at marathon races

Hallmann, Kirstin; Wicker, Pamela - In: International Journal of Event and Festival Management 3 (2012) 2, pp. 171-187

limitation of this study. Questions relating to the involvement and knowledge of running (first timer and repeat participant …

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Design and Analysis of Experiments in Networks: Reducing Bias from Interference

Eckles, Dean; Karrer, Brian; Ugander, Johan - In: Journal of Causal Inference 5 (2016) 1

Abstract Estimating the effects of interventions in networks is complicated due to interference, such that the outcomes for one experimental unit may depend on the treatment assignments of other units. Familiar statistical formalism, experimental designs, and analysis methods assume the absence...

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Regression Adjustments for Estimating the Global Treatment Effect in Experiments with Interference

Chin, Alex - In: Journal of Causal Inference 7 (2019) 2

Abstract Standard estimators of the global average treatment effect can be biased in the presence of interference. This paper proposes regression adjustment estimators for removing bias due to interference in Bernoulli randomized experiments. We use a fitted model to predict the counterfactual...

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Intra-Industry Specialization in Textiles and Apparel

Clark, Don P.; Rees, Kathleen - In: Global Economy Journal 6 (2006) 4

This paper examines changes in intra-industry specialization indicators over the 1992-2004 period to assess potential …

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How Competition and Specialization Shape Nonprofit Engagement in Policy Advocacy

MacIndoe, Heather - In: Nonprofit Policy Forum 5 (2014) 2, pp. 307-333

and specialization have direct positive effects on nonprofit engagement in advocacy and the use of formal and grassroots … tactics. However, the effect of competition is weakened by nonprofit specialization. Nonprofit specialists that report higher …

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Specialization and market development as engines of growth

Phillips, Kerk L. - In: Journal of Economic Studies 39 (2012) 5, pp. 590-603

specialization and extent of the market. Growth depends on the specialization of labor in market production and learning‐by‐doing in …

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Specialisation and intensification of farming systems in Western China

Brown, Colin G.; Waldron, Scott A.; Wilkins, John Francis - In: Journal of Agribusiness in Developing and Emerging Economies 7 (2017) 1, pp. 69-80

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate the impact on household and farming systems of government efforts to modernise production, build scale and develop specialisation in the Tibet dairy industry. Design/methodology/approach An overview of policy strategies and industry...

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Print Advertising in the Pacific Basin

Javalgi, Rajshekhar; Cutler, Bob D.; Steven White, D. - In: International Marketing Review 11 (1994) 6, pp. 48-64

Investigates the regional standardization issue in global advertising by comparing print advertising of the Pacific Basin countries of Japan, Taiwan and South Korea. The findings of the study reveal similarities and differences in print advertising components across the countries. Similarities...

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Characteristics of relationships, types and strategies in a Brazilian cluster

Tristão, Hélcio Martins; Oprime, Pedro Carlos; … - In: International Journal of Productivity and Performance … 65 (2016) 4, pp. 485-502

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to contribute to the theoretical development of the theme by the proposition of an industrial cluster typology method considering that the set of local variables related to the firms characteristics are essential for the strengthening of the interfirms’...

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The effect of specialization on operational performance

Halkjær, Søren; Lueg, Rainer - In: International Journal of Operations & Production Management 37 (2017) 7, pp. 822-839

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to analyze how specialization in hospitals affects operational performance … from 2011 which required that some hospital services had to be centralized leading to specialization within the merged … deficiency is related to the fact that specialization was externally enforced through the public policy change. The authors …

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