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Investigating the overhead costs in construction projects in Palestine
Enshassi, Adnan; Rashid Abdul Aziz, Abdul; El Karriri, Ala'a - In: Journal of Financial Management of Property and Construction 13 (2008) 1, pp. 35-47
and awareness of the research finding will increase their chances of winning bids within an acceptable profit margin …
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Blood, Sweat, and Tears: The Rise and Decline of the East German Economy, 1949–1988 / Blut, Schweiß, Tränen: Aufstieg und Niedergang der ostdeutschen Wirtschaft, 1949–1988
Blum, Ulrich; Dudley, Leonard - In: Jahrbücher für Nationalökonomie und Statistik 220 (2000) 4, pp. 438-452
Summary The rise of the East-German economy in the 1950s and 1960s and its decline in the 1970s and 1980s is difficult to explain by neoclassical economics. However; the observed life cycle may be explained by the inclusion of concepts from old and new institutional economics and from functional...
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Cash transfers and multiplier effect: lessons from the grain subsidy program in China
Yi, Fujin; Lu, Wuyi; Zhou, Yingheng - In: China Agricultural Economic Review 8 (2016) 1, pp. 81-99
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the multiplier effects of the grain subsidy program in China, which is a large food self-sufficiency project that is implemented as a cash transfer program. Income multiplier effects have not been empirically examined in the evaluation of the...
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Using customer equity models to improve loyalty and profits
Stevens, Kathy - In: Journal of Consumer Marketing 23 (2006) 7, pp. 379-381
Purpose – The purpose of the paper is to teach the reader how to compile a customer equity model in order to calculate the true profitability of customers. The reader can use the information to make better business decisions across their organization. Design/methodology/approach –...
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Understanding customer level profitability implications of satisfaction programs
Niraj, Rakesh; Foster, George; Gupta, Mahendra R.; … - In: Journal of Business & Industrial Marketing 23 (2008) 7, pp. 454-463
at the customer level. However, a net profit measure of CP, derived after careful allocation of costs based on activities …
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Does innovation drive profitable growth? New metrics for a complete picture
Linder, Jane C. - In: Journal of Business Strategy 27 (2006) 5, pp. 38-44
Purpose – Organizations intent on driving profitable growth recognize they need innovation, but most measures of innovation are incomplete, focusing only on R&D or new product development. This paper suggests an alternative, enterprise‐level measure that reflects the broadest definition of...
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Kick the discounting habit: step one for more effective pricing
Holden, Reed K. - In: Journal of Business Strategy 29 (2008) 6, pp. 14-18
Purpose – Discounting has become the crack cocaine of senior management with terrifying effects on both revenue and profits. The purpose of this paper to show managers how and where to put a stake in the ground to kick the discounting habit and move to a more effective and disciplined approach...
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Market power, competition policy and developing economies
Vindelyn Smith‐Hillman, A. - In: Journal of Economic Studies 34 (2007) 2, pp. 120-135
Purpose – This paper aims to measure the influence of institutional capacity and population differences between Sub‐Saharan African and Caribbean economies, on the efficacy of competition policy. Design/methodology/approach – The paper uses multiple regression analysis to evaluate the...
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What is normal profit for power generation?
Simshauser, Paul; Ariyaratnam, Jude - In: Journal of Financial Economic Policy 6 (2014) 2, pp. 152-178
estimates of benchmark wholesale power prices based on the principles of normal profit. This, in turn, can guide policymakers as … abuse is present on the supply side. It should not be this way. If a theoretically robust measure of normal profit exists … project model, the authors produce pragmatic and theoretically robust measures of normal profit for project financed plant and …
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Intra‐firm organization and profitability
Georgopoulos, Antonios; Koumanakos, Evangelos Pet. - In: Journal of Accounting & Organizational Change 3 (2007) 1, pp. 44-67
Purpose – By conducting a field research in affiliates of foreign transnational corporations (TNCs) established in Greece, this paper aims to investigate whether a different tendency of intra‐firm organization has a different impact on their profitability and earnings management policy....
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