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Managerial incentives under competitive pressure: Experimental investigation

Ennasri, Ahmed; Willinger, Marc - LAboratoire Montpelliérain d'Économie Théorique et … - 2011

We investigate the effects of competition on managerial incentives and effort in a laboratory experiment. Each owner …

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Sources for increasing the competitiveness of museums through studies on the perception of visitors towards cultural events

POPESCU, Ruxandra-Irina; CORBOª, Rãzvan-Andrei - In: REVISTA ADMINISTRATIE SI MANAGEMENT PUBLIC 2014 (2014) 22, pp. 48-64

The success stories from past years of many museums in the world have shown the need for a change in terms of management vision of this type of cultural organization, by addressing elements outside the organization as a driver for competitiveness. Thus, the opportunities generated by the...

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Postal and delivery services: delivering on competition

Crew, Michael Anthony (contributor) - 2002

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Port Competition Revisited

Meersman, H.; Voorde, E. Van De; Vanelslander, T. - In: Competition and Regulation in Network Industries LV (2010) 2, pp. 210-233

Port competition is an important topic in transport economics. This is due not only to the large volumes of goods … methodology for analyzing relationships between port operators. Moreover, competition unfolds not only between ports, but also … of factors which affect port competition. The most striking ones are the changes in world trade, and market structure …

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Corporate Cash Holdings: An Increasingly Important Issue in Corporate Finance?

Hulle, C. Van; Schoubben, F. - In: Competition and Regulation in Network Industries LVI (2011) 2, pp. 180-206

Recent studies show that cash holdings cannot be considered a mere byproduct of corporate financial decision making but is an integral part of the explicit or implicit risk management policies of firms. This paper first gives an overview of the corporate finance literature from the past few...

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Sloppy Work, Lies and Theft: A Novel Experimental Design to Study Counterproductive Behaviour

Belot, Michèle; Schröder, Marina - Fakultät für Wirtschaftswissenschaft, … - 2012

the effects of different pay schemes (competition, fixed pay and piece rate) on counterproductive behaviour. On average … significantly higher under competition than under the two other pay schemes. …

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Adoption and Diffusion of Health Information Technology - The Case of Primary Care Clinics

Callaway, Brant; Ghosal, Vivek - CESifo - 2012

We empirically examine the determinants of adoption of information technology by primary healthcare clinics using a large sample of physician clinics from several States in the U.S. Ours is one of the first studies to intensively investigate primary care clinics. These clinics are important as...

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Attitudinal and personality correlates of a nation’s pace of life

Kirkcaldy, Bruce; Furnham, Adrian; Levine, Robert - In: Journal of Managerial Psychology 16 (2001) 1, pp. 20-34

This study looked at seven attitudinal and three personality variable correlates of three measures of pace of life. Pace of life was operationalised as three distinct measures; walking pace, postal service speed, and clock accuracy. Correlational and multiple regression analyses revealed that...

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Accelerating environmental responsibility through societal governance

Thiel, Monica - In: Journal of Global Responsibility 8 (2017) 1, pp. 96-110

challenges of human and social competition within environmental responsibility. The primary objective of this literature review … within the confines of human and social competition. Findings Society is competing at differing levels and strategies … social competition in cross-sector partnerships. Originality/value This review bridges individual and social aspects of …

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A sustainable model for business schools

Thomas, Howard; Peters, Kai - In: Journal of Management Development 31 (2012) 4, pp. 377-385

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to provide insight into the financial models used by business schools, with a specific focus on the cost side of the model. Design/methodology/approach – The paper systematically looks at sources of revenue and areas of expenditure under different...

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