If late-campaign polls are to be used as forecasts, it is important to ask, how well do the polls do and why are some polls better forecasts than others? We analytically compare alternative methods for estimating the systematic bias in the election trial heat polls of the individual polling...

A differentiated marketing strategy across rural and urban areas is expected to increase uptake and diffusion of the new filter technology. </AbstractSection> Copyright Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2015

This paper examines the role of national identity in sustaining public support for the welfare state. Liberal nationalist theorists argue that social justice will always be easier to achieve in states with strong national identities which, they contend, can both mitigate opposition to...

SAs are documents that specify the business relationship between stakeholders to an outsourcing agreement. SAs specify this relationship in a legally binding manner that assists in managing expectations of the stakeholders about the service provision. According to Verma (1999), an SA is a...