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Nutritional strategies of Latino farmworker families with preschool children: Identifying leverage points for obesity prevention
Quandt, Sara A.; Grzywacz, Joseph G.; Trejo, Grisel; … - In: Social Science & Medicine 123 (2014) C, pp. 72-81
Obesity and overweight are significant problems for children in the US, particularly for Hispanic children. This paper focuses on the children in families of immigrant Hispanic farmworkers, as farm work is the portal though which many immigrants come to the US. This paper (1) describes a model...
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Management of Public –Private Partnerships Abroad
Varnavsky, V. - In: Public administration issues (2012) 2, pp. 134-147
The article considers questions of management of public-private partnerships abroad, mainly in the developed countries. It shows the role of the bodies of public management, their status; analyzes functions, powers and results of their activities.Results: now there is no system of PPP management...
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Resolution threats and bank discipline: What Europe can learn for the Single Resolution Mechanism from US experience
Ignatowski, Magdalena; Korte, Josef - Research Center SAFE (Sustainable Architecture for … - 2014
Can a tightening of the bank resolution regime lead to more prudent bank behavior? This policy paper reviews arguments for why this could be the case and presents evidence linking changes in bank resolution regimes with bank risk-taking. The authors find that the tightening of bank resolution in...
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Die Arbeitsmarktfolgen von Betriebsschließungen : Erfahrungen im internationalen Vergleich
Heseler, Heiner - In: Mitteilungen aus der Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung 23 (1990) 3, pp. 410-421
den USA konfrontiert. Für das Arbeitsmarktgeschehen haben Betriebsschließungen eine weit größere Bedeutung als häufig … Bundesrepublik und den USA nur graduell hinsichtlich der Flexibilität und der Funktionsfähigkeit, auf Betriebsstillegungen zu … konnten in Schweden in stärkerem Maß verhindert werden als in der Bundesrepublik, den USA und Großbritannien. Selbst in …
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Liberaler Kommentar zur amerikanischen Verfassung
Dietze, Gottfried - Walter Eucken Institut, Freiburg, Germany
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Cross-cultural Exploration of Consumers’ Beliefs and Behavioral Intentions towards QR Codes in Marketing: An Experimental Study in India and USA
Bamoriya, Hemant - In: Acta Universitatis Danubius. OEconomica (2014) 4(4), pp. 61-81
different cultures such as India & USA. Study also examines select variables that moderate the relationship between beliefs and …
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Understanding a Collaborative Effort to Reduce Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health Care: Contributions form Social Network Analysis
Gold, Marsha; Doreian, Patrick; Taylor, Erin Fries - Mathematica Policy Research - 2008
Quality improvement collaboratives have become a common strategy for improving health care. This paper uses social network analysis to study the relationships among organizations participating in a large scale public–private collaboration among major health plans to reduce racial and...
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Leading Manufacturing Sectors in the USA and Japan During 1899-1937 and Organizational Innovations: Embeddedness for Corporate Strategy
Sanidas, Elias - School of Accounting, Economics, and Finance, … - 2002
, and particular types of corporate governance played a preponderant role in the economic development of the USA during the … scrutinized in this paper by calculating total factor productivity (TFP) for manufacturing sectors in the USA, and the impact of …
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Causes and Consequences of Child Poverty in the United States
Danziger, Sheldon; Stern, Jonathan - 1990
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Child Poverty Dynamics in Seven Nations
Micklewright, John; Bradbury, Bruce; Jenkins, Stephen P. - 2000
This paper compares child poverty dynamics cross-nationally using panel data from seven nations: the USA, Britain … economic transition has led to a much higher degree of mobility. Interestingly, the USA which has the highest level of relative …
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