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THE MARKET FORCES INFLUENCING THE PERFORMANCE OF US DRUG STORE CHAINS

Haake, John H. - In: International Journal of Retail & Distribution Management 19 (1991) 6

The United States drug store industry is expanding in both sales volume and store count. The most significant market forces shaping these trends are demographic characteristics, economic fundamentals and competitive formats. Demographically, the deceleration of population growth, the ageing of...

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Technology usage intent among apparel retail employees

L. Lewis, Tasha; Loker, Suzanne - In: International Journal of Retail & Distribution Management 42 (2014) 5, pp. 422-440

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to identify variables important to acceptance and use of advanced technologies by apparel retail employees and to recommend management strategies for effective technology integration in retail stores. Design/methodology/approach – Current or past retail...

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Community values according to the I‐Ching

Sun, Li‐teh; Jiang, Qi - In: International Journal of Social Economics 27 (2000) 2, pp. 99-113

In contemporary American society, conflicts between the community and the individual seem to have been intensified. This is believed to be a direct result of the lack of community values, which go beyond individual values. One of the ancient Chinese classics, the I‐Ching or Book of Changes,...

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A step to endorse sustainability

Seidl, Irmi - In: International Journal of Social Economics 27 (2000) 7/8/9/10, pp. 768-787

explored. Two existing national councils (USA and Switzerland) are discussed as exemplars. This paper argues that these …

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Factors influencing physician participation in Medicaid in the USA

Tucker, Jessie L. - In: International Journal of Social Economics 29 (2002) 9, pp. 753-762

Physician participation in Medicaid is an important factor in the determination of access to health care for low …‐income individuals. This study seeks to provide insight into the factors that affect physicians’ decisions to participate in the Medicaid … program. As Medicaid is administered under broad federal guidelines, there is some degree of commonality between the different …

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The rising number of uninsured Americans: how adequate is our health system?

Glover, Saundra H.; McCleary, Karl J.; Rivers, Patrick A.; … - In: International Journal of Social Economics 30 (2003) 8, pp. 867-882

strategies for extending Medicaid coverage for children and their families, costs and financing projections, and implications for …

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Evolving and implementing a social economics: the American Catholic experience

O'Neil, Daniel J. - In: International Journal of Social Economics 30 (2003) 12, pp. 1266-1287

This article is modeled after Robert Michels' classic study of European social democracy. It attempts to ascertain the possibility of evolving and implementing, independent of government sponsorship, an integrative social economics. The study focuses on the largest American denomination,...

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The Fantasy of Glasnost

Machan, Tibor R. - In: International Journal of Social Economics 16 (1989) 2, pp. 46-53

Communism appears to have a “better image” in the West than fascism and Nazism. The apparent reasons for this are revealed and commented on, and the conclusion is that the West should not be misled into a compromise with Soviet communism.

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Unemployment Insurance Costs: Issues and Dilemmas

Schubert, Walt - In: International Journal of Social Economics 16 (1989) 8, pp. 60-67

This article focuses on a set of issues concerning unemployment insurance costs. The effect on unemployment insurance costs of variables under the control of the state legislature, such as the maximum benefit amount paid per week to unemployed workers, is analysed, as are the problems of abusing...

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Economic and Health Consequences of Undernutrition

Owens, Emiel W. - In: International Journal of Social Economics 16 (1989) 12, pp. 5-13

high percentage of undernutrition in the USA is concentrated in areas where social and economic deprivation is most …

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