Search Results - subject:"Control mechanisms"

Malawi; First Review Under the Three-Year Arrangement Under the Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility, and Requests for Waiver of Performance Criteria, Extension and Rephasing of the Arrangement, and Additional Interim Assistance Under the Enhanced Initiative for Heavily Indebted Poor Countriesâ€”Staff Report; Staff Statement; Press Release on the Executive Board Discussion; and Statement by the ...

International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2003

Malawi has made satisfactory economic progress under the Poverty Reduction Growth Facility (PRGF) arrangement. Executive Directors commended fiscal consolidation, structural reforms, and monetary policy, and stressed the need to maintain macroeconomic stability. They welcomed the Malawi Poverty...

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The Dominican Republic; Stabilization, Structural Reform, and Economic Growth

Cardoso, Jaime; Young, Philip M. - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2002

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Public Financial Management; Principal Issues in Small Pacific Island Countries

Riechel, Klaus-Walter - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2002

The paper discusses reform in public financial management in small, resource-constrained economies such as the Pacific island countries (PICs). It describes the efforts undertaken by PICs in the past and assesses their results. A principal conclusion is that reform in public financial management...

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I trust you, I trust you not: a longitudinal study of control mechanisms in incentive contracts

Badenfelt, Ulrika - In: Construction Management and Economics 28 (2010) 3, pp. 301-310

client used a variety of control mechanisms to ensure that the contractor behaved trustworthily. Empirical data were gathered … through interviews and non-participant observation. The results indicate that the use of control mechanisms is part of a … control mechanisms are central. Business relationships built solely on trust are seemingly rare; even in trust …

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Headquarters’ Control Capacity and the Choice of R&D Organizational Forms Abroad

Nekhili, Mehdi; Nekhili, Dhikra Chebbi; Cheffi, Walid - Université de Bourgogne - CREGO EA7317 Centre de … - 2009

The paper aims to explain the choice of organizational forms by multinational companies (MNCs) when decentralizing abroad their R&D activities. We identify five main organizational forms: wholly owned green-field subsidiary, wholly owned acquired subsidiary, joint venture, cross-licensing...

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Anomie and the Marketing Function: The Role of Control Mechanisms

Saini, Amit; Krush, Mike - In: Journal of Business Ethics 83 (2008) 4, pp. 845-862

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Effects of management control systems on commitment in inter-organizational relationships

Ramon-Jeronimo, Juan M.; Espejo, M. Concepcion … - Departamento de Dirección de Empresas, Universidad … - 2008

This paper analyses how ex-ante control mechanisms and management control information affect commitment in buyer … dimensions of ex-ante control mechanisms (coordination and influence). The analysis shows differences between purchasing manager …

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Fiscal Reforms in Low-Income Countries

Clements, Benedict J.; Ebrill, Liam P.; Gupta, Sanjeev; … - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 1998

The reform of fiscal policies and institutions lies at the heart of structural adjustment in developing countries. Although the immediate aim of such reform is to reduce fiscal imbalances to achieve macroeconomic stability, the long-term goal is to secure more durable improvements in fiscal...

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The Fiscal Dimensions of Adjustment in Low-Income Countries

Gupta, Sanjeev; Liuksila, Claire; Lorie, Henri; Mahler, … - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 1992

A strengthened fiscal position is at the core of most economic adjustment programs supported by IMF lending, especially for the poorer countries that draw on the IMF's structural adjustment facilities. This paper reviews developments in 23 countries and evaluates their experience with fiscal and...

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Short-term Perceptions, Corporate Governance and the Management of R & D in Italian Companies

Cescon, Franco - In: Journal of Management and Governance 6 (2002) 3, pp. 255-270

The aim of this paper was tomeasure the short-term perceptions of FinanceDirectors and how managers react to pressuresfrom the financial and corporate governancesystems in the management of R and Dexpenditure and innovation. The studyreplicates Demirag's U.K. study.Results do not support the...

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