In the early 1990s, China began opening its urban water sector to nonstate capital to meet increasing urban water demand. By 2007, more than 30% of large and medium urban water utilities had attracted private sector participation (PSP), of which two thirds have a majority of nonstate...

The aim of the present study was to develop a scale to measure elementary school students’ subjective well-being (SWB) in school. Based on the tripartite model of SWB in school, this study developed three subscales to measure the three components of SWB in school for elementary school students...

Purpose: The impact of specific investments to performance has mixed arguments. This paper aims to clarify how and under what conditions specific investments made by manufacturer tailored to supplier affect the new product development (NPD) performance of the...