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The Shingo Prize for Operational Excellence: Rewarding World-Class Practices
Chakravorty, Satya S.; Atwater, J. Bryan; Herbert, James I. - 2008
Established in 1988, the Shingo Prize for Operational Excellence recognises organisations in the USA, Mexico and Canada …
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Determinants of the Relations between Transitory Earnings and CEO Cash Compensation in the USA
Asthana, Sharad; Ye, Zhongxia Shelly - 2007
effect). This study has practical implications for regulators, corporations and investors, both in the USA and abroad. …
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A study of outsourcing of premedia services to India by US companies
Nayak, Rahul P. - 2009
Offshore outsourcing continues to gain prominence as the printing industrystrides into the future. With different segments of the industry looking at reducingcosts and, in exchange providing value-added services, more companies turntowards outsourcing services offshore as a solution. Although it...
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Price Discrimination Via the Choice of Distribution Channels
Dulleck, Uwe; Kerschbamer, Rudolf - 2007
This article studies the use of different distribution channels as an instrument of price discrimination in credence goods markets. In credence goods markets, where consumers do not know which quality of the good or service they need, price discrimination proceeds along the dimension of quality...
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The impact of distributional preferences on (experimental) markets for expert services
Kerschbamer, Rudolf; Sutter, Matthias; Dulleck, Uwe - 2009
-price-results suggests that both inequality aversion and a taste for efficiency play an important role for experts’ provision behaviour. We …-price design. We then classify experimental experts according to their provision behaviour. …
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Bayesian Generalized Product Partition Model
Dunson, David - 2010
Starting with a carefully formulated Dirichlet process (DP) mixture model, we derive a generalized product partition model (GPPM) in which the partition process is predictor-dependent. The GPPM generalizes DP clustering to relax the exchangeability assumption through the incorporation of...
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Effiziente Risikoallokation bei Kreditkartensystemen : eine Untersuchung anhand der oekonomischen Analyse des Rechts
Langenbucher, Anja - 2002
Trotz ständig steigender Bedeutung kartengebundener Zahlungssysteme fehlt es im deutschen Zivilrecht an einer speziellen Regelung für Kreditkarten und den mannigfachen Risiken, die sich bei deren Gebrauch ergeben können. Aus diesem Grund kommt den Allgemeinen Geschäftsbedingungen, also den...
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Eine ökonomische Analyse rechtlicher Regelungen von Verbraucherkrediten
Jozsa, Dan-Paul - 2008
Die Arbeit untersucht das Auftreten von Externen Kosten im Rahmen der Verbraucherverschuldung, sowie die Wirkungen verschiedener rechtlicher Regelungen auf die Arbeitsleistung der Kreditnehmer nach der Kreditaufnahme. Sie konzentriert sich dabei auf drei „Arten“ von externen Kosten:1....
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Risks and responsibilities in establishing a wireless network for an educational institution
Knights, Leigh; Fonceca, Matt; Mack, Georgina; … - 2006
A wireless network solution is generally implemented when the bounds of walls of buildings and the constraints of wires need to be broken. Wireless technologies provide the potential for freedom of mobility which is undoubtedly a convenience for organisations in today’s market. The security of...
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The integration of performance measurement and asset-and-liability management / John Singleton Janse van Rensburg
Van Rensburg, John Singleton Janse - 2008
a bank. Interest rate risk is an important source of bank profitability. The Asset-and-Liability Management function of … Asset-and-Liability Management unit. Business units are therefore allocated the net interest margin components relating to …-adjusted performance measurement results to develop balance sheet and pricing strategies that are sensitised to asset and liability …
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