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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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Making Economic Sense Out of Unisex Life Insurance (Or the Difference Between Cost and Value and Why It Matters to Real People)

Booth, Richard A., Marbury Research Professor of Law - 2002

In this piece, I take issue with one of the fundamental tenets of law and economics as it has been used to justify gender discrimination in the pricing of life insurance and annuities, namely, that individuals should bear their own identifiable costs so as to avoid misallocation of society's...

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The making and selling of an illusion: an examination of racial and gender diversity in post-civil rights U.S. corporations

Bonilla-Silva, Eduardo (contributor); … - 2006

“Diversity” has become one of the most commonly used words by U.S. corporations.Indeed, many companies claim that they have spent millions, sometimes billions ofdollars to create an egalitarian workplace for all workers. Given the amount of moneyspent and the increased amount of research...

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The Effects of Gender on Small Businesses: A Case Study of Kasigau, Kenya

Abell, Leslie; Daday, Jerry - 2008

Small businesses are seen as an agent of economic growth in developing countries. Recently, the idea of micro-lending has received increased attention due to its promising effects on employment and personal economic growth in rural developing areas. However, we lack an in depth understanding of...

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The gender gap in bank credit access

Andrés Alonso, Pablo de; Gimeno Nogués, Ricardo; … - 2019

We use a sample of over 80,000 Spanish companies started by a sole entrepreneur between 2004 and 2014, and distinguish between male and female entrepreneurs demand for credit, credit approval ratio, and credit performance. We fi nd that female entrepreneurs who start a business are less likely...

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Three Essays on the Gender Differentials in Mortality and Undernutrition in Pakistan

Syed, Mohammad Asim - 2008

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Mother's income and child mortality in southern Nigeria

Sulaiman, Ismaila Lawal - 1987

inversely related to the economic status of the family, but the measure of economic status used has not always been the same. In …

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Women's leadership journeys in family firms: preliminary results from a qualitative study

Barrett, Mary; Moores, Ken - 2006

The family business literature has thus far not devoted much attention to understanding female vantage points in family … family businesses, specifically how various roles allow them to progressively learn skills and competencies.In an earlier … book (Moores and Barrett, 2002) we found that successful family firm CEOs encountered a series of unique paradoxes …

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