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The risks and returns of new public management : political business

Luke, Belinda; Kearins, Kate; Verreynne, Martie-Louise - 2011

Purpose – This article aims to consider success in terms of the financial returns and risks of new public management (NPM) in state-owned enterprises (SOEs). Design/methodology/approach – Financial returns of New Zealand SOEs were examined through a review of their annual reports over a...

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Maximising the economic returns of road infrastructure investment

Joynt, Hubert - 2004

The aim of this study is to explore ways to maximise the economic returns of road infrastructure investment. In order to achieve this objective, the study was divided into five parts involving the following: analysing the nature of road infrastructure, determining the relationship between road...

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Financing Business School Education: What Are the Economic Returns and Implications for Africa?

Murinde, Victor - 2001

To be able to finance their physical assets and working capital costs, business schools mainly raise funds from any or a combination of the following: direct funding by the public sector or the government; income from providing educational services; debt (bank and bond); equity by private...

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The effect of financial aid on student persistence in a two-year institution

Kelley, W. Jean - 1999

This study utilized an ex post facto design to examine the relationship between student persistence and receipt of financial aid in the non-traditional student population at a Southwestern Connecticut community-technical college. The sample population size was 739 and consisted of matriculated...

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Economic Development And Community Colleges: Attributes, Attitudes And Satisfaction Levels Of Western North Carolina Stakeholders

Gossett, John Dorsey - 2002

recommended using the North Carolina Community College System as the vehicle for major training and retraining programs as it has …

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Georgia's structurally unemployed workers: do state job training programs help?

Moody, Mitchell Lawrence - 2008

Manufacturing employment in Georgia has declined as thousands of jobs have been lost to foreign suppliers and improvements in productivity. Changes in the state s industrial structure have created mismatches between worker capabilities and the skills required to work in a new field. The...

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Labor Market Dynamics and Wage Losses of Displaced Workers in France and the United States

Lefranc, Arnaud - 2003

The objective of this paper is to provide a comparative assessment of the consequences of worker displacement in France and the United States. I estimate wage losses of displaced workers in the two countries and examine the relative contribution of two important sources of post-displacement wage...

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The Incidence and Cost of Job Loss in a Transition Economy: Displaced Workers in Estonia, 1989-1999

Lehmann, Hartmut; Phillips, Kaia; Wadsworth, Jonathan - 2002

We examine the pattern and costs of worker displacement in one of the more reform- oriented transition countries, Estonia, as the transition process develops. Using Labour Force Survey data covering the period 1989-1999, we show that after the initial shock, displacement rates in Estonia have...

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The Echo of Job Displacement

Eliason, Marcus; Storrie, Donald - 2003

This paper examines whether the loss of a job increases the likelihood of future difficulties on the labour market. We study displacement resulting from all plant closures (with ten or more employees) in Sweden in 1987 and follow their labor market outcome up to 1999. The control group is...

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Worker Training in a Restructuring Economy: Evidence from the Russian Transition

Berger, Mark C.; Earle, John S.; Sabirianova, Klara Z. - 2000

shock of economic liberalization in Russia may raise the benefits of training, particularly retraining for new jobs, but … much stronger for additional training in the same field than for retraining for new fields, consistent with the hypothesis …, suggesting inertial programs from the pre-transition era. Retraining in new fields increases all types of worker mobility and has …

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