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Money, medicine and mortality an empirical investigation into the link between health status and health care expenditure.
The purpose of this study was to investigate one possible cause for the recent rise OECD health care expenditures, namely the Sisyphus syndrome. In order for a Sisyphus syndrome to exist two dynamic relationships must hold. ...
'The carrot or the stick?' Achieving the voluntary provision of a public good with a reward or sanction mechanism
This study investigates the effect of compliance mechanisms on contributions to a public good fund in an experimental context. Thirty-six participants, matched by gender and trust level into nine groups of four participants, ...
An exploration of buyer-supplier relationships and early supplier involvement within a New Zealand manufacturer's supply chain.
Supply Chain Management (SCM) emerged as a strategic device to gain competitive advantage, integrating buyers and suppliers into a seamless process incorporating the physical flow of goods from raw materials through ...
Developing grape expectations: A dyadic examination of the effectiveness of supplier development relationships in the South Island wine industry.
Organisations must generate synergies in their supply chain that result in sustainable competitive advantages. Supplier development is one strategy than can help businesses accomplish this. Literature on supplier development ...
An approach for intelligent image collection navigation and semantic analysis
With the growing use of multimedia such as images and videos in industries as well as in our daily life, image retrieval has become a vital technology for users to consume the valuable multimedia resources effectively and ...
How suitable are enterprise systems to medium size manufacturers
Enterprise system (ES) is an information system that integrates all departments and functions across a company into a single computer system that can serve all those different departments' particular needs (Sutherland, ...
Management of university research: A grounded theory exploration
This thesis explores the conduct and outcomes of individual research projects where the focus of interest is the influence of administrative procedures on the research process. Data is from interviews with researchers and ...
Travelling work: Michel Foucault and organisation studies
In the pages that follow I have tried to make some initial steps towards an assessment of the relevance of the work of Michel Foucault for contemporary organisation studies: Following Edward Said, I have framed this question ...
Models to improve the productivity of core workers: strategic considerations.
Employer responses to a changing business environment usually involve measures to reduce labour costs. There are several models that an organisation may adopt to improve labour productivity. These include contracting out ...
An exploration of supplier selection methods in New Zealand organisations- A case study analysis.
Supplier Selection, both domestically and on a global scale, is a critical task for organisations looking to increase the value added to products through materials procured and its impact on an organisations competitiveness. ...