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Who is responsible for health and safety of temporary workers? EU and UK perspectives [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
There have been several attempts to provide certain protection to temporary agency workers at the EU level by Directive 91/383/EEC in respect of health and safety and most recently by Directive 2008/104/EC in respect of other working conditions ...
Howes, V
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Exploring Agency in Capstone Design Problem Framing

open access: yesStudies in Engineering Education, 2021
Background: Because of prior experience solving well-structured problems that have single, correct answers, students often struggle to direct their own design work and may not understand the need to frame ill-structured design problems.
Vanessa Svihla   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Optimal Retention in Agency Problems

open access: yesJournal of Economic Theory, 1998
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Banks, Jeffrey S.   +1 more
openaire   +2 more sources

Rent Seeking and Government Ownership of Firms: An Application to China’s Township-Village Enterprises. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2002
Using its control of regulated inputs, a government agency extracts rents from a manager who undertakes an investment. Such government rent-seeking activity leads to a typical hold-up problem.
Che, Jiahua
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Characterizing Parental Concerns About Lasting Impacts of Treatment in Children With B‐Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia

open access: yesPediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background B‐acute lymphoblastic leukemia (B‐ALL) is the most common pediatric cancer, and while most children in high‐resource settings are cured, therapy carries risks for long‐term toxicities. Understanding parents’ concerns about these late effects is essential to guide anticipatory support and inform evolving therapeutic approaches ...
Kellee N. Parker   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

The New Form Agency Problem: Cooperation and Circular Agency

open access: yesThe B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy, 2023
Abstract This study explores cooperation in the circular agency problem. In circular agency, an agent has weak power in the face of its principal. This research explores a cooperation mechanism in which three participants simultaneously have the identity of principal and agent, in order to illuminate the power struggle between the board ...
Chun-Hung Chen   +3 more
openaire   +1 more source

Predicting the Future Burden of Renal Replacement Therapy in Türkiye Using National Registry Data and Comparative Modeling Approaches

open access: yesTherapeutic Apheresis and Dialysis, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Chronic kidney disease is a growing public health problem worldwide, and the number of patients requiring renal replacement therapy is steadily increasing. Türkiye has experienced a similar rise in both the incidence and prevalence of renal replacement therapy over the past decades; however, national‐level projections of future ...
Arzu Akgül   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

PENGARUH AGENCY COST TERHADAP NILAI PERUSAHAAN BUMN YANG TERDAFTAR DI BURSA EFEK INDONESIA

open access: yesJurnal Ilmiah Manajemen dan Bisnis, 2021
Agency problem timbul akibat adanya perbedaan kepentingan antara agen dan prinsipal. Kepemilikan saham pada perusahaan BUMN yang terkonsentrasi pada kepemilikan pemerintah sebagai prinsipal cenderung memungkinkan terjadinya agency problem yang lebih ...
Made Ratih Nurmalasari   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

The role and implications of mammalian cellular circadian entrainment

open access: yesFEBS Letters, EarlyView.
At their most fundamental level, mammalian circadian rhythms occur inside every individual cell. To tell the correct time, cells must align (or ‘entrain’) their circadian rhythm to the external environment. In this review, we highlight how cells entrain to the major circadian cues of light, feeding and temperature, and the implications this has for our
Priya Crosby
wiley   +1 more source

Executive compensation as an agency problem [PDF]

open access: yesSSRN Electronic Journal, 2003
This paper provides an overview of the main theoretical elements and empirical underpinnings of a “managerial power” approach to executive compensation. Under this approach, the design of executive compensation is viewed not only as an instrument for addressing the agency problem between managers and shareholders but also as part of the agency problem ...
Bebchuk, Lucian A., Fried, Jesse M.
openaire   +7 more sources

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