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Cost-effectiveness of using a social franchise network to increase uptake of oral rehydration salts and zinc for childhood diarrhea in rural Myanmar. [PDF]
Cost Eff Resour Alloc, 2015 Bishai D +8 more
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Foundation governance for the purposeful ownership of enterprise
European Management Review, EarlyView.Abstract Foundation‐owned companies are regarded as real‐world examples of commitment to a company purpose, and several world‐class companies have this ownership structure. They have been found to perform surprisingly well, given the accountability and incentive problems anticipated by conventional economic theories when nonprofit organizations own ...
Terry McNulty, Steen Thomsen
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Toc ’n’ Roll: Bargaining, Service Quality and Specificity in the UK Railway Network [PDF]
The paper studies the regulatory design in an industry where the regulated downstream provider of services to final consumers purchases the necessary inputs from an upstream supplier.
Emanuela Michetti +2 more
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How Regulatory Costs Impede Financial Technology Gains
European Financial Management, EarlyView.ABSTRACT While financial technology innovation lowers intermediation costs, regulatory frictions may prevent these gains from reaching long‐term investors and borrowers. Using variation in retail investor participation driven by state securities registration lapses in peer‐to‐peer lending, we demonstrate that regulatory frictions are associated with ...
Shyam Venkatesan +2 more
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Affiliated Mutual Funds: Beyond the Reach of the Invisible Hand?
Financial Management, EarlyView.ABSTRACT In many countries, banks are the primary distribution channel for mutual funds and predominantly sell products issued by their own asset management divisions (“affiliated funds”). We examine how this lack of competition affects managerial activeness, fund performance, and investor outcomes.
Dominik Scheld +3 more
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The impact of events on annual reporting disclosures [PDF]
, 2003 Burchell, Club and Hopwood (1985) considered that “little is known of how...wider social forces can impinge upon and change accounting” (p.382). This study identifies six political forces that may have instigated changes in accounting practice and annual
Hooks, J. J.
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Control of franchise networks of service
, 2011 La franchise se définit comme "un système de commercialisation de produits et/ou de services" (Code de Déontologie). Trois éléments essentiels la caractérisent avec la fourniture d'une enseigne et de signes de ralliements de la clientèle, la transmission de savoir-faire et une assistance continue tout au long du contrat.
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Fisheries Management and Ecology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT In fisheries management, socioeconomic data, specifically qualitative data analysis, is often underutilized. This study qualitatively analyzed a primary federal data collection effort in the Northeast United States, The Greater Atlantic Region Commercial Fishing Business Cost Survey.
Elizabeth D. Conley +4 more
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Franchising in Residential Brokerage [PDF]
This paper explores the profitability of real estate franchises. The database for the study consists of observations from the National Association of Realtors©' 2001 survey of real estate brokerage firms.
Daniel T. Winkler +3 more
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State Integration and Violence at the Margins: The Logic of Police Raids in Rio de Janeiro's Favelas
The Howard Journal of Crime and Justice, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This paper investigates police raids in Rio de Janeiro's favelas through a property rights framework, exploring their organisational structure, motivations and implications. Using data from police reports, academic studies, NGOs and news sources, it examines why and how the state intervenes in these contested spaces.
Joseph Bouchard
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