Powers and Practices in Labor Standards Enforcement
Regulation &Governance, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Wage theft remains a pervasive problem internationally and within the United States. In response, worker advocates have sought stronger laws to deter violations and promote compliance. Yet formal authority alone may be insufficient; labor departments often fail to use the full extent of their legal authority to conduct vigorous enforcement ...
Daniel J. Galvin +4 more
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Social franchising of community-based HIV counselling and testing services to increase HIV testing and linkage to care in Tshwane, South Africa: study protocol for a non-randomised implementation trial. [PDF]
BMC Public Health, 2020 Shamu S +5 more
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Grocery Retail Location Patterns in Brno: Clustering, Inequality and Street Network Centrality
Tijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie, EarlyView.Abstract This study aims to evaluate the spatial distribution and clustering patterns of grocery retail chains in Brno, Czech Republic, focusing on national and multinational stores. By employing Geographic Information Systems and advanced spatial analysis techniques, including the nearest neighbour method, standard deviational ellipse, Kernel density ...
Josef Kunc +5 more
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THE IMPACT OF FRANCHISOR SUPPORT ON FRANCHISEE SURVIVAL
Advanced International Journal of Business, Entrepreneurship and SMEsThe franchise sector has contributed significantly to economic growth and development. Yet, franchisee resilience compared to independent business is still debatable. The escalation of franchise failure rates during the COVID-19 pandemic has forced the franchise industry to look forward to a long-term survival strategy that ensures a crisis-resistant ...
Nurul Faizah Halim +3 more
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Impact of internal brand management on sustainable competitive advantage: An explanatory study based on the mediating roles of brand commitment and brand citizenship behavior. [PDF]
PLoS One, 2022 Qureshi FN +5 more
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International Transactions in Operational Research, Volume 33, Issue 5, Page 3110-3127, September 2026.Abstract We study control manipulation by generalizing the notion of success in knockout tournaments. The definition of success can be broadened to include other concepts of accomplishment rather than focusing solely on the identity of the tournament winner. Manipulation can be done in favor of diverse stakeholders.
Hadassa Daltrophe +2 more
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Journal of Business Logistics, Volume 47, Issue 3, July 2026.ABSTRACT Ensuring trucking companies comply with hours‐of‐service (HOS) rules is an ongoing challenge faced by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration. This research examines heterogeneity in how trucking firms' compliance with HOS rules changed in response to a multistage regulatory intervention that required most large commercial trucks ...
Jason Miller +3 more
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How Do Employers Belonging to Marginalized Communities Respond to Minimum Wage Increases? The Case of Immigrant-Owned Businesses in Seattle. [PDF]
Econ Dev Q, 2022 Somashekhar M +3 more
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Organizational Design and Control across Multiple Markets: The Case of Franchising in the Convenience Store Industry [PDF]
Many companies operate units which are dispersed across different types of markets, and thus serve significantly diverging customer bases. Such market-type dispersion is likely to compromise the headquarters' ability to control its local managers ...
Dennis Campbell +2 more
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Managerial and Decision Economics, Volume 47, Issue 4, Page 863-879, June 2026.ABSTRACT Exchanges in franchise systems are embedded in the level of trust that exists in franchisee–franchisor relationships. Although trust is essential in business relationships, it can unfold a negative side effect on the appreciation of exchange in these relationships as hidden costs of trust.
Matthias Glaser +2 more
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