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Toward Faster Recalls of Dangerous Medical Devices: Does Ownership by Large Institutional Investors Matter?

Journal of Operations Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Recall delays expose consumers to prolonged risk and undermine a firm's long‐term performance and reputation. Building on agency theory's conceptualization of principal‐agent relationships, we theorize that large institutional investors play an important monitoring role wherein their ownership encourages faster recalls. We then build on agency
Jessica L. Darby, Kaitlin D. Wowak, David J. Ketchen Jr., Brian L. Connelly   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Strategic allocation of reserve pension funds: application of ALM model and LDI technique

, 2019
This article will focus on the research for the strategic allocation of reserve fund of the Moroccan pension scheme in order to ensure and improve its solvency. The first aim of this paper is to construct and test an Economic Scenario Generator (ESG) based on a model inspired of the Ahlgrim approach (2005) and adapted to the specificities of asset-
Aitoutouhen, Latifa, Hamza, Faris
openaire   +3 more sources

Pension systems in East Asia and the Pacific : challenges and opportunities [PDF]

With the recovery from the recent crisis, countries of the East Asia and Pacific region are rethinking their financial, and social policy, including old-age protection.
Holzmann, Robert, Sin, Yvonne, Mac Arthur, Ian W.   +2 more
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The substantial economic burden of rotator cuff pathology: A nationwide cost‐of‐illness study

Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy, EarlyView.
Abstract Purpose The purpose of this study is to evaluate the nationwide economic burden of rotator cuff (RC) pathology by quantifying expenditures related to outpatient consultations including out‐of‐pocket expenses, hospitalisations and occupational insurance claims, within a national healthcare system.
Umile Giuseppe Longo, Martina Marino, Vincenzo Candela, Silvia D'Amario, Daniela Martini, Andrea Bucciarelli, Ranieri Poli, Pieter D'Hooghe, Alessandro de Sire, Michele Mercurio, Arianna Carnevale   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

The role of pension funds as institutional investors in emerging markets

, 2005
In recent years, a growing number of Emerging Market Economies, as well as most advanced countries, have witnessed growth of pension funds as institutional investors.
Davis, EP
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Opening the Black Box of Nonprofit Reputation and Volunteer Attraction With Supervised Machine Learning

Nonprofit Management and Leadership, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT With the aim to explore the potential of machine learning for nonprofit research, this article contrasts traditional linear regression with four contemporary supervised machine learning approaches. Concretely, we predict (1) reputation ratings and (2) the total number of volunteers for 4021 non‐profit organizations in the U.S.
Moritz Schmid, Hannes Lampe, Jurgen Willems   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Role of International Diversification in Public Pension Systems: The Case of Pakistan

Pakistan’s pension system is in the process of increasing funding in anticipation of providing for a growing elderly population. The pension assets are mainly invested domestically, as it was just in January 2007 that regulations changed to allow the ...
Pfau, Wade Donald
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Shaping Manager Well‐Being and Functioning in Declining Nonprofit Organizations: The Critical Role of Strategy Implementation

Nonprofit Management and Leadership, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Under the roof of Christian churches in Central Europe, some nonprofit organizations (NPOs) grow, while others are in marked decline. Our study in this context extends a previous focus on financial indicators to NPO managers' experiences, their role clarity and job satisfaction, during phases of organizational growth and decline. Specifically,
Max Niehoff, Johannes Stark
wiley   +1 more source

The structure, regulation, and performance of pension funds in nine industrial countries [PDF]

The author offers an overview of issues relating to the development of funded pension schemes in industrial countries. The analysis applies the economic theory of pension regulation to experience with the structure, regulation, and performance of funds ...
Davis, E.P., DEC
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Technical wildness: Modernity, romanticism, and the technocratic turn in Scottish rewilding

People and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract Technical wildness is a new and increasingly influential culture of nature. This paper marks its emergence in Scotland in the early 2020s. Focusing on Scotland's rapidly evolving land management sector, the paper traces how private rewilding companies position science‐led land management and natural capital markets as the most effective ...
Theo Stanley
wiley   +1 more source