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Problematizing profit and profitability: discussions [PDF]

Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal, 2020
PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to report the outcome of an interdisciplinary discussion on the concepts of profit and profitability and various ways in which we could potentially problematize these concepts. It is our hope that a much greater attention or reconsideration of the problematization of profit and related accounting numbers will be ...
Lowe, Alan, Nama, Yesh, Bryer, Alice, Chabrak, Nihel, Dambrin, Claire, Jeacle, Ingrid, Lind, Johnny, Lorino, Philippe, Robson, Keith, Bottausci, Chiara, Spence, Crawford, Carter, Chris, Svetlova, Ekaterina   +12 more
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Methods of Financial Literature Assessment: Kazakhstan’s Experience

Экономика: стратегия и практика, 2022
This research aims to study foreign experience and review the literature on methods for assessing financial literacy levels. Including analysis of financial literacy level in Kazakhstan based on official data from the AFRD.
K. Y. Khassenova, G. K. Ismailova, L. Z. Parimbekova, B. Kuantkan, N. M. Anarbekov   +4 more
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Where Truck Drivers Stop – Application of Vehicle Tracking Data for the Identification of Rest Locations and Driving Patterns

Promet (Zagreb), 2021
Road transport plays an essential role in freight transport throughout Europe, therefore, conditions that may hinder seamless operations in this sector require thorough consideration for evidence-based action. Critical amongst these key conditions is how,
Bálint Csendes, Gábor Albert, Norina Szander, András Munkácsy   +3 more
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Trade-offs between multifunctionality and profit in tropical smallholder landscapes

Nature Communications, 2020
Land-use transitions can enhance the livelihoods of smallholder farmers but potential economic-ecological trade-offs remain poorly understood. Here, we present an interdisciplinary study of the environmental, social and economic consequences of land-use ...
I. Grass, C. Kubitza, V. Krishna, M. Corre, O. Musshoff, Peter Pütz, J. Drescher, K. Rembold, Eka Sulpin Ariyanti, A. Barnes, N. Brinkmann, U. Brose, Bernhard Brümmer, D. Buchori, R. Daniel, K. Darras, Heiko Faust, L. Fehrmann, Jonas Hein, N. Hennings, P. Hidayat, D. Hölscher, M. Jochum, A. Knohl, M. Kotowska, Valentyna Krashevska, H. Kreft, C. Leuschner, N. J. S. Lobite, Rawati Panjaitan, A. Polle, A. Potapov, E. Purnama, M. Qaim, A. Röll, S. Scheu, D. Schneider, A. Tjoa, T. Tscharntke, E. Veldkamp, M. Wollni   +40 more
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Profits and Productivity [PDF]

Management Science, 1999
In this study we consider the linkage between productivity change and profit change. We develop an analytical framework in which profit change between one period and the next is decomposed into three sources: (i) a productivity change effect (which includes a technical change effect and an operating efficiency effect), (ii) an activity effect (which ...
C. A. Knox Lovell, E. Grifell-Tatjé
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For-profit long-term care homes and the risk of COVID-19 outbreaks and resident deaths

Canadian Medical Association Journal, 2020
BACKGROUND: Long-term care (LTC) homes have been the epicentre of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic in Canada to date. Previous research shows that for-profit LTC homes deliver inferior care across a variety of outcome and process measures,
N. Stall, A. Jones, K. Brown, P. Rochon, Andrew P. Costa   +4 more
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Trade, productivity and profitability: On profit levels and profit margins [PDF]

The World Economy, 2018
AbstractDo firms engaging in international trade have higher or lower profit margins? It is well established that more productive firms engage in trading activities and as a result have higher profit levels. We use two theoretical models (the Melitz model and the Egger–Kreickemeier model) to clarify the relationship between productivity, trade activity,
Marcel van den Berg, Charles van Marrewijk, Saara Tamminen   +2 more
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Methodical Considerations and Resistance Evaluation against Fusarium graminearum and F. culmorum Head Blight in Wheat. Part 3. Susceptibility Window and Resistance Expression

Microorganisms, 2020
Flowering is the most favorable host stage for Fusarium infection in wheat, which is called the susceptibility window (SW). It is not known how long it takes, how it changes in different resistance classes, nor how stable is the plant reaction in the SW.
Andrea György, Beata Tóth, Monika Varga, Akos Mesterhazy   +3 more
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Application of Sentinel-1 radar data for mapping ice disturbance in a forested area

European Journal of Remote Sensing, 2021
In 2014 a catastrophic ice storm occurred in the forests of Börzsöny Mts., Hungary. In this study we analyzed the potential of Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) data, complemented, and compared with optical imagery, in mapping this event. Great emphasis was
László Zoltán, Zoltán Friedl, Vivien Pacskó, Ildikó Orbán, Eszter Tanács, Bálint Magyar, Dániel Kristóf, Tibor Standovár   +7 more
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Efficiency and profitability in US not-for-profit hospitals [PDF]

International Journal of Health Economics and Management, 2020
This article examines the relationship between hospital profitability and efficiency. A cross-section of 1317 U.S. metropolitan, acute care, not-for-profit hospitals for the year 2015 was employed. We use a frontier method, stochastic frontier analysis, to estimate hospital efficiency.
Michael Rosko, Mona Al-Amin, Manouchehr Tavakoli   +2 more
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