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Is Performance-Based Financing A Pathway to Strategic Purchasing in Sub-Saharan Africa? A Synthesis of the Evidence

Health Systems & Reform, 2022
Many countries in sub-Saharan Africa have implemented performance-based financing (PBF) to improve health system performance. Much of the debate and analysis relating to PBF has focused on whether PBF “works”—that is, whether it leads to improvements in ...
Dennis Waithaka, Cheryl Cashin, Edwine Barasa   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

A Framework for Automated Bundling and Pricing Using Purchase Data [PDF]

, 2012
We present a framework for automatically suggesting highprofit bundle discounts based on historical customer purchase data. We develop several search algorithms that identify profit-maximizing prices and bundle discounts. We introduce a richer probabilistic valuation model than prior work by capturing complementarity, substitutability, and covariance ...
Michael Benisch, Tuomas Sandholm
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Moderated Mediation Mechanism to Determine the Effect of Gender Heterogeneity on Green Purchasing Intention: From the Perspective of Residents’ Values

Frontiers in Psychology, 2022
This study determines gender differences in the generation logic for green purchasing intention within the framework of bounded morality and bounded self-interest and determines the causes of the attitude–behavior gap from a new perspective.
Xianchuan Yang, Xianchuan Yang, Xianchuan Yang, Santhaya Kittikowit, Tim Noparumpa, Jiayun Jiang, Shih-Chih Chen   +6 more
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A Hybrid Cloud ERP Framework For Processing Purchasing Data

CoRR, 2022
Cloud-based enterprise resource planning (cloud ERP) systems have existed in the business market for around ten years. Cloud ERP supports enterprises' daily activities by integrating organizational back-end systems in the cloud environment. One of the critical functions that cloud ERP offers is the purchasing application.
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Strategic Purchasing Arrangements in Uganda and Their Implications for Universal Health Coverage

Health Systems & Reform, 2022
Several purchasing arrangements coexist in Uganda, creating opportunities for synergy but also leading to conflicting incentives and inefficiencies in resource allocation and purchasing functions.
Elizabeth Ekirapa-Kiracho, Aloysius Ssennyonjo, Cheryl Cashin, Agnes Gatome-Munyua, Nkechi Olalere, Richard Ssempala, Chrispus Mayora, Freddie Ssengooba   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Septin 9 PB domains coordinate centrosome positioning and microtubule acetylation to control epithelial polarity

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Septin 9 polybasic domains couple phosphoinositide‐rich membrane binding to centrosome positioning, Golgi organization, and microtubule acetylation to control epithelial polarity. Their loss disrupts this axis, causing centrosome mispositioning, Golgi fragmentation, reduced microtubule acetylation, and polarity inversion via upregulation of the ...
Ting ting Cai, Mohyeddine Omrane, Nassima Benzoubir, Didier Samuel, Ama Gassama‐Diagne   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Overcoming Obstacles: Strategic Approaches of MSME Entrepreneurs in North Bekasi

Jurnal Manajemen
This research aims to study the influence of strategic marketing, social media, and price on purchasing decisions mediated by purchasing interest. It also focuses on identifying the performance of MSMEs in Bekasi - West Java, which is an area supporting ...
Muhammad Richo Rianto, Ian Nurpatria Suryawan   +1 more
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A secure business framework for file purchasing in vehicular networks

Security and Communication Networks, 2008
AbstractVehicular ad hoc networks (VANETs) are gaining growing interest from both industry and academia. The primitive objective of VANETs is to enhance the road safety for public transportation systems through dedicated short range communications (DSRC) protocol.
Shuang Yuan, Chenxi Zhang 0002, Pin-Han Ho   +2 more
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Degradation mechanism of the von Willebrand factor A2 domain by nattokinase

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Nattokinase, a natto‐derived protease, exhibits potent antithrombotic effects. This study demonstrates that nattokinase directly cleaves the von Willebrand factor (vWF) A2 domain in vitro. Unlike the native regulator ADAMTS13, nattokinase degrades folded vWF independently of shear stress.
Ryuichi Hyakumoto, Masatomo So, Ayako Furukawa, Kenji Sugase   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

A framework for implementing gamification in purchasing and supply management education [PDF]

, 2021
This paper uses the findings from a literature review and series of expert interviews to develop a richer and Purchasing and Supply Management (PSM) context-specific perspective of the different key techniques, tools and principles that can be used to develop gamified learning to enhance the skills required by PSM professionals in dealing with current ...
Kelly, SJH, Vangorp, P, Meyer, D, Delke, V   +3 more
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