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Efficiencies of and Motivations for Contracting Out in the Public Sector: The Case of Social Services in Spain

Public Administration, Volume 103, Issue 3, Page 693-706, September 2025.
ABSTRACT Debates on contracting out to the private sector is primarily focused on the cost efficiency of its provision, drawing on experiences with hard or technical services such as waste and water management. This paper focuses on a growing interest in the role and impact of sourcing decisions in softer or more human‐centered services, such as social
Danny Chow, Juan Carlos Garrido‐Rodríguez, José Luis Zafra‐Gómez   +2 more
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Organizational Models for Managing the Operation of Water Supply Facilities of the Agro‐Industrial Complex

World Water Policy, Volume 11, Issue 3, Page 735-750, August 2025.
ABSTRACT Ensuring the efficient operation of water supply facilities in the agro‐industrial sector is critical for sustainable resource management. The article streamlines the grouping of works performed during the operation of water supply facilities in six stages, differing in purpose, duration, and frequency of work.
Ekaterina Khmel, Anatoly Hurynovich, Volha Holubava, Valentin Romanovski   +3 more
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Impacto da agressividade fiscal na rentabilidade das empresas de capital aberto listadas na B3

Revista Catarinense da Ciência Contábil, 2022
A prática da agressividade fiscal visa amenizar o alto custo com impostos ocasionado pela complexidade da legislação tributária, mira diminuir gastos tributários e maximizar o desempenho das organizações.
Milena Becker Xavier, Viviane Theiss, Marília Paranaíba Ferreira   +2 more
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Opportunities, research gaps, and risks in allogenic ecosystem engineer mimicry

Conservation Biology, Volume 39, Issue 4, August 2025.
Abstract In an age of anthropogenically driven species loss and increasingly novel ecosystems, ecosystem engineer restoration is a process‐based approach to supporting ecosystem function. Many ecosystem engineers have low or declining population sizes.
Brandi Goss, Marissa L. Baskett, Robert Lusardi   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

ECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF THE Pinus elliottii YIELD IN THE SOUTHEASTERN MOUNTAIN RANGE, RIO GRANDE DO SUL

Ciência Florestal, 2010
This study was conducted for Pinus elliottii Engelm. at Serra do Sudeste, Rio Grande do Sul, with the following objectives: to check production costs and possible revenues; to perform the economic and financial analysis of Pinus elliottii's wood ...
Eduardo Pagel Floriano, Paulo Renato Schneider, César Augusto Guimarães Finger, Frederico Dimas Fleig   +3 more
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‘Sowing and harvesting water’: Revisiting forest restoration in the Peruvian Andes through a multi‐stakeholder analysis

People and Nature, Volume 7, Issue 3, Page 631-652, March 2025.
Abstract Efforts to restore Peru's megadiverse Andean Forests are rapidly growing. While ecological determinants for restoration success are well known, knowledge on the socio‐economic and governance conditions that allow for the success of ecological restoration using native species is scarce.
Tina Christmann, Isaías Cjuno‐Turpo, Mayté López‐Aranda, Sarah Jane Wilson, Aida Cuni‐Sanchez, Yadvinder Malhi, Augusto Ramirez, Vidal Rondán, Francisco Medina Castro, Marlene Mamani, Jorge Recharte, Marco Arenas, Constantino Aucca Chutas, Omar Amador Carrión Moreno, Frida Blanca Gonzalez Cabello, Imma Oliveras Menor   +15 more
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Economic aspects of production of Caiman crocodilus yacare

Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências, 2015
The breeding of crocodilians is still a recent activity in Brazil. Its peak was in the 1990's, but it has gaps in its production, as there are no norms for the commercial breeding of these animals in captivity.
Laura B.T. Carreira, Omar J. Sabbag
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Capital Intelectual & Rentabilidade das Empresas Brasileiras

Revista de Contabilidade do Mestrado em Ciências Contábeis da UERJ, 2019
A pesquisa descrita neste artigo teve como objetivo analisar a influência do capital intelectual (CI) sobre a rentabilidade das empresas brasileiras. Nesse ensejo, com base nas teorias de finanças e de contabilidade, realizou-se um estudo quantitativo, descritivo e aplicado, nas companhias listadas na BM&FBovespa, com base em dados secundários, em ...
Jordão, Ricardo Vinícius Dias, Almeida, Vander Ribeiro   +1 more
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Economic evidence for prevention and treatment of eating disorders: An updated systematic review

International Journal of Eating Disorders, Volume 57, Issue 2, Page 265-285, February 2024.
Abstract Objective This systematic review updates an existing review examining the cost‐effectiveness of interventions to prevent and treat eating disorders (EDs). Method Literature search was conducted in Academic Search Complete, MEDLINE, CINAHL, PsycINFO, EconLit, Global Health, ERIC, Health Business Elite, and Health Policy Reference Center ...
Jan Faller, Joahna Kevin Perez, Cathrine Mihalopoulos, Mary Lou Chatterton, Lidia Engel, Yong Yi Lee, Phuong Hong Le, Long Khanh‐Dao Le   +7 more
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Nível tecnológico e rentabilidade de produção de mel de abelha (Apis mellifera) no Ceará

Revista de Economia e Sociologia Rural, 2004
O presente estudo procurou analisar a apicultura no Estado do Ceará, enfocando a produção de mel de abelhas (Apis mellifera) nos principais municípios produtores do Estado, mais precisamente fazendo uma análise do nível tecnológico empregado na produção,
Débora Gaspar Feitosa Freitas, Ahmad Saeed Khan, Lúcia Maria Ramos Silva   +2 more
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