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Economic Reform in Tanzania and Vietnam: A Comparative Commentary
(2004-06-01)
The economic reforms in Tanzania and Vietnam represent the two typical cases of transition economies in Asia and Africa, particularrly the transformation of the two developing economies from the planned to the market ...
Empathy and Occupational Diversity - Guiding Forces for a Service Revolution at Kresge Library
(2009-11-03)
The Kresge Business Administration Library at the University of Michigan’s Ross School of Business has long been recognized for delivering exceptional service. Despite this success, there were many missed opportunities ...
Bank Supervision Russian style: Rules versus Enforcement and Tacit Objectives
(2005-06-01)
We focus on the conflict between two central bank objectives, namely individual bank stability and systemic stability. We study the licensing policy of the Central Bank of Russia (CBR) in 1999-2002. Banks in poorly banked ...
Analyzing Pricing Strategies for Online-Services with Network Effect
(2011-03)
In this study, we model firms that sell a product and a complementary online service, where only the latter displays positive network effects. That is, the value each consumer derives from the service increases with the ...
Dollarization of Liabilities in Non-tradable Goods Sector
(2001-06-01)
This paper questions the motivation of dollar indebtedness by firms of the non-tradable good sectors in a period of exchange rate pressure. Given the structure of banks' indebtedness and protection of banks' foreign ...
Using the Resource-Based Theory to Determine Covenant Not to Compete Legitimacy
(2012-05)
This paper addresses the legitimacy of competing interests involved in the enforcement of covenants not to compete (“noncompetes”). To date, the courts and legislatures have not relied on a principled theoretical framework ...
Five keys to flourishing in trying times
(Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company, 2010)
Kim Cameron reports on two decades of empirical research on organizations that have faced difficult economic situations but achieved unexpected and exceptional levels of success. Examining these organizations, Cameron has ...
Identification with Models and Exogenous Data Variation
(2016-07)
We distinguish between identification and establishing causality. Identification means forming a unique mapping from features of data to quantities that are of interest to economists. Establishing causality is synonymous ...
Cost-Effectiveness of Referring Patients to Centers of Excellence for Mitral Valve Surgery
(2015-05)
BACKGROUND
The 2014 American Heart Association/American College of Cardiology Valvular Heart Disease Guidelines state that mitral valve diseases should be repaired at a Center of Excellence (CoE). We evaluate the ...
Business Decisions and the Environment: Significance, Challenges, and Momentum of an Emerging Research Field
(2004)
Over the past four decades, the concept of corporate environmentalism was born and redefined through multiple iterations. Concurrent with this evolution in corporate practice has been the emergence of academic research ...