Bally Total Fitness - Publications - Faculty & Research

23 Sep 2014
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First Look: September 23

served tens of millions of transactions with total dollar value in the billions. Users have been drawn to Bitcoin for its decentralization, intentionally relying on no single server or set of servers to store transactions and also... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

14 Dec 2011
Research & Ideas

The New Measures for Improving Nonprofit Performance

working this into the broader goals of the host country to fit with the government's development priorities. What MCC has in common with Acumen is that it's using the grant as leverage to build the capacity of government agencies to... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna

13 Jan 2009
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First Look: January 13, 2009

and regulation of clinical trials, managerial challenges related to pharmaceutical product testing, and current debates regarding prescription drug safety. Since clinical testing takes between five and seven years, and consumes up to 70 percent of a drug's View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

23 Dec 2002
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Partnering and the Balanced Scorecard

and the communities in which it operates. Employees also want to know where they fit within the organization and how they can contribute to helping it achieve its mission and objectives. Furthermore, leaders now recognize that their... View Details

Keywords: by Robert S. Kaplan & David P. Norton

10 Jan 2005
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Motivation and the Cross-Sector Alliance

pays back" is embedded in Indupalma's competitive strategy, but it also serves its risk management, since one of the company's primary objectives is to reduce the threat of armed groups affecting their operations. This kind of double motivation derived from a very... View Details

Keywords: by James Austin, Ezequiel Reficco & SEKN research team

19 Feb 2019
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New Research and Ideas, February 19, 2019

reduce the total dollar volume of contracts with accused firms; however, they substitute approximately 14% of the harder-to-monitor cost-plus contracts for fixed-price contracts. This effect is concentrated in the procurement of services... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

13 Oct 2015
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October 13, 2015

contribution is tax-deductible in the contribution year, but both principal and investment earnings are taxed upon withdrawal. Using administrative data from 11 companies that added a Roth contribution option to their existing 401(k) plan between 2006 and 2010, we find... View Details

17 Apr 2012
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First Look: April 17

you are likely to find it strange and even wrong or irrelevant. It is unlikely to fit your view of what a finance paper should be. And that will be encouraged by the fact that it is impossible to be complete on such a huge topic in one... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

03 Mar 2009
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First Look: March 3, 2009

search affiliated sellers (stores). There are three motives for diverting search (i.e., inducing consumers to search more than they would like): 1) trading off higher total consumer traffic for higher revenues per consumer visit, 2)... View Details