What promotes R&D? Comparative evidence from around the world
In: Research Policy, Band 46, Heft 2, S. 447-462
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In: Research Policy, Band 46, Heft 2, S. 447-462
In: Journal of Financial Economics (JFE), 134 (3), December 2019, pp. 591-616.
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In: CESifo Working Paper Series No. 5458
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In: Review of Financial Studies, 30 (3), March 2017, pp. 1019–1051.
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In: Bureau of Business Research University of Alabama, Printed Series 28
In: Small Business Management Research Reports, Small Business Administration
In: Advances in social work, Band 18, Heft 2, S. 595-610
ISSN: 2331-4125
Worksite wellness programs in the U.S. are increasingly common. Social workers in healthcare and administration should familiarize themselves with the various wellness programs and the impact they have on workers and organizations. This study examined a worksite wellness outcome-based contingency approach (WWOCA). This approach bases individual employee health insurance discounts on each participant achieving biometric goals. A mixed-method explanatory approach was used. Quantitative health measures of participants (n = 397) and six focus group discussions (n = 45) were conducted using a convenience sample. Results indicate that over half of the participants met their work-based health goals (i.e., body measurements at the average or excellent rankings) with increases from 56% in year one to 87% in year two and 90% by year three. However, focus group participants expressed a high sense of failure in relation to health goal attainment, frustration with loss of the financial incentive, and stress and anxiety linked to negative feedback about their body measurements. These results suggest that many participants' self-worth was negatively impacted when participants had difficulty conforming to worksite wellness standards. Social workers in healthcare and administration will need to advocate for worksite wellness programs that promote human dignity and avoid discriminating based on employee health status.
The authors show that court enforcement uncertainty hinders economic development using sharp variation in judiciaries across Native American reservations in the United States. Congressional legislation passed in 1953 assigned state courts the authority to resolve civil disputes on a subset of reservations, while tribal courts retained authority on unaffected reservations. Although affected and unaffected reservations had similar economic conditions when the law passed, reservations under state courts experienced significantly greater long-run growth. When the authors examine the distribution of incomes across reservations, the average difference in development is due to the lower incomes of the most impoverished reservations with tribal courts. The authors show that the relative underdevelopment of reservations with tribal courts is driven by reservations with the most uncertainty in court enforcement.
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In: Journal of marketing theory and practice: JMTP, Band 17, Heft 4, S. 317-334
ISSN: 1944-7175
In: International journal of physical distribution and logistics management, Band 21, Heft 6, S. 15-26
ISSN: 0020-7527
A conceptual model was developed of distribution channel members′
manifest conflicts and their satisfaction. From this model, hypotheses
are generated, aimed at untangling the causal relationship between these
two constructs. Both a meta‐analysis of previous research and this first
longitudinal study of distribution channel behaviour in the aircraft
industry in North America of distribution channel behaviour uncovered a
negative, contemporaneous relationship between satisfaction and
conflict. Empirical study in the channel for an industrial product found
the effect of channel member satisfaction over time to be mediated by
the extent of manifest conflict. The impact of manifest conflict was
found to be mediated by the degree of channel member satisfaction. In
other words, channel member satisfaction and manifest conflict within
the channel were both antecedents and consequences of each other.
In: Advances in social work, Band 20, Heft 1, S. 61-81
ISSN: 2331-4125
Since bullying is an ecological and systemic phenomenon that occurs in multiple contexts with multiple actors, it makes sense to consider the perceptions of multiple stakeholders and their relationships with one another and in relation to bullying prevention in schools. Using a non-probability, purposive sample, this study examined the perspectives of 45 school stakeholders, namely, principals, school social workers, bus drivers, and parents from an urban school district in the Midwest. The study unveils some of the implicit and explicit challenges associated with bullying prevention efforts. For example, bullying can be quite nebulous because people tend to look at the issue through the prism of their own experiences and positions, limiting their understanding of other stakeholders. Some stakeholders' perspectives may be muted when bullying behaviors are discussed or reported. Overall, the findings support the use of multi-stakeholder approaches in developing a more holistic view of bullying. Recommendations include avoiding the reification of the views and voices of a select few and having a more open system of dialogue among stakeholders to create inclusion when addressing bullying.
In: Social work in health care: the journal of health care social work ; a quarterly journal adopted by the Society for Social Work Leadership in Health Care, Band 27, Heft 2, S. 69-86
ISSN: 1541-034X
In: Children and youth services review: an international multidisciplinary review of the welfare of young people, Band 102, S. 27-33
ISSN: 0190-7409