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Showing 1 to 7 of 7 for “"Business Costs"”.
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Creating a coordinated community response to domestic violence: a program and policy guide for community leaders
… million children annually, increases health care costs by three to six billion dollars per year, and increases annual business costs by more than $13 billion. Studies of community-based prevention intervention initiatives have shown that efforts to eliminate complex destructive behaviors must not …
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An Economic Development Practitioner’s Guide to Childcare
… infrastructure that supports working families, businesses, and the economy in addition to providing important care and development opportunities for infants and young children. In the United States, infant and toddler childcare is largely delivered through the private market and is subject to …
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A simplified and scalable should-cost tool in the oilfield services industry
… spend accounts for a significant amount of a business' costs. When procuring unique, highly-engineered components, this cost is often negotiated with suppliers during the procurement process. Due to the limited understanding of the suppliers' true production cost, various techniques and models …
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A Methodology Incorporating Manufacturing System Capacity in Manufacturing Cost Estimation
… shown over the years to reduce manufacturing costs and increasing overall revenues. Much research has been provided with a focus on integrating the design of a product and its respective manufacturing processes, but without the consideration of the existing facility capacity. By incorporating …
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Stressful Work and Turnover: The Mediating Role of Psychological Strain
The subject of employee turnover continues to attract global research attention (Hom, Mitchell, Lee, & Griffeth, 2012). The job demands-control-support model (JDC(S); Karasek & Theorell, 1990) is a conceptual model that can be used to examine the stress-strain-turnover process. To date, however, …
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Testing Software Development Project Productivity Model
… is an increasingly influential factor in today’s business environment, and a major issue affecting software development is how an organization estimates projects. If the organization underestimates cost, schedule, and quality requirements, the end results will not meet customer needs. On the other …
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"Baseball as Community Identity: Cleveland, Ohio -- 1891-2012"
… realities of professional baseball as big business. Fans past and present have created a story of the stadium as a place of civic worship, the team members as familiar neighbors, and the game as an event where gender and race cease to divide. Fans have passed on their characterization of …