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Showing 1 to 20 of 21 for “"Concept of value"”.
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The Inner Life of Value: Exploring Fundamental Premises in Marxist and Classical Political Economy
This thesis will examine some of the basic principles of Classical and Marxian Political Economy. At the center of the project is an examination of two distinct but related subjects: 1) value and 2) internal critique. I begin with a broad overview of the methodological and theoretical principles …
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Value-based Management in Practice: Effects of Implementation Forms, Compensation Schemes and Investor Relations on Financial Performance
Advocated by leading consulting firms, the concept of value-based management has enjoyed popularity and found its way into corporate practice in the mid 1990s. But the large breakthrough of value-based management held off, especially in the German landscape. The following four documents first …
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Is there a divergence between the OECD Transfer Pricing Guidelines and post-BEPS interpretation of the Arm?s Length Principle in OECD materials, with emphasis on the control of risk and value creation?
… by the OECD's work on digitalisation as part of the BEPS Project, with concomitant emphasis on the concept of value creation. Increased complexity in the OECD's guidance on the control of risk has also contributed to such divergence. Ultimately, there may be tacit recognition by the OECD …
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Partnering online : developing a value framework for e-tailers
… in a mutually beneficial partnership. At the core of the framework is the concept of "value". The research draws on marketing theory to structure value into a "value block" which enables firms to quantify gains or losses in e-tailing projects. The paper discusses e-tailing partnerships within the …
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Rebuilding local food systems: marketing and economic implications for communities
The research community has identified value chains as one of the most successful ways for small and mid-scale distributors, focused on providing locally sources foods to structure their businesses. The concept of value chains is still relatively new, so by conducting case studies of successful …
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Our Collective History: The Curation Crisis and the Excavation of an Archaeological Repository
… United States is linked with a recent history of cultural resource management (CRM)—and academic research projects—having a tendency to survey, excavate, analyze, publish, and move on to the next project, often with little regard for the long term curation of the collections. What happens to …
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Our Collective History: The Curation Crisis and the Excavation of an Archaeological Repository
… United States is linked with a recent history of cultural resource management (CRM)—and academic research projects—having a tendency to survey, excavate, analyze, publish, and move on to the next project, often with little regard for the long term curation of the collections. What happens to …
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Value network modeling : a quantitative method for comparing benefit across exploration architectures
In the design of complex systems serving a broad group of stakeholders, it can be difficult to prioritize objectives for the architecture. I postulate that it is possible to make architectural decisions based on consideration of stakeholder value delivery, in order to help prioritize objectives. I …
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An integrative framework for architecting supply chains
This thesis explores the limitations of classic models of supply chain management, and proposes a new view based on the concept of value-driven supply chains, and a method of analysis and design based on the concepts of System Architecture. A new supply chain process reference map proposed by …
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Essays on Methods to Support Ecosystem Accounting
… Accounting (NCA) aims to report on the role of the environment in the economy and society using the same accounting principles as the System of National Accounts. Among the frameworks developed over time for this purpose, the System of Environmental Economic Accounting – Ecosystem Accounting …
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The Medicare Physician Quality Reporting Initiative : perceived costs and return on investment influencing participation
… costs and regional variability in the provision of care have prompted a change in tactics for public health care administered by CMS (Centers for Medicare and Medicaid) to a "Value-based purchasing" strategy. The Physician Quality Reporting Initiative (PQRI) is a federally funded, voluntary …
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Value co-creation between SME suppliers and large customers in the UK organic food sector.
As the distinction in roles of production by suppliers and consumption by customers become blurred, concomitantly there is increasing interest to understand the process of how value is co-created through interaction in business relationships. In this connection and in the context of larger …
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Consumption as consummatory experience: an exploration of trade-offs and the role of value in morality in clothing consumption
The debate around ethical consumption is often characterised by discussion of its numerous failures (Littler, 2011). Indeed, some have suggested that due to the complexity in individual trade-offs, the ethical consumer is a 'myth'. Alternatively, others have questioned the notion of the ethical …
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Exploring archive value: an axiological approach
The proposition of this thesis is to explore a key concept in archival theory and practice, namely the value of archives. The underlying principle is that by drawing upon ideas from outside of the archival discipline – from axiology – this concept can be examined in an innovative and reflective …
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Customer-to-customer co-creation of value in the context of festivals.
The notion of customers co-creating value with the firm has recently gained considerable attention within the service marketing discipline. The Service-Dominant (S-D) and the Customer-Dominant (C-D) logic in marketing in particular emphasise the active role of customers in the co-creation of value. …
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Value-added as a performance indicator of teaching in higher education in the UK.
<p>This research explores the issue of the development of a value-added performance indicator of teaching in higher education in the UK. The empirical work of this research is based on the data on university student entry qualifications and degree results from two new universities and the …
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Crude oil theft, petrol-piracy and illegal trade in fuel : an enterprise-value chain perspective of energy-maritime crime in the Gulf of Guinea
The Gulf of Guinea (GoG) has developed into a global energy-maritime crime hotspot, with Nigeria being the epicentre of illegal oil-related maritime activities in the region. For several decades, scholars have sought to justify crude oil theft, petro-piracy and illegal fuel trade especially in the …
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An Investigation Into Digital Paper Interfaces Through the Lens of a Craft Technologist
… I question how a design practitioner can add value to paper through printed electronics with the aim of prototyping tangible, organic and intriguing user interfaces. This enquiry is practice-led and uses research prototypes to explore, challenge and define the emerging field of paper …
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Exploring the value of academic libraries in the 21st century: a comparative study of two universities in Southern Africa
The concept of providing evidence of the value or worth of an academic library service has concerned librarians for more than five decades. Discourse on the value of libraries was stimulated in the United States by budgets and resource allocations in higher education institutions. Performance …
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Value-informed space systems design and acquisition
… in relation to its environment and its value to its stakeholders. These traditional approaches, while appropriate in stable environments, are ill-suited for the current, distinctly uncertain and rapidly changing technical, and economic conditions; as such, they have to be revisited and …
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