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Showing 1 to 20 of 29 for “"Funding Source"”.
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Nonprofit Board Effectiveness, Funding Source,and Financial Vulnerability
… three areas of interest: board effectiveness, funding source, and financial vulnerability. First, the association between board effectiveness and financial vulnerability was tested. Second, specific board behaviors associated with strategic planning and stakeholder management were tested to …
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Regional parking fee : a potential funding source for transit?
… The current Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) funding shortfall is just the most recent evidence of major flaws in the region's transit governance and finance structures. Over the past two decades, there have been numerous reasons and opportunities to modify the regional approach to public …
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An assessment of capital budget planning and municipal borrowing as funding source in Overstrand Municipality in the Western Cape
The major challenges confronting municipalities in South Africa are poor governance, lack of effective performance, backlogs in service delivery, over- and in most cases under-spending on capital infrastructure, and poor audit outcomes. It is therefore very important for municipalities to deliver …
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A History of the Literary Fund as a Funding Source for Free Public Education in the Commonwealth of Virginia
… of Virginia as it pertained to public school funding. The major questions central to this study were: (a) How has the Literary Fund addressed the funding needs of the Virginia public schools? (b) What significant changes have occurred in the apportionment of Literary Fund revenue? and (c) What …
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Framing the Issue - How the Medical Device Industry's Arguments Translated into Political Tools and Action
… Device Excise Tax (MDET) was developed as a funding source to help cover the cost of expanded health care coverage through the Affordable Care Act (ACA). The excise tax is a 2.3% tax on sales of certain medical devices and is paid by the manufacturer of the device (Bolka, 2014). This thesis …
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The functionality of major-donor fundraising for German hospitals an empirical analysis from the viewpoint of hospital executive personnel and (Ultra-) High Net Worth Individuals.
… Solicitation of major donations as an additional funding source can contribute to this. Crucial here is the knowledge of the most potent donor target group - the high-networth individuals (HNWIs = financial assets of at least $1 million, UHNWIs = financial assets of at least $30 million) as major …
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Managing stormwater in Watertown, MA : overcoming obstacles to change
… on adequate quantity and quality of water resources, which polluted stormwater runoff threatens. This link has motivated more widespread attention to and effort in stormwater management, yielding new technologies, initiatives and solutions. As this new paradigm for stormwater management grows …
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A Temporal Model of Mindful Interactions Around New Service Conception
… maintained by admini-strators in smaller, more resource-challenged libraries, and in libraries with non-consolidated organizational structures, the data also reveal that the new service concepts produced by these administrators were yielded only after an external funding source was obtained. For …
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The determinants of tax evasion amongst small and medium - sized enterprises (SMEs): Evidence from Limpopo Province, South Africa
… South Africa, weakening the government's primary funding source for public spending. This study sought to pinpoint the primary factors that impact tax evasion in Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises located in Limpopo Province, South Africa. A Likert-scale survey gathered information from 210 small …
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A Needs Assessment of Communicare's Children Mental Health Services
… from Medicaid, which is a fee-for-services payer source. The Kentucky Medicaid Program is in the process of contracting with managed care organizations to oversee services that have been paid directly from Kentucky Medicaid. With these changes, mental health organizations must identify specific …
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Government Funding and Failure in Nonprofit Organizations
… nonprofit organizations, securing and sustaining funding is essential to survival. Many nonprofit managers see government funding as ideal because of its perceived security (Grønbjerg, 1993; Froelich, 1999). However, there is little evidence to support the claim that such funds actually make …
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Factors Associating with the Future Citation Impact of Published Articles: A Statistical Modelling Approach
… country and institutional affiliations, and funding source are known to associate with its citation impact. This thesis investigates some common factors previously assessed and some new factors: journal author internationality; journal citing author internationality; cited journal author …
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Financial intermediation and interest rate risk
… of bank interest rate risk, or is merely a funding source enabling these companies to pursue more profitable but riskier projects. The reported results imply that banks resorting to asset securitization do not, on average, achieve an unambiguous reduction in their exposure to the term …
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Business strategy of nucleic acid memory for digital information storage
… resolved. Due to the risks, the only viable funding source is government grants. If early stage funding were secured, IP should be developed in the core NAM technology of storage and access and an interim revenue source established. This would allow the company a strong chance to thrive in …
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The Perceived Community Engagement Survey: Further Exploration Of Its Reliability And Validity
… Organizations (CBOs) have become the source of delivery for a number of social and health-related services in many communities. CBOs provide needed services in some of the most resource-poor communities. The moniker of community-based implies that these organizations are located within …
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Perilous Decisions Humanitarian Security and Risk Management in a Complex World
… indicate that organizational characteristics (funding source, size, structure, and mandate) affect strategic, tactical, and operational decisions such as the rigidity of policies, the role of the security manager or advisor, and level of autonomy in the field. Furthermore, the results indicate …
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Economic development functions of New Jersey community colleges
… as having an important role in the human resource development area of economic development. However, neither the literature nor state policy in New Jersey include a clear definition of the specific functions community colleges should have in economic development. Furthermore, current …
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Psychotherapy and Pharmacotherapy for Social Anxiety Disorder: A Comprehensive Meta-Analysis
… analysis type (intent-to-treat vs. completer), funding source, type of screening interview, type of treatment clinic (academic or private), version of diagnostic criteria, type of social anxiety sample (generalized social anxiety disorder only vs. mixed sample of generalized and specific social …
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An ecological systems theory approach to academic acculturation of female international students from the Arab Gulf
… University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Data sources included semi-structured interviews, observations, text analysis, and interviews with other stakeholders on campus. Consistent with previous literature, the analysis of the data determined that English proficiency, help-seeking behaviors, …
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Georgia Southern University's Mentoring Administrators Program: A Program Evaluation
… enable them to be more involved and locating a funding source that would allow the MAP to continue for future new administrators. The findings of this research enabled the researcher to make several recommendations for mentoring programs for new administrators.</p>
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