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Showing 1 to 20 of 27 for “"Incentive Scheme"”.
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Dynamic incentive scheme for rental vehicle fleet management
… will tend to accumulate inventory. Dynamic incentives can be provided to encourage different usage patterns and alleviate the problem of demand asymmetry. This thesis proposes a dynamic incentive scheme for rental vehicle fleet management in the context of Mobility on Demand. Simulation …
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Framework for a lottery-based incentive scheme and its influence on commuting behaviors : an MIT case study
… contrary to congestion pricing, a reward-based scheme which provides positive incentives to commuters when they change their travel behavior. More specifically, commuters could be rewarded credits when they travel to work via walking, bicycling, taking public transit or carpooling instead of …
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Efficient User Incentives in Extreme Edge Sensing: A New Learning-Based Scheme
… (QoD) and coverage, as well as on developing incentive schemes to optimize performance. In this thesis, we assess the impact of users' mobility and availability on the spatiotemporal coverage and QoD of EES systems, considering the heterogeneity of users. We propose a distribution-aware and …
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Essays on incentives for innovation
… independent essays that examine the role of incentives for innovation in organizations. Chapter 2 studies the provision of incentives when workers explore new work methods in parallel. In such a setting under-exploration may result as workers attempt to free-ride on the new ideas of …
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Agency and incentive contract in private investment of transport project : an exploration of fundamental relationships
This thesis codifies and relates critical incentive-design and financial-contracting issue to the unique principal-agent circumstances generated from private investment of transport infrastructure and provides a framework for designing incentive contract and increasing future economic efficiency …
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Incentive schemes in the financial industry. An experimental approach
… source of instability could be identified in the incentive schemes of the financial professionals. Yet, it is not clear whether the higher risk is due to the structure of the incentive scheme in itself or whether it emerges as strategic pricing by asset managers in order to deal with a more …
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Regulation of Quality of Service in Electricity Distribution Networks
It has been commonly recognised that incentive regulation provides strong incentives for cost reduction. However, the incentives for cost reduction may lead to degradation of service quality. Quality of service is becoming regulated; service quality incentive schemes, service quality targets, …
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Incentive Structures, Labour Performance, and Fruit Quality: Panel Evidence from a South African Deciduous Fruit Operation (2017–2019)
… including B1–C2 employees in a performance-based incentive scheme improves fruit quality in a South African deciduous fruit operation. Using a three-year panel (2017–2019) from five commercial farms managed by Crookes Brothers (Pty) Limited, the analysis isolates the association between incentive …
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The role of motivation in performance management: The case of performance-related-pay schemes in British local authorities
The adoption of performance-related pay schemes is part of the wider market-type reforms occurring in public services today. However, this ‘managerial revolution’ has prompted an academic debate for and against these practices. The main questions raised revolve around the novelty, objectivity and …
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Scenario analyzer for real-time Dynamic Transportation Assignment (DTA) systems
… several network control instruments (such as incentive schemes under daily budget constraints) whose optimization necessitate generating predictions beyond the "roll period" and for the entire day. This work addresses the aforementioned problem by proposing a "Scenario Analyzer" to extend the …
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A comparative investigation into the applicability of gain-sharing programmes for the improvement of productivity in the automotive sector of South Africa
… that by introducing a carefully crafted incentive scheme, it may be possible to induce South African workers to work both harder and smarter using existing technologies in new and better ways to enhance their productivity. Gain-sharing could be an appropriate method as has been the …
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Das Problem der Motivations- und Leistungssteigerung in multinationalen Industrieunternehmen
… An approach is developed to design efficient incentive schemes in multinational organizations, as multinationals face the problem that an incentive system that is effective in one country cannot simply be transferred to another. This is contrary to the universalist claim of many motivation …
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Essays in Information Economics
… norms regarding work. I find that a minimum cost incentive scheme offers some workers the same, largest bonus, and the remaining workers smaller bonuses. A more hardworking culture, so workers reason others work harder, reduces the total bonuses paid, but increases the fraction of workers offered …
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Markdown sharing policies as trade incentives in uncertain markets
… trade promotions such as markdown allowances as incentives to retailers. These savings, if passed onto consumers in the form of lower retail prices, can stimulate consumer purchases and thus enhance the manufacturers' profits. Retailers, however, may not pass savings onto consumers, thus …
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A framework to internationalise South African small and medium enterprises through the Africa Continental Free Trade Agreement
… Export Marketing and Investment Assistance incentive scheme, as well as the Department of Trade, Industry and Competition personnel responsible for export development and international trade. The data collected was qualitative, therefore, the researcher utilised thematic analysis, a method …
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Analysis of participant retention issues in clinical studies
Submission published under a 24 month embargo labeled 'Closed Access', the embargo will last until 2026-08-01
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The design and optimization of cooperative mobile edge
… energy efficient cooperative data transmission scheme is designed to cooperatively allocate the radio resources of the wireless networks, including spectrum and power, to the mobile users. Then, the cooperative data transmission and wireless energy sharing scheme is designed to optimize both the …
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The effect of liberalisation of foreign direct investment on the economic development of Thailand: an empirical and political economy approach
… benefited from the government‟s investment incentive scheme more than domestic investment projects. This study offers a multi-disciplinary literature review showing that FDI not only generates an inflow of resources into the host economy but also creates an outflow of other types of …
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Essays on Incentive Designs to Improve Market Performance
… an inefficiency in outcomes and proposes an incentive scheme to reduce the inefficiency. First Chapter: Coordination Problems, Leverage Constraints and Smart Contract Solutions for the Repo Market, co-authored with Robert M. Townsend. We identify two inefficiencies in the US treasury repo …
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Essays on the Economics of Education
… according to varying, optimally-designed linear schemes. The empirical literature considers a variety of schemes that have been evaluated under randomized controlled trials. However, there is little evidence about their relative performance. To better understand these mechanisms behind the …
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