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Showing 1 to 20 of 20 for “"Information Transparency"”.
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Specifying and Understanding the Dimensions of Core Competencies in the Ethical Pharmaceutical Industry
… framework emphasizing the central role of information transparency in the diffusion of important information is developed. With the use of the multi-method methodology, this theoretical framework may be used in reaching an understanding of the skills and capabilities that achieve …
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SHEDDING LIGHT ON SALES RELATIONSHIPS: WHAT EFFECT DOES THE SUNSHINE ACT HAVE ON SALESPERSON ETHICAL BEHAVIOR AND CUSTOMER RESPONSE?
… with the intent to make transparent financial information. By shedding light on this information, the legislation’s intent is to mitigate the potential ethical issues that such a financial relationship poses. While previous studies examined the impact that the Sunshine Act has on physician …
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Machine Tweeting
… investor presence and for those with lower information transparency. Transaction-level trade evidence further indicates that retail investors are the primary drivers of the initial overreaction. A horse-race analysis against human dissemination shows that reversals occur only under bot …
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Investigating IoT Adoption in the Face of Organizational Culture and Uncertainty Challenges: The Mediating Role of Information Behaviors on Communication Quality
… Uncertainty Avoidance, Organizational Culture, Information Availability, Information-Seeking Behavior, and IoT Service Agility and their collective impact on Communication Quality at the University of Tabuk in Saudi Arabia. Employing a sequential explanatory design, quantitative data from 373 …
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Relative performance transparency : effects on sustainable purchase and consumption behavior
… and marketing research focusing on the effect of information transparency on consumers by studying how transparency into the levels and changes of relative sustainability performance affects consumer behavior. Our work considers two forms of transparency: process transparency and customer …
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RFID-enabled supply chain replenishment
… enablers are key to survival. Additionally, the information transparency available through the RFID hardware and software infrastructure could mitigate the bullwhip effect, reducing inventory and improving on-shelf availability rates throughout the entire supply chain. Since this technology is …
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An analysis of the current framework for the exchange of taxpayer information, with special reference to the taxpayer in South Africa's constitutional rights to privacy and just administrative action
… legal reform aimed at increasing taxpayer information transparency has gained momentum over the past few years, especially in the light of the G20 led Base Erosion and Profit Shifting ('BEPS') Project. Ensuring that the fundamental rights of the taxpayer, guaranteed by the Constitution1, …
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A comparative analysis of apartment REITs in US and China : an examination of challenges and opportunities
… excessive complexity and opacity; to promote information transparency and regulated disclosure mechanism; to encourage and protect equity REIT investors by constraining REITs from taking on too much debt. Finally, the thesis concludes that REITs, as shown by US experience, should be regarded …
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Biomass energy : a real estate investment perspective
… this market. The lack of technical insight and information transparency are stopping these financial institutions from entering the market. Therefore the Biomass Valuation Model (BVM), developed in Excel®, allow the critical technical and financial components to communicate effectively, which …
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Farmer participation and irrigation performance: A case study of Nam Thach Han irrigation system, Vietnam
… AC level such as inclusion in the PIM project, information transparency and democratic decision-making have a positive impact on participation, but sharing second-level canals between ACs reduces participation; (ii) higher participation rates are associated with a higher probability of receiving …
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Digital privacy and new media: an empirical study assessing the impact of privacy seals on personal information disclosure.
… when making decisions involving personal information disclosure. Theoretical approaches have since developed to account for factors explored by bounded rationality and behavioural economics where individuals engage in complex trade-offs when making privacy disclosure decisions. Both EU and …
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ICT aided citizenry participation: a pragmatic adoption of mobiles phones to support voter education in Africa
… various factors such as voter demographic information, transparency, universality in reach, channel and medium of use and, most importantly, the timing has to be right. These requirements are compounded by challenges in the African context, including: lack of telecommunication …
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Funds Have More to Say in Cross-border Monitoring
… companies with more insider controls, less information transparency, less shareholder protection, or higher voting costs attract more attention from U.S. fund managers who can coordinate with other funds from the same fund's home country. The results of this second study show that with a …
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Exploring corporate communications gaps in public institutions necessitating access to information law in Zambia : the case of Zambia revenue authority
… Zambia that mandates organisations to disclose information to the public, principles of good governance demand that they are open, transparent, accountable and responsible to the public. Weak disclosure and non-transparent practices can contribute to unethical behaviour and loss of market …
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Exploring corporate communications gaps in public institutions necessitating access to information law in Zambia : the case of Zambia revenue authority
… Zambia that mandates organisations to disclose information to the public, principles of good governance demand that they are open, transparent, accountable and responsible to the public. Weak disclosure and non-transparent practices can contribute to unethical behaviour and loss of market …
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Public policy considerations arising from the exchange of information about South African taxpayers with countries that sanction the use of death penalty, with a focus on China
… penalty is protected amidst increased taxpayer information transparency. The People’s Republic of China (China) may, under article 22(4) of the Joint Council of Europe/OECD Convention on Mutual Administrative Assistance in Tax Matters (2010) (Multilateral Convention), use information received …
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Konzept zur Optimierung des PMD-Einsatzes in der Automobilindustrie
… areas (e.g. production and after sales) with information and data needed to built up and maintain cars (keywords: PDM as “data backbone” or “data hub”). PDM also supports the companies of the automotive industry in reducing development costs and development time, in increasing the data quality …
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A trans-national analysis of equitable utilisation and minimisation of environmental harm under environmental laws at international, federal and national levels
… is a lack or weakness of local voices and transparency. As the nature and status of all basins are different, the challenges are not exactly the same. For example, hearing local voices and better information transparency have significantly improved in the Waikato River. As the challenges …
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The Influence of Legal and Regulatory Context on Perceptions of Hydraulic Fracturing Risks
… spoke of making decisions without sufficient information, they expressed frustration at striving in vain to get complete or comprehensible safety information, and they expressed that not having sufficient risk information made them more fearful of the threats posed by fracking.</p><p>Although …
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Suspect Wealth – A Risk to Stability, Development and Sustainability: The case of Bermuda, the Turks and Caicos Islands, and Anguilla
… by harbouring suspect wealth, due to lack of transparency. This doctoral thesis concerns suspect wealth as a product of economic misconduct like corruption, money laundering, tax evasion, fraud, and the increasingly controversial tax avoidance. It concerns suspect wealth derived from overseas …