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Showing 1 to 15 of 15 for “"Relational contracts"”.
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Relational contracts, incentives and information
… and functioning of self-enforcing incentive contracts under imperfect observability, using a model of repeated agency that allows for both common and private performance monitoring. When performance measures are mutually observed, optimal relational agreements always keep the parties on the …
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Building and sustaining effective relational contracts in multinational firms
… be better understood by using theory related to relational contracts. Further, given this understanding, suggestions are made as to how firms can increase competitive advantage by building and sustaining better relational contracts in their organizations.
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Dynamic Relational Contracts Within a Regulatory Environment: An Examination of State Utility Regulators and Their Constituents
This study examines state regulatory agencies in the context of the dynamic relationships they hold with consumers, the electric utilities they regulate, and politicians at the state level. Two questions addressing regulatory efficacy are examined.
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Principal-agent alignment and relational incentive contracts in high-performance service operations
… and 2) explores concepts in game theory, relational contracts, and incentive mechanism design that impact service quality in the modern organization. The framework introduced in this thesis is comprised of four distinct steps. In the first step, service quality is quantitatively measured …
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Implied Obligations of Good Faith in English Contract Law
… accordance with the general law of contract: in relational contracts, and to limit contractual discretions. In this way, ‘English good faith’ is presented in the best possible light, and so prepared for a fair, accurate and constructive future critique. This doctrinal analysis is combined with a …
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Essays in cooperation and repeated games
… dissertation explores cooperation when formal contracts and legal institutions are imperfect. The first chapter (co-authored with Isaiah Andrews) considers how a principal allocates business among a group of agents to motivate them in the context of a repeated game with imperfect private …
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Essays in dynamic contracting
… states, and the second model considers relational contracts when the states are partially persistent. The last model studies preference for delegation with learning. In the first chapter, the costly unobservable action of the agent produces a good outcome with some probability, and the …
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Applications of color powder paint in the automotive industry
… and operation. During development, formal and relational contracts with
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The difference in how UAE and EW law controls Gharar (risk) and so Riba in a construction contract in the Emirate of Dubai, UAE.
… referred to as parties expectations), and how relational contracts operate to ensure parties achieve their expectations.
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Three essays on agriculture, environment and human capital formation in India
… In chapter three, I examine whether informal contracts provide incentives for improving product quality in agricultural markets. Using a novel field experiment, we show that farmers receive only \$0.80 for a potential \$1 payoff for improved grain quality. However, we also find that social …
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Essays in organizational economics
… in which firms motivate their workers using relational incentive contracts. In the steady-state rational-expectations equilibrium, aggregate TFP is fully characterized by a weighted average of firm-specific sustainable effort levels. Relational contracts amplify exogenous productivity …
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Three essays on product quality and pricing
… Provision in a Channel: A Model of Efficient Relational Contracts The first essay analyzes how quality concerns affect relationships in a channel. A firm concerned about uncontractible quality for a customizable good has to pay higher prices to sustain a relationship with the supplier. If the …
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A sensemaking perspective on the psycological contract formations during organisational socialisation.
The main aim of this thesis is to investigate the processes of the psychological contract during organisational socialisation. Research on psychological contract tends to focus more on the content and breach of the contract. Very little is known about the formative stages of the contract. Very …
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Using the medical treatment contract as an instrument for replacing the tort liability system in England.
… agreement as a roof structure and particular contracts, both with a relational nature, centred in most situations around the obligation to achieve a particular result ('fit for purpose, obligation) and exemption clauses. Further, this research examined how the proposed model can effectively …
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Il contratto di rete
Il presente lavoro mira a fornire una disamina delle ragioni che hanno indotto il legislatore a intervenire - per il tramite dell'art. 3, co. 4-ter ss., l. n. 33/09 e successive modifiche - sul tema della cooperazione di tipo reticolare. Il contratto di rete nasce dalla avvertita necessità di …