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Showing 1 to 20 of 47 for “"financial incentive"”.
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The impact of a mentoring/financial incentive program on at-risk high school students
… of Wayne," a privately funded mentoring/incentive program at an impoverished high school near Detroit. Over 500 students enroll in the program annually. The program involves providing high school students who choose to participate both adult mentoring and a $200 incentive to improve one's …
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An Analysis of the Financial Incentives Impact on the Utility Demand-Side Management Programs
Many utilities implement the financial incentive plans in promoting their Demand-Side Management (DSM) programs. The plans are intended to reduce the customer investment cost for a high efficiency equipment option, so that to make the investment more attractive. Despite its potential to increase …
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Assessment of financial incentives on employees performance: a case of Tanzania Posts Corporation and National Insurance Corporation Of Tanzania Limited - Mtwara Region
Financial incentives are vital factor towards corporations’ achievements in terms of performance, efficiency, productivity and effectiveness. This does not assure corporations existence but also guarantees continual provision of services to the customers so as to meet their vision and mission. This …
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Mortgage-backed securities: models of prepayment, an analysis
… of prepayments when homeowner's have a positive financial incentive to prepay their mortgage.
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Motivating Proenvironmental Behavior: Examining the efficacy of financial incentives
… (PEB) involves the promise of monetary rewards. Financial incentives are intuitively appealing because they can increase an individual's expected benefits for engaging in the PEB; however, there is concern that incentives can transform motivations for the PEB. The purpose of this study was to …
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The Nordic industrial CCS system as a large-scale superpower of negative emissions
… by CCS are insufficient and there is a lack of financial incentive. This study suggests that a credible NEC that can be traded in a voluntary carbon market could provide financial incentive and boost deployment of CR by CCS. In fact, facilitating trading of such credits can enable a Nordic …
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An assessment of financial incentives for encouraging South Africa's domestic solar water heater market
… this study is to assess which types of national financial incentive programmes should be implemented in order to encourage the use of SWH systems in households, within the context of SA's energy policy and the current electricity crisis. However, only hybrid SWH technologies were considered, due …
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Economic incentives for military housing residents to conserve utilities
… percent utility reductions simply by providing a financial incentive for tenants to conserve utilities. The two key aspects of individual metering are, the financial incentives for tenants to conserve utilities and the ability to hold tenants responsible for consumed utilities through accurate …
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Doubled SNAP Dollars and Nudges: An Analysis of Two Pilot Programs Aimed at Increasing the Purchase of Healthy Foods
… produce. The first pilot program is a financial incentive known as "Double Up Food Bucks". The program is targeted towards SNAP participants, encouraging them to purchase more fresh produce by effectively doubling purchasing power. The second pilot program is a set of three behavioral …
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Uptake of Micro-generation among Small Organisations in the Camden Climate Change Alliance
… of feed-in tariffs and renewable heat incentives in the UK has provided a new financial incentive for the installation of micro-generation, but so far there has been limited research on its uptake in small organisations. Our research starts to fill that gap by presenting a unique case …
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School library media specialists who provide in-service training for teachers
… that their school or district did not provide financial incentive for the provision of in-service training.</p>
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System dynamics analysis of incentives for Automatic Dependent Surveillance Broadcast (ADS-B) equipage
… model. The effects of the following four incentive policies are examined: (1) Acceleration of operational benefits, (2) Preferred access, (3) Financial incentive, and (4) Mandate equipage. The result of the policy analysis shows the each incentive policy is effective to encourage the early …
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Mitigating Pollution from Cruise Ships: Analysing the Environmental Port Index
… The Environmental Port Index (EPI) is a financial incentive system designed in Norway, that allows ports to regulate cruise ships calling their ports to reduce their environmental impact. Being implemented in Faxaflóahafnir as the first Icelandic port in 2023, the EPI might be a useful …
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Recruiting International Students: A Comparative Study At the University of South Carolina and Mcgill University
… diversity of the student body and a strong financial incentive. A major financial push at USC and a policy shift at McGill to incentivize certain majors make the study of best practices in recruitment relevant for both schools. Kolb's experiential learning theory, promoting the need for …
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Sustaining Millennials in Teaching Careers: A Comparison of Entering and Veteran Teacher Views: A Pilot Study
… into adulthood during a recession, lack of financial incentive, and lack of support are major deterrents for many teachers. This is a qualitative study that uses responses to surveys to gather information to explain the challenges new Millennial teachers face and the causes of the current …
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The Medicare Physician Quality Reporting Initiative : perceived costs and return on investment influencing participation
… high quality care for its citizens. Escalating financial 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 …
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Using Monte Carlo Analysis to Assess Outcome-based Payment for Environmental Services for Denitrifying Bioreactors in the Chesapeake Bay
… install best management practices. Alternative financial incentive programs, such as payment for environmental services (PES) programs, aim to improve program effectiveness by paying directly for the quantity of environment services provided, but implementing PES programs to reduce nonpoint …
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Administrative morality in Colombia
… adopted enabling legislation that provided a financial incentive to file lawsuits on administrative morality but then revised the law to reduce this incentive. The Colombian Council of State (the supreme court for administrative matters) has generally ruled against plaintiffs and with …
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An Operational Value Stream Analysis for Developmental Excellence
… challenges in new product development, where financial constraints and risk aversion hinder innovation. Using a multidisciplinary approach that integrates contract theory, computational fluid dynamics (CFD), and machine learning, this research explores the impacts of engineering requirements, …
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Design and evaluation of a device for trapping hepatitis C viral particles at ultra low concentrations
… to the patient being treated and a strong financial incentive to the entity paying for the treatment.
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