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Disproportional Ownership Structure And Pay-Performance Relationship In China, Jerry Cao, Xiaofei Pan, Gary Tian Jun 2011

Disproportional Ownership Structure And Pay-Performance Relationship In China, Jerry Cao, Xiaofei Pan, Gary Tian

Research Collection Lee Kong Chian School Of Business

This paper examines the impact of ownership structure on executive compensation in China's listed firms. We find that the cash flow rights of ultimate controlling shareholders have a positive effect on the pay-performance relationship, while a divergence between control rights and cash flow rights has a significantly negative effect on the pay-performance relationship. We divide our sample based on ultimate controlling shareholders' type into state owned enterprises (SOE), state assets management bureaus (SAMB), and privately controlled firms. We find that in SOE controlled firms cash flow rights have a significant impact on accounting based pay-performance relationship. In privately controlled firms, …

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Recent Developments In European Bank Competition, Juliana Yu Sun Jun 2011

Recent Developments In European Bank Competition, Juliana Yu Sun

Research Collection School Of Economics

This paper investigates the degree of bank competition in the euro area, the U.S. and U.K. before and after the recent financial crisis, and revisits the issue whether the introduction of EMU and the euro have had any impact on bank competition. The results suggest that the level of bank competition converged across euro area countries in the wake of the EMU. The recent global financial crisis led to a fall in competition in several countries and especially where large credit and housing booms had preceded the crisis...

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User Evaluations Of Intermodal Travel To Work: Exploratory Studies, Research Report Wp 10-03, Steven D. Silver Jun 2011

User Evaluations Of Intermodal Travel To Work: Exploratory Studies, Research Report Wp 10-03, Steven D. Silver

Mineta Transportation Institute

The general importance of intermodal travel (i.e., travel in which there is a combination of modes to a destination, for example, train or light rail and a bus connection) has been emphasized in extensive congressional hearings and in state and regional spon¬sored transportation studies. Available empirical studies of the use of intermodal travel have predominantly been in cases where travel is across cities or regions. These studies have most often related use of intermodal travel options to distance, time of day and user demographics and user-identified factors and ratings that evaluate these factors. The principal objective of this explor¬atory study …

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The Use Of Role-Player Prompts In Assessment Center Exercises, Eveline Schollaert, Filip Lievens Jun 2011

The Use Of Role-Player Prompts In Assessment Center Exercises, Eveline Schollaert, Filip Lievens

Research Collection Lee Kong Chian School Of Business

So far, a substantial amount of assessment center (AC) studies have aimed to improve the quality of the AC method by focusing on the assessors. However, systematic studies about the role-player in AC exercises are nonexistent. This is surprising as the role-player might serve as a key figure for consistently evoking job-relevant behavior across candidates. Therefore, this study focused on the 'role' of role-players in ACs. We examined the effects of instructing role-players to use prompts among 233 candidates. Results suggest that role-players are able to use prompts and that their negative impact on candidates' reactions is negligible. In addition, …

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2011 Applied Projects Organizational Impact Report, Heather Carpenter, Holly Hoffman Jun 2011

2011 Applied Projects Organizational Impact Report, Heather Carpenter, Holly Hoffman

USD Evaluation of Applied Learning Model in Nonprofit Leadership and Management Master's Program

In fall 2010, the Caster Center for Nonprofit and Philanthropic Research administered a survey to explore the impact of student-led applied projects on client organizations and the local community. The survey is the second part of a community impact study of the Masters of Arts in Nonprofit Leadership and Management (NLM) at the University of San Diego. The survey was distributed to client organizations during the 2010-2011 academic year to assess client organization satisfaction and successful use of the projects. The survey investigated whether applied projects had an impact on the organization’s operations or the community, and if so, to …

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Examination Of Regional Transit Service Under Contracting: A Case Study In The Greater New Orleans Region, Research Report 10-09, Hiroyuki Iseki, Charles R. Rivasplata, Rebecca Houtman, Adam L. Smith Jun 2011

Examination Of Regional Transit Service Under Contracting: A Case Study In The Greater New Orleans Region, Research Report 10-09, Hiroyuki Iseki, Charles R. Rivasplata, Rebecca Houtman, Adam L. Smith

Mineta Transportation Institute

Many local governments and transit agencies in the United States face financial difficulties in providing adequate public transit service in individual systems, and in providing sufficient regional coordination to accommodate transit trips involving at least one transfer between systems. These difficulties can be attributed to the recent economic downturn, continuing withdrawal of the state and federal funds that help support local transit service, a decline in local funding for transit service in inner cities due to ongoing suburbanization, and a distribution of resources that responds to geographic equity without addressing service needs. This study examines two main research questions: (1) …

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Understanding Household Preferences For Alternative-Fuel Vehicle Technologies, Hilary Nixon, Jean-Daniel Saphores Jun 2011

Understanding Household Preferences For Alternative-Fuel Vehicle Technologies, Hilary Nixon, Jean-Daniel Saphores

Mineta Transportation Institute

This report explores consumer preferences among four different alternative-fuel vehicles (AFVs): hybrid electric vehicles (HEVs), compressed natural gas (CNG) vehicles, hydrogen fuel cell (HFC) vehicles, and electric vehicles (EVs). Although researchers have been interested in understanding consumer preferences for AFVs for more than three decades, it is important to update our estimates of the trade-offs people are willing to make between cost, environmental performance, vehicle range, and refuel¬ing convenience. We conducted a nationwide, Internet-based survey to assess consumer preferences for AFVs. Respondents participated in a stated-preference ranking exercise in which they ranked a series of five vehicles (four AFVs and …

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Preferences, Prisoners And Private Information: Was Socrates Rational At His Trial?, Brishti Guha Jun 2011

Preferences, Prisoners And Private Information: Was Socrates Rational At His Trial?, Brishti Guha

Research Collection School Of Economics

Using concepts from game theory, political economy, law and economics and the economics of asymmetric information, we describe the economics of one of the most famous trials in history—that of the Athenian philosopher Socrates. We discuss the question of whether Socrates’ actions during his trial were rational, using two different models. Our analysis sheds some light on institutional efficiency in trials that followed the classical Athenian pattern.

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Potential Economic Consequences Of Local Nonconformity To Regional Land Use And Transportation Plans Using A Spatial Economic Model, Caroline Rodier, Margot Spiller, John E. Abraham, John D. Hunt Jun 2011

Potential Economic Consequences Of Local Nonconformity To Regional Land Use And Transportation Plans Using A Spatial Economic Model, Caroline Rodier, Margot Spiller, John E. Abraham, John D. Hunt

Mineta Transportation Institute

To achieve the greenhouse gas (GHG) reduction targets that are required by California’s global warming legislation (AB32), the state of California has determined that recent growth trends in vehicle miles traveled (VMT) must be curtailed. In recognition of this, Senate Bill 375 (SB375) requires regional governments to develop land use and transportation plans or Sustainable Community Strategies (SCSs) that will achieve regional GHG targets largely though reduced VMT. Although the bill requires such a plan, it does not require local governments to adopt general plans that conform to this plan. In California, it is local, not regional, governments that have …

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Tribal Corridor Management Planning: Model, Case Study, And Guide For Caltrans District 1, Research Report 10-01, Jay K. Adams, Mary Scoggin Jun 2011

Tribal Corridor Management Planning: Model, Case Study, And Guide For Caltrans District 1, Research Report 10-01, Jay K. Adams, Mary Scoggin

Mineta Transportation Institute

In Northern California, tribal governments and personnel of the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) District 1, have applied innovative context-sensitive solutions to meet a variety of transportation challenges along state highways that traverse tribal lands. This report describes and discusses the efforts under way and offer suggestions for continuing and extending these initiatives through the development of Tribal Corridor Management Plans (TCMPs). The methods employed in this project are multidisciplinary and include: (1) content analysis of existing corridor management plans; (2) literature review to identify “best practices;” (3) participant observation; (4) interviews with local stakeholders; (5) focus group interviews with …

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What Do Americans Think About Federal Transportation Tax Options? Results From Year 2 Of A National Survey, Research Report 10-12, Asha Weinstein Agrawal, Hilary Nixon Jun 2011

What Do Americans Think About Federal Transportation Tax Options? Results From Year 2 Of A National Survey, Research Report 10-12, Asha Weinstein Agrawal, Hilary Nixon

Mineta Transportation Institute

This report summarizes the results of a national random-digit-dial public opinion poll that asked 1,516 respondents if they would support various tax options for raising federal transportation revenues. The 11 specific tax options tested were variations on raising the federal gas tax rate, creating a new mileage tax, and creating a new federal sales tax. In addition, the survey collected standard socio-demographic data, some minimal travel behavior data, and attitudinal data about how respondents view the quality of their local transportation system and their priorities for government spending on transportation in their state. All of this information is used to …

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Revisiting Factors Associated With The Success Of Ballot Initiatives With A Substantial Rail Transit Component, Research Report 10-13, Peter J. Haas, Katherine Estrada Jun 2011

Revisiting Factors Associated With The Success Of Ballot Initiatives With A Substantial Rail Transit Component, Research Report 10-13, Peter J. Haas, Katherine Estrada

Mineta Transportation Institute

This report presents the replication of an MTI study conducted in 2001 by Peter Haas and Richard Werbel. That research, itself a continuation of an earlier project completed in 2000, included an analysis of transportation tax elections in 11 urban areas across the nation and culminated in the identification of 17 community-level factors with potential impact on the success of ballot measures for sales tax increases to fund transportation packages with substantial rail components. Trends observed in these more recent case studies were generally highly consistent with the following findings from the 2001 study. Thus this analysis reaffirms the importance …

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Use Of Geocoding And Us Census Data To Assess Determinants Of Outcome In Trauma Patients, Krista M. Goodman Md, John J. Hong Md, Sherrine Eid Mph, Leslie Baga Bsn, Ccrc, Michael M. Badellino Md, Mph, Facs, Michael D. Pasquale Md, Facs Jun 2011

Use Of Geocoding And Us Census Data To Assess Determinants Of Outcome In Trauma Patients, Krista M. Goodman Md, John J. Hong Md, Sherrine Eid Mph, Leslie Baga Bsn, Ccrc, Michael M. Badellino Md, Mph, Facs, Michael D. Pasquale Md, Facs

Department of Surgery

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An Examination Of Relational-Interdependent Self-Construal, Communal Strength, And Pro-Relationship Behaviors In Friendships, Brent A. Mattingly, Debra L. Oswald, Eddie M. Clark Jun 2011

An Examination Of Relational-Interdependent Self-Construal, Communal Strength, And Pro-Relationship Behaviors In Friendships, Brent A. Mattingly, Debra L. Oswald, Eddie M. Clark

Psychology Faculty Research and Publications

Individual differences in relational-interdependent self-construal (RISC) are associated with positive relationship characteristics. This suggests that RISC is positively associated with the degree to which individuals view their relationships as communally-oriented (i.e., governed by norms of responsiveness), which should in turn be associated with increased use of pro-relationship behaviors. Thus, the current study explored the associations between RISC, communal strength, and pro-relationship behaviors in friendships. As predicted, RISC was positively associated with pro-relationship behavior use, but this association was mediated by greater communal strength. This suggests that increased RISC is associated with greater relationship satisfaction because the manner in which individuals …

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Bioindicator-Based Stated Preference Valuation For Aquatic Habitat And Ecosystem Service Restoration, Robert J. Johnston, Eric T. Schultz, Kathleen Segerson, Elena Y. Besedin May 2011

Bioindicator-Based Stated Preference Valuation For Aquatic Habitat And Ecosystem Service Restoration, Robert J. Johnston, Eric T. Schultz, Kathleen Segerson, Elena Y. Besedin

EEB Articles

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Post-Hmo Health Care: Are Acos The Answer?, Zachary F. Meisel, Jesse M. Pines May 2011

Post-Hmo Health Care: Are Acos The Answer?, Zachary F. Meisel, Jesse M. Pines

Health Policy and Management Informal Communications

"Remember the 1990s" retrospective lists always include Nirvana, Monica Lewinsky and Wayne's World, but leave out another major product that defined American life in the '90s: the health maintenance organization, or HMO — that nefarious health-insurance plan that seemed expressly designed to prevent you from seeing the doctor of your choice or receiving the treatments recommended by doctors, all under the guise of lowering costs and "improving" medical care. Of course HMOs are still around, but they are no longer central to the national discussion on health care. Why? For the most part, HMOs have eased limits on patient choice …

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The Pace Eportfolio As Educational Passport: Enhancing Students' Interdisciplinary, Co-Curricular And Experiential Learning, Beth Klingner, Linda Anstendig May 2011

The Pace Eportfolio As Educational Passport: Enhancing Students' Interdisciplinary, Co-Curricular And Experiential Learning, Beth Klingner, Linda Anstendig

Cornerstone 3 Reports : Interdisciplinary Informatics

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Leveraging You! Developing An Online Presence For The Job Search And Beyond, Bohyun Kim, Erin Dorney, Kiyomi D. Deards May 2011

Leveraging You! Developing An Online Presence For The Job Search And Beyond, Bohyun Kim, Erin Dorney, Kiyomi D. Deards

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries: Presentations

Learn how social media can help you develop and maintain a personal brand and professional reputation. Library and informations science (LIS) students can leverage these tools to successfully land a position, develop a support network, and participate in the conversation of librarianship. The session will include practical tips, recommended sites, and best practices.

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Deakin University Library An Active Partner In The Implementation Of The New Generation Platform, Desire2learn, Anne Horn, Sue Owen May 2011

Deakin University Library An Active Partner In The Implementation Of The New Generation Platform, Desire2learn, Anne Horn, Sue Owen

Proceedings of the IATUL Conferences

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New Librarian`S Skills And Qualification As Fundamental Element In The Open Scholarly Communication, Beata Korzystka May 2011

New Librarian`S Skills And Qualification As Fundamental Element In The Open Scholarly Communication, Beata Korzystka

Proceedings of the IATUL Conferences

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Dlibra Platform - Polish Technology Project For A Repository, Karolina Popławska, Krysztof Ober, Jakub Bajer May 2011

Dlibra Platform - Polish Technology Project For A Repository, Karolina Popławska, Krysztof Ober, Jakub Bajer

Proceedings of the IATUL Conferences

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Open Resources For Higher Education: The Indian Scenario, Susmita Chakraborty, S.B. Ghosh May 2011

Open Resources For Higher Education: The Indian Scenario, Susmita Chakraborty, S.B. Ghosh

Proceedings of the IATUL Conferences

No abstract provided.

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Traditions And Innovations In The Scientific Library Of Riga Technical University, Sarmite Krauze, Aija Janbicka May 2011

Traditions And Innovations In The Scientific Library Of Riga Technical University, Sarmite Krauze, Aija Janbicka

Proceedings of the IATUL Conferences

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Open E-Learning - A Part Of Library Services, Julija Niauraite May 2011

Open E-Learning - A Part Of Library Services, Julija Niauraite

Proceedings of the IATUL Conferences

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E-Learning And B-Learning Information Literacy Programs At Science And Technology Universities In Estonia, Finland, Latvia And Poland. A Comparative Study, Marzena Marcinek, Aija Janbicka, Kirsi Heino, Virpi Palmgren, Gerda Koidla May 2011

E-Learning And B-Learning Information Literacy Programs At Science And Technology Universities In Estonia, Finland, Latvia And Poland. A Comparative Study, Marzena Marcinek, Aija Janbicka, Kirsi Heino, Virpi Palmgren, Gerda Koidla

Proceedings of the IATUL Conferences

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The Impact Of Social Software On The Information Literacy Skills Of Net Generation Students: A Case Study, Gabor Feuer May 2011

The Impact Of Social Software On The Information Literacy Skills Of Net Generation Students: A Case Study, Gabor Feuer

Proceedings of the IATUL Conferences

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Teaching And Learning On The Web, Mona Wernbro, Mauritza Jadefrid May 2011

Teaching And Learning On The Web, Mona Wernbro, Mauritza Jadefrid

Proceedings of the IATUL Conferences

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The Elibukr Project: New Opportunities For Digital Data Access In The Donetsk National Technical University Library, Viktoriya Voropaveya May 2011

The Elibukr Project: New Opportunities For Digital Data Access In The Donetsk National Technical University Library, Viktoriya Voropaveya

Proceedings of the IATUL Conferences

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The Before And After Of An Information Literacy Policy, Janine Lockhart May 2011

The Before And After Of An Information Literacy Policy, Janine Lockhart

Proceedings of the IATUL Conferences

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E-Resources Of The Vasyl Stefanyk Lviv National Scientific Library Of Ukraine: Its Formation And Promotion Sources, Iryna Derzhko May 2011

E-Resources Of The Vasyl Stefanyk Lviv National Scientific Library Of Ukraine: Its Formation And Promotion Sources, Iryna Derzhko

Proceedings of the IATUL Conferences

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