Microcredit typically refers to petty collateral-free credits given to groups of poor members in the society for their socioeconomic emancipation. It is claimed to be an effective tool for enhancing income of the poor primarily through creation of selfemployment opportunities for them in a variety of small economic activities. However, in this survey of microcredit borrowers in Bangladesh it is...

Skeptics question nonprofit health care on the grounds that nonprofits fail to distinguish themselves from their for-profit counterparts and do not reliably provide community benefits commensurate with their tax subsidies. Drawing on the most recent and comprehensive evidence, we assess these charges, judging them to be either wrong or incomplete. Although conventional critiques are therefore u...

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EU-IST Network of Excellence (NoE) IST-2004-507482 KWEB Deliverable D1.3.6 (WP1.3) Abstract. This document reports on the activities of the Ontology Outreach Advisory (OOA), a legal body recently founded by KnowledgeWeb consortium members to assure extension of KnowledgeWeb results and activities into the future. The OOA has been legally registered according to the Belgian law as an internation...

Growth in the nonprofit sector typically occurs through a system of franchises. This paper explores the factors which encourage franchising in the sector. Data are analyzed from a survey by the author which suggest that the choice by nonprofits of the franchise versus branch offke form is consistent with the predictions made by agency theory. Mechanisms used by nonprofit franchises to enhance i...

and society to facilitate adaptation. The East-West Center promotes better relations and understanding among the people and nations of the United States, Asia, and the Pacific through cooperative study, research, and dialogue. Established by the U.S. Congress in 1960, the Center serves as a resource for information and analysis on critical issues of common concern, bringing people together to e...

OBJECTIVE Management control systems (such as budgets or balanced scorecards) are formal procedures used by managers to promote employee behavior aligned with organisational objectives. Employees may react to these control systems by either becoming more motivated or perceiving them as a threat. The aim of this paper is to determine the extent to which hospital ownership (public or private), pr...

The purpose of this paper is to evaluate IT productivity in Australia. Our model incorporates profit maximization assumption and allows inefficiency. You have found IT hardware is the single factor which provides positive contribution to the productivity.