AIMS This meta-analysis sought to identify which subgroups of clients with severe mental illness (SMI) benefited from evidence-based supported employment. METHODS We used meta-analysis to pool the samples from 4 randomized controlled trials comparing the Individual Placement and Support (IPS) model of supported employment to well-regarded vocational approaches using stepwise models and broker...

Abstract This essay discusses the organizational design of Unjani Clinics as described in Szerb, Kivleneice, and Aggarwal’s zoo case study.

There is limited knowledge on value co-creation in international franchising despite the collaborative nature of this major foreign entry mode. This article zooms franchisors' practices through in-depth interviews with 28 French franchisors and 25 their franchisees, offering three main contributions. First, reveal that do not always co-create franchisees. Instead, franchisor-franchisee co-depen...

To evaluate the sensitivity and specificity of Community Health Survey (CHS), we analyzed data from 11,217 participants aged ≥ 19 yr, in 13 cities and counties in 2008. Three healthcare utilization indices (admission, outpatient visits, dental visits) as comparative variables and the insurance benefit claim data of the Health Insurance Review & Assessment Service as the gold-standard were used....

The creation of franchise companies has a lasting and positive impact on the economies countries local communities in which they operate. Countless jobs are created supported by franchises, those help lower unemployment rate. Franchises support national GDP through billions dollars products services, job creation. 2008-2010 recession, as well pandemic, had negative US global economy, although f...