Community labor market surveys.

None issued, 1954.

Accuracy of response in labor market surveys : evidence and implications /

Mode of access: Internet.

Web mediated market interactions and enterprise software

With increased consolidation and a few large vendors dominating the market, how can software vendors distinguish themselves in order to maintain profitability and gain market share? Increasingly customers are becoming more proactive in selecting a vendor and a product, drawing upon various publications, market surveys, mailing lists, and, of course, other users. In particular, though, a company's Web site is the obvious place to begin information gathering. In sum, it may seem that the days of the uninformed customer prepared to be "sold to" are potentially all but gone.

The demand for energy in the Illinois coal market /

"ILENR/RE-ER-89/10."

Researching your market.

Shipping list no.: 92-580-P.

Cost-based pricing in the NHS internal market : accounting choices and the achievement of economic efficiency

Since 1988, quasi-markets have been introduced into many areas of social policy in the UK, the NHS internal market is one example. Markets operate by price signals. The NHS Internal Market, if it is to operate efficiently, requires purchasers and providers to respond to price signals. The research hypothesis is - cost accounting methods can be developed to enable healthcare contracts to be priced on a cost-basis in a manner which will facilitate the achievement of economic efficiency in the NHS internal market. Surveys of hospitals in 1991 and 1994 established the cost methods adopted in deriving the prices for healthcare contracts in the first year of the market and three years on. An in-depth view of the costing for pricing process was gained through case studies. Hospitals had inadequate cost information on which to price healthcare contracts at the inception of the internal market: prices did not reflect the relative performance of healthcare providers sufficiently closely to enable the market's espoused efficiency aims to be achieved. Price variations were often due to differing costing approaches rather than efficiency. Furthermore, price comparisons were often meaningless because of inadequate definition of the services (products). In April 1993, the NHS Executive issued guidance on costing for contracting to all NHS providers in an attempt to improve the validity of price comparisons between alternative providers. The case studies and the 1994 survey show that although price comparison has improved, considerable problems remain. Consistency is not assured, and the problem of adequate product definition is still to be solved. Moreover, the case studies clearly highlight the mismatch of rigid, full-cost pricing rules with both the financial management considerations at local level and the emerging internal market(s). Incentives exist to cost-shift, and healthcare prices can easily be manipulated. In the search for a new health policy paradigm to replace traditional bureaucratic provision, cost-based pricing cannot be used to ensure a more efficient allocation of healthcare resources.

Creació de l’empresa i estudi de viabilitat Eat & Guide Girona

La base del treball és un pla d’empresa d’un ens turístic no existent a la ciutat de Girona, que oferirà visites guiades gastro-culturals d’una manera original. S’aspira a arribar a un projecte de creació d’una empresa turística, viable al seu mercat i especialitzada en uns serveis específics per combatre la competència existent. Un ampli estudi del mercat i un pla d’empresa han de servir per poder determinar la viabilitat d’aquest projecte empresarial

Expectativas de inflação sob o regime de metas no Brasil

Esta dissertação faz uma avaliação das expectativas de inflação dos analistas profissionais utilizadas pelo Banco Central na sua formulação de política monetária. Usando o procedimento proposto por Thomas Jr (1999) constatamos que as previsões, extraídas por meio de entrevistas juntos aos analistas financeiros, publicadas no Boletim Focus, são viesadas e inconsistentes, portanto incapazes de antecipar corretamente movimentos futuros da inflação. Alguns trabalhos, como Estrella e Mishkin (1997), Kozicki (1997) e Kotlan (1999) utilizaram com bons resultados a inclinação da estrutura a termo da taxa de juros (ETTJ) para prever variações da inflação. Adaptamos estes modelos para o Brasil e obtivemos resultados significantes nos horizontes de curto e médio prazos, mostrando que a inclinação da ETTJ pode contribuir para a política de metas de inflação do Banco Central. No entanto, como o Brasil ainda possui uma estrutura a termo muito curta a capacidade de previsão do modelo não vai além de 9 meses. Com a estabilização da economia, se espera que esta curva se alongue, tornando este instrumento de previsão cada vez mais poderoso.

Diferencial de juros e taxa de câmbio: um estudo empírico sobre o Brasil pós-plano real

Esta dissertação procura examinar a relação entre taxas de juros e os movimentos da taxa de câmbio, a partir da paridade descoberta de juros (PDJ). Foi utilizado o procedimento pressupondo expectativas racionais e foi testada a validade da PDJ com dados da economia brasileira desde o Plano Real (julho de 1994) até agosto de 2006. Encontramos evidências que levam à rejeição da PDJ no longo prazo. Além disso, foi examinada a validade da PDJ sem a necessidade de utilizar a hipótese de expectativas racionais, foram utilizadas as previsões de câmbio dos analistas financeiros, publicadas no Boletim Focus de novembro de 2001 a novembro de 2006. Também encontramos evidências que levam à rejeição da PDJ no Brasil.

Brazil, a survey of U.S. export opportunities /

Mode of access: Internet.

Life study of consumer expenditures: a background for marketing decisions.

Mode of access: Internet.

Domestic consumer markets.

Mode of access: Internet.

Medical equipment /

Loose-leaf for updating.

A Guide to telecommunications markets in Latin America

Mode of access: Internet.

A Competitive assessment of the United States data processing services industry.

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