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Rebalancing Society: Radical Renewal Beyond Left, Right and Center

“We have to leave behind the linear politics of left, right, and center, to understand that a balanced society, like a stable stool, has to rest on three solid legs: a public sector of political forces rooted in respected governments, a private sector of economic forces based on responsible businesses, and a plural sector of social forces manifested in robust communities.”

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"Hybrid Simulation-Analytical Modeling Approaches for the Reverse Logistics Network Design of a Third-Party Logistics Provider," Computers and Industrial Engineering

Authors: Suyabatmaz, Ali Çetin; Altekin, Fatma Tevhide; Şahin, Güvenç

Publication: Computers and Industrial Enginering, April 2014 

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"Using Telecare for Diabetic Patients: A Mixed Systematic Review," Health Policy and Technology

Authors: Mignerat, Muriel; Lapointe, Liette; Vedel, Isabelle

Publication: Health Policy and Technology, 2014

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Making Decisions about Activity-Based Financing in Health Care: Payment Mechanisms and Policy Goals

Authors: Strumpf, Erin; Faraj, Samer; Verter, Vedat

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Moving Towards Activity-Based Financing: Interjurisdictional Experience and Outlook for Quebec

Author: Isenberg, Jordan

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"Ordering Behavior Under Supply Risk: An Experimental Investigation," Manufacturing and Service Operations Management

Authors: Gurnani, Haresh; Ramachandran, Karthik; Ray, Saibal; Xia, Yusen

Publication: Manufacturing and Service Operations Management

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"The Real Savings from IT Outsourcing," MIT Sloan Management Review

Authors: Han, Kunsoo; Mithas, Sunil

Publication: MIT Sloan Management Review

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"Impact on Hospital Admissions of an Integrated Primary Care Model for Very Frail Elderly Patients," Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics

Authors: De Stampa, Matthieu; De Stampa, Matthieu; Buyck, Jean François; Lapointe, Liette; Bergman, Howard; Béland, François; Ankri, Joël C.

Publication: Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics, 2014

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"Improving Hospital Efficiency: A Process Model of Organizational Change Commitments," Medical Care Research and Review

Authors: Nigam, Amit; Huising, Ruthanne; Golden, Brian R.

Publication: Medical Care Research and Review, 2014 

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Study Untangles Divergent U.S. Job-Tenure Patterns

Have American jobs become less stable? Do workers change employers more frequently than in the past?

Many Americans would probably say the answer to these questions is an obvious yes. Yet, for the past few decades researchers looking at the data haven’t been so sure: average job tenure (the number of years working for the same employer) has been surprisingly stable over time.

"Capacity Planning with Financial and Operational Hedging in Low-Cost Countries," Production and Operations Management

Authors: Chen, Lijian; Li, Shanling; Wang, Letian

Publication: Production and Operations Management, 2014

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"Positive and Negative Corporate Social Responsibility, Financial Leverage, and Idiosyncratic Risk," Journal of Business Ethics

Authors: Mishra, Saurabh; Modi, Sachin B.

Publication: Journal of Business Ethics, October 2013

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"Health Information Technologies in Geriatrics and Gerontology: A Mixed Systematic Review," Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association

Authors: Vedel, Isabelle; Akhlaghpour, Saeed; Vaghefi, Isaac; Bergman, Howard; Lapointe, Liette

Publication: Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association, November 2013

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"Hedge Fund Return Predictability Under the Magnifying Glass," Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis

Authors: Avramov, Doron; Barras, Laurent; Kosowski, Robert

Publication: Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, August 2013

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"Real Option Financing Under Asymmetric Information," Review of Financial Studies

Author: Bouvard, Matthieu

Publication: Review of Financial Studies, January 2014

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