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Carrington, Vicki J. "Analysis of Army Contracting Command contract specialist vacancy announcements." Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10945/10558.

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This thesis reviewed the current external Contract Specialist vacancy announcements of the Department of the Army - Army Contracting Command, and compared them to vacancy announcements from other government agencies and private industry. Content analysis was used to systematically identify requirements for knowledge, skills and abilities for the entry-, mid- and supervisory-level Contracting Specialist positions in Army Contracting Command. The following recommendations are made: 1) Specify exactly what minimum skills/abilities/experience are required for each positions; 2) Incorporate knowledge of the Federal Acquisition Regulations as needed for mid- and supervisory levels; 3) Add professional certifications are desired; 4) Utilize the benefits package as a motivator to attract applicants; and 5) Recommend ACC revise and update the introductory statement on the announcements to include what and how it is exciting to be an Army Civilian. Army Contracting Command can ensure successful contracting outcomes to meet mission requirements by providing applicants with the right information and the right motivation.

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Bailey, Jeffrey T. "The ORINCON Contract : a case study of service contracting." Thesis, Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School, 1991. http://hdl.handle.net/10945/28434.

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Waugh, Etta J. "Improving Contract Management by the Government Contracting Officers' Representatives." ScholarWorks, 2017. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/3927.

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Leaders in the Federal Government of the United States have a problem ensuring the contract management resources used to administer and monitor contracts meet organizational performance goals. Contracting officer's representatives (CORs) are members of the acquisition workforce responsible for contract management. This study explored the ways in which resource-based strategies can improve the quality of CORs' performance in contract management by exploring an organizational framework based on strategic management approaches. Interview data were collected from 41 CORs from the 10 Federal Government agencies that represented 85% of the fiscal year 2014 expenditures. These CORs had all managed contracts with successful outcomes. Data analysis utilizing descriptive and magnitude coding resulted in several findings: (a) a recognition of the influence the COR's environment has on the contract outcomes, (b) an understanding of the CORs' processes within the various organizational structures, and (c) the importance of organizational support for the COR. These findings resulted in elements of a potential resource-based management model framework that link the identified attributes of the CORs' resource management to organizational performance. The social contribution from this emergent framework is the recognition of the CORs' value in ensuring optimal contract driven organizational performance. Positive social change can result from Federal Government leaders' use of this resource-based framework to improve the quality of management of CORs' functions and processes. This framework and its implication for the acquisition workforce may facilitate superior performance and enhance organizational capital.

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Chan, Kit-bong, and 陳傑邦. "A study of contract management process and performance for outsourcingcontracts." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2009. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B42555243.

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Chan, Kit-bong. "A study of contract management process and performance for outsourcing contracts." Click to view the E-thesis via HKUTO, 2009. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record/B42555243.

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Gruber, Dexter Rowe. "CONTRACT V. TRUST: AN EXAMINATION OF TRUST FORMATION IN CONTRACTING DYADS." OpenSIUC, 2017. https://opensiuc.lib.siu.edu/dissertations/1456.

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Contracts and trust are two of the most important concepts impacting exchange relationships. Although there is a substantial amount of organizational literature scrutinizing contracts and trust as mechanisms of cooperation, very little of this scholarship has been empirical and, thus, our understanding is very limited. The two constructs have been cast as substitutes by some scholars and complements by others, but this body of research has largely ignored the potential for an interactive effect. One such effect has been postulated by select organizational scholars, entitled the “contract contrarian perspective” by this research, who tout that the introduction of written contracts has a negative effect on trust between the parties. The apex objective of this study was to examine how contracts affect the existence and development of trust between bargaining partners. This inquiry tested the contract contrarian perspective to determine if the introduction of a written contract into a negotiation damages trust or retards trust-building. In addition, this research offered an alternative explanation for the contract contrarian perspective and posited that any negative effect on trust that may occur during the contracting process might not be the result the introduction of a written contract but, rather, of the disparity in the parties’ relative bargaining power or the asymmetry of their legal sophistication. As trust is a complex construct, the present disquisition separated trust into two dependent variables: goodwill trust and competence trust. This allowed us to examine how the introduction of a contract affects different aspects of trust, thus, allowing for more precise indication of the effects. Consistent with the contract contrarian perspective, it was hypothesized that the introduction of a written contract into a negotiation would produce a negative effect on trust levels. It was also hypothesized that both bargaining power and legal sophistication would moderate the potential negative effect of introducing a contract into a negotiation. The study employed a vignette experimental design methodology and utilized a sample of 220 participants from a contracted data collection service and the data were analyzed with ANOVA and MANOVA. The results did not support the contract contrarian perspective’s claim and did not support the hypotheses regarding moderation; however, this study did find that both bargaining power and of legal sophistication had significant impacts on goodwill trust and competence trust.

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Warsta, J. (Juhani). "Contracting in software business:analysis of evolving contract processes and relationships." Doctoral thesis, University of Oulu, 2001. http://urn.fi/urn:isbn:9514266005.

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Abstract The relationships between software producing companies, their customers and other parties involved have growing importance in the turbulent and fast developing business environment of today. The software industry itself is characterized by the Commercial-Off-The-Shelf (COTS), tailored, and Modified-Off-The-Shelf (MOTS) businesses modes. In this versatile context of cooperation, financing and acquisitions demand exact details of the ownership of the products, i.e. the Intellectual Property Rights of these products and services. Legal forms and contracting procedures are emerging as the critical issues for the development of the information technology industry. This study addresses the problem of how software contracting has been approached and what concepts and models have been presented to understand it. Further, the question of the role of inter-organisational relationships (business-to-business) and intra-organisational process evolution in software contracting is discussed. The domains of interest and of relevance in this research are software development process, business process, legal process, and the contracting process itself, and the evolving interaction between these processes. The focus of this study is especially on contracting and on analysing the process of contracting, i.e. the dynamics, dependencies and elements of process related issues. The empirical part of the study was completed by analysing twelve software producing companies - eight were Finnish firms established in Silicon Valley (USA) and the rest were local Finnish firms with international operations. Based on the empirical findings, a software-contracting model was elaborated to describe how the contracting processes form and evolve in the context of software business. The model gives more understanding of the evolving contract processes and relationships. Further, the research produced concepts of how to manage contracting processes in the software business. Contributions of this study are, first, the well-defined model for contracting process in a software developing company. The elaborated model gives new insight into the elements, interrelationships and governance structures included in the contracting process and the relationship development between cooperating companies. Software companies can compare their contractual situation with the model. This enables them to develop their own processes further to respond to the present-day requirements. Secondly, the study specifies and introduces three different generic contracting networks for COTS, tailored, and MOTS business modes of software developing companies. It was established that these three business modes have similarities as well as differences in the application of software contracting processes. The COTS business relied firmly on multiform licensing practices, whereas the tailored business saw the framework contract as the main contractual tool and interestingly the MOTS business employed combinations of these two previous forms, i.e. both licensing and framework contracts. This study evoked some interesting future research prospects. In order to create a more accurate overall view of the whole contracting process the research should be continued and take the interplay of both customer and supplier under closer scrutiny. Another important issue would be to examine the contracts used in these different business modes from a strict legal viewpoint and the possible transformation of the predominant legal practices.

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Perez, Maria. "Electronic Contracting for Inter-Enterprise Collaboration." Thesis, Blekinge Tekniska Högskola, Avdelningen för för interaktion och systemdesign, 2008. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:bth-1249.

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A Virtual Enterprise (VE) is a temporal alliance between two or more Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) geographically dispersed, which collaborate together in order to reach new business opportunities that would be unreachable in other ways. It is a business collaboration paradigm that aims at responding to the uncertainty and instability of the current global economy. VE requires support for electronic contract management, since electronic contracts formalize the agreements between the participating enterprises and coordinate their behavior. Although there is an abundance of previous work on electronic contracts, there is a lack of models and approaches related to VE contracts, which have an intrinsic dynamic and flexible nature, since they regulate independent behavior of diverse parties, and also aim at high automation in the formation and execution. This thesis aims at contributing to the VE contracting challenge. It includes a state of the art survey that identifies useful technologies and describes the most significant or relevant approaches. The state of the art survey identifies three main contracting issues: Contract specification, which determines the structure, content and performance of the contract; deontic logic norms, which represent the contractual interactions between the parties in terms of obligations, prohibitions and permissions; and ontology, which provides contracts with semantic meaning and allows interoperability. Furthermore, a simple XML-based VE Contract Representation Language and a Layered Contract Ontology, which provides common vocabulary to the contractual parties, are presented. Finally a VE scenario, including the associated contract, is described as an illustrative example.

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Puma, Kevin P., and Beth A. Scherr. "Assessing contract management maturity: U.S. Army Joint Munitions and Lethality Contracting Center, Army Contracting Command, Picatinny Arsenal." Thesis, Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10945/10474.

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This Joint Applied Project assesses the maturity levels of the contracting processes capabilities at the Joint Munitions and Lethality (JMandL) Contracting Center, located at Picatinny Arsenal, New Jersey by applying the Contract Management Maturity Model (CMMM). The JMandL Contracting Center is one of the Army's six major contracting commands under the Army Contracting Command As a metric to measure the results of the CMMM, an analysis of the results of recent Procurement Management Reviews has been completed to determine whether the outcomes are consistent with the finding of the CMMM. Additionally, survey participants have been questioned to determine their opinions as to the reasons for reported strengths and weaknesses, as well as, suggested methodologies for improvement. Finally, these responses have been evaluated to provide opportunities to leverage best practices and knowledge sharing at both the JMandL Contracting Center and potentially with other centers within the Army Contracting Command. The successful application of the assessment tool and appropriate analysis provides an effective way to identify unique challenges and expose opportunities to improve the organization's contracting processes.

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Puma, Kevin P. Scherr Beth A. "Assessing contract management maturity U.S. Army Joint Munitions and Lethality Contracting Center, Army Contracting Command, Picatinny Arsenal /." Monterey, California : Naval Postgraduate School, 2009. http://edocs.nps.edu/npspubs/scholarly/JAP/2009/Sep/09Sep%5FPuma%5FJAP.pdf.

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"Submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science in [Contract Management] from the Naval Postgraduate School, September 2009."
Advisor(s): Rendon, Rene G. ; Berinato, Bruce B. "September 2009." "Joint applied project"--Cover. Description based on title screen as viewed on November 5, 2009. Author(s) subject terms: Contract Management, Joint Munitions & Lethality Contracting Command, Contract Management Maturity Model, Procurement Planning, Solicitation Planning, Solicitation, Source Selection, Contract Administration, and Contract Closeout. Includes bibliographical references (p. 85-89). Also available in print.

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Jackson, Carl J. "Analysis of the 314th contracting squadrons contract management capability using the Contract Management Maturity Model (CMMM)." Monterey, Calif. : Naval Postgraduate School, 2007. http://bosun.nps.edu/uhtbin/hyperion-image.exe/07Dec%5FJackson%5FMBA.pdf.

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"Submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Business Administration from the Naval Postgraduate School, December 2007."
Advisor(s): Rendon, Rene G. ; Hudgens, Bryan. "December 2007." "MBA professional report"--Cover. Description based on title screen as viewed on January 10, 2008. Includes bibliographical references (p. 45-46). Also available in print.

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Lee, Myoungki. "Three essays on applied contracting." Columbus, Ohio : Ohio State University, 2006. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc%5Fnum=osu1153714667.

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Aldridge-Anthony, Lakisha Renee. "Strategies for Reducing Protests Resulting From Insufficient Contract Proposals." ScholarWorks, 2019. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/7456.

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Federal agencies spend over $400 billion annually on contracts for goods and services to support the mission and vision of their organizations. The purpose of this multiple case study was to determine what strategies federal government contract managers use to prepare effective contract proposals to help ensure business viability. The conceptual framework for this study was the objective theory of contracts. The population for this study was 9 federal contract managers employed by a contracting office located in Alabama, South Carolina, and Georgia. Data were collected from interviews, observation, and document review. Data were analyzed using a cross-case study to explore themes, similarities, and differences across cases. Data analyses revealed 4 key themes: market research, statement of work, independent government cost estimate, and price reasonableness. The findings from this study may help improve government procurement processes by identifying strategies used to prepare efficient contract proposals to increase competition among various contractors and reduce contract disputes. Results may be used by contracting officers and contracting industry to create positive social change by improving corporate social responsibility through accountability and transparent processes that could reduce protests and save taxpayer money.

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Albano, Jonathan D. "The contract management body of knowledge: a comparison of contracting competencies." Thesis, Monterey, California: Naval Postgraduate School, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10945/38869.

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Contract management is instrumental in supporting the mission of the Department of Defense (DoD) but continues to face significant problems with regard to management and oversight. The skills and training of contracting personnel continues to be a contributing factor to DoDs contracting deficiencies. Additionally, as the DoD and other federal agencies continue to lose experienced contracting personnel due to retirement, the contracting knowledge gap continues to widen. In response to increasing knowledge deficiencies in contract management, DoD and other federal agencies have put more emphasis on training and certification. Despite this, contract management problems continue to exist. Perhaps the training received by the workforce does not reflect basic contracting competencies and perhaps contracting competencies between the government and industry are inconsistent. This research conducted a detailed comparative analysis of the contracting competencies established by the DoD, the Federal Acquisition Institute (FAI), and the National Contract Management Association (NCMA). It identified similarities and differences in the models and competencies. Both NCMAs Contract Management Body of Knowledge (CMBOK) and DoD/FAIs competency models contain categories reflecting two out of three phases of the contract life cycle. The CMBOK contains both Pre-Award and Post-Award categories whereas DoD/FAIs model contains one category titled Pre-Award and Award. Contracting competencies established by the DoD/FAI compare favorably to those set forth in the CMBOK. Of the 19 technical contracting competencies analyzed, 17 were covered by both DoD/FAI and the CMBOK. The level of detail provided in the CMBOK is much greater than that of DoD/FAI competency model.

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Petree, Christopher D., and Courtney M. Gary. "Assessment of Aberdeen Proving Ground–Army Contracting Command, contract management processes." Thesis, Monterey, California: Naval Postgraduate School, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10945/44644.

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The DOD has had longstanding, and documented, problems in contracting, which include ethical issues, workforce competencies, lack of manpower, and fraud. DOD current remedies include rightsizing the workforce, training, incentivizing performance, reaffirming ethical standards, but these are incremental solutions. What is called for is a review of contract management process capability from a broader perspective, using the Contract Management Maturity Model (CMMM). This research will focus on contract management as an aspect to improve process capability. The purpose of this research project will be to assess the contract management processes at Aberdeen Proving Ground–Army Contracting Command (APG-ACC). Using the CMMM, the research will analyze APG-ACC’s process capability, focusing on the areas of Procurement Planning, Solicitation Planning, Solicitation, Source Selection, Contract Administration, and Contract Closeout. Using analytical data gained from surveys completed by level II and III Defense Acquisition Workforce Improvement Act (DAWIA) personnel at APG-ACC, the data will gauge the maturity of APG-ACC’s contract management processes. Results captured from data will allow the assessment of APG-ACC contracting capability and will help in the formulation of meaningful recommendations to the command.

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Jeffers, Dina T. "Contract specialist turnover rate and contract management maturity in the National Capital Region Contracting Center an analysis /." Monterey, Calif. : Naval Postgraduate School, 2009. http://edocs.nps.edu/npspubs/scholarly/JAP/2009/Dec/09Dec%5FJeffers.pdf.

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"Submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science in Contract Management from the Naval Postgraduate School, December 2009."
Advisor(s): Rendon, Rene G. ; Sears, George A. "December 2009." "Joint applied project"--Cover. Description based on title screen as viewed on January 28, 2010. Author(s) subject terms: Turnover, Contract Management, Contract Management Maturity Model, Procurement Planning, Solicitation Planning, Solicitation, Source Selection, Contract Administration, Contract Closeout, National Capital Region Contracting Center. Includes bibliographical references (p. 61-65). Also available in print.

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Ozlen, Melih. "A Model For Contract Evaluation: Subcontracting Under Dynamic Deterministic Demand Environment." Master's thesis, METU, 2003. http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/1125491/index.pdf.

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This study is about contract evaluation and selection in an environment where there exist two or more parties, namely a producer and one or more outsourcing companies offering different contract options. The producer faces dynamic deterministic demand, which is known at the beginning of the planning horizon, and has to decide on the quantities of production, outsourcing, inventory carrying, and backorder. Among these decisions, the producer has the opportunity of subcontracting from a set of options offered by the subcontractors with possibly distinct contract terms. The contract options are in terms of length of the contract, fixed and variable costs associated with order placed, delivery lead-time and capacity guaranteed for use. A mathematical model is used for the evaluation of available options and for the selection of the ones in order to minimize cost incurred by the producer. The model provides desired quantities of production, inventory carrying and backorder, and also determines how different contract options will beused through the planning horizon. Extensive experimentation is performed using different factors affecting the optimal solution of the model in specific instances. These results are used in order to come up with a framework where various contracting schemes for subcontracting can be obtained. This framework can assist the producer in the decision of alternative courses of actions to be taken by him as a function of contract terms.

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Orr, Kristine R. "Organizational analysis of the United States Army Contracting Command-Kuwait." Monterey, Calif. : Naval Postgraduate School, 2008. http://edocs.nps.edu/npspubs/scholarly/JAP/2008/Sept/08Sep%5FOrr%5FJAP.pdf.

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"Submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science in [Contract Management] from the Naval Postgraduate School, September 2008."
Advisor(s): Yoder, E. Cory ; Simon, Cary A. ; Nalwasky, Richard. "September 2008." "Joint applied project"--Cover. Description based on title screen as viewed on October 31, 2008. Includes bibliographical references (p. 89-90). Also available in print.

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Montañez, Jaime Frumencio J. "Need for qualified contracting officers in the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) modernization program." Monterey, Calif. : Springfield, Va. : Naval Postgraduate School ; Available from National Technical Information Service, 2001.

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Thesis (M.S. in Management) Naval Postgraduate School, Dec. 2001.
Thesis advisors, Jeffrey R. Cuskey, David V. Lamm. "December 2001." Includes bibliographical references (p. 79-81). Also available in print.

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MontanÌ, ez Jaime Frumencio J. "Need for qualified contracting officers in the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) modernization program." Thesis, Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School, 2001. http://hdl.handle.net/10945/1078.

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The purpose of this thesis is to determine the need for qualified Contracting Officers in the execution and administration of contracts formulated under the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) Modernization Program. This 15-year Program is mandated by Republic Act (RA) 7898, otherwise known as the AFP Modernization Act. This law is implemented through Department of National Defense Circular (DC) No. 1 dated 06 March 2000 (replacing DC 29 dated 19 May 1996). The Circular provided adequate guidance for the conduct of major system contracting, but barely touched on the process of contract execution and administration by Contracting Officers, except for assigning this function to the Major Services under the supervision of the Chief of Staff, AFP (CSAFP). It assumes that the parties involved would infer the process of contract administration from the terms and conditions of the contract itself. Contract administration, as handled by qualified Contracting Officers, is a vital process in government acquisitions. It ensures the successful completion of the contract according to the satisfaction of the parties involved. Without this system in place, the AFP risks failure in its Modernization Program (AFPMP). This thesis ascertains the need for qualified Contracting Officers to handle the complex contracts that are sure to come out of the AFPMP. It evaluates the existing contract execution and administration structure in the AFP vis-aÌ -vis existing guidelines to establish the need for Î²Contracting OfficerÎ³ positions. Once established, the thesis expounds on the envisioned role of Contracting Officers as they handle the various contracting activities in the AFPMP. It also recommends the associated career paths, education, training and certification programs needed to establish the said position.
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Xie, Jia-Zheng James. "Contract negotiation, incomplete contracting, and asymmetric information : (essays in managerial accounting research)." Thesis, University of British Columbia, 1991. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/31896.

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This thesis contributes to the managerial accounting research literature. The methodology used is basically analytical modelling. Part I focuses on voluntary financial accounting disclosure. Following a detailed survey of the existing literature, an analytical model of an entry game with continua of types is provided to advance the results of prior research. By explicitly considering both a potential entrant and potential investors, this model incorporates two opposing forces that may influence an incumbent's decision to disclose or withhold private information. Various equilibria are characterized and discussed. Part II of the thesis focuses on firms' contractual relationships. The analyses extend traditional agency theory analysis to situations in which complete contracting is costly. Two models related to incomplete contracting are offered. One model analyzes the influence of contracting costs on a firm's contracting strategy in the context of the firm's internal transfer of goods and services. The results of this analysis provide insights and a new basis for the research of the transfer pricing issue. The second model deals with the incentive issues within organizations. The analysis focuses on the situations in which verifiable performance measures are unavailable. In the model, two kinds of incentives, namely, high-powered and low-powered incentives, are analyzed. We find that contract renewal based on observable (but non-verifiable information) can provide useful low-powered incentives in an hierarchical organization in which employees build up human capital. This may provide useful insights into managerial accounting system design.
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Ip, Bonnie Wai Yue. "Morale of the non-civil service contract staff in Hong Kong Special Administrative Region." access abstract and table of contents access full-text, 2006. http://libweb.cityu.edu.hk/cgi-bin/ezdb/dissert.pl?ma-sa-b21431267a.pdf.

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Thesis (M.A.)--City University of Hong Kong, 2006.
"A capstone project submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Master of Arts in Public Policy and Management at City University of Hong Kong." Title from title screen (viewed on Oct. 26, 2006) Includes bibliographical references.

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Selfridge, Kaleena Ann. "Contingency contracting in the elementary general education classroom." Thesis, University of Pittsburgh, 2015. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=3647986.

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Elementary teachers educating both students with and without disabilities require access to effective, easily implemented classroom management techniques to address challenging behaviors. One such intervention is a contingency contract. A review of literature suggests that contracts are implemented for students experiencing challenges with academic and social behaviors both with and without formally diagnosed disabilities in general and special education settings. However, there was little consideration of the social significance of behaviors, and contract goals were not often set according to behaviors of comparison peers. The purpose of the current study examined the effects of contingency contracts on engagement for three students in an elementary general education classroom for three participants exhibiting high rates of disengaged behavior during instruction. Contingency contracts were written with consideration of social significance and function of behavior, preference surveys, observation of comparison peers to set goals, and reinforcement for desired behaviors. Using an ABAB withdrawal design, duration of engagement and frequency of instances of engagement were both recorded. Experimental effects were observed when participants’ duration of engagement increased and frequency of engagements decreased while under contract. The results suggest that contingency contracts can successfully be implemented to increase a desired behavior (engagement) with students in the general education classroom. Implications and future research directions immediately follow a discussion of the results.

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Mettral, Thomas. "Essays in Dynamic Contracting." Doctoral thesis, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.18452/19876.

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Diese Arbeit enthält drei unabhängige Kapitel, jedes davon im Bereich der Dynamischen Vertragstheorie. Kapitel I zeigt, dass deterministische dynamische Prinzipal-Agenten-Verträge immer mindestens so ertragreich sind wie stochastische, falls die sogenannte Methode erster Ordnung des dynamischen Mechanismus-Designs erfüllt ist. Meine Ergebnisse legen dar, dass die in der Literatur übliche Einschränkung auf deterministische Verträge zulässig ist, so lange die Methode erster Ordnung gültig ist. Kapitel II basiert auf einer gemeinsamen Arbeit mit Ilia Krasikov und Rohit Lamba. Ein Großanbieter (Prinzipal) handelt mit einer kleinen Firma (Agent) einen wiederkehrenden Geschäftsvertrag aus, wobei sich der Agent als ungeduldiger erweist. Der optimale Vertrag wird durch zwei Schlüsseleigenschaften beschrieben: Neustart und Abbruch, die vielerlei Eigenschaften der angebotenen Verträge darlegen. Kapitel III basiert schließlich auf einer gemeinsamen Arbeit mit Rohit Lamba. Darin besitzt der Agent dynamische private Information, die einem Markovprozess folgt. Ein monopolistischer Prinzipal verkauft dem Agenten ein nicht-dauerhaftes Gut und er verpflichtet sich in jeder Periode an den ursprünglich ausgehandelten Vertrag. Die entstehenden Informationskosten verhindern erst-beste Verträge bei auftretender Persistenz im Typ des Agenten. Diese Arbeit stellt einen Weg bereit, wie man den optimalen deterministischen Vertrag in dynamischen Prinzipal-Agenten-Modellen erhält. Der gewöhnliche Weg mit lediglich lokal nach unten bindenden Anreizverträglichkeitsbedingungen misslingt bei hoher Persistenz der Typrealisierungen und bei stark differenzierender Diskontierung. Zudem zeigt die Arbeit wann mit Gewissheit stochastische Verträge ausgeschlossen werden können.
This dissertation consists of three independent chapters, each in the ﬁeld of dynamic contracting. Chapter I shows that deterministic dynamic contracts between a principal and an agent are always at least as proﬁtable to the principal as stochastic ones, if the so-called ﬁrst-order approach in dynamic mechanism design is satisﬁed. My results demonstrate that the usual restriction in the literature to deterministic contracts is admissible, as long as the ﬁrst-order approach is valid. Chapter II is based on joint work with Ilia Krasikov and Rohit Lamba. We consider a large supplier (principal) who contracts with a small ﬁrm (agent) to repeatedly provide working capital in return for payments. The agent is less patient than the principal. The optimal contract is characterized by two key properties: restart and shutdown, which capture various aspects of contracts oﬀered in the marketplace. Finally, Chapter III is based on joint work with Rohit Lamba. We consider the problem of optimal contracting where the agent has dynamic private information, which follows a Markov process. In each period, a monopolistic principal sells a nondurable good to the agent and she commits to the contract she made in the initial period. The emerging information costs prevent ﬁrst-best contracts whenever there is persistency in the agent’s type. This thesis provides a strategy on how to obtain the optimal deterministic contract in dynamic principal-agent models with Markovian type realizations. We see that the usual approach with only local downward binding incentive compatibility constraints does not work for highly persistent type realizations and for large differences in discounting. Furthermore, I show in which situations we with certainty can exclude stochastic contracts.

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Kim, Young Woon. "Contract Design in the United States Federal Government." The Ohio State University, 2010. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1275446269.

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Harries, Andrew William. "Public dimensions of private contracting : the institutional ordering of trans-sectoral exchange in the NHS." Thesis, University of Central Lancashire, 2002. http://clok.uclan.ac.uk/19049/.

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Socio-legal studies of the role of legal institutions in ordering contracting behaviour in both commercial and government sectors are in broad agreement that exchange is effected by a variety of legal, extra-legal and economic norms and modes of enforcement. The present study evaluates the adequacy of current socio-legal analyses of the use, function and relevance of legal institutions in contracting practice in the particular trans-sectoral context of NIHS purchasing of cleaning, catering, and computing services involving a regional health authority in the North of England. Rejecting an instrumentalist conception of the relationship between law and social action, the thesis analyses the static and dynamic dimensions of order in these transactions with reference to an institutionalist theoretical model distinguishing: first, institutional environment (formal structure); second, institutional arrangements (relational structure); and third, the processes through which these institutional levels are mediated and negotiated. The case studies demonstrate in depth how the NHS policy-regulatory context affected the form and degree of performance and risk planning; how the planning of contract contents was oriented to both rights-in-law and the business deal; how different co-operative outcomes resulted from the use, displacement and supplementation of contract in the governance of the transactions; and how decisionmaking in regard to the various uses and non-uses of contract was guided by common understandings ('norms about norms') about the institutional environment and governance of institutional arrangements. Two types of contractual orientation with different governance implications are distinguished: first, circumstances where contracting was regarded as part of NHS administration, and where the contract was supplemented mainly by administrative hierarchical norms; and second, where contract management occurred more independently of hierarchical influences, and where the contract was supplemented by norms more akin to those of ordinary commercial dealing. Generally, the key factor accounting for the quality of the newly established exchange relationships in the case studies is shown to be the influence of the NHS as a public purchasing organisation on the institutional environment of trans-sectoral exchange and on the institutional arrangements made within it.

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Stacey, Richard C. "Navy Dental Corps contract or uniform study of factors influencing business case analyses." Thesis, Monterey, Calif. : Springfield, Va. : Naval Postgraduate School ; Available from National Technical Information Service, 2006. http://library.nps.navy.mil/uhtbin/hyperion/06Mar%5FStacey.pdf.

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Iruela, Marion. "La sanction du comportement du contractant." Thesis, Toulouse 1, 2021. http://www.theses.fr/2021TOU10008.

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L’étude de la sanction du comportement du contractant fait l’objet d’un intérêt particulier à l’heure où la loi de ratification du 21 avril 2018 introduit un mouvement de consécration de la notion. Cet élan se traduit principalement par une volonté politique de renforcer l’attractivité des contrats et la sécurité juridique. Notion polysémique, la sanction revêt une acception incertaine malgré son omniprésence. Est-ce une réaction ? Une punition ? Une réparation ? Elle est tantôt envisagée comme un remède, tantôt caractérisée par sa fonction préventive, réparatrice ou encore punitive. La tâche entreprise consiste à délimiter les contours de la sanction du comportement afin de la définir et d’explorer sa mise en œuvre. Il s’agit de montrer pourquoi elle n’est pas un remède, pourquoi elle n’est pas uniquement une punition et pourquoi elle ne doit pas être seulement envisagée à travers le passé, le présent ou le futur, mais plutôt dans chacune de ces dimensions temporelles. Par une approche tant normative que volontariste, la sanction du comportement apparaît comme un véritable instrument d’orientation justifiant la proposition d’un régime spécifique
The study of the sanction of the behavior of the contractor is of particular interest at a time when the law of ratification of 21 April 2018, introduces a movement of consecration of the concept. This momentum is mainly reflected in a political will to strengthen the attractiveness of contracts, and legal certainty. However, despite its omnipresence, the sanction of behavior remains a polysemic notion whose meaning is uncertain. Is it a reaction? A punishment? A reparation? It’s sometimes considered as a remedy, sometimes characterized by its preventive, restorative or punitive function. Therefore, the task undertaken is to delineate the contours of the sanction of behavior, in order to define it, and to explore its implementation. It’s a question of showing why it’s not a remedy why it’s not only a punishment and why it should not be considered only in the past, the present, or the future, but rather in each of these temporal dimensions. Through both a normative and proactive approach, the sanction of behavior appears as a real guidance instrument justifying the proposal of a specific regime

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Moore, Virgil Vance. "Contract Administration of Indefinite Delivery Type Contracts (IDTCS) by Contracting Officer's Technical Representatives (COTRS)." Thesis, Monterey, California : Naval Postgraduate School, 1990. http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA236944.

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Thesis (M.S. in Management)--Naval Postgraduate School, June 1990.
Thesis Advisor(s): Hart, E. Neil. Second Reader: Carrick, Paul M "June 1990." Description based on title screen as viewed on October 19, 2009. DTIC Indicator(s): Contract Administration, Delivery, Theses. Author(s) subject terms:Contracting Officer's Technical Representatives (COTS), Indefinite Delivery Type Contract (IDTC), Navy Field Contracting System (NFCS). Includes bibliographical references (p. 130-131). Also available online.

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Szeto, Suet-man Helen. "Outsourcing of contract management and works supervision of road network maintenance in Highways Department." Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong, 2002. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B25139964.

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Qi, Cong. "Exploring the effects of relationship and contract issues on the success of IT outsourcing : an exploratory study in China /." View the Table of Contents & Abstract, 2008. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record/B40708731.

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McFall, Thomas G., and Dennis La. "Mission and Installation Contracting Command services acquisition: empirical analysis of Army service contract management practices." Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10945/10771.

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The purpose of this research is to conduct an in-depth analysis of services acquisition management practices in the Army. The objective of the research project is to build on the understanding developed in prior research projects and generate a data collection instrument that will identify the factors that promote or obstruct the use of best practices in acquisition management. The study will help build upon identifying factors that influence the efficiency and effectiveness of service contracts. In this study, data was collected from two Army contracting offices. This study serves as a pilot for future research to be conducted at the remaining Mission and Installation Contracting Command offices. The findings of the research show that service type affects contract characteristics and management practices. The study also demonstrates that there is a relationship between capacity and management practices. These findings show that the performance of service contracts can be improved through enhanced contract management process capabilities.

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Lloyd, Julian David. "Contracting out? : absence and the psychological contract : a case study of one English police force." Thesis, University of Nottingham, 2005. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.430482.

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Yan, Zhiqiang. "Reinsurance Contracting with Adverse Selection and Moral Hazard: Theory and Evidence." Digital Archive @ GSU, 2009. http://digitalarchive.gsu.edu/rmi_diss/23.

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This dissertation includes two essays on adverse selection and moral hazard problems in reinsurance markets. The first essay builds a competitive principal-agent model that considers adverse selection and moral hazard jointly, and characterizes graphically various forms of separating Nash equilibria. In the second essay, we use panel data on U.S. property liability reinsurance for the period 1995-2000 to test for the existence of adverse selection and moral hazard. We find that (1) adverse selection is present in private passenger auto liability reinsurance market and homeowners reinsurance market, but not in product liability reinsurance market; (2) residual moral hazard does not exist in all the three largest lines of reinsurance, but is present in overall reinsurance markets; and (3) moral hazard is present in the product liability reinsurance market, but not in the other two lines of reinsurance.

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Uvet, Hasan. "A Mixed Methodology Approach to Extend Understanding of the Success Factors of Performance-Based Contracting." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2018. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1248445/.

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Performance-based contracting (PBC) is an outcome-based product support strategy that provides efficient performance solutions for buyers. Suppliers under performance-based contracting are rewarded after achieving desired performance objectives. While current scholarship has deepened our knowledge of the benefits of PBC, the particular factors behind effective and efficient performance-based contracts (PBCs) are still vague. Thus, this dissertation will focus on essential dimensions for the successful PBC. There remains a great deal that is not understood about the success factors for effective PBCs. When looking at the critical criteria for the selection of suppliers in the context of PBC, even less is known. This dissertation contains three essays with the purpose of: (1) investigating the effect of supply chain collaboration and upfront investments on the benefits of the PBC; (2) exploring supplier selection criteria for successful PBC; and (3) examining the effect of contract length and fleet size on upfront investments for effective and efficient PBC. These three essays offer a solid foundation for theoretical and practitioner understanding for effective PBCs.

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Tong, Fei Carlo. "Incomplete contracts and behavioural aspects – a case study in the construction and IT industries." Diss., University of Pretoria, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/2263/65173.

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Contracts capture an agreement between two parties to exchange a resource in the future (ex-ante), however the future is not certain. Only after the event has happened, might the two parties compare the resources they have received to what they expected (ex-post). Entering into a contract with unknowns gives rise to incomplete contracts theory, the focus of which includes the study of human behavior. Relational contracting is currently being studied as a method of reducing the transaction costs and incompleteness of contracts. Using case studies, this research aimed to reach a conclusion regarding why certain contractual projects run over budget. Overruns are often related to a variation agreement that is incomplete and open to interpretation. Understanding what the issues are and how to mitigate contractual risks was thus a key focus of this research. The research examined two industries - construction and IT. From the case studies, 16 interviews were conducted and 12 contracts reviewed. The least concern for all the parties was disputes, as the parties find solutions to address issues not considered when drafting contracts. Industry specific experience and knowledge is needed to mitigate some unknown contractual risks, however. Relational contracting was also very evident in resolving issues outside of a contract. Further studies into ancillary contracts will reveal more insight into behavioural and relational contracting.
Dissertation(MBA)--Gordon Institute of Business Science, University of Pretoria,2018.
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Jung-Senssfelder, Karoline. "Equity financing and covenants in venture capital an augmented contracting approach to optimal German contract design /." Wiesbaden : Deutscher Universitäts-Verlag, 2006. http://site.ebrary.com/id/10231791.

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Ludwig, Walter S. Moore Alexander M. "Analysis of Naval Facilities Engineering Command's (NAVFAC) contracting processes using the Contract Management Maturity Model (CMMM)." Monterey, Calif. : Naval Postgraduate School, 2006. http://bosun.nps.edu/uhtbin/hyperion.exe/06Dec%5FLudwig.pdf.

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Thesis (M.B.A.)--Naval Postgraduate School, December 2006.
Thesis Advisor(s): Rene G. Rendon, Leslie E. Sekerka. "December 2006." Includes bibliographical references (p. 45-47). Also available in print.

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Rudolph, Kai. "Bargaining power effects in financial contracting : a joint analysis of contract type and placement mode choices /." Berlin : Springer, 2006. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/3-540-34496-9.

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Jung-Senssfelder, Karoline. "Equity financing and covenants in venture capital : an augmented contracting approach to optimal German contract design /." Wiesbaden : Dt. Univ.-Verl, 2005. https://www.lib.umn.edu/slog.phtml?url=http://www.myilibrary.com?id=134354.

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Moore, Alexander M. "Analysis of Naval Facilities Engineering Command's (NAVFAC) contracting processes using the Contract Management Maturity Model (CMMM)." Thesis, Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/10945/2466.

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This study assesses the process capabilities and competencies of Naval Facilities Engineering Command's (NAVFAC) Mid-Atlantic. The assessment uses a crosssectional questionnaire covering contracting processes and selected ethical context. The purpose of this study is to analyze NAVFAC's contracting processes, establish a baseline for contract management maturity and ethical context, and recommend target areas for improvement efforts by application of the Contract Management Maturity Model (CMMM) and the associated Contract Management Maturity Assessment Tool (CMMAT) to NAVFAC Mid-Atlantic's Facilities Engineering and Acquisition Department. An ethics questionnaire is administered to examine NAVFAC's ethical context.

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Warne, Anthony Royston. "Customs and contracting within the UK general practitioner fund holding scheme." Thesis, Manchester Metropolitan University, 1999. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.302629.

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Qi, Cong, and 亓聰. "Exploring the effects of relationship and contract issues on the success of IT outsourcing: an exploratorystudy in China." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2008. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B40987619.

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Celik, Hasan. "Implications of Performance-Based Contracting on Logistics and Supply Chain Management: A Multi-Method Approach." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2020. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1707410/.

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Performance-based contracting (PBC) redefines the relationships between suppliers and buyers and differs from traditional contracting approaches with its reward/payment scheme, emphasis on the performance outcomes, increased supplier autonomy, and transfer of risk and responsibilities to suppliers. Given the 70% of life cycle costs of products/systems reside in sustainment, PBC has led to substantial improvements in availability, maintainability, reliability, and thus total cost of ownership of systems/products. Though PBC has changed the way of doing business and its presence has increased across multiple industry, private and public sectors, for profit and not-for-profit, its implications on various aspects of logistics and supply chain management have been understudied. It is important to explore and establish evidence regarding these implications through academic rigor. Therefore, this three-essay dissertation aims to give some insight regarding structural and behavioral implications of PBC using a multi-method approach. Specifically, it (1) explores the relationship between PBC and supply chain resilience (SCRES), (2) examines the supplier goal commitment (i.e., motivation) in PBC, (3) proposes a mathematical model to find optimal contract length, periodic contract price and investment that concurrently maximizing supplier profit and satisfying buyer requirements. This dissertation offers theoretical and managerial contributions as well.

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Qiu, Shuo. "Insurance Market Equilibrium: Contract Formation, Heterogeneity, and Operational Efficiency." Diss., Temple University Libraries, 2008. http://cdm16002.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p245801coll10/id/9768.

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Business Administration
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The three essays of this dissertation investigate the insurance equilibrium from various perspectives. The first essay uses Cournot game-theoretic model to study the insurance contract formation and provides theoretical justification for policy limit. The second essay introduces buyers' heterogeneous risk aversion into Wilson's equilibrium, derives new equilbria, and provides the conditions under which those new equilibria will hold. The third essay studies the operational efficiency of life insurers in China. Through comparing the efficiency of domestic and foreign life insurers, decomposing their efficiency scores, figuring out the directions and potential they could improve, and analyzing the change and driver of productivity, the essay gives insights of the fast-developing life insurance industry in China.
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Pierce, Howard Wilson. "Understanding the Role of Federal Procurement Policy in Federal Social Policy." ScholarWorks, 2017. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/4245.

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Human sex trafficking is a significant issue in the modern world. The International Labor Organization has estimated that 4.5 million people are the victims of forced commercial sexual exploitation worldwide. The United States' laws on human sex trafficking can be found in 22 U.S.C. -§7104 Prevention of Trafficking, and promulgate the strategy of prevention of trafficking, protection of trafficking victims, and punishment of traffickers. Under the terms of 22 U.S.C. -§7104, federal contractors can be penalized if any of their employees or subcontractor employees engage in a commercial sex act. The reliance on the private sector to curb sex trafficking through federal contracts is a nuance, and there is a gap in the literature regarding the Congressional rationale for creating a federal contract policy that places federal contractors in the position of being liable for the off-duty activities of their employees. This research question focused on understanding this shift in usage of federal contract policy to influence individual behavior expressed in this Act. A content analysis of documents was performed which relied on official U.S. government documentation, including transcripts of Congressional hearings. The findings indicate that the legislation was a tactical response to a pair of scandals involving U.S. personnel overseas, combined with a belief in money as a motivating force, international political factors, and moral certainty among elected officials that the Federal Government had to 'do something.' Positive social change was addressed in the process of this study by providing greater insight into the legislative thought process regarding federal procurement related statutes, and by providing future reformers with additional information regarding effective legislative strategies.

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Goodman, Robin Elaine. "Taxonomy of knowledge requirements for executives of general contracting and construction management enterprises." Diss., Georgia Institute of Technology, 1998. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/32814.

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Rudolph, Kai. "Bargaining power effects in financial contracting a joint analysis of contract type and placement mode choices ; with 99 tables." Berlin Heidelberg New York Springer, 2004. http://deposit.ddb.de/cgi-bin/dokserv?id=2798002&prov=M&dok_var=1&dok_ext=htm.

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司徒雪雯 and Suet-man Helen Szeto. "Outsourcing of contract management and works supervision of road network maintenance in Highways Department." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2002. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B31966998.

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Pun, Clara. "History-dependent properties of skeletal muscle myofibrils contracting along the ascending limb of the force-length relationship." Thesis, McGill University, 2010. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:8881/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=92265.

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