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Li, Edward Xuejun. "Real time disclosure through current reports the case of material contracts /." Diss., Connect to online resource - MSU authorized users, 2008.

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Thesis (Ph. D.)--Michigan State University. Dept. of Accounting and Information Studies, 2008.<br>Title from PDF t.p. (viewed on Apr. 8, 2009) Includes bibliographical references (p. 96-101). Also issued in print.

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Parks, Mark E. "Comparative analysis of decision-making processes with respect to U.S. armaments procurement : a case study of the F-16." Thesis, University of St Andrews, 1988. http://hdl.handle.net/10023/2631.

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The overall purpose of this thesis is to question the value of the use of models regarding decision-making as it effectively operates within the environment of US armaments procurements. For example, conceptual framework models such as bureaucratic politics, organisational outputs, incrementalism, and others are far too simplistic in their application to this subject - they only tend to distort reality. The thesis argues that the process is far too complex with decisional centres shifting throughout the life of any one given system, thus necessitating a more realistic conceptual approach. Evidence of this is provided throughout the discussion of the organisational processes and the roles of those involved in the procurement process. Moreover, it becomes apparent that those in the highest positions of decision-making (for example, Presidents, Secretaries of Defense, etc.) are at times least likely to be involved in decisions, dependent on the stage of development of the weapon system. Further, other groups (for example, Congress, Joint Chiefs, etc.) commonly perceived as the decisional centres have little, if any involvement during the earlier stages in the life of a weapon system. The possibility of their involvement increases as the system enters what the author refers to as the hardware phase, when monies must be appropriated. In other words, the system becomes politicised and the expertise of those in higher positions becomes salient, because they are chosen for their political and managerial skills - not their expertise in detailed defence matters. Even the weight of their decisions during the hardware phase is questionable due to the fact that lower level "experts", referred to as DoD Components, with longer periods of tenure, are consistently directing upwards their appraisals of new systems requirements, threats, etc., thus setting the parameters for the higher positioned decision maker. Following the description of the organisational processes and the roles of those involved, the discussion turns to the case study of the F-16 to validate these points. The purpose is not to research a case study and then attempt to extrapolate from it axioms of weapons procurement. The exercise is intended to yield credence to the points referred to above.

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Bartell, Carol A. "Role-related interests and perceptions of a teacher incentive program: case studies of three elementary schools." Diss., Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1985. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/53541.

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This study investigated the nature and impact of role-related interests on an attempt at organizational change in the school context. The change effort was an attempt to impose new teacher evaluation procedures in three elementary schools during the conduct of a pilot project. These schools implemented teacher evaluation procedures that were designed as a component of a teacher incentive program. A conceptual model guided this research. The expectation was that role-related interests would have a direct effect on the various actors' perceptions of the teacher evaluation plan. The model presented other factors that would tend to intervene between the actor's role-related interests and perceptions of the plan. These potential intervening variables were defined as: (1) experiences during the pilot, (2) interpersonal relations, and (3) assignment of ratings. The research questions for this study were defined as follows: 1. What are the role-related interests of the key actors at the school building level in the implementation of the pilot plan? 2. How are these interests related to perceptions of the plan? 3. How are perceptions of the plan influenced by experiences that occur during the pilot program? 4. How are perceptions of the plan influenced by interpersonal relations existing between key actors and significant others during the pilot program? 5. How are perceptions of the plan influenced by the actual process of assigning ratings to teachers? A multiple-case design and multiple data gathering methods were employed in addressing the problem from an organizational perspective. Collection of data was begun in the fall of 1984 and completed in the spring of 1985, spanning the duration of the pilot project, which was one school year. Data were collected through interviews, observations, and document analysis. Role-related interests were found to be related to overall initial perceptions of the plan. Those who perceived positive impacts on their own satisfactions and needs were more likely to be positively disposed toward the plan in general and more likely to feel that the plan would achieve its intended goals. The relationship between role-related interests and plan perceptions was influenced by experiences during the pilot and interpersonal relations. A change in perceptions of the plan over time was found to be related to the process of assigning ratings to teachers and to the leadership of the principal.<br>Ed. D.

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Ofoegbu, Kelechi. "How contractual risk allocation provisions of oil and gas contracts have been, or may be, interpreted by an English court : a case study of some model offshore drilling rig contracts developed in the United Kingdom, Canada and the United States of America." Thesis, University of Dundee, 2018. https://discovery.dundee.ac.uk/en/studentTheses/d61b7e5f-1027-49c3-bfc8-4ff8a1d55a37.

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This study is an examination of how English courts have approached, or are likely to approach - and therefore, the effectiveness of - attempts by the parties to oil and gas contracts to allocate risks arising from the activities which form the subject matter of their respective contracts inter se. The study utilises petroleum industry standard form offshore drilling contracts in the United Kingdom, Canada and the United States of America as the context for this analysis, and examines the risks associated with drilling and other incidental operations, in the light of catastrophic events such as the Macondo disaster in the Gulf of Mexico and the Montara disaster in the Timor Sea. Drawing from the Economic Theory of Law espoused by Richard Posner, which correlates market behaviour, resource allocation and the legal system, and so conceptualises risk from a cost and utility perspective, the study will show that it is actually the economic consequences of the occurrence of an event that are being allocated, and that the entire notion of risk allocation is a determination of how the economic cost of the occurrence of the particular consequence will be borne by the parties to the contract. The study will conclude with a comparative analysis of risk allocation in the different model contracts, and an opinion on the success/effectiveness of the model contracts, as tools used by parties for risk allocation inter se, in response to the challenges created by legislative and judicial intervention. Justification for this opinion will be given, with reference to relevant case law and statutes in the different jurisdictions. Recommendations will be made on how the risk allocation structure can be improved, either by reference to other approaches the parties could adopt, or by clarifying ambiguities in the current approach (where applicable), and proposing a balance in the instances in which, from the study's perspective, the allocation formula is skewed, either due to the imbalance of power between the parties or by the interference of external forces such as the courts and legislature.

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Edleman, Paul Richard Boroujerdi Mehrzad. "Grain contract farming in the United States two case studies /." Related electronic resource: Current Research at SU : database of SU dissertations, recent titles available full text, 2004. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/syr/main.

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Byrdsong, Ricardo Crespo Luis A. Holland George A. Parker Christopher D. Torunoglu Emine Gulsen. "Transformation of Department of Defense contract closeout /." Monterey, Calif. : Springfield, Va. : Naval Postgraduate School ; Available from National Technical Information Service, 2003. http://library.nps.navy.mil/uhtbin/hyperion-image/03Jun%5FByrdsong.pdf.

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Thesis (M.B.A.)--Naval Postgraduate School, June 2003.<br>"MBA professional report."--Cover. Joint authors: Luis A. Crespo, George A. Holland, Christopher D. Parker, Emine Gulsen Torunoglu. Thesis advisor(s): David V. Lamm, Phil J. Candreva. Includes bibliographical references (p. 193-198). Also available online.

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Russial, Paul. "Analysis of General Accounting Office bid protest decisions on A-76 studies." Thesis, Monterey, Calif. : Springfield, Va. : Naval Postgraduate School ; Available from National Technical Information Service, 2003. http://library.nps.navy.mil/uhtbin/hyperion-image/03Jun%5FRussial.pdf.

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Thesis (M.S. in Contract Management)--Naval Postgraduate School, June 2003.<br>Thesis advisor(s): Jeffrey R. Cuskey, Peter P. Russial, Jr. Includes bibliographical references (p. 101-106). Also available online.

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Hanson, Todd T. "An analysis of Other Transactions : have Other Transactions met the intent of Congress? /." Thesis, Monterey, Calif. : Springfield, Va. : Naval Postgraduate School ; Available from National Technical Information Service, 2005. http://library.nps.navy.mil/uhtbin/hyperion/05Jun%5FHanson.pdf.

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Thesis (M.S. in Contract Management)--Naval Postgraduate School, June 2005.<br>Thesis Advisor(s): Richard B. Doyle, E. Cory Yoder. Includes bibliographical references (p. 127-130). Also available online.

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Roth, Michael Bernard. "An empirical analysis of United States Navy design/build contracts." Thesis, Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School, 1995. http://hdl.handle.net/10945/25896.

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Robins, Ricky L. "Comparison of past performance practices between the Department of the Navy and commercial industry." Thesis, Monterey, Calif. : Springfield, Va. : Naval Postgraduate School ; Available from National Technical Information Service, 2002. http://library.nps.navy.mil/uhtbin/hyperion-image/02Jun%5FRobins.pdf.

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Frost, Sarah H. "Institutionalized Discrimination: Three Cases in the United States Military." PDXScholar, 1995. https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/open_access_etds/5021.

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This thesis explores institutionalized discrimination in the United States Military by examining the rationales given for policies that exclude, or limit the military service of racial minorities, women and homosexuals, and the rationales given for altering such policies. outgroups such as racial minorities, women and homosexuals are presumed to be a threat to the white male heterosexual majority within the military services. The presence of these outgroups in the military has been officially characterized as threatening to small-unit cohesion, and therefore threatening to military readiness. This thesis was first based upon the assumption that the rationales favoring discriminatory policies, and rationales favoring reform, would be expressed in the language of small-group theories of cohesion, that is, cohesion based upon the self-categorization of group members, or the interdependence of group members. However, in the data analysis process, two other rationales emerged: the ideological and the bureaucratic rationales. Data illustrating these four rationales were drawn from a content analysis of articles and other commentary published in the New York Times. Statements were crosstabulated by the stance (exclusionist or reformist) they supported and the rationale (self-categorical, interdependent, ideological or bureaucratic) they employed to justify the stance. This analysis was first done separately for each of the three groups, racial minorities, women and homosexuals, and then the data for each of the three outgroups were compared and contrasted. Findings indicate that despite the military's official characterization of outgroups as a threat to small-unit cohesion, relatively little of the debate was expressed in terms of small-group theories of cohesion-the self-categorization of, or interdependence of group members. The most frequently employed rationales were, in fact, ideological in character. Between the three groups, however, some differences in patterns of rationales and stances emerged. The findings are placed in their historical and political contexts to help explain the results of the analysis, and to illuminate the experience of racial minorities, women and homosexuals in the United States military.

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Tappel, Joseph B. "Past performance usage within the Department of Army." Thesis, Monterey, Calif. : Springfield, Va. : Naval Postgraduate School ; Available from National Technical Information Service, 2004. http://library.nps.navy.mil/uhtbin/hyperion/04Jun%5FTappel.pdf.

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Caudill, Donald W. "Consumers' perceptions of extended service contracts : an empirical analysis /." Diss., This resource online, 1993. http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-02052007-081242/.

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White, George T. "Special education and teacher union contracts: an exploratory study." Diss., Virginia Tech, 1990. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/39808.

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Oettl, K. Eric. "Performance-based payments : why have they not been adopted as the preferred method of contract financing?" Thesis, Monterey, Calif. : Springfield, Va. : Naval Postgraduate School ; Available from National Technical Information Service, 2001. http://edocs.nps.edu/npspubs/scholarly/theses/2001/Dec/01Dec_Oettl.pdf.

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Falk, Chris J. "A savings study on dual sourcing in the Defense Department." Thesis, This resource online, 1990. http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-05092009-040401/.

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President, Wai. "An analysis of the United States Air Force energy savings performance contracts." Monterey, Calif. : Naval Postgraduate School, 2007. http://bosun.nps.edu/uhtbin/hyperion-image.exe/07Dec%5FPresident%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."<br>Advisor(s): Rendon, Rene G. ; Hudgens, Bryan J. "December 2007." "MBA professional report"--Cover. Description based on title screen as viewed on January 10, 2008. Includes bibliographical references (p. 71-75). Also available in print.

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President, Wai. "An analysis of the United States Air Force Energy Saving Performance Contracts." Thesis, Monterey, California, Naval Postgraduate School, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10945/38043.

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Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited.<br>This publication is a work of the U.S. Government as defined in Title 17, United States Code, Section 101. As such, it is in the public domain, and under the provisions of Title 17, United States Code, Section 105, it may not be copyrighted.<br>MBA Professional Report<br>The purpose of this paper is to explore the use of Enerrgy Saving Performance Contracts (ESPC) within the Department of Defense, focusing on the United States Air Force's utility and energy acquisition. The significant value of the ESPC is its alternative financing mechanism that authorizes Federal facilities regionalization without upfront investments. The paper focuses on Dyess Air Force Base's ESPC, as Dyess's benchmarking ESPC was selected for the Presidential Award recognition for Leadership in Federal Energy Management. The six major contracting processes within the three main management levels encompass many of the best-preactice characteristics. The interviews referenced herein with the service end-users, both the regional and local contracting officers, allow the reader to further understand how the Integrated Product Team's significant efforts resulted in a successful ESPC.

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Gillies, Lorna Elizabeth. "An analysis of jurisdiction rules for electronic consumer contracts : United Kingdom, United States and global perspectives." Thesis, University of Strathclyde, 2005. http://oleg.lib.strath.ac.uk:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=23940.

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The purpose of this thesis is to examine European and United States jurisdiction rules for consumer contracts where the consumer and the seller who contract with each other over the Internet via the World Wide Web are in different jurisdictions. The thesis will demonstrate that despite recent adaptation in both jurisdictions, existing rules are not conducive to consumer contracts entered into by means of electronic commerce (hereafter electronic consumer contracts). This thesis will argue that both United Kingdom and United States jurisdiction rules for such contracts should be further amended and harmonised to enable consumers to sue in their own jurisdiction when foreign businesses intended to target them via active or interactive web sites. The aim of international private law is premised on a "desire to do justice" to the parties involved in a cross-border dispute. Chapter One will demonstrate that this aim is particularly significant with regard to the role of international private law vis-a`-vis the legal regulation of cross-border electronic consumer contract disputes. When a consumer contract is entered into between parties across borders by electronic means and a dispute arises between those parties, the effective application of a certain and predictable jurisdiction rule to determine which jurisdiction will hear the dispute is crucial. Subsequent chapters of this thesis will demonstrate that given the continued inconsistencies in existing jurisdiction rules in the United Kingdom and the United States, further adaptation and harmonisation of jurisdiction rules for electronic consumer contracts is now both necessary and desirable.

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Dean, Chad E., and Nathan P. Vosters. "Update of the Navy Contract Writing Guide." Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School, 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/10945/452.

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MBA Professional Report<br>Acquisition research (Graduate School of Business & Public Policy)<br>The purpose of this MBA Project is to provide a comprehensive update of the Navy Contract Writing Guide. The project was conducted with the sponsorship and assistance of the Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Research, Development, and Acquisition. The now out of date guide was originally written in 1996 in an effort to reduce problem disbursements as related to contract wording and organization. Extensive research, incorporating interviews, websites, periodicals, and texts, was employed to make the guide current. It has been reorganized to address issues and solutions in the same order in which the forms used by contracting officers and administrators have them listed. New issues have been raised since the original writing of this guide and are now incorporated with their recommended solutions. Individuals new to Naval contracting or those who have decades of experience will find the information provided useful to the efficient and effective writing and administration of government contracts.-- p.i.

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Dean, Chad E. Vosters Nathan P. "Update of the Navy Contract Writing Guide /." Monterey, Calif. : Springfield, Va. : Naval Postgraduate School ; Available from National Technical Information Service, 2003. http://library.nps.navy.mil/uhtbin/hyperion-image/03Dec%5FDean%5FMBA.pdf.

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Thesis (M.B.A.)--Naval Postgraduate School, December 2003.<br>"MBA professional report"--Cover. Thesis advisor(s): E. Marshall Engelbeck, Jeffrey Cuskey. Includes bibliographical references (p. 19-22). Also available online.

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Burger, Kenneth Kehr Jonathan Wobensmith Brian. "Contingency contracting." Monterey, Calif. : Springfield, Va. : Naval Postgraduate School ; Available from National Technical Information Service, 2003. http://library.nps.navy.mil/uhtbin/hyperion-image/03Dec%5FBurger%5FKehr%5FWobensmith%5fManual.pdf.

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[Thesis (M.B.A.)--Naval Postgraduate School, December 2003.]<br>[MBA professional report] [Thesis advisor(s): R. Marshall Engelbeck, Rob B. Tudor.] [Authors: Kenneth Burger, Jonathan Kehr, Brian Wobensmith.] Also available online.

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Hagan, Patrick, Joseph Spede, and Trisha Sutton. "Defining and measuring the success of services contracts in the United States Navy." Thesis, Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10945/27838.

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Department of Defense (DoD) spending on services has been trending upwards for over a decade and, as of 2011, accounts for 56% of total contract spending. The increased reliance on services contractors has prompted the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to look more closely at the acquisition and contract management process. The term program management describes the approach and methodology needed for the management of complicated projects. We used the program management approach to address the following questions (1) how do different stakeholders define successful services contracts within the Navy (2) how do different stakeholders measure services contracts within the Navy and (3) how should Navy services contracts be defined and measured We conducted a survey of 168 key stakeholders. We discovered that when defining and measuring the success of a service contract all stakeholders tend to utilize outcome-related factors over process-oriented factors. We believe this is because outcomes tend to drive perceptions of success more than processes and are more easily quantifiable. Metrics used to measure success are typically related to cost, schedule, and performance. Based on these findings, we provide recommendations on establishing better internal control measures, putting in place an operational audit process, and creating a standardized reporting process.

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Goodwin, Connie M. "Acquisition reform through Alpha Contracting." Thesis, Monterey, Calif. : Springfield, Va. : Naval Postgraduate School ; Available from National Technical Information Service, 2002. http://library.nps.navy.mil/uhtbin/hyperion-image/02Dec%5FGoodwin.pdf.

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Sheehan, Brian H. Moats Stuart D. VanAssche David J. "Analysis of the contracting processes and ethical culture at Ogden Air Logistics Center, Hill AFB Ut." Monterey, Calif. : Naval Postgraduate School, 2007. http://bosun.nps.edu/uhtbin/hyperion-image.exe/07Dec%5FSheehan%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."<br>Advisor(s): Rendon, Rene G. ; Petross, Diana F. ; Sekerka, Leslie E. "December 2007." "MBA professional report"--Cover. Description based on title screen as viewed on January 10, 2008. Includes bibliographical references (p. 67-68). Also available in print.

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Crow, Stephen M. (Stephen Martin). "Dominant Decision Cues in Labor Arbitration; Standards Used in Alcohol and Drug Cases." Thesis, University of North Texas, 1989. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc331930/.

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During the past twenty years, extensive research has been conducted concerning the judgmental processes of labor arbitrators. Previous research, sometimes referred to as policy capturing, attempted to identify the criteria or standards used by arbitrators to support their decisions. Much of the research was qualitative. Due to the categorical nature of the dependent variables, log-linear models such as logit regression have been used to examine decisional relationships in more recent studies. The decision cues used by arbitrators in 249 published alcohol- and drug-related arbitration cases were examined. The justifications for arbitrators' decisions were fitted into Carroll Daugherty's "seven tests" of just cause. The dominant cues were proof of misconduct, the appropriateness of the penalty, and the business necessity of management's action. Foreknowledge of the rule by the grievant and the consequences of a violation, equal treatment of the grievant, and an appropriate investigation by management were also important decision cues. In general, grievants in alcohol and drug arbitration cases fared as well as grievants in any other disciplinary arbitrations. However, when the cases were analyzed based on the legal status of the drug, illicit drug users were at a considerable disadvantage.

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Philibert-Ortega, Gena Christine. "Battered women who kill: Perspectives of prosecutors who have tried "burning bed" cases." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 1993. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/648.

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Dunbar, Damian C. "Small Business Leaders' Strategies for Obtaining United States Government Subcontracts." ScholarWorks, 2019. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/6784.

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Small business leaders (SBLs) underutilize billions of dollars of U.S. government funding for small business subcontracting. The role of small business in the United States is important to local economies as well as a major contributor to the U.S. economy. Using the resource-based view as the conceptual framework for this study, the purpose of this qualitative multiple case study was to explore the strategies 5 government support sector SBLs in the mid-Atlantic region used to obtain U.S. government subcontract awards to remain sustainable. The selection criteria for this study consisted of small businesses in the mid-Atlantic region that have obtained subcontracts on prime government contracts. The data collection process included a review of the small business documents and participants' responses to semistructured interviews. The data analysis process included case study analysis and cross-case comparisons using methodological triangulation. Based on the data analysis, themes that emerged from the results of this study included education, experience, and networking related to strategy creation and implementation by the SBLs to obtain subcontracts on prime contracts. The findings of this study may contribute to social change by providing SBLs an opportunity to learn strategies to obtain subcontracts, which could increase organizational opportunities, promote job creation, and help to improve local economies through increases in tax revenues that could help the elderly, children, and others within the community.

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Lindeque, Johan Paul. "Prosecuting antidumping and countervailing duty cases in the United States of America." Thesis, University of Bath, 2008. https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.512277.

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This thesis takes a corporate political strategy perspective of antidumping and countervailing duty cases to understand why some firms are more successful at the prosecution of these trade remedy measures. Trade remedy measures are long standing tools of US trade policy and their use has continued to grow globally amongst member countries of the World Trade Organisation. Between 1980 and 2007 a total of 1606 of these trade remedy cases were investigated by the Department of Commerce and International Trade Commission, an average of 41 antidumping and 17 countervailing duty cases a year, with a value of around US$ 63 billion or 0.3% of all US imports. Thirty-seven percent of the cases by number and 54% by value resulted in duties being imposed on the subject imports. This study uses archival material for five recent trade remedy investigations and forty-five semistructured interviews with business interests, trade attorneys and economic consultants that have experience of prosecuting these cases to understand why some firms may be more successful than others at achieving their preferred policy outcome. The imposition of duties is found to be only the simplest measure of success for US firms that file a case and does not capture the range of potential outcomes for foreign firms that face the duties. Successful prosecution of a trade case has been found to be firm specific, as the DOC determination of individual firm duty rates significantly affects what the outcome of case means for each firm in the US and foreign industries. The successful prosecution of US trade remedy cases is argued to be an informational corporate political strategy that is affected by statutory and administrative biases in the execution of the agency investigations, and creates the potential for indirect rent-seeking bias in the outcomes of cases. This informational corporate political strategy is based on three capabilities that firms need to develop, the capability to gather information, the capability to build and shape the administrative record at the agencies to reflect a firm’s policy preferences and the capability to align business practices with the US trade remedy institutions. These three capabilities are enabled by the bundling of corporate political expertise resources, organisational resources, financial resources and reputational resources. Some of these resources are internal to the firms, including staff, money and information, while other resources are external, such as the trade attorneys and economic consultants.

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Waterman, Donna Ruth. "Curbside collection of recyclable materials: fifteen cases studies in the United States." Thesis, Virginia Tech, 1988. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/44096.

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Fifteen curbside recycling programs in the United States, from communities representing a variety of economic, geographic and political situations, were reviewed in this study. Case studies were analyzed and discussed with respect to four areas of interest to program planners: administration, operations, promotion and evaluation. No objective rating of the programs was attempted, but approaches were reviewed with respect to their ability to satisfy the goals of the programs. Comparisons of participation rates, waste diversion rates, and costs were used cautiously because of the inconsistencies in how the data were developed from program to program. Administrative approaches found in the case studies included: (a) complete ownership of the collection and processing system by municipalities; (b) contracted service by private waste management firms; (c) contracted or subsidized service by non-profit organizations; and (d) combinations of municipal, private, and non-profit services. Operational systems were examined with respect to the effectiveness of the service in stimulating participation, given the practical, political, and budgetary constraints. Variables of operation are closely related and include: (a) which materials are collected; (b) the degree of materials separation required; (c) the type of collection vehicle(s) used; (d) collection frequency and coincidence with garbage collection; (e) the provision of in home containers; and (t) the extent of post-collection materials processing. Four categories of promotional techniques used in curbside recycling programs were discussed: (a) publicity and education; (b) personal contact; (c) economic incentives; and (d) ordinances mandating source-separation. The impacts of these techniques on participation in the case study programs were discussed. Techniques for evaluating the efficacy of curbside recycling programs were also discussed. Participation rates, waste diversion rates, and cost were reviewed with respect to current usage and recommendations were made for increasing their usefulness as indicators of the success of programs or program elements.<br>Master of Science

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Righi, Brandon Paul. "The Right of Petition: Cases of Indentured Servants and Society in Colonial Virginia, 1698-1746." W&M ScholarWorks, 2010. https://scholarworks.wm.edu/etd/1539626634.

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Williams, Harvey B. "An analysis of selected United States Marine Corps contracts involving minority owned small businesses." Thesis, Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School, 1991. http://hdl.handle.net/10945/26874.

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Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited<br>The purpose of this thesis was to examine difficulties associated with U.S. Marine Corps contracts awarded to minority owned small businesses under the 8(a) program. Specifically, causes of contract default and firm failure were identified; indicators which illustrated difficulties leading to default and firm failure were identified and steps which could have alleviated these difficulties and thereby prevented contract default or firm failure were recommended. A historical and legislative background for the 8(a) program has been developed. Six contract cases were examined in detail, in conjunction with a mail survey of USMC contracting officers and small business advocates, to determine the primary causes of contract default and 8(a) firm failure and their indicators. The thesis describes how observable indicators of contract default and firm failure can be recognized and how corrective action can be undertaken to significantly reduce the incidence of default and firm failure when dealing with companies participating in the 8(a) program.

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Pollard, Donald Kent. "Purification Rhetoric: A Generic Analysis of Draft Card, Flag, and Cross Burning Cases." Thesis, University of North Texas, 1995. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc277949/.

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This thesis assesses three United States Supreme Court opinions, engaging in an inductive approach to generic criticism, in an attempt to discover whether or not there are similarities and/or differences in these decisions. This study focuses on draft card, flag, and cross burning cases argued before the Court in order to discover the potential genre's characteristics.

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Pierrot, Claudia. "A comparative legal study of preliminary agreements under French and American Law /." Thesis, McGill University, 2000. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=30321.

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This thesis is a comparative legal study of preliminary agreements in French and American law.<br>At the negotiation process, a preliminary agreement has numerous purposes. Those purposes vary with the parties' will. The contrasted concept of preliminary agreement and its hybrid legal nature give rise to legal issues, such as interpretation, enforceability and liability. Those issues are differently tackled in French and American law.<br>The ambiguity of pre-agreements allows the French and American judges to play a decisive role in the interpretation of such agreements. In accordance with its definiteness and completeness, the pre-agreement may be considered as the final contract and binds the parties. Then, in case of non respect, the blameworthy party may be held liable, and courts may grant damages to the party who has suffered prejudice.

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Reeves, Susan Kay. "Decision-Making at the Court of Appeals Level Involving Religious Liberty Cases." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2002. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc3319/.

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Many studies have been completed on factors affecting judicial decisions. Studies have focused on civil rights cases, economic cases, criminal cases, sexual discrimination and obscenity cases, but no work has specifically looked at religious liberty cases. This work examines the factors affecting United States Courts of Appeals judges' decision-making in religious liberty cases. I hypothesize that gender, race, religious background, prior judicial experience, circuit, region and litigant status will all influence the way judges vote in religious liberty cases. The explanatory power of this study is relatively low, but the results indicate that judges follow the law when making decisions in religious liberty cases.

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Smith, Barry R. "Consistency in Department of Defense environmental contracting." Thesis, Monterey, Calif. : Springfield, Va. : Naval Postgraduate School ; Available from National Technical Information Service, 1996. http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA327647.

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Thesis (M.S. in Management) Naval Postgraduate School, December 1996.<br>Thesis advisor(s): Mark W. Stone, David V. Lamm. "December 1996." Includes bibliographical references (p. 103-106). Also available online.

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Schwartz, Brett M., Jadon Lincoln, Jose L. Sanchez, and Leslie S. Beltz. "Update of the Navy Contract Writing Guide Phase III." Thesis, Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/10945/34230.

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The purpose of this MBA Project is to provide a comprehensive update of the Navy Contract Writing Guide. The project was conducted with the sponsorship and assistance of the Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Research, Development, and Acquisition. The guide was updated in December 2003 in an effort to provide organization and clear and concise solutions to current contract issues. Extensive research, incorporating interviews, websites, and regulations were utilized in updating this guide. It has been reorganized to better reflect actual contract writing and to address issues and solutions that were not previously addressed within the guide. This guide will provide a comprehensive instruction on contract writing with invaluable information relating to the most common contract issue, problem disbursements.

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Smitherman, Charles W. "Transatlantic merger cases : a study of United States-European Community merger review cooperation." Thesis, University of Oxford, 2005. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.419114.

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Hannon, Timothy E. "An external stakeholder analysis of a United States Army Directorate of Contracting." Thesis, Monterey, Calif. : Springfield, Va. : Naval Postgraduate School ; Available from National Technical Information Service, 2004. http://library.nps.navy.mil/uhtbin/hyperion/04Dec%5FHannon.pdf.

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Dudley, Larkin S. "Contractual governance: theory and practice in Circular A-76." Diss., Virginia Tech, 1990. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/37863.

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This study builds a conceptual framework of contractual governance through an examination of the policy environment and contracting process under one federal program, circular A-76. To comply with the government's general policy of relying on commercial sources to supply products and services, Circular A-76 requires agencies to study selected activities and put them up for bid between in0-house government departments and private companies.<br>Ph. D.

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Bowers, Tammy A. "Foreign aid and the national interest : the cases of the United States and Japan." FIU Digital Commons, 1996. http://digitalcommons.fiu.edu/etd/1751.

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Developed countries give foreign assistance for many reasons, one of which is the protection of national interests. Foreign aid gives a donor country leverage in international relations and is used as a tool of foreign policy. The United States and Japan are the two largest aid donors in the world. Each of these countries exert influence over specific regions through foreign assistance. Although the national interests of each country are different, both use foreign aid to protect these interests. This thesis discusses the means by which the United States and Japan use foreign aid in foreign policy. It looks specifically at U.S. food aid to Central America and Japanese aid to Asia.

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Salnars, Polanco Christian J. "Evaluation of basis levels as contracts approach maturity in the united states live cattle futures markets." [Gainesville, Fla.] : University of Florida, 2004. http://purl.fcla.edu/fcla/etd/UFE0003320.

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Morbitt, Jennifer Marie. ""Let the End be Legitimate": An Analysis of Federal District Court Decision Making in Voting Rights Cases, 1965-1993." Thesis, University of North Texas, 1998. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc279170/.

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Integrated process models that combine both legal and extralegal variables provide a more accurate specification of the judicial decision making process and capture the complexity of the factors that shape judicial behavior. Judicial decision making theories borrow heavily from U.S. Supreme Court research, however, such theories may not automatically be applicable to the lower federal bench. The author uses vote dilution cases originating in the federal district courts from the years 1965 to 1993 to examine what motivates the behavior of district and circuit court judges. The author uses an integrated process model to assess what factors are important to the adjudication process and if there are significant differences between federal district and appellate court judges in decision making.

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Law, William L. "An argument advocating reform in the appellate process of U.S. capital cases." Honors in the Major Thesis, University of Central Florida, 2000. http://digital.library.ucf.edu/cdm/ref/collection/ETH/id/197.

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This item is only available in print in the UCF Libraries. If this is your Honors Thesis, you can help us make it available online for use by researchers around the world by following the instructions on the distribution consent form at http://library.ucf.edu/Systems/DigitalInitiatives/DigitalCollections/InternetDistributionConsentAgreementForm.pdf You may also contact the project coordinator, Kerri Bottorff, at kerri.bottorff@ucf.edu for more information.<br>Bachelors<br>Arts and Sciences<br>Political Science

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Moehler, Michael Wolf. "The Effects of Collective Bargaining on the Powers of Principals: An Analysis of Teacher Contracts." Thesis, North Texas State University, 1986. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc330621/.

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This study analyzed a random sample of thirty-six collective bargaining contracts between teachers and their respective boards of education in Wisconsin, New York, Tennessee, and California. The contracts were studied to assess the effect that collective bargaining has had upon the powers of principals over time. This was done by comparing each contract to a comprehensive list of traditional powers that were available to principals prior to collective bargaining (Pre-Collective Bargaining Power Profile of Principals). This analysis of contracts was a two-phase process. The first step was to identify whether or not the profile statements in the Pre-Collective Bargaining Power Profile were referred to in each contract. The second step was to describe how the presence of references to these statements affected the Power Profile of Principals. The principal's power was reported as being affected in three ways: deleted, constrained, or authorized. The general conclusion of this study was that the effect of teacher collective bargaining upon the powers of principals has been marginal. The data from the analysis of the contracts revealed that the majority (66 percent) of the statements in the Pre-Collective Bargaining Power Profile were not referred to in the collective bargaining contracts. The effects of the references to the statements that were identified were mixed. In the role areas of personnel management, pupil personnel management, and instructional leadership, the negotiation process authorized more power to principals than it deleted. In the role area of business and plant management, the principals' powers were deleted much more than authorized. This was due solely to the inclusion into the contracts of two items (i.e., the power to control building space and the power to control who may and may not enter the building). In the role area of community relations, the frequency of references was so small that the effects upon the power of principals were nonexistent.

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Collins, Richard B. "Evaluation of a financial distress model for Department of Defense hardware contractors." Thesis, This resource online, 1992. http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-10102009-020236/.

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Perone, Francesco. "Settlement of anti-dumping cases by price undertaking : the European Community and United States practice." Thesis, McGill University, 1995. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=23963.

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The GATT Anti-Dumping Code provides that anti-dumping proceedings may be concluded without the imposition of duties if the exporters of the dumped product offer undertakings which the authorities of the importing country consider acceptable. Undertakings are, in essence, formal commitments by exporters under anti-dumping investigation to abstain from dumping or to ensure that their exports will not injure the domestic producers of the product concerned. In accordance with the GATT rules, he anti-dumping laws of the European Community and the United States contain provisions allowing the anti-dumping authorities to accept price undertakings. In practice, however, the use of undertakings in the two jurisdictions has been considerably different. This thesis analyzes and compares the law and practice of the European Community and the United States with regard to price undertakings.

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Lo, Chih-Cheng. "International trade disputes in intellectual property : Taiwanese cases in the United States International Trade Commission." Thesis, University of Manchester, 2007. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.626852.

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Section 337 of the Tariff Act in the United States International Trade Commission (USITC) has been recognised as a mechanism for further strengthening patent protection and competitiveness of US firms (Aoki and Prusa, 1993; Mutti and Yeung 1996). Section 337 has an effective deterrent, the Exclusive Order, which prohibits the imports and lor distribution of imported products based on one or more patents held by US firms that have been infringed. Several studies have shown that there is a strategic motivation behind patent litigation (Lerner, 1995; Somaya, 2003; Harhoff and Reitzig, 2004; Lanjouw and Schankerman, 2004). However, a fuller understanding of how firms react to the enforcement environment has not been fully explored. After reviewing the relevant literature in highlighting the issue of cross-border patent litigation, the contribution of this thesis is to take the viewpoint of a foreign firm from a newly industrialised country to illustrate the issue of the strategic use of trade-relevant patent protection. With this in mind, the main research questions in this thesis are as follows: (1) What issues and interactions have taken place in the trade-relevant patent dispute between Taiwan and the US? (2) What patterns of cross-border patent dispute emerge from the USITC protection mechanism involving in Taiwanese firms? (3) What are the strategic responses of Taiwanese firms to defending a lawsuit in US jurisdiction? For the empirical part of the thesis, a patent litigation dataset was constructed with records extracted from the ITC investigation achieve and LEXIS-Nelson database; and descriptive statistics were computed to uncover the overall patterns of Taiwanese trade-relevant patent litigations and infringed patents. The findings illustrate sharply the characteristics of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) relevant products' competition between American and Taiwanese firms. This was particularly the case after the year 2000 as Taiwanese firms became involved in patent infringement cases as direct defendants rather than as a third party as occurred in the 1980s and 1990s. Specifically, half of the infringed patents in Section 337 investigation cases were located in the classifications of computer hardware and semiconductor devices. Further empirical studies to evaluate how Taiwanese firms respond to the risk of litigation and its various impacts reported is based on a research design that combined insights gained from interviews with in-depth case studies. Following an analysis of interviewee responses, potential impact of US patent disputes of two significant USITC investigations associated with Taiwanese firms were analysed using firm level performance data. The findings appear to support those from other empirical literature about the industry-specific importance of a patent. The case studies illustrate that the role of patent litigation is perceived as a strategic manipulation rather than a protection mechanism in leT industries. Finally, the finding casts doubt on the effectiveness of discriminatory regulation to protect patent rights in the US due to the distortionary effects caused by the strategic motivations of both complainant and defendant.

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Richardson, Robert R. "Defense co-production : collaborative national defense /." Thesis, Monterey, Calif. : Springfield, Va. : Naval Postgraduate School ; Available from National Technical Information Service, 2005. http://library.nps.navy.mil/uhtbin/hyperion/05Jun%5FRichardson.pdf.

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Fuller, Beverly J. "Contracting for Life-Cycle Contractor Support for Army tactical missile systems." Thesis, Monterey, Calif. : Springfield, Va. : Naval Postgraduate School ; Available from National Technical Information Service, 2002. http://library.nps.navy.mil/uhtbin/hyperion-image/02Dec%5FFuller.pdf.

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Thesis (M.S. in Program Management)--Naval Postgraduate School, December 2002.<br>Thesis advisor(s): David F. Matthews, Donald C. Barker. Includes bibliographical references (p. 47-51). Also available online.

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