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Title: A CASE STUDY OF ENTREPRENEURIAL ORIENTATION AND ORGANIZATIONAL IDENTITY NEGOTIATION IN LARGE, TRANSGENERATIONAL FAMILY BUSINESS
Author: Szymanska, Izabela
Date Created: 2015
Subjects--Topical: Industrial management
Description: The current body of research suggests that the relative importance of business objectives and family objectives changes over time in family firms (Miller et al., 2011). As family firms age, company management tends to provide more resources for th...

Title: Assessing Convergence of Community Benefit Programs and Community Health Needs Among North Carolina's Tax-Exempt Hospitals
Author: Fos, Elmer
Date Created: 2018
Subjects--Topical: Public health, Government policy, Health services administration
Description: The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) requires tax-exempt hospitals to conduct Community Health Needs Assessment (CHNA) every three years, formulate implementation strategies, and report yearly to the IRS and the public the progress of their work. Th...

Title: EFFECT OF PROVIDERS' PROCEDURAL VOLUME COMPLEXITY ON IN-HOSPITAL COMPLICATIONS AND LENGTH OF STAY FOR GASTRIC BYPASS SURGERY
Author: Kamble, Shital
Date Created: 2009
Subjects--Topical: Medical sciences
Description: Obesity and morbid obesity represent one of the major public health problems in the United States (U.S.) that affects nearly one-third of the adult American population. Gastric bypass (GB) is a complex operation, performed in a high-risk morbidly ...

Title: EXCHANGE RATE REGIMES, FX LIQUIDITY RISK, AND CARRY TRADE RETURNS
Author: Abankwa, Samuel
Date Created: 2016
Subjects--Topical: Finance, Industrial management, Economics
Description: The dissertation consists of three related topics: FX market-wide liquidity measure and individual currency-pair liquidity co-movements, FX liquidity risk and carry trade returns, and the forward premium puzzle in foreign exchange markets. This is...

Title: Effects of hydrocephalus on hospital use, associated costs, and access to care among children with spina bifida
Author: Radcliff, Elizabeth
Date Created: 2014
Subjects--Topical: Public health, Health services administration
Description: Objectives: This study examined hospital resource use, timeliness of surgical repair of spina bifida (SB), and geographical access to hospital care for infants and children with SB. Methods: This was a retrospective, statewide, population-based st...

Title: Health Legacy Foundations and the Pursuit of Charitable Healthcare
Author: Niggel, Sabrina
Date Created: 2014
Subjects--Topical: Government policy, Social sciences--Research, Medical sciences
Description: Endowed with proceeds from transactions involving nonprofit healthcare assets, health legacy foundations (HLFs) embody tremendous potential to improve health and healthcare in communities across the nation. This dissertation represents the culmina...

Title: Health services use for ambulatory care sensitive conditions in the developing country of Barbados
Author: Bushelle-Edghill, Jennifer
Date Created: 2011
Subjects--Topical: Public health, Government policy, Medical sciences
Description: Objective: This research examined hospitalization for ambulatory care sensitive conditions (ACSH) for the population of Barbados during 2003-2008. I examined differences in ACSH rates for females and males at the parish and population levels over ...

Title: S&P 500 Index Reconstitutions: An Analysis of Outstanding Hypotheses
Author: Baran, Lindsay
Date Created: 2010
Subjects--Topical: Business
Description: The market reaction to announcements of S&P 500 index changes shows a sustained price increase for added firms and a short-term price decline for newly removed firms. We explore the outstanding hypotheses regarding liquidity, certification, and in...

Title: The Value of Prosthetic Rehabilitation for Current and Potential Lower Limb Prosthesis Users
Author: Miller, Taavy
Date Created: 2020
Subjects--Topical: Economics, Medical sciences, Health services administration
Description: The goal of this dissertation is to inform clinicians, researchers and policy makers of the potential value of prosthesis intervention for individuals who experience a lower limb amputation. In addition, this dissertation supports the call for mor...