The Added Value of E-Procurement for Buyer-Supplier Interaction

2011 ◽  
pp. 14-20 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wilco van Duinkerken ◽  
Ronald Batenburg ◽  
Johan Versendaal
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Evidence ◽  
Added Value ◽  
Anecdotal Evidence

Although there are many possible benefits anecdotal evidence shows that many initiatives and IT-implementations in the procurement domain do not deliver the suspected benefits, see for example Adamson (2001) and Pan, Pan, and Flynn (2004). This paper searches an answer, based on empirical evidence, to the question: “Does the implementation of e-procurement (IT for procurement) positively affect the performance of buyer-supplier interaction?”

scholarly journals Is There Empirical Evidence on How the Implementation of a Universal Basic Income (UBI) Affects Labour Supply? A Systematic Review

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (22) ◽  
pp. 9459
Author(s):  
Manuela A. de Paz-Báñez ◽  
María José Asensio-Coto ◽  
Celia Sánchez-López ◽  
María-Teresa Aceytuno
Keyword(s):  
Systematic Review ◽  
Empirical Evidence ◽  
Labour Supply ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Added Value ◽  
Basic Income ◽  
Working Age ◽  
Working Age Population ◽  
Detailed Search ◽  
Maximum Reliability

The objective of this article is to determine, as conclusively as possible, if the implementation of a Universal Basic Income (UBI) would lead to a significant reduction in the working age population labour supply. If this were true, implementation of a UBI may not be sustainable. To do this, we will compile empirical evidence from studies over the last few decades on the effects of implementation of a UBI on employment. We apply the PRISMA methodology to better judge their validity, which ensures maximum reliability of the results by avoiding biases and making the work reproducible. Given that the methodologies used in these studies are diverse, they are reviewed to contextualize the results taking into account the possible limitations detected in these methodologies. While many authors have been writing about this issue citing experiences or experiments, the added value of this article is that it performs a systematic review following a widely tested scientific methodology. Over 1200 documents that discuss the UBI/employment relationship have been reviewed. We found a total of 50 empirical cases, of which 18 were selected, and 38 studies with contrasted empirical evidence on this relationship. The results speak for themselves: Despite a detailed search, we have not found any evidence of a significant reduction in labour supply. Instead, we found evidence that labour supply increases globally among adults, men and women, young and old, and the existence of some insignificant and functional reductions to the system such as a decrease in workers from the following categories: Children, the elderly, the sick, those with disabilities, women with young children to look after, or young people who continued studying. These reductions do not reduce the overall supply since it is largely offset by increased supply from other members of the community.

Metaphors and grammar teaching

2016 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 89-112 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jörg Roche ◽  
Ferran Suñer
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
Empirical Evidence ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Foreign Language Learning ◽  
Added Value ◽  
Grammar Instruction ◽  
Passive Voice ◽  
Modal Verbs ◽  
Grammar Teaching

Abstract Despite the need for transparency and efficiency in explaining grammatical features to learners of a foreign language only very few systematic attempts have been undertaken to demonstrate the pedagogical added value of concept-based approaches to grammar instruction. The purpose of the paper is (1) to discuss the theoretical underpinnings of such an approach, to (2) present relevant theories of multimedia learning and (3) to summarize some empirical evidence on the efficiency of such an approach to language teaching and learning. The concept-based animated grammar, developed for German, uses a broad range of cognitive linguistic principles for foreign language learning in such areas as, for example, modal verbs or the passive voice.

Expense Misreporting in Nonprofit Organizations

2006 ◽  
Vol 81 (2) ◽  
pp. 399-420 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ranjani Krishnan ◽  
Michelle H. Yetman ◽  
Robert J. Yetman
Keyword(s):  
Nonprofit Organizations ◽  
Empirical Evidence ◽  
Large Body ◽  
Positive Association ◽  
Financial Statements ◽  
Managerial Incentives ◽  
Managerial Compensation ◽  
Anecdotal Evidence ◽  
Financial Reports

We examine whether nonprofit organizations understate fundraising expenses in their publicly available financial statements. A large body of anecdotal evidence notes that an inexplicable number of nonprofits report zero fundraising expenses. We provide empirical evidence that the zero fundraising expense phenomenon is at least partly due to inappropriate reporting. We then examine to what extent these misreported expenses are the result of managerial incentives. Prior research finds an association between reported expenses and managerial compensation as well as the level of donations received. Using these findings we construct two incentive variables and find a positive association between misreporting behavior and managerial incentives. Our results also suggest that the use of an outside accountant reduces the probability that a nonprofit will misreport expenses, consistent with the use of an outside paid accountant increasing the reliability and usefulness of nonprofit financial reports. Finally, we find that SOP 98-2 reduced the probability that a nonprofit will misreport fundraising expenses.

scholarly journals First Digit Oscillations

Stats ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 595-601
Author(s):  
Don Lemons ◽  
Nathan Lemons ◽  
William Peter
Keyword(s):  
Probability Density ◽  
Empirical Evidence ◽  
Population Data ◽  
Anecdotal Evidence ◽  
Finite Sample ◽  
Exponential Probability

The frequency of the first digits of numbers drawn from an exponential probability density oscillate around the Benford frequencies. Analysis, simulations and empirical evidence show that datasets must have at least 10,000 entries for these oscillations to emerge from finite-sample noise. Anecdotal evidence from population data is provided.

Price management in nonprofit hospitals

2014 ◽  
Vol 26 (1) ◽  
pp. 50-80
Author(s):  
Rabih Zeidan ◽  
Saleha Khumawala
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Evidence ◽  
Anecdotal Evidence ◽  
Charity Care ◽  
Uninsured Patients ◽  
Nonprofit Hospitals ◽  
Price Increases ◽  
Price Management ◽  
Care Requirements

This study examines whether nonprofit hospitals (NPHs) use price increases to overstate reported charity care spending. Anecdotal evidence points to hospitals raising prices to maximize Medicare's supplemental reimbursement and to maximize collection from self-pay and uninsured patients. This study provides empirical evidence that NPHs raise prices in part to satisfy the state's charity care requirements and to substitute real care with price-valued charity care. The ratio of charges to costs (RCC), price standardized by cost - a measure for comparing revenues generated to estimate costs allocations, is used to test the association between price increases and charity care reporting by NPHs. We hypothesize and find evidence that NPHs facing financial and political pressures in addition to charity care regulations are more likely to report a higher value of charity care.

Religious congregations in disaster response

2016 ◽  
Vol 13 (6) ◽  
pp. 532
Author(s):  
Sarah J. Bundy, PhD
Keyword(s):  
Emergency Management ◽  
Empirical Evidence ◽  
Disaster Response ◽  
Research Literature ◽  
Anecdotal Evidence ◽  
Response Functions ◽  
Religious Congregations ◽  
Academic Literature ◽  
Precautionary Action ◽  
Distinct Role

Knowledge of whether or not religious congregations are indeed involved in disaster response and—if involved—in what tasks and activities they are engaged is important for the planning and management of disaster response. Although limited in generalizability of findings based on methodologies used, a review of the academic literature demonstrates a fairly clear role for religious congregations in disaster recovery activities but does not delineate a distinct role for congregations in response functions. However, anecdotal evidence and limited empirical evidence exists that suggests that religious congregations might and could play a role in preimpact response activities, including warning, precautionary action, and evacuation, as well as in postimpact response activities associated with providing for the welfare of survivors. The research literature also provides predictors of congregational involvement, as well as a number of barriers and limitations to involvement. This involvement—or lack thereof—has implications for both the discipline and practice of emergency management.

scholarly journals The glories of immigration: How soccer wins shape opinion on immigration

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ignacio Lago ◽  
Carlos Lago-Peñas
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Evidence ◽  
European Social Survey ◽  
Anecdotal Evidence ◽  
Social Survey ◽  
Attitudes Toward Immigrants ◽  
Individual Level ◽  
Professional Soccer ◽  
Positive Attitudes ◽  
Level Data ◽  
The Impact

Abstract While there is a great deal of anecdotal evidence on the impact of soccer wins on attitudes toward immigrants and immigration, there is relatively little hard empirical evidence. It is expected that soccer stimulates more positive attitudes towards immigrants when it highlights immigration benefits rather than costs and increases exposure to famous members of an out-group. Individual-level data from the eight rounds of the European Social Survey (2002–16) in Spain and aggregate data from the Spanish professional soccer league, La Liga, were used to test the hypothesis that the more foreign players in the team of the club winning the corresponding season of Spain’s La Liga, the more favourable the views of immigrants in the club’s region in that year. The empirical evidence from linear and ordinal regression using different measures of opinions on immigration shows that soccer can affect attitudes toward immigrants and immigration.

ISSUES OF FACTOR INVESTMENT IN THE CORPORATE BOND MARKET

2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (4) ◽  
pp. 81-89
Author(s):  
A. A. MISHIN ◽  
◽  
V. D. IGONIN ◽  
K. E. KUCHINSKY ◽  
◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Evidence ◽  
Bond Market ◽  
Corporate Bond ◽  
Added Value ◽  
Corporate Bond Market ◽  
Low Level ◽  
Multiple Assets ◽  
Risk Cost ◽  
Risk Free Rate ◽  
Free Rate

The article examines the effectiveness of portfolios with a low level of risk, cost, and factor momentum in the corporate bond market. This paper provides empirical evidence that portfolios of size, risk-free rate, cost, and momentum factors create economically significant and statistically significant Alphas in the corporate bond market. In addition, distribution by corporate bond factors provides added value, in addition to distribution by shares in the context of multiple assets.

scholarly journals Effect of number of open charts on intercepted wrong-patient medication orders in an emergency department

2017 ◽  
Vol 25 (6) ◽  
pp. 739-743 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas G Kannampallil ◽  
John D Manning ◽  
David W Chestek ◽  
Jason Adelman ◽  
Hojjat Salmasian ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Emergency Department ◽  
Time Series ◽  
Time Series Analysis ◽  
Empirical Evidence ◽  
Interrupted Time Series ◽  
Anecdotal Evidence ◽  
Interrupted Time Series Analysis ◽  
Patient Chart ◽  
Patient Medication ◽  
The Impact

Abstract To reduce the risk of wrong-patient errors, safety experts recommend allowing only one patient chart to be open at a time. Due to the lack of empirical evidence, the number of allowable open charts is often based on anecdotal evidence or institutional preference, and hence varies across institutions. Using an interrupted time series analysis of intercepted wrong-patient medication orders in an emergency department during 2010–2016 (83.6 intercepted wrong-patient events per 100 000 orders), we found no significant decrease in the number of intercepted wrong-patient medication orders during the transition from a maximum of 4 open charts to a maximum of 2 (b = −0.19, P = .33) and no significant increase during the transition from a maximum of 2 open charts to a maximum of 4 (b = 0.08, P = .67). These results have implications regarding decisions about allowable open charts in the emergency department in relation to the impact on workflow and efficiency.

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