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The liability of gender? Constraints and enablers of foreign market entry for female artists
Cultural industries help build creativity-based economies and stimulate worldwide cultural interchanges, but this process faces constraints. One such...
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A two-stage partial fixing approach for solving the residency block scheduling problem
We consider constructing feasible annual block schedules for residents in a medical training program. We must satisfy coverage requirements to...
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Solving the medical student scheduling problem using simulated annealing
We consider the medical student scheduling (MSS) problem, which consists of assigning medical students to internships of different disciplines in...
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Organising Integration: Some Conclusions and Directions for the Future
The concluding chapter highlights the importance of looking beyond formal organisations at everyday organising practices, to gain a better...
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Government Support of Foreign Entrepreneurs Entering Japan’s Startup Ecosystem
This chapter, part of the “Immigrant technology startups in Japan” project, explores government support for foreign entrepreneurs entering Japan’s...
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Influencing Factors of Sense of Gain
Evaluating the results of the deepening reform requires a clear identification and understanding of sense of gain in the contemporary and local...
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Inverse optimization on hierarchical networks: an application to breast cancer clinical pathways
Clinical pathways are standardized processes that outline the steps required for managing a specific disease. However, patient pathways often deviate...
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MIXING MEMORY AND DESIRE: WOMEN WRITERS’ EMIGRATION AND WANDERLUST
Do communities that have suffered traumatic experiences of massive emigration, because of calamitous economic or political conditions, have a...
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Businesses create more jobs in countries with higher share of immigrants because of skill complementarity
PurposePast and recent immigration flows have made societies increasingly more diverse, with important implications for the economy. This article...
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Mechanisms for Implementing Managerial Innovations at the University
The authors propose to classify managerial innovations according to the management cycle model, highlighting innovations related to goal setting,...
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Streaming Opera: Compromise Solution or Future-Oriented Reception Form?
For many years, opera as an art form has been in transition: audience figures are falling, while streaming offers, like the European opera streaming...
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Vulnerable Regions Distribution of Packed Fresh Food Using Mobile Markets
Disruptions in supply chains can lead to a market breakdown, and the products have different disruption sensitivities to processed food and fresh...
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Staffing and Scheduling Problems with Sliding Days Off: Solutions Using Integer Linear Optimization
Methodology for the optimal staffing and scheduling using integer linear optimization is presented. Integer linear optimization is a subset of...
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The Economy in Fragile States
State fragility causes severe development challenges due to weak institutional capacity, poor governance, conflict, and political...
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Digital Transformation in Finance and Banking Sectors
This chapter discussed the effect of digital transformation in the banking and financial sector. This chapter examined the overview of banks and the...
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Knowledge Exploration and Exploitation Within Multinational Corporations Through International Assignments: The Role of Expatriates and Repatriates
This chapter aims to consider the knowledge transfer/reverse transfer process of the expatriation/repatriation phase of international assignments in...
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Educational Opportunities
The economic reform and open-door policies since the late 1970s provided Chinese women with access to educational opportunities. Yet, Chinese women’s...
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Entrepreneurship in Uruguay
This chapter provides insight into the entrepreneurial ecosystem and the small and medium-size enterprises situation in Uruguay. The study begins...
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Training and Development
To enhance the quality of care, hospital administrators should invest more in their employees, especially nurses, as the frontline workers who...
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A Short Reflection on Multidisciplinary Approaches to Women’s Health After Radiotherapy
Rehabilitation care after pelvic radiotherapy toxicity is a turning point. Because of the difficulties in accessing rehabilitation, care services...