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Additional Demands (additional + demand)

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Business, Economics, Finance and Accounting	50%

Selected Abstracts

Market Size, Service Quality, and Competition in Banking

JOURNAL OF MONEY, CREDIT AND BANKING, Issue 1 2007
ASTRID A. DICK
banks; market size; quality; sunk costs Local banking markets depict enormous variation in population size. Yet this paper finds that the nature of bank competition across markets is strikingly similar. First, markets remain similarly concentrated regardless of size. Second, the number of dominant banks is roughly constant across markets of different size; it is the number of fringe banks that increases with market size. Third, service quality increases in larger markets and is higher for dominant banks. The findings suggest that banks use fixed-cost quality investments to capture the additional demand when market size grows, thereby raising barriers to entry. [source]

Negotiating and managing partnership in primary care

HEALTH & SOCIAL CARE IN THE COMMUNITY, Issue 5 2001
Julie Charlesworth
Abstract In the UK public service organisations are increasingly working together in new partnerships, networks and alliances, largely stimulated by government legislation, which aims to encourage ,joined-up' policy-making. This is particularly prevalent in health-care where local government, health authorities and trusts, voluntary and community groups are extending existing, and developing new, forms of partnership, particularly around Health Improvement Programmes and new primary care organisations. This paper explores two main aspects of how these new interorganisational relationships are being developed and managed and is based on research conducted in one case study locality. First, the new structures of partnership in primary care are mapped out, together with discussion on why these particular patterns of relationship between statutory and voluntary sector organisations have emerged, exploring both centrally and locally determined influences. Secondly, the paper explores the tensions associated with working within new policy-making and management structures, and how the additional demands of audit, performance measurement and the sheer pace of change, pose a potential threat to the partnership process. [source]

Conditional phase-type distributions for modelling patient length of stay in hospital

INTERNATIONAL TRANSACTIONS IN OPERATIONAL RESEARCH, Issue 6 2003
A. H. Marshall
Abstract The proportion of elderly in the population is continuing to increase, placing additional demands on highly competitive medical budgets. The management of the care of the elderly within hospitals can be assisted by the accurate modelling of the length of stay of patients in hospital. This paper uses conditional phase-type distributions for modelling the length of stay of a group of elderly patients in hospital. The model incorporates the use of Bayesian belief networks with Coxian phase-type distributions, a special type of Markov model that describes the duration of stay in hospital as a process consisting of a sequence of latent phases. The incorporation of the Bayesian belief network in the model permits the inclusion of additional patient information which may provide a better understanding of the system, in particular the incorporation of any potential causal information that may exist in the data. [source]

Herausforderungen für die Lehre am Beispiel der mechanischen Verfahrenstechnik

CHEMIE-INGENIEUR-TECHNIK (CIT), Issue 3 2003
W. Peukert Prof. Dr.-Ing.
Abstract Rasche technologische Entwicklungen haben für Chemieingenieure bzw. Verfahrenstechniker neue Beschäftigungsmöglichkeiten eröffnet, wodurch sich zusätzliche Anforderungen an die Ausbildung ergeben. Der vorliegende Beitrag beschreibt die Lösungsansätze im Fachgebiet der Partikeltechnik: Es findet eine noch stärkere Betonung der Grundlagen statt, wobei Beispiele aus klassischen und neuen Anwendungen exemplarisch vertieft werden. Kernpunkt des Curriculums sind die Produkteigenschaften. Besonderes Gewicht wird außerdem auf die Betrachtung ganzer Prozesse gelegt. Die Vorlesungen sind in drei Ebenen strukturiert: Grundlagen, Grundoperationen und Prozesse/Anwendungen. Methodisch wird ein zweifacher Ansatz verfolgt: Die Lehre der grundlegenden Fakten wird ergänzt durch eine aktive Teilnahme der Studenten, insbesondere bei der Erarbeitung von Beispielen und in Labor- bzw. Rechnerpraktika. Durch eine ganzheitliche Sicht der Universitätsausbildung sollen auch ,soft skills" gefördert werden. Mechanical Process Engineering as an Example for Educational Challenges Due to rapid technological developments new opportunities for chemical engineers evolved leading to additional demands in education. The present article describes how this challenge is faced in the subject particle technology: Fundamentals are emphasised even more, with exemplary treatment of classical as well as new applications. Key item of the curriculum is the product property approach. Furthermore, the view of complete processes is emphasised. The courses are structured in three levels: Fundamentals, Unit Operations and Processes/Applications. From the methodological point of view a twofold approach is used: Teaching the fundamentals is complemented by an active participation of the students in working on examples and application problems as well as lab and virtual experiments. By following an integrated view of university education also soft skills of students are promoted. [source]