The Economics of M‐PESA1 WILLIAM JACK 2 GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY AND TAVNEET SURI 3 MIT SLOAN First version: October‚ 2009 This version: August‚ 2010 We gratefully acknowledge the support and collaboration of Pauline Vaughan and Susie Lonie‚ and other staff of Safaricom and Vodafone. The survey whose results are reported here was commissioned by the Central Bank of Kenya‚ managed by Financial Sector Deepening
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The Case of the Unhealthy Hospital Anthony R. Kovner Harvard Business Review No. 91506 SEPTEMBER–OCTOBER 1991 HBR Anthony R. Kovner The Case of the Unhealthy Hospital Bruce Reid‚ Blake Memorial Hospital’s new CEO‚ rubbed his eyes and looked again at the 1992 budget worksheet. The more he played with the figures‚ the more pessimistic he became. Blake Memorial’s financial health was not good; it suffered from rising costs‚ static revenue‚ and declining quality of care. When the
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The visual being analyzed is a M&M print advertisement created in 1985 by the Mars Inc. candy company. The advertisement is a cartoon including characterized M&M candies along with the two flavors of M&Ms and a slogan of “Packs of Fun for Everyone”. The advertisement can be labeled as pop art with many bright colors with cartoonish fonts. The M&M advertisement’s audience is aimed towards children to help persuade them to purchase the candy. Each of the individual M&M candies has a prop or personality
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M & M Project Masterfoods USA put together a team to review the color a proportion of the M&M’s being placed in each 1.69 bag. To ensure that a random sample was obtained‚ each of the 20 members on the team acquired a bag of M&M’s from three different store locations. Each part of the project utilized the M&M’s obtained to determine if the color proportions are what the company expected to be in the bags. Additionally‚ the team identified a couple of process that could assist the company in
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References: Boman‚ John (2001). Lavinia Lloyd Dock. Cambridge Dictionary of American Biography‚ Retrieved October 1‚ 2008‚ from http://wf2la7.webfeat.org/p39mk169 Dock‚ Lavinia L. (1920). A Short History of Nursing. New York‚ NY: G.P. Putnam ’s Sons. James‚ Janet Wilson (1985). A Lavinia Dock Reader (The History of American Nursing). New York: Garland Publishing‚ Inc.. (1980). Biography Resource Center. Retrieved September
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unbiased attitude and show professional objectivity at the highest level based on Code of Ethics and the Standards. Conversely‚ Jack had confrontations with the controller because of clashing personalities one year ago. Before his visit to Mercy Hospital‚ Jack already believed that there is the adversarial relationship between them‚ which indicated that he already had biased attitude. Secondly‚ Jack thought the procedures would be simple and routine at first‚ which is another violation. Engagement
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Specialty Hospitals: A Problem or a Symptom? Specialty hospitals are not a new thing. However‚ as the number of specialty hospitals increases there is a question about their financial influence on the community hospitals. This paper discusses the results of two congressionally mandated reports on specialty hospitals. Main Concerns about Specialty Hospitals: 1. Clinical decisions made by physician-owners might be distorted by financial incentives 2. Specialty hospitals treat less
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Hospital Ergonomics in Kuwait Shahad Al Ameer Ritaj Jaragh Fatimah Khaja Rawan Qambar 2013 Abstract The aim of this project is to seek opportunities where we can implement ergonomics in a medical facility in order to reduce musculoskeletal disorders. The hospital visited was Al Ameeri hospital. Two departments were visited; radiology and pharmacy. In these departments‚ we focused on two ergonomic concepts which include workstation design and manual handling. Safety was also taken into consideration
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The Packaging Process of the M&M Candy Elementary Statistics December 15‚ 2011 [pic] Abstract This experimental study will help explain some of the statistical concepts being taught in the classroom as well as show different examples of how these methods can be used. We will be using the 1.69 oz size bag of plain M&M candies which are for the purpose of convenience and affordability. From a larger perspective‚ we will be exploring the reason why M&M candies are processed and packaged
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6/21/12 IBS Case Studies IBS Hyderabad Date: 21/06/2012 Time: 23:52:14 ITSY/041 IBS Center for Management Research License to use IBS Hyderabad for Sem I‚ class of 2014 Bumrungrad’s Hospital 2000 Information System This case was written by K. Prashanth‚ under the direction of Vivek Gupta‚ IBS Center for Management Research. It was compiled from published sources‚ and is intended to be used as a basis for class discussion rather than to illustrate either effective or ineffective
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