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Transatlantic Interdependence in US Climate Change Policy: Cross-Border State-Business Relations Challenging State Autonomy: While the US federal government rejects to participate in the Kyoto Protocol, business in the US is increasingly adapting to Kyoto-style policies. This raises questions about the autonomy of the federal government and state-business relations in climate change policy. Realist, neo-Marxist and liberal scholars each provide different answers to the...; Tags: Autonomy Corp. Plc, Policy, Autonomy, Climate, Vrije Universiteit, Federal Government, Government; White papers 2005-05-01
Paid-Time-Off Policy - Sample: A paid-time-off policy like the one below rolls vacation and sick pay into a single benefit. This way when employees want to watch their kids' soccer games, take care of their parents, or take personal days off, they can do so without having to lie about it. You may want...; Tags: Policy, Mansueto Ventures, Games, Benefits, Personal Technology, Human Resources; Tools & templates 2000-12-12
Grievance Policy: There remains a great deal of argument over whether a company should have a grievance policy. On the pro side, it helps to defuse disagreements and unearth possible employment claims, thereby avoiding lawsuits. On the con side, employees will argue that the company is obligated to follow the letter of...; Tags: Policy, Mansueto Ventures; Tools & templates 2000-12-12
Evaluation Of Current Policy Towards Inbound FDI: The purpose of this paper is to assess the efficacy of current federal government policies toward inbound foreign direct investment. At first glance there would not appear to be much of an issue. While there are huge new investment opportunities in transition economies, Canada remains a relatively safe and attractive...; Tags: Policy, Foreign Direct Investment, Carleton University, Ownership Restriction, Foreign Direct Investment (FDI), Currency & Foreign Exchange, Investment, Finance; White papers 2005-05-19
The Great Inflation And Limited Asset Market Participation: Fed Policy Was Better Than We Think: This paper argues that limited asset market participation before 1980 in the US and the change thereof is crucial in explaining macroeconomic performance and monetary policy conduct. Our model predicts that when participation rates change from low to high the slope of the IS curve changes from positive ('non-Keynesian') to...; Tags: Asset, Federal Reserve Board, Policy, Participation, Inflation, Asset Management, Operational Planning, Business Operations; White papers 2005-02-28

Between-Firm Redistribution Of Profit In Competitive Industries: Why Labor Market Policies May Not Work: Empirical studies document differences in firms' response to the introduction of various labor market policies. In particular, large and mature firms tend to participate more actively in the targeted employment subsidy programs under which firms receive subsidies for hiring disadvantaged workers. This paper offers an explanation for this phenomenon and...; Tags: CERGE-EI, Human Resources, Policy, Recruitment & Selection, Workforce Management; White papers 2004-06-30
Endogenous Economic Policy And The Structure Of Production: Theory And Evidence: This paper develops and tests a model of electoral competition and campaign contributions. The standard model was extended to consider the implications for factor mobility and hence the structure of production. The model makes two main predictions. First, countries with more capital stock tend to implement more pro-capital policies. Second,...; Tags: Theory, Policy, Model, London School Of Economics, Investment, Finance; White papers 2003-09-23
Has Monetary Policy Become More Effective?: Research has provided the evidence of important changes in the U.S. economic environment over the last few years. This appears to be associated with an alteration of the monetary transmission mechanism. This paper investigates the implications for the evolution of monetary policy effectiveness. Using an identified VAR Vector AutoRegression over...; Tags: Policy, Columbia University, Period, Retail, Currency & Foreign Exchange, Channel Management, Finance, Marketing; White papers 2003-01-01
Foreign Inflows And Macroeconomic Policy In India: How should macroeconomic policy in India respond to the dramatic strengthening of the balance of payments in the current decade? This controversial subject of contemporary Indian debate is addressed below. The paper begins with an assessment of the external aspects of India's macroeconomic management in the 1990s. It proceeds to...; Tags: India, Policy, University Of Oxford, Operational Accounting, Free Trade, Finance; White papers 2006-08-11
Voice Mail/E-Mail/Internet Policy - Sample: In light of the legal and management issues created by new forms of electronic communications technology, this policy is a must. Beware of your exposure to breach of privacy and sexual harassment claims related to the use of electronic communications mediums. Use this sample template to clearly communicate to your...; Tags: Electronic Communication, Voice, Policy, Mansueto Ventures, Harassment, Online Communications, Human Resources, Gender And Diversity; Tools & templates 2000-12-12
Building The Evidence Base For Productivity Policy Using Business Data Linking: Much government policy is aimed at raising productivity. Much of the work that has guided this policy is based on macro data of, for example, industries or countries. This paper reports on work by the Centre for Research into Business Activity CeRiBA, using ONS data, to use micro data to...; Tags: Policy, University College London, Manufacturing; White papers 2003-11-01
Retirement Policy: The Retirement policy aids the employee who plans to retire. It states what actions formal or informal the company will take on the occasion of a retirement starting at age 62.; Tags: Policy, Business & Legal Reports; Tools & templates 2007-11-16
Short-Term Disability Policy: The purpose of the Short-Term Disability policy is to clearly define the eligibility requirements, benefits, administration of, case management of, disputes, reductions, confidentiality/privacy issues as they relate to the release of medical information, termination, as well as other important topics related to this disability benefit.; Tags: Policy, Business & Legal Reports, Workforce Management, Corporate Law, Benefits, Human Resources, Business Operations; Tools & templates 2007-11-16
Drugs And Alcohol Policy: The Drugs and Alcohol policy documents the company's intention to maintain its property and to provide a drug-free work environment that is both safe for its employees, including others having business with the Company or on Company property, and conducive to efficient and productive work standards. This policy restricts certain...; Tags: Policy, Property, Business & Legal Reports, Company, Quality, Business Operations; Tools & templates 2007-11-16
Smoking Policy: The purpose of the Smoking policy is to control smoking in enclosed public areas and workplaces under the control of the company and to protect the health and comfort of its employees and customers. It covers enforcement of the policy and alternative provisions. You must check state law and local...; Tags: Policy, Business & Legal Reports, Recruitment & Selection, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Healthcare, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Enterprise Software, Software; Tools & templates 2007-11-16
Telephone Monitoring Policy: The Telephone Monitoring policy states that all telephone communication systems and all communication and information transmitted by, received from, or stored in these systems, are company property, and as such, are to be used for job-related communications only. It warns of monitoring of calls and disciplinary action for violation of...; Tags: Phone, Policy, Business & Legal Reports, Telecom & Utilities; Tools & templates 2007-11-16
Firm Productivity Dispersion And The Matching Role Of UI Policy: This paper studies optimal UI policy from the perspective of worker assignment to heterogenous jobs in an environment of random matching. Workers react to UI policy through job acceptance decisions; firms react to UI policy through wage posting. There is endogenous assortative matching as a result of the fact that...; Tags: Policy, UI, Benefits, Payroll Solutions, Human Resources; White papers 2005-09-01
Organisational Change In Policy Programmes To Support Management Capabilities In Firms: This paper aims at understanding whether policy programme organisation is similar or different according to their objectives and the type of support provided. It addresses the characteristics of possible evolution over time of policy programme organisation. It also explores the effect of the experience of policy-makers and the expertise of...; Tags: Policy, Firm, University Of Sussex; White papers 2004-01-22
Monitoring And Updating Regulations And Policies For Government Services: One of the challenges citizens and businesses face in interacting with governments for entitled services or compliance services is to find the right set of regulations and rules that are applicable for them. Very often the regulations and policies that determine the applicability of specific services are implemented and provided...; Tags: Policy, Monitoring, Service, New Jersey Institute Of Technology, Regulations, Government; White papers 2005-10-08
The Global Ratchet For Intellectual Property Rights: Why IT Fails As Policy And What Should Be Done About IT: The author argued for three propositions, namely that the US should shed its subtle isolationism, work towards world goals that did not advantage it "At the expense of other nations and peoples" and choose goals that were positive rather than negative. Eleanor Roosevelt's propositions constitute an interesting test of US...; Tags: Information Technology, Policy, Intellectual Property Right, Eleanor Roosevelt, Intellectual Property, Research & Development, Business Operations; White papers 2005-03-29