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Examines the principles which underlie the costing of policeservices when these services do not fit the rubric of being purely“public” goods. In such instances, it is necessary…
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Examines the principles which underlie the costing of police services when these services do not fit the rubric of being purely “public” goods. In such instances, it is necessary to determine a unit cost for charging a user fee. As the unit price (marginal cost) of the goods is charged, either across the agency or to outsiders who purchase the service, efficiency in terms of appropriate allocation of resources is enhanced. Also, the police board is then in a better position to argue for funding for those services which contain a greater degree of “publicness”, since the benefits of these remaining police services clearly have some element of indivisibility, and thus benefit society rather than individuals.
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Mayang Kusumawardhani, Ståle Gundersen and Markeset Tore
The purpose of this paper is to study the current research approaches in asset management (AM), to evaluate some of the prevalent research methods in AM studies and to summarize…
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Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to study the current research approaches in asset management (AM), to evaluate some of the prevalent research methods in AM studies and to summarize the result into a building-block research that may provide design guidelines in AM studies.
Design/methodology/approach
AM publications were selected for this study using by online search engines and the publications were classified based on the appropriate research approaches. The results will be discussed and a suitable building-block research for AM studies will be constructed based on the identified research approaches.
Findings
The paper identifies, analyses and validates the research approaches found in a sample of online AM publications. The research-approaches and their associated methods will be discussed to develop understanding of the context of these approaches in AM research.
Research limitations/implications
The paper limits the study in publications within the AM field in the petroleum industry. However, the research methods that are presented covers the most common research methods found in publications. Thus, although the sample of publications may not represent the entire population, the same approach and result can be used in similar topics and conditions.
Originality/value
Researchers or practitioners can benefit from the building blocks of research to develop a research design for AM studies. Moreover, the paper also provides information on common research methods and data gathering techniques that can be used for similar studies.
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Communications regarding this column should be addressed to Mrs. Cheney, Peabody Library School, Nashville, Tenn. 37203. Mrs. Cheney does not sell the books listed here. They are…
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Communications regarding this column should be addressed to Mrs. Cheney, Peabody Library School, Nashville, Tenn. 37203. Mrs. Cheney does not sell the books listed here. They are available through normal trade sources. Mrs. Cheney, being a member of the editorial board of Pierian Press, will not review Pierian Press reference books in this column. Descriptions of Pierian Press reference books will be included elsewhere in this publication.
This paper aims to summarize the major theoretical elements in the definition of a global ruling class. It then examines how neoconservatives in the USA took power and used regime…
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Purpose
This paper aims to summarize the major theoretical elements in the definition of a global ruling class. It then examines how neoconservatives in the USA took power and used regime change to install US-friendly governments in other regions. A strategy of tension is used to press the American population into conformity. But the real revolution is to what extent factual politics escape any attempt to democratic control.
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The research relies on case studies of material already published and provides a synthesis.
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Three case studies show how far the Deep State already goes. Democracy is on the brink of survival.
Originality/value
This paper is an original hypothesis of the potential end of democracy as we know it, supported by empirical data.
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