Training and Product Quality in Unionized Oligopolies

patterns and variations in native and non-native interlanguage pragmatic rating: effects of rater training, intercultural proficiency, and self-assessment

although there are studies on pragmatic assessment, to date, literature has been almost silent about native and non-native english raters’ criteria for the assessment of efl learners’ pragmatic performance. focusing on this topic, this study pursued four purposes. the first one was to find criteria for rating the speech acts of apology and refusal in l2 by native and non-native english teachers...

Dynamical Control in Oligopolies

This paper examines the controllability of dynamic oligopoly models. Both discrete and continuous time scales are considered, and sufficient and necessary conditions are derived for the complete controllability of the outputs of the fims. Copyright © 2005 IFAC

Quality mark e-learning: developing process- and product-oriented quality for learning, education and training

Quality marks intend to improve the quality of organisations and/or products and services by certification. Their scope, objectives and outcomes, however, vary. Therefore, it is necessary to match the objectives of a quality mark with the requirements of an educational organisation. Sometimes, the only outcome of a quality mark is the marketing effect. Quality marks, however, can start and main...

WTO, Free Trade, and Oligopolies

Product quality improvement model considering quality investment in rework policies and supply chain profit sharing

The aim of this paper is to develop an optimization model for quality improvement by considering quality investment in rework policies and supply chain profit sharing. To improve product’s quality, the decision of process target and its tolerance is important since it directly affects the defective rate, manufacturing cost, and loss to customer due to the deviation of product from its specifica...