This article identifies factors that influence health maintenance organizations' (HMOs) decisions about offering a Medicare risk product in rural areas; describes HMOs' recent experiences serving rural Medicare risk enrollees; and assesses the potential impact of Medicare program changes on the future willingness of HMOs to offer a Medicare risk product in rural areas. Data for the analysis wer...

e can manage risks only when we can identify them and ponder their possible outcomes. We can manage market risk because we know security prices are uncertain; credit risk because we know companies can default; operational risk because we know missteps are possible in settlement and clearing. But despite all the risks we can control, the greatest risks remain beyond our control. These are the ri...

Management education in India has great popularity and demand. Every second Indian is between the age bracket of 18 45. Thus management a necessity as large pool youth to be groomed lead this nation new millennium. But yet infancy. It grow reach women smaller towns rural India. Business schools have develop innovative models address segment youth. This paper captures attempts certain business s...

Understanding the methodology of grounded theory can assist researchers in expanding the knowledge and application of the human resource management practices of recruitment and retention beyond the bounds of traditional theories and methodologies. This paper encompasses research in which grounded theory, when applied to workforce management, provides insight into the challenges of recruiting an...

paying attention to customers is necessary for continuing operation in competitive markets today. through customers’ satisfaction, organizations can reduce production costs and increase their revenues. customer relationship management can help the managers and organizations with establishing a constructive relationship with customers and maintaining them. therefore, developing and deploying an ...

Effective talent management, quantitative and qualitative need for the organization to talents will be determined based on strategy and business goals. As organizations face increasing competitive challenges of the future and capable to manage these challenges, managers need to be effective. Thus, talent management and management every day is very important in organizations and prospective. Eac...

introduction sustainability assessment has become an important tool to aid in the shift towards sustainability. however, this is a new and evolving concept and there are very few examples of effective sustainability assessment processes implemented throughout in the world. the concept of sustainable development can be a state of balance between different aspects of development that aims to disp...

within the broader category of rural tourism, agrotourism is a type of tourism carried out in avery specific environment, mixed livestock and tillage farms. its importance resides in the fact that it offers the possibility of complementing the income generated by the farm with income generated from tourism while at the same time carrying out an activity that promotes the conservation of nature....