Road authorities have confronted problems to maintaining the serviceability of road infrastructure systems by using various traditional methods of contracting. As a solution to these problems, many road authorities have started contracting out road maintenance works to the private sector based on performance measures. This contracting method is named Performance-Based Maintenance Contracting (P...

STAINSBY, WENDELL N., AND ARTHUR B. OTIS. BZoodLfTow, blood oxygen tension, oxygen uptake, and oxygen transport in skeletal muscle. Am. J. Physiol. 206(4) : 858-866. rg64.-The effect of changes in blood flow and of blood oxygen tension on oxygen uptake of the in situ gastrocnemius-plantaris muscle group of the dog was examined. Oxygen uptake by resting muscle was not altered by changes in blood...

We write down the chain complex C∗ of the universal cover of the torus, and indicate how to do likewise for any 2-dimensional CW complex arising as the 2-skeleton of a K(G, 1). We exhibit a contracting chain homotopy for this chain complex, and again explain how to do so for the chain complex of the universal cover of our more general CW complex. This yields a contracting homotopy for the tenso...

This paper examines the impact of contracting complementarity across product development systems in the automobile industry. While most empirical research on contracting assumes that each governance choice is independent of each other, cross-system integration and incentive problems within product development suggest the potential for complementarities across contracting choices within the firm...

Multi-contracting practices prevail in many organizations be they public (governments) or private (markets). This article surveys the literature on common agency, a major example of such multi-contracting settings. I first highlight some specific features of common agency games that distinguish them from centralized contracting. Then, I review the tools needed to describe allocations which are ...

Despite the increased popularity of contracting-out of health services in developing countries, its effectiveness on overall health system performance is not yet conclusive. Except for substantial evidence of contracting-out's positive effect on access to health services and some evidence on improved equity in access, there is little evidence of contracting-out's impact on quality and efficienc...