We describe two theoretical explanations for the amount, pace, and costs of the prestige enhancement a firm engages in during the year before its initial public offering. The “snowball model” captures well-known processes whereby prestige-rich organizations accumulate even more prestige. The “dressing-up model” builds upon deadline-induced remediation, a phenomenon not previously studied in a m...

The purpose of the article is to theorize features communicative process in accordance with social status individual and identify its specifics context cross-cultural communication. Research methodology. A typological method was used characteristic status; system analysis synthesis, as well culturological analysis, which contributed consideration an important factor culture communication genera...

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ABOUT THIS POLICY: Prestige Health Choice has developed clinical policies to assist with making coverage determinations. Prestige Health Choice’s clinical policies are based on guidelines from established industry sources, such as the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), state regulatory agencies, the American Medical Association (AMA), medical specialty professional societies, and p...

ABOUT THIS POLICY: Prestige Health Choice has developed clinical policies to assist with making coverage determinations. Prestige Health Choice’s clinical policies are based on guidelines from established industry sources, such as the Centers for Medicare &Medicaid Services (CMS), state regulatory agencies, the American Medical Association (AMA), medical specialty professional societies, and pe...

Leaders and historians see prestige as important, but international relations theorists have neglected the concept, in part for lack of a clear definition. It is proposed that a party “holds prestige” when group members generally believe that they generally believe that the party has a certain desirable quality, and this situation gives the party perceived power in the group. The definition gai...

ABOUT THIS POLICY: Prestige Health Choice has developed clinical policies to assist with making coverage determinations. Prestige Health Choice’s clinical policies are based on guidelines from established industry sources, such as the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), state regulatory agencies, the American Medical Association (AMA), medical specialty professional societies, and p...