Lap lambert academic publishing mrz 2012 (Oltre 1200 risultati)

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -Tablets are solid unit dosage form of medicaments with or without suitable diluents and prepared either by molding or compression. They are solid, flat or biconvex disc in shape. They vary greatly in shape, size and weight which depend upon amount of medicament used and mode of administration. They also vary in hardness, thickness, disintegration and dissolution characteristics and in other aspects depending upon their intended use and method of manufacture. Tablets are the most widely used solid dosage form of medicament. Because of their advantages their popularity is continuously increasing day by day. Hypertension is a very common disorder, particularly past middle age. It is not a disease in itself, but it is an important risk factor for cardiovascular mortality and morbidity. The WHO-ISH guidelines defined it to 140 mm Hg systolic and 90 mm Hg diastolic, through risk appears to increase even above 120/90 mm Hg. 100 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Peter Delpeut, filmmaker and former deputy-director of the Nederlands Filmmuseum (now known as Eye Film Instituut Nederland) argues that in every profession there are topics that remain unspoken. They are not willingly kept secret: we are simply unable to speak about them. Within the domain of film preservation, the film fragment is one of these unspeakable matters. And yet film fragments, often unidentified or decaying, populate archives in great quantities. Since 1990, a unique case in the archival world, the Filmmuseum has been preserving and proudly presenting such fragments in compilations called 'Bits & Pieces'. The success of this initiative proves that film fragments captivate the beholder: they speak to the audience because of their very incompleteness. It also shows that fragments can be a valuable asset for a film archive and are therefore worthy of preservation. This essay argues that film fragments, like other forms of ruins, are invaluable sources of constructive philosophical reflection: beautiful and yet incomplete, hard to define, they invite archivists and audiences to reflect critically upon the history of cinema, its canons, its selections and exclusions. 60 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This book investigates the new construct of knowledge quality amongst SMEs. Initially by delineating the main dimensions of knowledge quality which are intrinsic knowledge quality, contextual knowledge quality, and actionable knowledge quality and also examining the essential antecedents of knowledge quality, including, functional diversity, absorptive capacity, and knowledge networks. Apart from examining the aforementioned concepts, the study examines the relation between knowledge quality and innovation. Data are reaped from questionnaire issued to SMEs inside industrial parks of Tehran city (capital of Iran) and descriptive statistics, frequency statistics as well as regression analysis are applied. 108 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Nordic Development Finance Institutions (DFIs) play an important role in providing sustainable development for Africa which accordance with their mandates. By investing in private equity Funds in Africa, investee companies have covered various sectors in Africa which may not only improve economic development but also increase employment. Additionally, investing in a Fund can spread risk through diversifications and help DFIs to share knowledge with Fund manager in local presence. This study analyzes the management control systems (MCS) of DFIs investing in private equity Funds, wherein the authors mainly focus on output control and behavior control which are two types of control widely discussed in previous research and literature. Hereby the authors set three hypotheses based on research and get findings to support the research questions. 64 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -The world is experiencing demographic transition from higher level of fertility to lower level of fertility. However in Africa the pace of declining fertility is very low. This book analyse the low pace of declining fertility as the result of existence of son preference in Africa and Tanzania in particular. Parental preferences toward sons influences the number of the children they could have, hence affecting the family size. This book use parity progression ratio to examine parents behavior of continuing child bearing to search for a male offspring. Also, sex ratio at last birth was used to examine parental intention to stop childbearing after having at least one surviving son. The findings in this book show that parents continue having children until they reached the desired number of sons. This book, therefore, provide an understanding of the relationship between son preference and family size. Furthermore, understanding of the relationship between son preference and family size are of great importance for the policy makers in order to deal adequately with the problems related to family size and population growth. 108 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -There is no official definition of recession, but there is general recognition that the term refers to a period of decline in economic activity. Very short periods of decline are not considered recessions. Most commentators and analysts use, as a practical definition of recession, two consecutive quarters of decline in a country s real (inflation adjusted) gross domestic product (GDP) the value of all goods and services a country produces. Although this definition is a useful rule of thumb, it has drawbacks. A focus on GDP alone is narrow, and it is often better to consider a wider set of measures of economic activity to determine whether a country is indeed suffering a recession. Using other indicators can also provide a timelier gauge of the state of the economy. 68 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -In the eyes of most modern legal systems today men and women are equal and are given equal rights. As a result, the contemporary woman has many rights that were denied her ancestors. Though the modern woman has more doors open to her - resulting in more freedom of choice - dilemmas still exist between her 'traditional' and 'modern' roles for which she has to make decisions on a day to day basis. This struggle between what is expected of her traditionally and what she has the possibility and legal rights to do, though present in the lives of all women in some degree or another, is more evident when the woman is put into a setting in which her culture and the law of the land are quite different from one another. Such is the case of women who have moved to Great Britain from Islamic countries, resulting in an encounter with a different culture and the gaining of a new legal status. Supposing new legal rights bring more freedom of choice, what could prevent a migrant woman from exercising a right that is hers The answer to this question lies in culture and cultural identity. 80 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Distance learning has become an acceptable mode of education and training but studying through distance learning has been eyed with suspicion over the years. The mode of learning of the distance learner has raised preconceived ideas from society in general that the distance learner is a non-performer in industry. There are more negative comments than positive ones as far as ODL is concerned. The university must take the responsibility of sensitising, educating and encouraging learners in developing a positive attitude towards distance education because the society has its own perceptions about distance learners. The distance learner has shown maturity and distance learning has afforded those who were not able to get university education when they were still young and were not lucky to have parent who could pay for them. Not everyone who completes secondary education is able to get a place at a conventional university some opt not by choice by circumstances. Most women will only first go into marriage before going to university and they will have to obtain degrees through distance learning. 64 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -With the recognition of a 200-nautical-mile jurisdictional zone, or EEZ, for coastal States in the UN Law of the Sea Convention, coastal States have gained the right to establish conservation and management measures regarding highly migratory fish species, such as the Atlantic bluefin tuna, for a far wider area than ever before. Since these highly migratory species, do not remain in one particular jurisdictional area, but exist between the jurisdictional areas of multiple coastal States and the high seas, the need for inter-state cooperation is evident. This cooperation with regard to this tuna species comes in the form of a RFMO, namely ICCAT. However international criticism has grown regarding the unsustainable approach to high seas fisheries management held by ICCAT up to recent years. The decreasing health of the endangered Atlantic bluefin tuna stock has led to a 2010 proposal to include this tuna on Appendix I of the CITES Convention. This thesis will further explore aforementioned conventions, as well as the UN Fish Stocks Agreement, as regulatory mechanisms that (could) provide legal tools to create a more sustainable conservation management for the Atlantic bluefin tuna. 84 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -During the last decade, the price of iron ore has risen from $13 per tonne in 2001 to approximately $140 per tonne in 2010. Using commodity data and theoretical argumentation, this thesis analyses how market power amongst actors in the iron ore market have influenced and been affected by different pricing systems, as well as how the price of iron ore has been affected by the shifts in market power and various pricing systems. We find that the price trend of iron ore relative demand is unique when compared to other metals. Evidence suggest that the greatest single factor behind the recent price development is that the pricing mechanism shifted from oligopoly pricing to a state converging perfect pricing in late 2008, causing oligopolistic forces to lose market power. Further, prices will most likely always be higher under the new pricing system than they would have been in any given theoretical situation under the old pricing system. 64 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This research set out to investigate Jordan's attempt to becoming a Knowledge Based Economy (KBE) through developing its Information Communication Technology (ICT) sector. Hence, the research undertaken in this dissertation focuses on telling the story of the ICT sector in or what is now referred to as a cluster in Jordan. To tell the story of the ICT cluster and the country's quest to achieving KBE, fieldwork was undertaken by the researcher to better understand the ICT cluster, analyse the ecosystem surrounding it, and devise strategies to further strengthen its position. The research also resulted in the identification of a National Innovation System (NIS) around the cluster which has not yet been fully activated; NIS strategies will be recommended to the ICT cluster growth in Jordan, and ultimately assist the country to achieve the state of KBE. 104 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Innovations are crucial for economic growth and therefore have to be stimulated. In today s modern societies patent systems are the most used policy to encourage innovations. A patent application is granted when invention satisfies three criteria: novelty, inventive step and industrial applicability. The probability to fulfil those criteria might depend on various factors. This master thesis uses a new approach and focuses on the ownership of public patent applications. The decision to investigate various ownership models was made in order to understand how to design incentives of public research. The findings give the insight that a substantial part of public patents are not granted due to the coordination failure between certain co-applicants. This could be overcome by introducing a policy which encourages public organisations collaboration with companies. This collaboration is beneficial because, according to the findings, it gives more valuable patents and higher grant rates. 60 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Environment and women are linked like a chain to each other. Development of one can certainly be the reason of upholding the situation of the other and vis-à-vis. In the arena of water women play a key role of associating the water with the human world. Hence, we need to understand the dynamics of the inner affiliation between women and water. Accordingly, this research examined the gender sensitivity of the National Water Policy Bangladesh, 1998. The underlined causation of the research was to figure out whether the National Water Policy is gender sensitive or not so that, a more gender sensitive Water Policy framework for formulation and implementation could be recommended for future reference which can foster women empowerment in the long run. The research has been done upon the theoretical foundation of liberal feminism using the theories of Strategic Gender Interests by Molyneux and Feminist Environmentalism by Bina Agarwal and the theory of Redistribution and Recognition by Nancy Fraser. The outcome has shown that, in Bangladesh, the framed Water Policy was not generated in gender sensitive manner and there are evident flaws in implementation of the policy. 108 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Women are the dependable bread winners in the developing world.Their work is not only limited to taking care of children,but also to support the entire family. Whenever there is a strong woman,there is a likelihood of family, especially father and children to experience peace and prosperity in the household. Women entrepreneurial activities include food vending, farmer/crop husbandry, kiosks, and shops, stationary and tailoring. These activities have helped these women to reduce poverty at family level as they are able to pay for food, house rent, school and medical bills. Factors which support the women entrepreneurs include institutions that support them financially by providing loans and training. Such trainings are like identifying business opportunities , keeping business records, developing skills in planning and marketing and loan or credit management. This book has come as a wake up call to the stakeholders dealing with women issues that one cannot talk of poverty reduction while ignoring the enhancement of women entrepreneurs especially those who live in the remote areas in the villages because many women live in the villages in the developing countries. 88 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -African universities have much to learn from world class universities. According to Judge Albie Sachs (Pistorius, 2004), a true Afro-centered universe is not one cut off from Europe or the rest of the world, but one that enriches its own civilization with the best that the rest of the world has to offer . Hyperlinks have facilitated such relationships between universities. Hence, African universities must create links with world class universities. But to what extent are these links created between African and world universities What is the motivation for creating these links and the disciplinary distribution pattern The monograph, 'Webometric Analysis of Links between African and World Universities' examines these. 116 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Manufacturing sector plays a significant role in the growth of economy. Cost efficiency and effectiveness have always been the critical factors to achieve cost competitiveness in manufacturing organizations. Various CMS are adopted for value creation through cost management and control. These CMS need to be carefully selected, implemented and managed to get the desired outcomes. Organizational culture dimensions affect the selection and implementation of these strategies. The organizations promoting innovation as a culture are more likely to achieve cost competitiveness through CMS. This text contributes to and extends existing studies by providing insights into the effects of organizational culture on CMS by empirically testing the linkages. It provides a theoretical background for further future researches in the area, and provides with information that could be used by the manufacturing sector organizations to achieve and enhance value creation through CMS. 76 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Under-five mortality in Uganda; Determinants, Trends and Millennium Development Goal four is an essential book for development practitioners in professional and academic circles as well as for students. It provides a perspective on child health programming for policy makers, programme managers, field officers and policy analyst. The most remarkable feature is the insight it gives on the programmatic approaches in dealing a final blow to child mortality in developing countries. The book also provides an essential guide to a modern research approach in mortality studies with more focus to developing countries. It covers one of the comprehensive child survival theories commonly adapted in mortality studies. Many professional researchers and research students find it difficult to study child survival in development countries due to complex mortality theories, insufficient data and limited methodologies. Under-five mortality in Uganda; Determinants, Trends and Millennium Development Goal four demystifies that fact and it is a must read for researchers with a profound interest in mortality studies. 64 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This dissertation compares the media representations of the European Union (EU) in two of the small member states Ireland and Bulgaria. Ireland is part of the old member states, which joined the EU with the first wave of enlargement in 1973. Bulgaria is among the newest entrants who became part of the EU in 2007, thus completing the last and biggest so far Eastern enlargement of the Union. Given the recent financial, political and democratic deficit crises in the EU, this manuscript provides a valuable insight into the media portrayals of the EU in two very different member states, thus giving an indication about some of the challenges policy makers might experience when attempting to address diverse media markets, editions and audiences. The study is based on a content analysis of newspaper publications shortly after Bulgaria entered the European Union and before the major economic crisis in Europe took place, thus providing a glimpse of routine coverage of the EU. 80 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -What implications does a strong language law have for international organizations operating within its domain This question has remained rather untouched in the academic sphere, even though language and its strategic role have widely been accepted as key elements in international operations. This study sets out to investigate the linguistic context of the province of Quebec (Canada), aiming to determine the effects of balancing between the need for a corporate language and the demands of the regulatory context. An existing framework on context is applied to the identified key elements present in Quebec to break down their nature and effects on organizations. The linguistic duality that organizations face becomes apparent: regardless of the increasing need for English as a corporate language, the law, created to protect the French language, has not been adapted to the changing global environment. Consequently, it becomes difficult for international organizations to apply a global language strategy in Quebec. The balancing act can become resource-consuming even to the extent of acting as an entry barrier or driving business elsewhere. 120 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This paper investigates a simultaneous impact of monetary and fiscal policies on economic growth in a single model. The data for 21 OECD countries covering the period 1970-2009 is gathered for our study of policy effect on economic growth. A quadratic specification method is employed by constructing a relationship between economic growth and several policy variables in order to find optimal values for government debt level, tax revenues and interest rate that lead to the highest economic growth, which is a contribution of this paper. Furthermore, a threshold method is exploited to determine the highest growth rate at different tax and interest rates given a particular debt level. Another distinctive feature of this research is uttered in simultaneous application of both a quadratic specification method and a threshold method in the same paper which has never been done before. We employ a state-of-art advanced estimation technique which ensures a robustness of stated conclusions. According to the results, the highest economic growth performance is achieved when total tax revenue reach 23.75% of GDP and when a government debt level does not exceed 41% of GDP. 68 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This study discusses central government grants; showing their effects on local government operational efficiency and effectiveness in Zambia. The Movement for Multiparty Democracy (MMD) government, with a view to improving local government operational efficiency and effectiveness, enacted a new local government Act in December1991, replacing the local administration act of 1980. The study reveals that whilst the 1991 local government Act provides for all local authorities to receive grants from central government, the situation obtaining in Zambia s Third Republic is that the government decided to ignore its statutory obligation to provide funding to councils. Therefore, local councils in Zambia have remained chronically short of money to the extent that they are unable to buy and maintain vital equipment; many of them have been unable to pay salaries and wages on time; and services to the local communities have not been adequately delivered or even not delivered at all. The study has shown that even though stringent measures and various local initiatives have been taken the gap left by non-provision of grants is difficult to be filled by the local authorities own revenue. 76 pp. Englisch. …

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Joint exhibition stands, shared between several companies, have become more popular at international trade fairs. Participating in a fair together brings many benefits to the co-exhibitors, such as reduced costs and shared responsibility. However, there are also challenges, for example, with the communication processes between the co-exhibitors. The more parties involved, the more careful coordination the whole process requires. This guide is compiled in order to help any party involved in a joint fair participation process. The guide covers the whole process from the planning phase all the way through to the final evaluation of the event providing hints and concrete examples along the way. The guide is based on a research, where the methodology consisted of a case study, observation and interviews. 120 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -The study comparatively examines the student protests that took place in Macedonia, Serbia, and Bulgaria in the winter of 1996/1997, with regards to the interplay between liberalism and nationalism. It compares the three similar post-communist countries with non-consolidated democracy through the instances of liberalism and nationalism that could be found in the student protests that happened in a parallel time-period. Specifically, the study tries to find out how liberalism and nationalism coexist in a protest movement, on one side, and in which instances nationalism is present in pro-democratic movements, on the other side. The study shows that in the cases of Macedonia and Serbia the lining of liberalism and nationalism is inverted while liberalism is in the front side in Serbia, nationalism is dominant in Macedonia. Furthermore, it shows that nationalism is present in Macedonia and Serbia, but not in Bulgaria, because Macedonia and Serbia have issues of contested statehood and unresolved inter-ethnic problems, which are absent in Bulgaria. 76 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -In my research on the EU policy in the field of road transport of goods I analysed the existing EU legal framework in regard to the rules governing the access to the market and occupation, as well as the social conditions of road transport workers. In doing so, I attempted to answer the question whether the existing degree of harmonisation of this legislation guarantees fair competition between EU road transport undertakings. The EU regulatory framework formally provides the necessary legal arrangements for the creation of a common internal market of road haulage services. Nevertheless, the practical implementation of the road transport acquis communautaire revealed some problems. Although the EU legislation provides the main conditions for operation and competition in the road transport sector, with time it became clear there were certain issues which need to be addressed in order to prevent distortions of competition on the internal market. Furthermore, the lack of uniformity in the enforcement of existing legislation remains an unresolved problem which hinders the creation of a real level-playing field on the EU road haulage market. 72 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Bangladesh is a developing country. Women possess a considerable portion of our total population. So development of our country largely depends upon women. If they lag behind, our country will obviously stumbles in becoming a developed one. But it is evident that women are in most vulnerable situation because of many problems of which sexual harassment is mentionable most. The impact of sexual harassment is huge in both individual and national life. Victimized students do not only get psychologically troubled, but also feel continuously insecure. They develop a sense of distrust and hatred towards men. In fact, within the patriarchal social fabric, sexual harassment is a weapon to weaken, hurt or force women to consign to domestic affairs. It restricts women's mobility in the public sphere, which contributes to their diminishing participation in outdoor activities. There is increasing realization that sexual harassment is a huge threat to women's empowerment. Altogether, though apparently invisible, the cost of sexual harassment in our national and individual life is huge. However, in Bangladesh, there is no strong law to prevent sexual harassment. 104 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Globalized world business development without proper eye on the training of the employees is impractical. Due to the economic slowdowns, training has become more important, as training is going to facilitate the existence of any business sector or group. Appropriate training programmes assist employee feat through comprehensive acquisition of skills and knowledge and implementing them to the work environment to have maximum output. For the maximum output in the banking sector to achieve competitive advantage, organisations need to focus on the improvement areas related to the development of banking sector. This research aims to examine and analyze different training methods for different levels of an organisation and identify the problems that management countenance in an economic recession, and to examine problems solving steps to develop effective training programmes. This study will assist in the future development of the training method models for organisation, administrators as well as provide an essential framework for the future study on training, planning, and implementation effectiveness even in a critical juncture of a financial recession around the world. 80 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Menopause is a normal part of a woman s life cycle. When a woman passes through menopause, her monthly period ends and she no longer can get pregnant naturally. During the menopause, many changes take place, both physical and emotional. Women may suffer from loss of libido and vaginal tissues can become dry and cause pain during intercourse. A woman who suffers from faecal and urinary incontinence is embarrassed and often unable to speak to anyone about the problem. She is afraid that she smells dirty and is ashamed that she leaks, so she may avoid having intercourse or close contact with her partner. This can have a devastating affect on the relationship between husband and wife. This work explores the effect of psychosomatic event on women s life in Sylhet region of Bangladesh. In doing so the writing focuses on the following issues: 1. The symptoms of menopause; 2. Examine the changes of menopause; 3. Look at the different psychosomatic experiences about menopause; 4. Increase public awareness of the benefits of a healthy transition through the menopause and post menopausal stages; and 5. Advocate women to take greater responsibility for their health and well being. 80 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This book is highly recommended for knowledge in the field of adolescent health. This is specially true for a developing country like India where there is widespread poverty and lack of knowledge. Sexual and reproductive health issues are often avoided by youth because of associated stigma attached to it in the society. This book will thus help in unfurling the condition of youths specially girls in India. Girls are poorly placed in terms of status accorded to them in the society. Thus the book tries to highlight the plight of adolescent girls in India who faces an identity crisis in the tender ages of adolescence. In this book married and unmarried adolescents has been taken as two distinct group as it is felt that both groups have separate problems. It is found that adolescents are indeed lacking awareness about sexual and reproductive health in compared to women of other reproductive age groups. Thus it is high time to address their needs and develop sector-wise policies. 80 pp. Englisch. …

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This was a project organized and supervised by HAAGA-HELIA University of Applied Sciences to enhance the international students' employment rate through work pair model (an international student and Finnish student working together), and the project was done by two students from different majors. The thesis task was to revive, create and strengthen the use of customer relationship management (CRM) in HAAGA-HELIA. The main aim of the project was to examine the effectiveness of CRM in HAAGA-HELIA through different use cases and findings from the research data. The project is commissioned by HAAGA-HELIA to evaluate the effectiveness of CRM concept in the organization. The benefit of the study was to help HAAGA-HELIA adopt a definition of what CRM means in strategic terms for their business and ensuring that this definition is used in consistent manner throughout their organization. Different CRM tools were combined, however the study concentrates on the Microsoft Dynamics CRM system. 60 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Stories of lengthy wait lists for subsidized housing assistance are rampant in newspapers, housing advocacy groups and tenant organizations and this anecdotal evidence often points to populous cities with large housing agencies as having the most unreasonable wait times. Is this phenomenon a result of housing agency size or are there other determinants that lead to longer applicant duration on the waitlist This study hypothesized that larger public housing agencies (PHAs) have longer average wait times for applicants and that within the agencies spectrum of programs, voucher programs have longer average wait times than public housing programs. Previous studies had either focused solely on waitlist characteristics or the effect of agency size on management efficiency. This study provides quantitative analysis on the relationship between agency size (i.e. the number of units administered) and average applicant wait time, which is largely absent from existing literature. 88 pp. Englisch.…