We combined analytical hierarchy process and discrete choice experiments to investigate the importance of contract design attributes.
One of my friends pointed out that it is not just the free-marketeer members of the conservative coalition who should worry: the events of 2008 have also hurt the social conservative case for self-reliance and foreign policy arguments for the rule of law and importance of contract.
"Abendlich" from Wagner's "Das Rheingold" -- The character of Wotan, on the importance of contracts (a recording).
Demographic decreases in the Belarusians of conscription age have increased the importance of contract soldiers, who numbered 12,000 in 2001.
Behavioural risk factors (e.g. fishing, collecting firewood or water, cattle herding) have been thought to be of major importance for contracting HAT [ 20- 22].
During the national meeting with CHF coordinators in late 2011, the importance of districts contracting with referral services to extend benefits available to CHF members was highlighted by NHIF managers, however, we cannot yet say whether this has resulted in extended benefits to members and in how many districts.
Research on the nature of contracts for healthcare has identified the importance of 'relational contracting', 17 18 where trust between the parties can help mitigate difficulties associated with the absence of complete contracts.
Purchasers no longer talked of contracts as instruments that could be used to lever service improvements and, though the language of partnership and co-operation was much in evidence, this was not so much a reflection of the growth of relational contract norms but the diminished importance of the contracting framework.
Therefore, it is of utmost importance to enhance the capacity of the district governments to oversee and manage such contracts and ensure a transparent and competitive process of contracting basic health care services [ 19, 20].
The authors reveal the importance of incomplete contracting in the decolonization of territories once held by Europe and the Soviet Union; U.S. overseas military basing agreements with host countries; and in regional economic-integration agreements such as the European Union.
