"It remains unclear how much his ties to Merck, [the drug] Gardasil's maker, influenced this decision," the Bachmann release said, pointing out that Perry received $6,000 from Merck, not $5,000, and arguing that "the drug maker stood to make tens of millions off Perry's order until the legislature overturned it".
This indicates that the presence or absence of a dominant strategy for one of the players has an impact on how the type of decision maker influences behavior.
These film-makers' influence can be traced in the work of the most prominent black director of the period: Illinois-born Oscar Micheaux, who founded the Micheaux Film and Book Company of Sioux City, in Chicago.
They can do so through scholarly work (knowledge generation and its dissemination), education, and decision-maker influence (29, 30).
Policy makers influence the degree to which research informs policy development, shape the research prioritization process, and impact the actual generation of knowledge [ 7, 21].
Further, the number of beds was determined at the initial planning period implying that this is a relatively non-discretionary quantity as far as hospital decision-makers' influence is concerned.
A generation of young theatre makers, influenced by Howells' practice and generosity, will ensure that the flame is kept alight.
This research tested a novel GIS-based approach to assess beekeeping suitability of lands located in Calabria (Southern Italy), without relying to Analytic Hierarchy Process – Multiple Criteria Decision Making (AHP-MCDM), thus avoiding the constraints due to the technique and decision makers' influences.
By controlling the velocity at the wave maker, the influence of the reflection at the wave maker was reduced and the topography changes caused by only one long wave thus could be investigated in the experiment.
"Sometimes civil society groups lack the necessary financial and human capacity to effectively engage with policy makers and influence change".
In an interview, Dr. Hardrict said it was "insulting" and "ridiculous" to suggest that income from drug makers might influence doctors' prescribing habits.
