The results are based on a sample of 307 supply chain disruptions announced by publicly traded firms during 1987–1998.
The questionnaire was sent to a sample of 880 supply chain managers within the UK oil and gas industry and a net response rate of 15.6% was achieved.
Using a sample of long-term supply contracts collected from SEC filings, I show that hold-up concerns and information asymmetry are important determinants of contract design.
Named the ruby seadragon for its vivid red coloring, scientists first made the discovery while analyzing tissue samples of seadragons supplied by the Western Australia Museum, reports CNET.
Singing "Love for Sale," which she named as her favorite number on the album, Ms. DeLaria became the toughest madam on the block in a bad neighborhood, aggressively strong-arming passers-by to sample her supply of "appetizing young love" one flight up.
Composing the sample of two large dairy supply cooperatives and three marketing cooperatives provided a representative sample in terms of both geography and cooperative type.
The report was based on a survey of "a random sample" of 644 women and supplied a scientific-sounding "margin of error of +/– 4.00percentt".
In the first European study among similar networks, this type of sentinel surveillance was described as "a system that keeps a watchful eye on a sample of the population by supplying regular and standardized reports on the incidence and main epidemiological characteristics of specific diseases and procedures in primary health care" [ 2].
Although the MarketScan data represent a large diverse population, the study only included information from mainly large, self-insured employers, whose employees were more likely to be located in certain geographic areas than the general employee population, and the analysis included a convenience sample of patients whose employer supplied productivity data.
The survey conducted by the pollsters YouGov – on behalf of the breakfast cereal manufacturer Kellogg's – asked a nationally representative sample of 765 heads, classroom and supply teachers at state and independent schools throughout England and Wales for their experiences, with many attributing pupils' poor behaviour to hunger.
