As our study was theoretical and aimed at incorporating the organisational context in which fast tracks had been implemented, we used axial coding, as described by Strauss and Corbin (1998).
Since the 1979 Tokyo Round agreements -- in which fast-track authority took on its current form -- America has lost more than four million manufacturing jobs, or 20percentt of our manufacturing work force.
The programme, which fast-tracks graduates into children's social work, has endured its fair share of criticism.
In 2013 the Chinese were granted the most tier-one investor visas for the UK (which fast-tracks the immigration process for those investing more than £1m in the country), overtaking Russia for the first time.
Eight months after signing a major deal with luxury mothership Kering, which fast-tracked his tiny company onto the path to major label status, on Monday he staged one of his best London fashion week shows to date.
This influx of graduates into schools is partly down to Teach First, a non-profit organisation which fast-tracks students from top universities into teaching careers in state schools.
This recent exodus is promoted by fears that the so-called wet-foot, dry-foot policy – which fast-tracks legal residency for undocumented Cubans in the US as long as they arrive by air or overland – could soon come to an end.
He posted $20,000 bail, but his release was blocked by a government ordinance that removed a court's power to release suspects being tried in the terrorist court, which fast-track trials for alleged terrorists.
There was no systematic information on which fast-track components had been implemented and when.
A major limitation in this study was the extent to which fast-track programs had been implemented in departments corresponding to the national comparison cohort.
The reduction in median LOS from 6 days to 3 days in the national cohort indicates that fast-track programs had been gradually implemented during the entire study period, but we have no information about which fast-track components were involved and when.
