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determine how quality will change in response to varying degrees of competition in the context of particular markets. Given difficulties in terms of the evaluation of quality factors, particularly in quantitative assessment, competition agencies end up using qualitative tools such as customer surveys and interviews, to assess quality where necessary. While experience with the implementation of quantitative econometric techniques is rather limited, they may become more readily applicable and widely used
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Southern Cross University ePublications@SCU Theses 2009 Strategic human resource management: what does it mean in practice? Ken Lovell Southern Cross University Publication details Lovell, K 2009, 'Strategic human resource management: what does it mean in practice?', DBA thesis, Southern Cross University, Lismore, NSW. Copyright K Lovell 2009 ePublications@SCU is an electronic repository administered by Southern Cross University Library. Its goal is to capture and preserve the intellectual output
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