2012-05-24T14:56:50Z Copyright (c) 2012, The RAND Corporation RAND Corporation http://www.rand.org/topics/italy.html http://www.rand.org/pubs/technical_reports/TR1140.html Jan 16, 2012 Jan 16, 2012

Different market segments have varying postal service needs, according to RAND Europe research conducted for the European Commission. All consumers value parcel services, reliability, and low levels of loss, but big businesses value letter services more than small or medium businesses or the public.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/technical_reports/TR887.html Jan 31, 2011 Jan 31, 2011

This report reviews information systems that report on the quality or performance of providers of healthcare in seven countries to inform the use and further development of quality information systems in the English NHS.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/technical_reports/TR792.html Mar 5, 2010 Mar 5, 2010

<p>This report reviews approaches to funding intensive care in systems that use activity-based payment based on diagnosis-related groups to reimburse hospital care (Victoria/Australia, Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Sweden, US-Medicare).</p>

http://www.rand.org/pubs/technical_reports/TR691.html May 18, 2009 May 18, 2009

<p>This study was commissioned by the UK General Medical Council (GMC) to provide an evidence base on the systems of medical regulation in place in the countries of origin of doctors seeking to enter the UK and obtain registration to practise.</p>

http://www.rand.org/pubs/technical_reports/TR644.html Nov 16, 2008 Nov 16, 2008

<p>A policy analysis of Assisted Reproductive Technologies (e.g. IVF, ICSI) regulation, funding, and health consequences in France, Italy and the UK.</p>

http://www.rand.org/pubs/technical_reports/TR644z1.html Nov 15, 2008 Nov 15, 2008

<p>A policy analysis of Assisted Reproductive Technologies (e.g. IVF, ICSI) regulation, funding, and health consequences in France, Italy and the UK.</p>

http://www.rand.org/commentary/2007/04/12/FT.html Apr 12, 2007 Apr 12, 2007

Published commentary by RAND staff: The Taliban Threat is Not Just America's Burden, in Financial Times.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20070321.html Dec 31, 2006 Dec 31, 2006

<p>A matching theory approach is used to assess the impact on the Italian labour market of the 1997 Treu Act (legge Treu), which considerably eased the regulation of temporary work and favoured its growth in Italy.</p>

http://www.rand.org/pubs/drafts/DRU3002.html Dec 31, 2002 Dec 31, 2002

This report analyzes retirement-saving behavior and portfolio choice in the United States, Italy, and the Netherlands. The authors test hypotheses on the implications of institutional differences for wealth accumulation and portfolio composition.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/rgs_dissertations/RGSD162.html Dec 31, 2001 Dec 31, 2001

This dissertation builds an analytical framework for understanding the key policy issues and tradeoffs for the Italian Army during its transition toward an All-Volunteer Force. The analysis specifically focuses on the management of the enlisted and n...

http://www.rand.org/pubs/documented_briefings/DB358.html Dec 31, 2001 Dec 31, 2001

<p>Driven by dramatically reduced defense budgets and spiraling weapons systems costs, defense firms on both sides of the Atlantic are seeking increased access to each other&rsquo;s markets through collaborations and other ventures. This book examines the current European defense market, focusing on the countries with the largest defense industries in Europe. While European firms have become more competitive worldwide, they lag U.S. companies in overall size and U.S. firms seem to dominate sales in all defense market segments except land systems.</p>

http://www.rand.org/pubs/monograph_reports/MR1416.html Jan 1, 2001 Jan 1, 2001

Analyzes the recent record of economic growth, military spending, and military investments in Germany, France, the United Kingdom, and Italy.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/monograph_reports/MR1126.html Jan 1, 2000 Jan 1, 2000

NATO Looks South: New Challenges and New Strategies in the Mediterranean

http://www.rand.org/pubs/papers/P7928z2.html Dec 31, 1996 Dec 31, 1996

A self-report measure developed for individuals with kidney disease and those on dialysis. The instructions are in English; the questionnaire itself is in Italian. The questionnaire takes 20-30 minutes to complete.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/monograph_reports/MR479z1.html Dec 31, 1993 Dec 31, 1993

Concerned by this decline, Congress asked RAND's Critical Technologies Institute to conduct a comprehensive study of the machine-tool industry in the United States, Japan, Germany, and Italy.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/research_briefs/RB1500.html Dec 31, 1993 Dec 31, 1993

A comprehensive study of the machine-tool industry in the United States, Japan, Germany, and Italy. The study analyzed the causes of the U.S. decline and offered policy options for aiding the industry's recovery.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/reports/R4178.html Dec 31, 1991 Dec 31, 1991

Explores the changing strategic environment in southern Europe and the Mediterranean, its effects on the countries of NATO's Southern Region &mdash; Portugal, Spain, Italy, Greece, and Turkey &mdash; and the implications for U.S. policy and strategy.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/notes/N3433.html Dec 31, 1991 Dec 31, 1991

Explores issues and options related to the basing of U.S. and allied forces in NATO's Southern Region &mdash; Portugal, Spain, Italy, Greece, and Turkey - against the background of a changing strategic environment in Europe and around the Mediterranean.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/notes/N3506.html Dec 31, 1991 Dec 31, 1991

There are four elements, used singly or in combination, that successful counter terrorism campaigns contain regardless of geographic regions, time periods, and political systems. This study examines the way these elements were applied across seven case studies.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/notes/N3269.html Dec 31, 1990 Dec 31, 1990

Summarizes discussions with senior government officials, military officers, parliamentarians, and academics in the five NATO Southern Region countries held in April and May of 1990; it concentrates on political-military issues.