Each chapter also looks at a country's art-market structure and performance, with information on auctioneers, dealers, museums, exhibitions and fairs.

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"Even where these have had positive effects, progress has been too slow and incremental, and fundamental concerns remain about the competitive structure and performance of these markets, " he said.

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The answer seems to lie in the structure and the performance criteria of the three companies.

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Adoption of "stacked structure", in addition to the high image quality and high performance These were both downsizing.

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On the governance side, Umicore has a more equitable compensation structure than most of its peers, coupled with above-average health and safety performance and employee turnover, he adds.

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Ward Ferry's fund charges a management fee of 1.5% and takes 15% of profits as a performance fee-a typical fee structure for a hedge-fund.

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"Under their new professional structure and leadership team Cricket Ireland has embarked on an exciting strategic development phase and set high performance standards for all national teams and for the development of the sport as a whole, " he said.

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In a unified structure, he argues, contractual relationships are simplified and train operators are in sole control of their performance.

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Hardly a single mutual fund company with a sales load structure could justify offering only its own mutual funds to its employee 401(k), based upon fees and performance.

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