An assurance contract, also known as a provision point mechanism, or crowdaction, is a game-theoretic mechanism and a financial technology that facilitates...

contributions, or support from government institutions. An assurance contract is a contract in which participants make a binding pledge to contribute to...

IndieGoGo have used assurance contracts to support various projects (though not all of them are public goods). Assurance contracts can be used for non-monetary...

Employment contract Estoppel Ethical implications in contracts Force majeure Further assurances Gentlemen's agreement Good faith Implicit contract Indenture...

Life insurance (or life assurance, especially in the Commonwealth of Nations) is a contract between an insurance policy holder and an insurer or assurer...

texting, and free monthly minutes. Assurance Wireless users do not receive a bill, are not required to sign a contract, and do not pay activation fees or...

participants. The statement of intent was intended to function as a form of assurance contract. As of February 3, 2016[update], 20,000 people had signed this statement...

to the pledgers. In economics, this type of model is known as an assurance contract. This system is most often applied to creative works, both for financing...

goal is not met by the deadline, no funds are collected (a kind of assurance contract). The Kickstarter platform is open to backers from anywhere in the...

access to peer-reviewed research is based on a mutual assurance contract. Mutual assurance contracts are used to create public goods by securing financial...

Software quality assurance (SQA) is a means and practice of monitoring all software engineering processes, methods, and work products to ensure compliance...

from George Mason University in 1994. He has done work on dominant assurance contracts, law and economics, and health economics. In 2012, journalist David...

is to define standards for Quality Assurance of defence products. These standards are an integral part of contracts awarded in the military field involving...

A collateral assurance is separate but subservient to the principal contract. It usually allows for damages to be paid when the assurance is broken without...

In the life sciences, a contract research organization (CRO) is a company that provides support to the pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and medical device...

the idea of just in time manufacturing taken to its logical end. Assurance contract Stanley, Conrad. (2006) "The Preorder Economy: Coordinating Supply...

law for a home construction. Without a further assurances clause one party might try to escape the contract by withholding assistance to the other party...

to renew their software assurance for another contract period, in order to get the next upgrade for "free". Software Assurance was part of Licensing 6...

insurance about the thing or person to be insured. In contract law, a warranty is a contractual assurance given, typically, by a seller to a buyer, for example...

Prudential, Investment, Loan, and Assurance Association and in September 1848 changed its name to The Prudential Mutual Assurance, Investment, and Loan Association...

reliance" on sole-source contracting and use of "contracts with a limited number of sources". The assurance that the identical and in some cases, certifiably...

per day in each of the markets it served. The Groupon worked as an assurance contract using The Point's platform: if a certain number of people signed up...

the promisee that he or she would not have entered into the contract without the assurance of strict or substantial performance of the promise, and that...

US$50.3 billion in FY 2022, of which $18.0 billion was generated by its Assurance practice, $11.6 billion by its Tax and Legal practice and $20.7 billion...

help during the initial design process, machining and tooling, quality assurance, to production, packaging and delivery. Turnkey manufacturing have advantages...

In game theory, the stag hunt, sometimes referred to as the assurance game, trust dilemma or common interest game, describes a conflict between safety...

of management, accountancy, marketing etc. Management contracts give business owners an assurance of the continuity of their business. This can be illustrated...

impetus to reform failing infrastructures to healthcare. Angel investor Assurance contract BackerKit Business models for open-source software Comparison of crowdfunding...

The Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education (usually referred to simply as the Quality Assurance Agency or QAA) is the United Kingdom higher education...

be contracted out of. Equitable Life Assurance Society v Hyman [2000] UKHL 39, [2002] 1 AC 408, 459. The same test is used for implying contracts, Baird...