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Journal: Economy of Regions
Year: 2010
DOI: 10.17059/2010-2-16
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Abstract: At the present stage of socio-economic changes rural area economic activity conditions have changed in Russia, which has significantly worsened social facilities and engineering infrastructure effective functioning problem. The rural social infrastructure status has been recently deteriorating due to the lack of effective State support instruments ...
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Journal: Asian Journal of Shipping and Logistics
Year: 2010
DOI: 10.1016/S2092-5212(10)80003-3
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Abstract: The paper analyzes factors affecting the competitiveness of Asian container terminals by including quantitative as well as qualitative factors such as operating capacity, convenient facilities, electronic documents handling capacity and connectivity to hinterland. I provide evidence that those factors have a nonnegligible role as to competitiveness...
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Journal: Estudios Gerenciales
Year: 2010
DOI: 10.1016/S0123-5923(10)70121-2
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Abstract: The huge amounts of money spent every year in purchasing material goods do not seem very effective in increasing consumers' happiness. Indeed, higher income and correspondingly expensive consumption do not make people much happier, which implies that current consumerism is extremely inefficient in terms of producing happiness. Extant research and e...
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Journal: Revista Brasileira de Gestao de Negocios
Year: 2010
DOI: 10.7819/rbgn.v12i37.730
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Abstract: This article aims at analyzing how companies that belong to the sugar-alcohol sector are dealing -with environmental management under a strategic perspective. The research strategy chosen was the study of multiple cases undertaken in eight companies located in the states of Pernambuco and Parai'ba. The main data gathering technique was the semi-str...
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Journal: International Journal of Strategic Property Management
Year: 2010
DOI: 10.3846/ijspm.2010.11
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Abstract: Limited public funds for infrastructures have the government consider joining the private in a BOT project finance scheme. Generally, the BOT projects entail lots of managerial flexibilities that may induce the radical change of project's cash flows, an asymmetric payoff, when facing on the uncertainties due to the BOT project finance's unique char...
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Journal: Journal of Industrial Engineering and Management
Year: 2010
DOI: 10.3926/jiem.2010.v3n1.p68-86
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Abstract: It can be difficult estimating all of the cost components that are attributed to a machined part. This problem is more pronounced when a factory uses group technology manufacturing cells as opposed to a functional or process layout of a job shop. This paper describes how activity-based costing (ABC) concepts can be integrated into a discrete-event ...
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Journal: Journal of Business Economics and Management
Year: 2010
DOI: 10.3846/jbem.2010.10
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Abstract: This study empirically investigated the factors that influence consumer's perception of online brand trust in Malaysia. Six hypotheses were developed to test hypothesizing relationships among: security/privacy, perceived risk, word-of-mouth, quality information, good online experience, brand reputation with online brand trust. A survey of 209 respo...
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Journal: Journal of Industrial Engineering and Management
Year: 2010
DOI: 10.3926/jiem.2010.v3n1.p176-198
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Abstract: The widespread implementation of advanced and complex systems requires predominantly operators' cognitive functions and less importance of human manual control. On the other hand, most operators perform their cognitive functions below their peak cognitive capacity level due to fatigue, stress, and boredom. Thus, there is a need to improve their cog...
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Journal: International Journal of Health Geographics
Year: 2010
DOI: 10.1186/1476-072X-9-31
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Abstract: Background: Cryptosporidium parvum is one of the most important biological contaminants in drinking water that produces life threatening infection in people with compromised immune systems. Dairy calves are thought to be the primary source of C. parvum contamination in watersheds. Understanding the spatial and temporal variation in the risk of C. p...
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Journal: Journal of Business Economics and Management
Year: 2010
DOI: 10.3846/jbem.2010.20
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Abstract: The investigation carried out by the authors of this paper under "Intelligent Cities" (Framework 6 programme) and e-City (Phare PPF) projects helped to identify and describe major trends of e-cities development in industrialized countries as well as providing recommendations for e-Vilnius development. Research included the following four stages: co...
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Journal: International Journal of Health Geographics
Year: 2010
DOI: 10.1186/1476-072X-9-57
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Abstract: Background: Following World Health Assembly resolutions 50.36 in 1997 and 56.7 in 2003, the World Health Organization (WHO) committed itself to supporting human African trypanosomiasis (HAT)-endemic countries in their efforts to remove the disease as a public health problem. Mapping the distribution of HAT in time and space has a pivotal role to pl...
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Journal: Economy of Regions
Year: 2010
DOI: 10.17059/2010-4-10
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Abstract: The paper is dedicated to development of a methodology for assessment of customer satisfaction with the products and services on the b2b market. The study of customer satisfaction is aimed at building strong and mutually beneficial supplier-customer relationship. The authors focus on the importance of customer satisfaction continuous monitoring int...
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Journal: Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Review
Year: 2010
DOI: 10.20955/r.92.339-52
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Abstract: In this paper the author discusses the possibility that the U.S. economy may become enmeshed in a Japanese-style deflationary outcome within the next several years. To frame the discussion, the author relies on an analysis that emphasizes two possible long-run steady states for the economy: one that is consistent with monetary policy as it has typi...
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Journal: Financial Services Review
Year: 2010
DOI: 10.61190/fsr.v19i4.4985
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Abstract: The point that only live participants may initiate or receive Social Security benefits is typically overlooked. Thus, a postponement of benefits at any eligible retirement age may be likened to participation in a game of chance in which the participant is subject to a variant form of gambler's ruin at death. The typical assumption, therefore, that ...
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Journal: International Journal of Health Geographics
Year: 2010
DOI: 10.1186/1476-072X-9-6
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Abstract: Background: There is a growing body of evidence that where you live is important to your health. Despite numerous previous studies investigating the relationship between neighbourhood deprivation (and structure) and residents' health, the precise nature of this relationship remains unclear. Relatively few investigations have relied on direct observ...
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Journal: Business Research
Year: 2010
DOI: 10.1007/BF03342722
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Abstract: The procurement of transportation services via large-scale combinatorial auctions involves a couple of complex decisions whose outcome highly influences the performance of the tender process. This paper examines the shipper’s task of selecting a subset of the submitted bids which efficiently trades off total procurement cost against expected carr...
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Journal: European Journal of Tourism Research
Year: 2010
DOI: 10.54055/ejtr.v3i1.45
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Abstract: Cultural tourism development is considered a viable channel to attract tourists to a destination and to enhance residents' overall quality of life (QOL). Since the early 2000's, Indianapolis, Indiana has dedicated considerable public and private investment into developing and promoting cultural attractions, festivals, educational events, and other ...
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Journal: Journal of Civil Engineering and Management
Year: 2010
DOI: 10.3846/jcem.2010.66
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Abstract: This article reviews the manufacturing nanotechnologies of modern refractory concretes and some other cementitious materials. The main part of the article focuses on the results obtained by the authors who analyzed the application of nanotechnology for manufacturing refractory concretes and examined the influence of nanostructure formation in the b...
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Journal: Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Review
Year: 2010
DOI: 10.20955/r.92.185-204
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Abstract: We reexamine the relationship between quality of public schools and house prices and find it to be nonlinear. Unlike most studies in the literature, we find that the price premium parents must pay to buy a house in an area associated with a better school increases as school quality increases. This is true even after controlling for neighborhood cha...
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Journal: Journal of Civil Engineering and Management
Year: 2010
DOI: 10.3846/jcem.2010.55
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Abstract: Disagreements in construction projects often result in litigation that is both time-consuming and expensive. A dispute review board (DRB) provides a valuable and proven alternative method of dispute resolution. Currently, the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) stores DRB reports in portable document format (PDF) with limited search capabil...