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Journal: Economy of Regions
Year: 2010
DOI: 10.17059/2010-4-18
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Abstract: A perfect image of a territorial economic system predetermines the substance of economic and geographic prediction. Methodology of such prediction is search for coordination vectors regarding various aspects of territorial development, including management....
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Journal: Australasian Journal of Information Systems
Year: 2010
DOI: 10.3127/ajis.v16i2.597
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Abstract: There is a global consensus on the need to reduce our collective carbon footprint. While much research attention has focused on developing alternative energy sources, automotive technologies or waste disposal techniques, we often ignore the fact that the ability to optimize (existing) operations to reduce their emissions impact is fundamental to th...
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Journal: Journal of Civil Engineering and Management
Year: 2010
DOI: 10.3846/jcem.2010.07
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Abstract: The study of consumer behavior in the refurbishment industry is crucial to the business operation of firms, but there is a lack of research in this regard. With reference to the EKB model specific to consumer behavior, this paper discusses the relationship among consumption characteristics, firm selection behavior and satisfaction degree of refurbi...
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Journal: Business Research
Year: 2010
DOI: 10.1007/BF03342717
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Abstract: In manual order picking systems, order pickers walk or drive through a distribution warehouse in order to collect items which are requested by (internal or external) customers. In order to perform these operations efficiently, it is usually required that customer orders are combined into (more substantial) picking orders of limited size. The Order ...
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Journal: South African Journal of Business Management
Year: 2010
DOI: 10.4102/sajbm.v41i1.510
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Abstract: The global threat of climate change, diminishing natural resources and significant socio-economic inequalities is forcing companies and individuals to evaluate the impact they are having on the natural, social and economic environments. This trend has led to an increased availability and demand for socially, environmentally and economically respons...
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Journal: International Journal of Strategic Property Management
Year: 2010
DOI: 10.3846/ijspm.2010.04
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Abstract: The development of leisure as an economic activity has come into focus over the last century. Nowadays, a commercial leisure property has gained an important role within the total spectrum of world economies. despite these developments in the leisure sector, the valuation of property for the purpose of commercial leisure is still regarded as an Ach...
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Journal: Journal of Civil Engineering and Management
Year: 2010
DOI: 10.3846/jcem.2010.52
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Abstract: The ductility of reinforced concrete beams is very important, since it is essential to avoid a brittle failure of the structure by ensuring adequate curvature at the ultimate limit state. One of the procedures used to quantify ductility is based on curvatures, namely, curvature ductility. It is necessary to know the curvature ductility of singly re...
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Journal: International Journal of Health Geographics
Year: 2010
DOI: 10.1186/1476-072X-9-13
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Abstract: Background: In Spring 2009, a novel reassortant strain of H1N1 influenza A emerged as a lineage distinct from seasonal H1N1. On June 11, the World Heath Organization declared a pandemic - the first since 1968. There are currently two main branches of H1N1 circulating in humans, a seasonal branch and a pandemic branch. The primary treatment method f...
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Journal: Journal of Civil Engineering and Management
Year: 2010
DOI: 10.3846/jcem.2010.50
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Abstract: The results of analysis presented in the paper are related to the certification of energy performance in buildings using calculation methods, when the real energy consumption of the building is not analyzed. Energy consumption for cooling is not examined. Heat transmission losses could be less than the sum of the heat gains of a building if buildin...
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Journal: Journal of Industrial Engineering and Management
Year: 2010
DOI: 10.3926/jiem.2010.v3n3.p421-446
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Abstract: This paper investigates the effects of demand disruptions on production control and supplier selection in a three-echelon supply chain system. The customer demand is modeled as a jump-diffusion process in a continuous-time setting. A two-number production-inventory policy is implemented in the production control model for the manufacturer. The obje...
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Journal: Journal of Civil Engineering and Management
Year: 2010
DOI: 10.3846/jcem.2010.59
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Abstract: The world of underground engineering and construction has acquired a wide-ranging and high-level experience on tunnel construction with Tunnel Boring Machines (TBM) and nowadays remarkable progresses are traceable in the number of tunnels that are becoming longer, going deeper, and growing larger in diameter and in other words becoming more difficu...
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Journal: Journal of Business Economics and Management
Year: 2010
DOI: 10.3846/jbem.2010.06
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Abstract: This paper empirically investigates long-run equilibrium relationship and causality between international trade and economic growth in North Cyprus, which has a non-recognized state and suffers from the Cyprus problem for more than 40 years. Results reveal that long-run equilibrium relationship exists between international trade variables (exports ...
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Journal: Journal of Industrial Engineering and Management
Year: 2010
DOI: 10.3926/jiem.2010.v3n1.p87-115
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Abstract: Increasing global competition has evolved a manufacturing environment which gleans vast product variety, reduced manufacturing lead times, increased quality standards and competitive costs. Simultaneously, with a rising trend toward globalization, these manufacturing environments must be designed to cater new challenges to survive and grow in the m...
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Journal: Financial Services Review
Year: 2010
DOI: 10.61190/fsr.v19i3.4974
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Abstract: This paper advances the literature on the sustainability of retirement income by making consump-tion a stochastic variable instead of a constant real value, as previous papers have done. The paper continues to make the rate of return and date of death stochastic variables, as Milevsky and Robinson (2000, 2005) do. The sustainability of retirement i...
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Journal: Asian Journal of Shipping and Logistics
Year: 2010
DOI: 10.1016/S2092-5212(10)80011-2
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Abstract: Fierce inter-port competition requires to strategically consider the roles port size and incentives play in a port user's port selection. This paper contributes to literature by developing a simple game-theoretic model to address this particular issue. We demonstrate that once port is selected the port size and the administered incentive level posi...
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Journal: International Journal of Health Geographics
Year: 2010
DOI: 10.1186/1476-072X-9-54
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Abstract: Background: Landscape attributes influence spatial variations in disease risk or incidence. We present a review of the key findings from eight case studies that we conducted in Europe and West Africa on the impact of land changes on emerging or re-emerging vector-borne diseases and/or zoonoses. The case studies concern West Nile virus transmission ...
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Journal: Business Research
Year: 2010
DOI: 10.1007/BF03342721
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Abstract: While revenue management (RM) is traditionally considered a tool of service operations, RM shows considerable potential for application in manufacturing operations. The typical challenges in make-to-order manufacturing are fixed manufacturing capacities and a great variety in offered products, going along with pronounced fluctuations in demand and ...
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Journal: International Journal of Health Geographics
Year: 2010
DOI: 10.1186/1476-072X-9-18
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Abstract: Background: In Geographical Information Systems issues of scale are of an increasing interest in storing health data and using these in policy support. National and international policies on treating HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus) positive women in India are based on case counts at Voluntary Counseling and Testing Centers (VCTCs). In this study...
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Journal: Business Research
Year: 2010
DOI: 10.1007/BF03342719
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Abstract: The intention of a loan loss provision is the anticipation of the loan’s expected losses by adjusting the book value of the loan. Furthermore, this loan loss provision has to be compared to the expected loss according to Basel II and, in the case of a difference, liable equity has to be adjusted. This however assumes that the loan loss provision ...
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Journal: Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization
Year: 2010
DOI: 10.1016/j.jebo.2010.09.009
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Abstract: Producers of cultural goods and media products can make their specific contents available to their audiences and readerships only through a particular language. The choice of language is a non-trivial decision in markets with bilingual or multilingual consumers. In this paper I argue that, the very existence of bilingual consumers may seriously bia...