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The Development of Short Sea Shipping in the Eastern Mediterranean Region: Towards a Rational E.U. Freight Transport Policy
Sambracos, Evangelos - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2007
The rise in worldwide goods transport is an important factor in the increase of national GDP’s, but at the same time it poses serious threats in terms of the quality of life, mainly regarding the population in developed countries, who are however the main beneficiaries of the resulting...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011258739
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The potential for CO2 emissions trading in transport: the case of personal vehicles and freight
Raux, Charles - HAL - 2010
Transport currently accounts for around 25-30% of global CO2 emissions and this contribution is growing rapidly. Moreover, road transport holds by far the major part in these emissions. Because of the social and political reluctance to increase fuel taxation, it is of some interest to explore...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008876912
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Sustainable Institutions or Sustainable Poverty Targeting: The Case of Microfinance
Khan, Wajid; Sun, Shaorong; Khan, Ikramullah - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2015
Microcredit, being the most unique form of antipoverty intervention in terms of its methodology and outreach, has generated considerable amount of disagreements in recent times. While there may be more serious disagreements surrounding microcredit, this article addresses whether or not...
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Relevant States and Memory in Markov Chain Bootstrapping and Simulation
Cerqueti, Roy; Falbo, Paolo; Pelizzari, Cristian - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
transition probabilities. Our approach is based on an optimization model. More specifically we consider two competing objectives …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011259232
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Developing a hybrid comparative optimization model for short-term forecasting: an ‘idle time interval’ roadmap for operational units’ strategic planning
Filippou, Miltiades; Zervopoulos, Panagiotis - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
individual operational units. This study introduces a stochastic, multi-stage, optimization technique for short-term forecasting …
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An alternative to portfolio selection problem beyond Markowitz’s: Log Optimal Growth Portfolio
Muteba Mwamba, John; Suteni, Mwambi - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010
This paper constructs an alternative investment strategy to portfolio optimization model in the framework of the Mean … normally distributed. The traditional Mean–Variance optimization approach has only one objective, which fails to capture the … problem. The proposed optimization model which is an optimal portfolio strategy is produced for investors of various risk …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011259339
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Identifying product attributes and consumer attitudes that impact willingness-to-pay for a nutraceutical-rich juice product
Lawless, Lydia J.R.; Drichoutis, Andreas; Nayga, Rodolfo; … - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012
A non-hypothetical Becker–DeGroot–Marschak (BDM) auction-like mechanism was utilized to determine consumer characteristics, attitudinal factors, and product sensory attributes that affect willingness-to-pay (WTP) for a nutraceutical-rich juice blend (75%Concord+12%Pomegranate+13%Black...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011260634
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The role of management accounting in providing Information for making decision within an entity
Topor, Dan Ioan; Puţan, Alina; Căpuşneanu, Sorinel; I - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
The scope of this research paper is to obtain information through management accounting and cost calculation, information that helps on developing the best decisions at the level of an organization. We used as an example a case study from the manufacturing industry which helped us to better...
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Reducing the debt : is it optimal to outsource an investment?
Espinosa, Gilles Edouard; Hillairet, Caroline; … - HAL - 2013
We deal with the problem of outsourcing the debt for a big investment, according two situations: either the firm outsources both the investment (and the associated debt) and the exploitation to a private consortium, or the firm supports the debt and the investment but outsources the...
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Modeling and Solving Alternative Financial Solutions Seeking
Frenod, Emmanuel; Gouigoux, Jean-Philippe; Touré, Landry - HAL - 2013
In this paper we build a method to optimize Multi-Year Prospective Budgets. First we present a systemic model of Local Community Finances. Then, from two acceptable Multi-Year Prospective Budgets the method implements a Genetic Algorithm to generate a collection of admissible Multi-Year...
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