Narrow search
Showing 1 - 10 of 216
Cover Image
Development Patterns of Material Productivity : Convergence or Divergence?
Talmon-Gros, Larissa - 2014
Technological Progress and Material Consumption -- Convergence - Theory, Econometrics and Empirics -- Material Productivity … Measurement -- Empirical Evidence on the Development of Material Consumption and Material Productivity -- Research Question … -- Data and Descriptive Statistics -- Examination of Material Productivity Convergence -- Discussion -- Conclusion. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014017583
Cover Image
Die Wirkungen von Handelsliberalisierungen : Ein Vergleich zwischen dem Melitz-Ansatz und der endogenen Wachstumstheorie
Mertens, Matthias - 2017
Melitz-Modelle und endogene Wachstumsmodelle im handelstheoretischen Kontext -- Modelltheoretischer Vergleich …-Modelle und endogene Wachstumsmodelle im handelstheoretischen Kontext Modelltheoretischer Vergleich hinsichtlich der Implikationen …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014018394
Cover Image
Explaining Productivity Differences : Comparative Analysis of Automotive Plants in Japan, the United States, Thailand and China
Shibata, Hiromichi - 2016
This book, in contrast with previous research and popular discussions that focus on the productivity of workers …, identifies the critical influence of supervisors and engineers as key drivers of productivity differentials. To do so, it … analyzes productivity at a Japanese car component plant and its three offshoot plants located in the United States, Thailand …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014020558
Cover Image
Progress toward Liberalization of the Postal and Delivery Sector
Crew, Michael A. (contributor);  … - 2006
The European Commission and its member states are wrestling with the problem of how to implement the scheduled liberalization of the postal sector while maintaining the service obligation. This book addresses some of these concerns. It is comprised of essays chosen from those presented at the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013520677
Cover Image
Africa and Asia in Comparative Economic Perspective
Lawrence, Peter (ed.); Thirtle, Colin (ed.) - 2001
the successful Asian economies, especially the Asian 'tigers'. It covers three main areas of comparison: the lessons for …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012054347
Cover Image
Methodological Investigations in Agent-Based Modelling : With Applications for the Social Sciences
Silverman, Eric - 2018
This open access book examines the methodological complications of using complexity science concepts within the social science domain. The opening chapters take the reader on a tour through the development of simulation methodologies in the fields of artificial life and population biology, then...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012692246
Cover Image
Introduction to Social Systems Engineering
Wang, Huijiong; Li, Shantong - 2018
This book integrates the basic theories (GST and Parson’s AGIL framework), applying them to the components of social systems, state-run and business firms. China’s development experience offers a valuable case study that can provide readers deeper insights into this comparatively young...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012396339
Cover Image
Small Business, Big Society
Hodder, Rupert - 2018
This book considers how small businesses stir up changes in social relationships and what these changes mean for wider society. From this emerges a challenging and provocative discussion on the problems facing both the developing and developed worlds. Development, it argues, is written into...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012396710
Cover Image
The Palgrave Handbook of Quantum Models in Social Science : Applications and Grand Challenges
Haven, Emmanuel (ed.); Khrennikov, Andrei (ed.) - 2017
It is not intuitive to accept that there exists a link between quantum physical systems and cognitive systems. However, recent research has shown that cognitive systems and collective (social) systems, including biology, exhibit uncertainty which can be successfully modelled with quantum...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012397508
Cover Image
Agent-Based Simulation of Organizational Behavior : New Frontiers of Social Science Research
Secchi, Davide (ed.); Neumann, Martin (ed.) - 2016 - 1st ed. 2016
The aim of this book is to demonstrate how Agent-Based Modelling (ABM) can be used to enhance the study of social agency, organizational behavior and organizational management. It derives from a workshop, sponsored by the Society for the Study of Artificial Intelligence and the Simulation of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012397916