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Less Discussed Dynamics in the Czech Farm Structure Development

Curtiss, Jarmila; Ratinger, Tomas; Medonos, Tomas - 2006

The paper provides an empirical study of the dynamics of ownership changes in Czech agricultural companies, which are assigned by unique heterogeneity in ownership forms. Since employee ownership has retained a relatively important place in these structures, neoclassical, as well as...

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International business cycles: Detection and properties

Graff, Michael - 2008

After conceptual clarification of "international business cycle" and a review of the literature, a new indicator is proposed. This indicator refers to two time series only and allows for an interna-tionally comparable quantification of a country's position in the business cycle. We then...

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Clustering ranked preference data using sociodemographic covariates

Gormley, Isobel Claire; Murphy, Thomas Brendan - 2010

Ranked preference data arise when a set of judges rank, in order of their preference, a set of objects. Such data arise in preferential voting systems and market research surveys. Covariate data associated with the judges are also often recorded. Such covariate data should be used in conjunction...

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Applying comprehensive Neo-Schumpeterian economics to Latin American economies

Hartmann, Dominik; Pyka, Andreas; Hanusch, Horst - 2008

step towards a Comprehensive Neo-Schumpeterian theory of Development(CNSD) allowing synthesizing the three mentioned …

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Regional innovation systems in EU-10: A typology and policy recommendations

Aguado, Ricardo; Navarro, Mikel; Gibaja, Juan José; … - 2008

This paper depicts a typology of regions, capturing the diversity of regional innovationsystems across the EU-10 (the enlargement member States). Following the RegionalInnovation Systems (RIS) literature, our research selects 21 variables related to theability of a region to generate and absorb...

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A maximum likelihood methodology for clusterwise linear regression

DeSarbo, Wayne S.; Cron, William L. - 1988

methodology is introduced together with the E-M algorithm utilized for parameter estimation. A Monte Carlo analysis is performed …

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Application of nonlinear statistics for distribution density estimation of random vectors

Šmidtaitė, Rasa - 2008

reality these densities are usually not available, and parametric or non-parametric estimation of the densities becomes … critically needed.In parametric estimation one assumes that the density f underlying the data yi where i varies from 1 to n … members f(•;θ) is close to f.In nonparametric density estimation no parametric assumptions about f are made and one assumes …

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Innovative Networks and Capability Building in the Australian High-Technology SMEs

Mohannak, Kavoos - 2007

Abstract: Purpose ? Studies of capability building and organisational learning through networked arrangements have been growing in recent years. In high-technology industries, in particular, small and medium-sized enterprises overcome problems of resource and information limitations by becoming...

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Cluster based rule discovery model for enhancement of government's tobacco control strategy

Huda, Shamsul; Yearwood, John; Borland, Ron - 2010

Discovery of interesting rules describing the behavioural patterns of smokers' quitting intentions is an important task in the determination of an effective tobacco control strategy. In this paper, we investigate a compact and simplified rule discovery process for predicting smokers' quitting...

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Grenzen und Dysfunktionalitäten des Kassenwettbewerbs in der GKV : Theorie und Empirie der Risikolektion in Deutschland

Höppner, Karin - Zentrum für Sozialpolitik, Universität Bremen - 2005

. The compensation for morbidity and income is inadequate.In theory, there are strong incentives for the sichness funds to …

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