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Enablers and impediments to IT adoption in business relationships: Evidence from Australia and Finland
Cripps, Helen; Salo, Jari; Standing, Craig - 2009
solutions in the context of business relationships by drawing on case studies conducted in both Australia and Finland in the … manufacturing industry in Finland and in the marine defence (shipbuilding) industry in Australia. Findings – The findings indicate … the most significant impediments to IT adoption in heavy manufacturing in Australia and Finland. Research limitations …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009440777
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Agricultural policy analysis in Finland with the AGMEMOD model: Lessons to be learnt?
Niemi, Jyrki S.; Kettunen, Lauri - 2011
(CAP) on the agri-food sector in Finland. To meet the objective, aneconometric model for Finnish agriculture - built as a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009443749
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Ten Years After - Welfare Effects of the Application of the CAP in Austria, Finland and Sweden
Niemi, Jyrki S.; Fahlbeck, Erik; Hofreither, Markus F. - 2005
Ten years ago, Austria, Finland, and Sweden joined the EU. The application of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP … of accession to the EU on the agricultural markets in Austria, Finland and Sweden in a simple supply and demand framework … welfare effects are calculated for eight major cereal and livestock commodities produced in Austria, Finland, and Sweden by …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009443858
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Modelling physical quantities of food and nutrients consumed from aggregate data – with an application to Finland
Irz, Xavier T. - 2009
Anticipating the impact of changes in economic incentives on dietary quality and nutritional health requires knowledge of how physical quantities of food consumed respond to price and income variations. A problem arises, however, because physical quantities are: 1- not consistent aggregates in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009444779
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Balancing Between Competitiveness and Cohesion in Innovation: The case of the regional innovation policy evolution in Finland
Kautonen, Mika - 2009
social consequences of innovation policy (Lundvall & Borras 1997; Sharp 1998; Howells 2005; Fritsch & Stephan 2005). Finland …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009475865
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Predictors of hysterectomy: an Australian study
Treloar, Susan A.; Do, Kim-Anh; O'Connor, Vivienne M.; … - 1999
OBJECTIVE: We evaluated the relative importance of predictors of hysterectomy. STUDY DESIGN: A questionnaire survey of an Australia-wide sample of adult female twins was conducted; self-report data were validated against reports from treating physicians. RESULTS: A total of 3096 women (94%) and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009448629
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Essays on Firm Compensation Policy and Confidentiality Protection and Imputation in the Quarterly Workforce Indicators
Stephens, Bryce - 2006
This thesis is comprised of three chapters. The first chapter develops a statistical model that enriches the role that firms playin wage determination, allowing firms to influence both average wages as well as the returns to observable worker characteristics. I exploit the hierarchical nature of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009450722
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Changing wage structure and education in Vietnam 1993-1998: The roles of demand
Liu, Amy - 2005
This paper examines the changes in relative earnings of workers with different education levels during Vietnam’s transition. It is found that females enjoy a higher return to education than males do in 1998, reversing the situation observed five years ago. A large fall in the returns to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009451767
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Changes in the wage structure in EU countries
Christopoulou, Rebekka; Jimeno Serrano, Juan F.; Lamo, Ana - 2010
We study changes in the wage structures in nine EU countries over 1995-2002 and the role of demand, supply and institutional developments in shaping these changes. Using comparable cross-country microeconomic data, we compute for each country and at each decile of the wage distribution, the part...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012530303