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Technologie, Lernexternalitäten und Ungleichentwicklung: Einkommenszyklen offener Volkswirtschaften
Andrä, Jan - 2011
Die Dissertation befasst sich mit Einkommenszyklen offener Volkswirtschaften. Im Grundmodell werden Einkommensunterschiede der Länder durch verschiedene Lernexternalitäten ausgelöst. Arbeitsteilung im internationalen Handel verfestigt die Ungleichentwicklung. Das Aufkommen neuer Technologien...
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Compiling Inequalities: Computerization in the British Civil Service and Nationalized Industries, 1940-1979
Hicks, Marie - 2009
sector, in order to modernize their economy, maintain the competitiveness of British high-technology industries, and … methodologies from the history of technology, institutional history, and labor history, as well as gender analysis, this … dissertation shows that despite the government's commitment to both high technology usage and labor meritocracy, competing claims …
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Development and Gender Inequality ; Development and Gender Inequality
Lamanna, Francesca - 2013
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AEC industry culture: a need for change
Weippert, Achim; Kajewski, Stephen L. - 2004
participants to do business through information and communication technology (ICT) tools and systems is dependent on the innovation … of the user, not only the technology itself – i.e. the successful implementation of ICT requires careful consideration to …
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Export specialization and economic growth
Plumper, T; Graff, M - 2001
Traditional economic wisdom claims that - while global economic integration is beneficial for economic performance - a country's trade specialization pattern has no impact on its economic performance. In this paper, we seek to cast doubt on this aspect of mainstream economics using a very...
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A comparative analysis of three macro price forecasting models
Akintoye, Akintola S.; Skitmore, Martin - 1994
This paper examines the relative performance of three different systems of forecasting movements in macro building prices. The three systems analysed are (1) the Building Cost Information Service system, (2) the Davis, Langdon & Everest system, and (3) Akintoye and Skitmore's reduced-form...
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Using risk analysis to prioritise intelligent transport systems: a variable message sign case study on the Gold Coast
Marschke, Kath; Ferreira, Luis; Bunker, Jonathan M. - 2006
With perpetual strains on resources, road agencies need to develop network-level decision-making frameworks to ensure optimum resource allocation. This is especially true for intelligent transport systems (ITS), and in particular, variable message signs (VMS), a key component of incident...
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No Simple Solutions: How Sectoral Innovation Systems Can Be Transformed : Key Findings from the Australian Innovation Systems (AUSIS) Project
Scott-Kemmis, Don; Holmen, Magnus; Balaguer, Antonio; … - 2005
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY This study is concerned with change in the factors that drive and support innovation, focusing on the influences of business behaviour and industrial dynamics. The study draws on seven sectoral case studies: computer games, dairy products, mineral exploration, motor vehicles,...
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Trends in emission standards and the implication for bus fleet management : technology assessment for Brisbane transport
Patil, Anish; Brown, Kerry A. - 2008
provides recommendations to the fleet manager for selecting new buses, in terms of technology and emissions, in order to attain …
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