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Embodiment, productivity, and the age distribution of capital

Whelan, Karl - 2007

well as pure disembodied technological progress. It is commonly believed that an implication of this embodiment hypothesis …

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The Potential Economic and Environmental Costs of GHG Mitigation Measures for Cattle Sectors in Northern Ireland

Minihan, Erin S.; Wu, Zipling - 2011

National greenhouse gas (GHG) mitigation strategy can benefit from information on the technical and economic viability of abatement options. The life-cycle-analysis (LCA) and marginal abatement cost curve (MACC) approaches provide a good, although partial, indication for the potential of...

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The Economics of Malaria Vector Control

Brown, Zachary Steven - 2011

resistance to these biocides. The renewed global financing of malaria control makes research into how to effectively surmount … problem of insecticide resistance in malaria control, and to understand how different models of mosquito evolution can affect … our policy prescriptions for dealing with the problem of insecticide resistance. I identify specific details of the …

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Internal Barriers in the Transition of Enterprises from Central Plan to Market

Vlachoutsicos, Charalambos - 1999

While a number of transition countries have been able to make significant progress with macroeconomic stabilization, little is being done to understand and to address the horrendous difficulties and barriers that attend the process of transition at the level of the enterprise. Not knowing what...

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Impact of depth of pedigree and inclusion of historical data on the estimation of additive variance and breeding values in a sugarcane breeding program

Atkin, F.C.; Dieters, M.J.; Stringer, J.K. - 2009

Sugarcane breeders in Australia combine data across four selection programs to obtain estimates of breeding value for parents. When these data are combined with full pedigree information back to founding parents, computing limitations mean it is not possible to obtain information on all parents....

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We are not all Terrorists: UK Based Iranians, Consumption Practices and the ‘Torn’ Self.

Jafari, Aliakbar; Goulding, Christina - 2008

This paper presents an exploratory study of the consumption practices of UK-based young Iranians. Based on a series of in-depth interviews and participatory observation we provide an insight into the identity-constituting meanings associated with consumption practices. We illustrate how...

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Unlearning as a driver of sustainable change and innovation : three Australian case studies

Becker, Karen L. - 2008

In building an organisation's innovation capacity, managers have to be aware of barriers to learning and have an understanding of the importance of unlearning old ways. Unlearning is emerging as an important element of change and innovation in organisations. As the pace of change continues to...

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Resistance to IT Change in the AEC Industry: An Individual Assessment Tool

Davis, Kirsten; Songer, Anthony D. - 2008

investigation of individual resistance to IT change.Change management theory and attitude-behavior connections provide a framework … resistance to information technology change facilitated the creation of a detailed social architecture factor model. Subsequently …, a Resistance to Change Index (RTCI) was created, enabling estimations of the intensity of resistance an individual is …

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Oil-dependence and civil conflict in Nigeria

Oyefusi, Aderoju - 2007

This paper examines oil-dependence and civil conflict in Nigeria focusing on the economic dynamics of resource …-induced conflicts. It identifies two dimensions to oil-related civil conflict in the country. The first is the violent rent … concludes with a discussion of some measures that may be used to break the "conflict trap" and overcome the corrupting influence …

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The cost of failing states and the limits to sovereignty

Chauvet, Lisa; Collier, Paul; Hoeffler, Anke - 2007

In this paper, we estimate the costs of state failure, both for the failing state itself and for its neighbours. In our analysis, the cost of failure arises from two distinct sources: organized violence due to the incapacity of the state to ensure its own citizens’ security and low quality of...

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