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Ernährung, wirtschaftliche Entwicklung und Bürgerkriege in Afrika südlich der Sahara (1950-2000)
Moradi, Alexander - 2005
Ein Leben frei von Hunger ist ein bedeutender Bestandteil der Lebensqualität. Um die Ernährungssituation in Afrika südlich der Sahara (ASS) zu quantifizieren, bedient sich die Studie der Methoden der anthropometrischen Wirtschaftsgeschichte. Eine unzureichende Ernährung sowie ein hoher...
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Optimality, Sub-optimality, Nirvana, and Transaction Costs Foraging on the Commons
Feeny, David - 1995
choice of viewpoint from which to assess outcomes, time horizon, choice of normative system, measurement properties of the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009468417
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Three Blind Men and the Elephant
Long, J S - 2008
Just like the blind men in the popular story of perceiving the elephant, the three major constituencies participating in the energy debate have greatly different perceptions of the problem. The constituency that is worried about climate change believes the energy problem is caused by profligate...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009436540
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Regional disparities of household expenses in the Czech Republic
Svatošová, Libuše - 2012
Household expenditures serve as one of crucial indicators of living standard. Monitoring of its extent and its structure at regional level is source of information of particular importance – situation and quality of life of particular region´s population. The paper is focused on possibilities...
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Microfinance in the Improvement of Living Standard and GNH
Bandyopadhyay, Saugata - 2008
This paper mainly aims to extend the philosophy of capability development at the micro level for achieving individual happiness as a part of a community through social transformation and to achieve happiness at individual and community level. One of the main indicators for Gross National...
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THE EMERGENCE AND CONSEQUENCES OF STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION IN THE CONTEMPORARY FIRM: AN INSTITUTIONAL APPROACH TO THE ORGANIZATIONAL FOUNDATIONS OF INEQUALITY
Carberry, Edward J. - 2008
This dissertation explores the ways in which institutional organizational theory can enhance our understanding of how … managerial power to neoinstitutional theory in order to examine changes to executive stock option practices in the wake of the … organizational theory can provide important and novel insights into the structuration of new forms of wealth accumulation and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009466280
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Macroeconomic Determinants of the Happiness of the Poor: A Case Study of Pakistan
Shahbaz, Muhamm; Aamir, Naveed - 2008
that this is qualitative and subjective phenomena are not easily captured by measurement. In the present endeavour, the …
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Internationalit?t der Unternehmung - Aktueller Forschungsstand, Analyse und Konzeptualisierung
Fischer, Laura Denise - 2006
The research field of (measurement) concepts depicting the degree of multinationality of a firm is vast and complex … multinationality is, however, a precondition for the validity of measurement concepts. Hence, the development of a well … framework as well as recommendations for the construction of measurement concepts of firm multinationality are identified and …
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Forecasting Field Defect Rates Using a Combined Time-based and Metrics-based Approach: a Case Study of OpenBSD
Luo Li, Paul; Herbsleb, James; Shaw, Mary - 2005
Open source software systems are critical infrastructure for many applications; however, little has been precisely measured about their quality. Forecasting the field defect-occurrence rate over the entire lifespan of a release before deployment for open source software systems may enable...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009440981
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A retrospective view of the South African excellence model
Williams, June C. - 2008
, however, performance measurement systems ofworld-class organisations are tailored to drive manufacturing and service …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009442199