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Towards a framework for securing a business against electronic identity theft

Bechan, Upasna - 2008

The continuing financial losses incurred by individuals and companies due to identity information being phished are necessitating more innovative approaches to solving the problem of phishing attacks at the company level. Security standards are developed by respected experts in the profession...

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The Economics of Obesity-Related Mortality among High Income Countries

Huffman, Wallace E.; Huffman, Sonya Kostova; Tegene, … - 2006

The high and rapidly rising adult obesity rates in the United States, United Kingdom, Australia and New Zealand are associated with major health risks, including cardiovascular disease, diabetes, stroke, and some forms of cancer; large health care costs; and premature deaths annually. For...

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The Need for a Military System Effectiveness Framework: The System of Systems Approach

Soban, Danielle Suzanne; Mavris, Dimitri N. - 2001

The need for a comprehensive framework for the analysis of military system effectiveness is presented. Changes in the world’s economy and its effect on decision making is discussed, as well as the three primary ways decision makers use information: resource allocation, requirements definition,...

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Cointegration Analysis on the Relation between Urbanization and Economic Growth in China

LIU, Ai ying; YAO, Li fen; LI, Qing chen - 2011

empirical research on the relation between urbanization and GDP in China, and also implements a comparative analysis to the … relation between three industries and degree of urbanization, the related coeffecient is 0.97, 0.95, 0.97, 0.97. And the result … shows a long-term balance between these two factors, and the promoting effect to tertiary industry by urbanization is more …

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Effects of Heterogeneity in Residential Preferences on an Agent-Based Model of Urban Sprawl

Brown, Daniel G.; Robinson, Derek T. - 2006

"The ability of agent-based models (ABMs) to represent heterogeneity in the characteristics and behaviors of actors enables analyses about the implications of this heterogeneity for system behavior. The importance of heterogeneity in the specification of ABMs, however, creates new demands for...

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Industrial Restructuring and Urban Change in the Pittsburgh Region: Developmental, Ecological, and Socioeconomic Trade-offs

Haller, William - 2005

"This article traces the steel industry's restructuring during the 1980s and its consequences for older industrial regions tied historically to steel production. These regions contained large working class communities that declined because of deindustrialization and restructuring. This article...

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Three Essays on China's Economic Reform

Li, Lixing - 2008

This dissertation contains three essays. In Chapter 2, I investigate the causal factors of the soft budget constraint (SBC) problem. Based on a panel dataset from a survey of Chinese enterprises, the test results support the policy burden hypothesis but not the ownership hypothesis. The findings...

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The significance and performance of infrastructure in China

Newell, Graeme; Chau, K. W.; Wong, Siu Kei - 2009

The significant economic growth and urbanisation of China in recent years has seen increased importance given to infrastructure development in China; this includes airports, toll roads, communications, ports, power plants and water. The purpose of this paper is to assess the significance and...

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REGIONAL DETERMINANTS OF EXPORT COMPETITIVENESS IN MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY IN CANTON SARAJEVO, BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA

Celebic, Nedim; Muzur, Almin; Cero, Ermin - 2020

Sarajevo, the center of economy of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Regional determinants assessed are foreign ownership, urbanization …, and localization. Regression analysis using SPSS software was conducted. Type of manufacturing industry, urbanization, and … manufacturing industry plays a significant role to the export competitiveness in Canton Sarajevo. The biggest urbanization ratio …

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The effect of farmland preservation programs on farmland prices.

Nickerson, C.J.; Lynch, L. - 2001

Government agencies in urbanizing areas are increasingly utilizing purchase and transfer of development rights programs to preserve farmland and protect local farm economies. This article tests the effect of development restrictions imposed by permanent easement sales on farmland sales prices,...

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