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The cost of purchased electricity for industry is rising even faster than for other sectors. Conventional means of reducing power costs include internal techniques like load management, demand controls and energy conservation. External mechanisms such as contract negotiations with the serving...
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uncertainty as to the course of the disease and its economic repercussions, and the restrictions on people’s movement and on …
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Artículo de revista ; The European Central Bank’s and the Federal Reserve’s announcements of unconventional monetary policies have contributed to significantly reducing market perceptions of the probability of extreme macro-financial events. This phenomenon has arisen in periods of intense...
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Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to use the DuPont expansion to examine those factors underlying differences in (rates of) return on different crop portfolios over space (ten regions) and time (1960-2004). The paper also estimates the impact of government payments on farmland values...
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increased demand for oilprovides the African oil industry with vast possibilities. Countries such as Angola,Cameroon and Nigeria … determine if Angola,as the world’s fastest growing oil-producer in terms of increased production ofbarrels per day, offers its … controversial role in Angola’sprosperity by providing finance and aid with less stringent conditions thanAngola’s traditional …
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of this study, Angola, is emerging from a history of slavery, colonialism and civil war. Although richly endowed with … natural resources and exemplifying one of the world’s fastest growing economies, Angola scores near the bottom of the Human … the sustainable development of Angola through their corporate social responsibility (CSR) activities.An extensive review …
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This study applies the gravity trade model to assess South Africa-Angola trade potential in the agriculturalsector. A … gravityequation, are found to be important determinants of bilateral trade flows. Overall, the simulation resultsindicate that there …
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A time series analysis was performed on medical scheme statistics with the aim of determining current and future demographic and economic trends. This would enable one to reach a better perspective on the current and future financial dilemma presently experienced by medical schemes. Data for the...
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for invested capital. By using the model of the European electricity market and the market simulation tool which are both …
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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to perform a comparative study of prediction performances of an artificial neutral network (ANN) model against a linear prediction model like a linear discriminant analysis (LDA) with regards to forecasting corporate credit ratings from financial...
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