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Determinants of coordination and supply chain performance : The case of fresh milk supply chains in Kenya
Eliud Abucheli Birachi - 2006
in two districts in Kenya between May 2005 and September 2005. Multinomial logit models and ordered probit models were …, Household Model, Multinomial Logistic Regression, Ordered Logistic Regression, Kenya. …
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A cultural political economy Of business strategy in a developing country context: The case of the Sri Lankan tea industry
Wickramasinghe, A.; Cameron, D. C. - 2005
This paper contributes to the development of a critical understanding of business strategy of the Sri Lankan tea industry within broader socio-cultural politico-economy perspective. The broader insight coming from this thesis will enhance the understanding of the stakeholders of the industry...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009448082
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AN EMPIRICAL INVESTIGATION OF LIVE HOG DEMAND
Parcell, Joseph L.; Mintert, James R.; Plain, Ronald L. - 2000
An inverse live hog demand model was estimated to analyze claims that the live hog own quantity demand flexibility's magnitude has increased in recent years. A second objective of this research was to estimate the impact changes in processing capacity utilization rates have on live hog prices....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009443003
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Inventories and capacity utilization in general equilibrium
Auernheimer, Leonardo (contributor) - 2008
The primary goal of this dissertation is to gain a better understanding, in thecontext of a dynamic stochastic general equilibrium framework, of the role of inventories and capacity utilization (of both capital and labor) and, in particular, therelationship among them. These are variables which...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009464875
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ESSAYS IN EMPIRICAL INDUSTRIAL ORGANIZATION
Chesnes, Matthew William - 2009
Chapter 1: Capacity and Utilization Choice in the US Oil Refining IndustryThis paper presents a new dynamic model of the operating and investmentdecisions of US oil refiners. The model enables me to predict how shocks to crudeoil prices and refinery shutdowns (e.g., in response to hurricanes)...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009450802
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Measuring TFP: the role of profits, adjustment costs, and capacity utilization
Comin, Diego; Quintana González, Javier; Schmitz, Tom; …
Desarrollamos un nuevo método de estimación del crecimiento de la productividad total de los factores (PTF) a nivel tanto sectorial como agregado. Nuestro método tiene en cuenta tanto beneficios como costes de ajuste y usa encuestas empresariales para aproximar cambios en la intensidad de la...
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Observed Minimum Illuminance Threshold for Night Market Vendors in Kenya who use LED Lamps
Johnstone, Peter; Jacobson, Arne; Mills, Evan; … - 2009
Creation of light for work, socializing, and general illumination is a fundamental application of technology around the world. For those who lack access to electricity, an emerging and diverse range of LED based lighting products hold promise for replacing and/or augmenting their current...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009435764
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Solid-State Lighting on a Shoestring Budget: The Economics of Off-Grid Lighting for Small Businesses in Kenya
Radecsky, Kristen; Johnstone, Peter; Jacobson, Arne; … - 2009
study of lighting use by micro-enterprises in two small towns in Kenya's Rift Valley Province. The work included a survey …
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Demographic trends in Sub-Saharan Africa
van de Walle, Etienne; Kekovole, John - 1986
that fertility has increased in some countries--Kenya and Cameroon; has remained almost stable in Benin, Ivory Coast and …, the estimates posit a decline in both infant and child mortality in Kenya, Benin and Ivory Coast; infant mortality in …
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Information for decision making from imperfect national data: tracking major changes in health care use in Kenya using geostatistics
Gething, Peter W.; Noor, Abdisalan M.; Goodman, Catherine A. - 2007
health facilities at the national level and for all six major provinces in Kenya. These plots revealed reliably for the first … time a period of steady nationwide decline in the use of health facilities in Kenya between 1996 and 2002, followed by a … tools. Applying this approach to Kenya has yielded output with immediate potential to enhance the capacity of decision …
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