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Capacity Assessment of the Dutch Beam-trawler Fleet using Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA)
van Hoof, Luc; de Wilde, Jan Willem - 2005
Envelopment Analysis (DEA) Approach,' the methodology was applied to a substantial sample of the Dutch beam trawler fleet. Beam … trawling for flatfish is the main occupation of the Dutch skipper-owned fishing fleet. Using three input factors and four … output could be achieved with a 12% smaller fleet. All in all, the beam trawler fleet appears to operate quite efficiently. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009444248
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Consumption risk, technology adoption and poverty traps: evidence from Ethiopia
Dercon, Stefan; Christiaensen, Luc - 2007
Much has been written on the determinants of input and technology adoption in agriculture, with issues such as input availability, knowledge and education, risk preferences, profitability, and credit constraints receiving much attention. This paper focuses on a factor that has been less well...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009441498
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Exploring the drivers of firm-level innovation in the construction industry
Manley, Karen A.; McFallan, Stephen L. - 2006
innovation drivers reviewed encompasses business strategy and environment. The findings indicate that business strategies are …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009483485
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Adapting strategic niche management for evaluating radical transport policies – the case of the Durham Road Access Charge Scheme
Ieromonachou, Petros; Potter, Stephen; Enoch, Marcus P. - 2004
(SNM). SNM is rooted in organisational innovation diffusion theoryand provides a structure to evaluate and manage the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009461319
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The consistency of empirical comparisons of regression and analogy-based software project cost prediction
Mair, CM; Shepperd, M J - 2005
OBJECTIVE - to determine the consistency within and between results in empirical studies of software engineering cost estimation. We focus on regression and analogy techniques as these are commonly used. METHOD – we conducted an exhaustive search using predefined inclusion and exclusion...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009465538
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How reliable are systematic reviews in empirical software engineering?
MacDonell, S G; Shepperd, M J; Kitchenham, B A; Mendes, E - 2009
BACKGROUND – the systematic review is becoming a more commonly employed research instrument in empirical software engineering. Before undue reliance is placed on the outcomes of such reviews it would seem useful to consider the robustness of the approach in this particular research context....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009465584
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A Systematic Review of Software Development Cost Estimation Studies
Jørgensen, M; Shepperd, M J - 2007
This paper aims to provide a basis for the improvement of software estimation research through a systematic review of previous work. The review identifies 304 software cost estimation papers in 76 journals and classifies the papers according to research topic, estimation approach, research...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009465586
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Organizational Culture in Nursing: A Systematic Review
Systematic reviews are useful to keep abreast of the literature by summarizing large bodies of evidence. By conducting systematic reviews, we can learn how to apply scientific strategies, in ways that limit bias, to the assembly, critical appraisal, and synthesis of all relevant studies that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009464441
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Social Capital and SME: A Systematic Literature Review and Research Directions
GAMAGE, Sisira Kumara Naradda; PRASANNA, RPIR; … - 2020
performance, innovation, and marketing capabilities and CSR-SME relationship. The systematic review recommends that future … available research areas, the link between dynamic capabilities (innovation, marketing) of SMEs, social capital CSR …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012271302
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Competing Technologies in the Database Management Systems Market
Kretschmer, Tobias - London School of Economics - 2005
In this paper, we study the dynamics of the market for DatabaseManagement Systems (DBMS), which is commonly assumed to possess networkeffects and where there is still some viable competition in our studyperiod, 2000 – 2004. Specifically, we make use of a unique anddetailed dataset on several...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009435089