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Eine neue Klasse hybrider Innovationsdiffusionsmodelle
Grishchenko, Yulia - 2007
Die vorliegende Arbeit befasst sich mit Innovationsdiffusionsmodellen und deren Anwendung in der Marketingpraxis. Sie hat zwei Ziele: Einen Überblick über existierende Innovationsmodelle zu schaffen und ein neues besseres Modell zu entwickeln. Es wird ein neuer Klassifizierungsansatz...
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Accelerating the Adoption of Second-Tier Reach Standards forApplicable Appliance Products in China
Lin, Jiang; Fridley, David - 2008
The minimum energy efficiency standards program for household appliances in China was initiated in 1989. Since 1996 …, CLASP and its implementing partner, LBNL, have assisted China in developing 11 minimum energy performance standards (MEPS … (under development). Before 2003, China's traditional approach to standards development involved small increases in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009435539
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Enterprise Investment During the Transition: Evidence from Czech Panel Data
Lizal, Lubomir; Svejnar, Jan - 1997
We analyze investment behavior of the population of medium and large industrial firms located in the Czech Republic in 1992-95. We examine the relevance of alternative models of investment and test if investment behavior varies across ownership-legal form categories of firms. By using a large...
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Developing a Practical Forecasting Screener for Domestic Violence Incidents
Berk, Richard A; He, Yan; Sorenson, Susan B - 2005
useful skill. More informed decisions by police officers in the field can follow. Although the same kinds of predictors are …
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Mileage, car ownership, experience of punishment avoidance and the risky driving of young drivers
Scott-Parker, Bridie; Watson, Barry C.; King, Mark J.; … - 2011
independent driving. Results: Most young drivers in Survey 2 reported owning a vehicle and paying attention to Police presence …, spent more hours each week driving, or avoided actual and anticipated Police presence were more likely to report risky … driving. These drivers were also more likely to report being detected by Police for a driving-related offence. The media …
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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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BEYOND BUDGET RATIONALITIES: THE SOCIAL STRUCTURE OF PERFORMANCE BUDGETING AND ITS INDIRECT EFFECTS ON ORGANIZATIONAL PERFORMANCE WITHIN PUBLIC ORGANIZATIONS
Nye, Robert Kennedy - 2010
Performance based budgeting reform in its latest stage continues to evolve after resurgence in popularity resulting from the Clinton Administration's National Performance Review and the international new public management (NPM) movement. Performance based budgeting is sometimes viewed with...
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Innovation in local government risk financing: lessons from the UK and Nordic experiences
Hood, John; Stein, William; Valkama, Pekka - 2010
Book abstract: Compared with coverage of organizational innovation, public sector financial innovation has tended to be neglected in the literature. When it has been considered, the strong focus of classical public finance for optimal taxation and tax types has overshadowed new and interesting...
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Economic Development Activities at the Young - Rainey Science, Technology, & Research (STAR) Center
Paul S. Sacco; Carl Smeigh; John Caponiti, Jr. - 2008
Project mission was to mitigate the adverse economic effects of closing the U.S. Department of Energy's Pinellas Plant in Largo, Florida. This project was to facilitate the physical renovation of the plant and to help maintain and create jobs for the employees that worked at the plant when DOE...
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