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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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ON INSTITUTIONAL REFORMS AND THE ALLOCATION OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN RUSSIA’S TRANSITION
Petrick, Martin - 2010
historische Hinweise, dass dieVerbreitung von unternehmerischen Eigenschaften und Verhalten in Russland deutlich geringerist als …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009442729
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Das Städtesystem der Russischen Föderation aus Sicht der Neuen Ökonomischen Geographie
Kauffmann, Albrecht - 2010
freight transport costs have for the development of urban systems?Such rise of transport costs in real terms has happened in … Russia after price liberalisation in 1992. At the same time, the Russian official demographic statistics provides data that … can be used to test hypotheses concerning the development of urban systems affected by rising transport costs. In the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009449075
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EU-Russia energy relations: What chance for solutions? : A focus on the natural gas sector
Böhme, Dimo - 2011
Public debate about energy relations between the EU and Russia is distorted. These distortions present considerable … demand. Diverse interests inside the EU prevent the definition of a coherent and respected energy policy. Russia, for its … role of mere energy exporter. In view of the intensifying struggle for global resources, Russia, with its large energy …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009449079
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Labor Market Institutions and Firm Policy - Theoretical and Experimental Insights
Paul, Christian - 2009
In this thesis, we theoretically and experimentally analyze three aspects of labor markets. We first ask whether the introduction of a minimum wage not only increases the wages of workers who previously earned less than this minimum wage, but also of those who earned considerably more already....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009434479
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HRD Strategies Making a Difference in Regional Australia: Implications for Local Action in a Global Context
Hyland, Paul; Becker, Karen L.; Acutt, Bruce - 2005
Effective Human Resource Development (HRD) has long been recognised as a critical element in overall organisational strategy, and in turn is important to the ongoing sustainability of organisations. In this paper, the importance of effective HRD strategies and interventions are considered,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009438263
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Sustainable supply chains – a framework for best practice assessment: results of the pilot study, BestLog project.
Piotrowicz, Wojciech; Cuthbertson, Richard; Islei, Gerd
section reviews EC policies on sustainability in transport and logistics. The main part of the analysis concentrates on the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009441420
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Essays in Behavioral and Experimental Economics
Dürsch, Peter - 2010
Chapter IWe use a large-scale internet experiment to explore how subjects learn to play against computers that are programmed to follow one of a number of standard learning algorithms. The learning theories are (unbeknown to subjects) a best response process, fictitious play, imitation,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009476200
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The Doha Agenda and Agricultural Trade Reform: The Role of Economic Analysis
Martin, William J.; Anderson, Kym - 2006
This paper shows that research on international agricultural trade reform can make much greater contributions to understanding than was feasible in earlier trade negotiations. Part of this is due to improvements in the basic data on production, consumption and trade associated with the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009442475
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An Economy-wide Analysis of Impacts of WTO Tiered Formula for Tariff Reduction on Taiwan
Hsu, Shih-Hsun; Chang, C.; Li, S.; Chen, Y. - 2006
In this study we use Taiwan as a case study to provide an economy-wide analysis of impacts on Taiwan of WTO tariff … General Equilibrium Model with a WTO module (TAIGEM-WTO, hereafter) that is a multi-sectoral computable general equilibrium …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009442492