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International mobility of researchers and scientists: Policy options for turning a drain into a gain
Thorn, Kristian; Holm-Nielsen, Lauritz B. - 2006
High demand for researchers and scientists has led to an increase in skilled migration in recent years. The paper … scientists from developing countries and discusses policy options for maximizing the potential gains associated with … return decisions of researchers and scientists are primarily shaped by factors such as the quality of the research …
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Your Everyday, Average Academic
Ward, Melanie E. - 1999
The data described in this paper come from a unique cross section study collected by the author, using a postal questionnaire, of five Scottish Universities: Aberdeen, Dundee, Glasgow, Heriot-Watt and St. Andrews undertaken in 1995/6. It encompasses detailed information on the personal and...
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Salary and the Gender Salary Gap in the Academic Profession
Ward, Melanie E. - 1999
The academic profession is an occupation in which pay has fallen dramatically, resulting in the setting up of a Committee of Inquiry to examine both pay relativities and mechanisms for pay determination. This paper considers salary determination and the gender salary gap in the academic labour...
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To be or not to be... a scientist?
Chevalier, Arnaud - 2012
Policy makers generally advocate that to remain competitive countries need to train more scientists. Employers …. Finally, scientists working in a scientific occupation are more satisfied with their educational and career choices, which …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010282287
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Up or out: Research incentives and career prospects of postdocs in Germany
Fitzenberger, Bernd; Leuschner, Ute - 2012
Academic careers in Germany have been under debate for a while. We conduct a survey among postdocs in Germany, to analyze the perceptions and attitudes of postdocs regarding their research incentives, their working conditions, and their career prospects. We conceptualize the career prospects of...
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Autonomer, aber weiter unsicher: Neue Führungspositionen haben das Karrieresystem in der deutschen Wissenschaft nur wenig verändert
Gülker, Silke - 2010
Juniorprofessur oder die Leitung von Nachwuchsgruppen sollten die Wege junger Wissenschaftler bahnen - denn zwischen Abitur und der …
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Vertical integration and operational flexibility
Moretto, Michele; Rossini, Gianpaolo - 2008
The main aim of the paper is to highlight the relation between flexibility and vertical integration. To this purpose, we go through the selection of the optimal degree of vertical disintegration of a flexible firm which operates in a dynamic uncertain environment. The enterprise we model enjoys...
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A guide to complexity theory in operations research
Schirmer, Andreas - 1995
It is a well-known fact that there exists an ever increasing number of problems for which, despite the efforts of many inventive and persistent researchers, it seems virtually impossible to find efficient algorithms. In this Situation, the theory of computational complexity may provide helpful...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011594617
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A mixed integer linear programming model applied in barge planning for Omya
Bredström, David; Haugen, Kjetil; Olstad, Asmund; … - In: Operations Research Perspectives 2 (2015), pp. 150-155
This article presents a mathematical model for barge transport planning on the river Rhine, which is part of a decision support system (DSS) recently taken into use by the Swiss company Omya. The system is operated by Omya's regional office in Cologne, Germany, responsible for distribution...
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Zur Bedeutung der Modellbildung für die Entwicklung wissensbasierter Systeme
Drexl, Andreas; Pesch, Erwin; Salewski, Frank - 1994
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