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Tourism is truly an international/global industry. Tourism is vital to the economy of a country and sustainable tourism development requires an understanding of the complex interrelationships and interactions among a multitude of environmental factors and interdisciplinary forces that play a...
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. SMEs have limited opportunities to obtain such information on their own. The method of mutual benchmarking changes this …
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This paper proposes a methodology for benchmarking unemployment benefits systems, with a view to assess reform needs …
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This paper reviews the governance framework of the Lisbon Strategy and discusses the specific option of increasing the … role of benchmarking as a means of improving the implementation record of structural reforms in the European Union. Against … this background, the paper puts forward a possible avenue for developing a strong form of quantitative benchmarking, namely …
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Safety-first portfolio optimization is concerned with maximizing the expected portfolio return subject to a safety-first constraint, which is defined as the probability of failing to achieve a specified target. Commonly the target is assumed to be fixed, which, however, leads to significant...
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This paper analyzes the safety-first portfolio model under two different target assumptions, the fixed target, which is commonly assumed in the literature, and the random target, which has played only a minor role so far. As both targets can be easily motivated, the open question is, which...
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Benchmarking by means of applying the DEA model is appearing as an interesting alternative for regulators under the new …
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The need for monitoring countries’ overall performance in sustainable development (SD) is widely recognized, but the methods for aggregating vast amounts of empirical data remain rather crude. This paper examines the so-called ‘benefit of doubt’ weighting method as a tool for identifying...
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instruments and of the underlying governance structures. This article summarizes the most important findings of the report as …
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The architecture of governance structures for renewable energies in Germany is characterized by a duality of economic … problematic with respect to resource efficiency and distributive justice. The paper argues for a more integrated governance …Die Architektur der Governance-Strukturen für erneuerbare Energien in Deutschland ist durch eine Dualität von …
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