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School Facility Projects in Latin America
Berk, Jeffrey J.; Vaz, Rita de Cassia Alves; Honorio, João - Directorate for Education, Organisation de Coopération … - 2004
Many Latin American countries are undertaking projects, in line with practices disseminated by PEB, to share school facilities with the local community, to adapt traditional schools for students with disabilities, and to collaborate with private companies to finance educational buildings. The...
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EU Services Directive - Design Approaches for Romania
NISIOIU, Codrin; RENTEA, Cosmin; SILVESTRU, Catalin Ionut; … - In: Informatica Economica XII (2008) 4, pp. 122-129
. This paper will present some technical design options for an architectural framework of the Point of Single Contact imposed …
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EU Services Directive - Analysis of Requirements
NISIOIU, Codrin; RENTEA, Cosmin; SILVESTRU, Catalin Ionut; … - In: Informatica Economica XII (2008) 3, pp. 12-16
The IT implementation of the EU’s Services Directive contributes to the goal of creating the most competitive and dynamic knowledge-based economic region in the world by the year 2009. This paper will present the concept of points of single contact, cover topics such as the vision for...
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Marketing a city: Glasgow, city of architecture and design
Daskou, Sofia; Thom, Claudia; Boojihawon, Dev K. - In: Global Business and Economics Review 6 (2004) 1, pp. 22-37
The current study is an attempt to explore the identity of Glasgow (UK) as a city of Architecture and Design. The study …
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Exploring the Structure of Complex Software Designs: An Empirical Study of Open Source and Proprietary Code
MacCormack, Alan; Rusnak, John; Baldwin, Carliss Y. - In: Management Science 52 (2006) 7, pp. 1015-1030
This paper reports data from a study that seeks to characterize the differences in design structure between complex … software products. We use design structure matrices (DSMs) to map dependencies between the elements of a design and define … differences in structure between Linux and the first version of Mozilla, suggesting that Linux had a more modular architecture …
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Distinctively Different: A New Approach to Valuing Architectural Amenities
Ahlfeldt, Gabriel M.; Holman, Nancy - CESifo - 2015
We propose a method to estimate the capitalized value of the architectural design quality of a neighbourhood. Our … economic design premium is identified by spatially differentiating property prices and design quality within neighbourhoods and …
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Distinctively Different: A New Approach to Valuing Architectural Amenities
Ahlfeldt, Gabriel M.; Holman, Nancy - Spatial Economics Research Centre, LSE - 2015
We propose a method to estimate the capitalized value of the architectural design quality of a neighbourhood. Our … economic design premium is identified by spatially differentiating property prices and design quality within neighbourhoods and …
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Space, Buildings and the Life Worlds of Home-Based Workers: Towards Better Design
Holliss, Frances - In: Sociological Research Online 17 (2012) 2, pp. 24-24
This article draws on recent research into the architecture of home‐based work, the working practices of the home …. Follow-on research was conducted in London in 2009-11. Originating in architecture, the research employed a number of visual … architecture, they are normally used to portray idealized buildings and interiors. People and their everyday lives are usually …
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The diffusion of risks in public private partnership contracts
Demirag, Istemi; Khadaroo, Iqbal; Stapleton, Pamela; … - In: Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal 25 (2012) October, pp. 1317-1339
financiers. Design/methodology/approach – This study focuses on the financial structure of PPPs and on their financiers …
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Collar options to manage revenue risks in real toll public-private partnership transportation projects
Shan, Liang; Garvin, Michael; Kumar, Raman - In: Construction Management and Economics 28 (2010) 10, pp. 1057-1069
The revenue risk is of great importance to ensure the success of a real toll public-private partnership (PPP) transportation project. Past research has proposed a revenue guarantee put option as an alternative way to quantify and potentially manage this risk. A practical, or commercial,...
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