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The socio spatial substructure of the Australian city: how well does it explain house price?
Rossini, Peter; Kupke, Valerie - In: International Journal of Housing Markets and Analysis 8 (2015) 1, pp. 53-72
Purpose – This paper aims to show how social and economic differentiation that has become a feature of Australian cities and the urban housing literature emphasises the value in understanding such differentiation as an explanation of housing demand. Design/methodology/approach – Using a...
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Atlantic hurricane forecast: a statistical analysis
Daneshvaran, Siamak; Haji, Maryam - In: The Journal of Risk Finance 14 (2012) 1, pp. 4-19
Purpose – A reliable forecast of hurricane activity in the Atlantic Basin has the potential to help mitigate the economic losses caused by hurricanes. One of the difficult problems is to make reasonable annual forecast of catastrophe losses based on the short record of historical observations....
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Central city vibrancy and new business venturing
Gross, Stephen; Campbell, Noel - In: Journal of Entrepreneurship and Public Policy 4 (2015) 2, pp. 257-271
Purpose – Researchers have identified the “vibrancy” of living in a spatially defined area as having a positive impact on entrepreneurial activity, measured as new business start-ups. Vibrant areas attract and facilitate would-be entrepreneurs, and attract other entrepreneurs and the...
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Dynamic structure of the US financial systems
Khashanah, Khaldoun; Miao, Linyan - In: Studies in Economics and Finance 28 (2011) 4, pp. 321-339
Purpose – This paper empirically investigates the structural evolution of the US financial systems. It particularly aims to explore if the structure of the financial systems changes when the economy enters a recession. Design/methodology/approach – The empirical analysis is conducted through...
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Reliability in lean systems
Keyser, Robert S.; Sawhney, Rapinder S. - In: International Journal of Quality & Reliability Management 30 (2013) 3, pp. 223-238
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to propose a contemporary reliability model for lean systems through the development of an innovative lean system reliability model (LSRM). Design/methodology/approach – LSRM models the reliability of lean subsystems as a basis for determining the...
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Fuel flow logistics: an empirical analysis of performance in a network of gas stations using principal component analysis and data envelopment analysis
de Melo, Gustavo Alves; Peixoto, Maria Gabriela Mendonça; … - In: Journal of Advances in Management Research 21 (2024) 4, pp. 605-626
Purpose The aim of this study was to evaluate the performance of fuel flow processes in a network of eight gas stations, located in the mesoregion of Alto Paranaíba and Triângulo Mineiro. Design/methodology/approach Two multi-criteria decision support methods were applied, respectively, of a...
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How are XML‐based Marc 21 and Dublin Core records indexed and ranked by general search engines in dynamic online environments?
Hossein Farajpahlou, A.; Tabatabai, Faeze - In: Aslib Proceedings 63 (2011) 6, pp. 586-592
Purpose – The aim of this paper is to examine the indexing quality and ranking of XML content objects containing Dublin … elements embedded in the content objects in a dynamic online information environment and their indexing and ranking … between indexing quality and ranking of DCXML metadata elements with that of MARCXML. The results of the study revealed that …
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Investigating the managerial ‘‘nuts and bolts’’ for the construction industry
Yap, Jeffrey Boon Hui; Chow, Ian Ni - In: Built Environment Project and Asset Management 10 (2020) 3, pp. 331-348
ranking of PMEs across stakeholder groups. The present study found that PMEs for construction have a total of four dimensions …
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A performance evaluation framework for technical institutions in one of the states of India
Das, Manik Chandra; Sarkar, Bijan; Ray, Siddhartha - In: Benchmarking: An International Journal 22 (2015) 5, pp. 773-790
application of a structured approach to determine relative efficiency and ranking of a set of private engineering colleges under … concern today and therefore the need for performance evaluation and ranking of these colleges is paramount. For the proposed … the ranking the authors get is in the order of E > F > A > H > D > C > G > B. The result shows that composite performance …
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Comparative evaluation of Indian technical institutions using distance based approach method
Chandra Das, Manik; Sarkar, Bijan; Ray, Siddhartha - In: Benchmarking: An International Journal 20 (2013) 5, pp. 568-587
, B, C, D, E, F and G. The result of the study reveals that A is the best and F is the worst. The ranking we get is in the …
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