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The ETTO principle : efficiency-thoroughness trade-off ; why things that go right sometimes go wrong
Hollnagel, Erik - 2009
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003811861
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Survival of Firms During Economic Crisis
Bosio, Erica - 2020
This paper estimates the survival time of nearly 7,000 firms in a dozen high-income and middle-income countries in a scenario of extreme economic distress, using the World Bank's Enterprises Surveys. Under the assumption that firms have no incoming revenues and cover only fixed costs, the median...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012834267
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Survival of Firms during Economic Crisis
Bosio, Erica - 2020
We estimate the survival time of nearly 7,000 firms in a dozen of high-income and middle-income countries in a scenario of extreme economic distress, using the World Bank's Enterprises Surveys. Under the assumption that firms have no incoming revenues and cover only fixed costs, the median...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012835541
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The ETTO Principle : Why Things That Go Right Sometimes Go Wrong
Hollnagel, Erik - 2009 - 1st ed.
Accident investigation and risk assessment have for decades focused on the human factor, most notably in the form of "human error". Countless books and papers have been written about how to identify, classify, eliminate, prevent and compensate for "human error". This preoccupation with failure...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012684954
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The social economic impact of AIDS : accounting for intergenerational transmission, productivity and fertility
Vasilakis, Chrysovalantis - 2010
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008826937
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The social economic impact of AIDS : accounting for intergenerational transmission, productivity and fertility
Vasilakis, Chrysovalantis - In: Economic modelling 29 (2012) 2, pp. 369-381
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009536809
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Shocks, income diversification and welfare in developing and transition countries
Omar Mahmoud, Toman - 2010
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008935492
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The impact of HIV on total factor productivity
Alemu, Zerihun (contributor); Roe, Terry L. (contributor);  … - 2005
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003225996
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Productivity, investment in ICT and market experimentation: micro evidence from Germany und the US
Haltiwanger, John; Jarmin, Ron; Schank, Thorsten - 2003
Kenngrößen wie der Produktivität, der Qualifikationsstruktur und den Löhnen, wobei Mikrodaten für die USA und Deutschland … verwendet wurden. Dabei kann die Hypothese unterstützt werden, dass in den USA Betriebe stärker experimentieren - gemessen … durchschnittlichen Einfluss der Einführung neuer Technologien auf die Produktivität und die Löhne in den USA als in Deutschland. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010299237
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The Economic Value of Cultural Diversity: Evidence from US Cities
Ottaviano, Gianmarco I.P.; Peri, Giovanni - 2004
We use data on wages and rents in different U.S. cities to assess the amenity effects on production and consumption of cultural diversity as measured by diversity of countries of birth of city residents. We show that US-born citizens living in metropolitan areas where the share of foreign-born...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011324913