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Supercritical Flow Flumes for Measuring Sediment-Laden Flow

Smith, R. E.; Chery, D. L.; Renard, K. G.; Gwinn, W. R. - Economic Research Service, Department of Agriculture - 1982

A general type of supercritical flow flume has been developed over many years of experience and testing in discharge …

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Ethical Values and Long-term Orientation

Nevins, Jennifer; Bearden, William; Money, Bruce - In: Journal of Business Ethics 71 (2007) 3, pp. 261-274

hypothesized relationships using data from 292 subjects, we find that long-term perspectives on tradition and planning indeed … engender higher levels of ethical values. The results also support work ethicâ€™s role in fostering tradition and planning, as … well as conservatismâ€™s positive association with planning. Additionally, we report how tradition and planning mediate the …

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Improving working conditions and productivity in the garment industry : an action manual

Hiba, Juan Carlos - International Labour Organization (ILO), United Nations - 1998

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Examining a "micro-macro paradox": did poverty really fall in the Union of Myanmar?

Shaffer, Paul - In: Journal of international development : the journal of … 27 (2015) 7, pp. 1332-1336

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Pro-poor price trends and inequality : the case of India

Almås, Ingvild; Kjelsrud, Anders - 2016

It is well known that people’s consumption patterns change with income. Relative price changes therefore affect rich and poor consumers differently. Yet, the standard price indices are not income-specific and hence, the use of these mask these differences in cost-of-living. In this paper, we...

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Micro-founded measurement of regional competitiveness in Europe

Békés, Gábor; Ottaviano, Gianmarco I. P. - 2015

Enhancing competitiveness is a popular target in economic policy making - not only at the national, but at the regional level as well despite neither generally accepted definition nor any strong agreement on how to measure it. In this chapter we discuss the conceptual underpinnings of why it is...