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Full-text of this article is not available in this e-prints service. This article was originally published [following peer-review] in International Journal of Forecasting, published by and copyright Elsevier.
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during which the stored product is sold out of inventories. This paper develops an economic model ofoptimal inventory …
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Cultural tourism is one of the most quickly growing tourism segments. Cultural heritage is an important resource for developing cultural tourism. In rural areas, tourism plays an important role in safeguarding employment, income and supply structures, but in contrast to the situation in urban...
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As inventories represent a significant balance sheet item for many companies, their correct presentation and disclosure … is fundamental for the financial statements' users. This article identifies compliance with the 'IAS 2 Inventories … association between the sum of total assets and the sum of inventories as well as an association between the sum of inventories …
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Since 1984, the U.S. economy has grown at a remarkably steady pace. An analysis of this increased stability shows that every major component of GDP has exhibited smoother growth. However, two components--inventory investment and consumer spending--are responsible for the bulk of the decline in...
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, inventories have fallen far behind rapidly advancing sales. What accounts for the change? Market trends have both reduced the need … for inventories and slowed the response of inventories to shifts in demand. At the same time, the long current expansion …
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The large inventory buildup in the first half of 1997 led to media warnings of a substantially weaker economy by year's end. The authors examine the rationale for these warnings, and argue that inventory accumulation is an unreliable predictor of future economic strength.
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In this article, as part of the symposium on total factor productivity, Erwin Diewert of the University of British Columbia provides a comprehensive discussion of what is needed to develop reliable measures of total factor productivity in terms of output and the different classes of inputs. He...
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Inventories usually rise relative to sales during recessions, but they have remained remarkably lean during the recent …, reducing inventories permits greater efficiency and improves U.S. economic welfare. However, in the short run, the transition …
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