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A risk analysis approach for time equation-based costing
HOOZÉE, S.; VERMEIRE, L.; BRUGGEMAN, W. - Faculteit Economie en Bedrijfskunde, Universiteit Gent - 2009
Recently, time equation-based costing has been developed as a cost modelling approach in which activity times are calculated using time equations. Drawing on mathematical statistics, this paper develops a risk analysis approach and shows how it can be used to determine the impact of measurement...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004982913
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A simulation analysis of interactions between errors in costing system design
LABRO, E.; VANHOUCKE, M. - Faculteit Economie en Bedrijfskunde, Universiteit Gent - 2005
The academic accounting literature has established that the conditions under which costing systems in general and Activity Based Costing (ABC) in particular provide accurate costs are very stringent. Less is known, however, about the nature, level and bias of costing errors and their...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004983023
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On the Accuracy of Regulatory Cost Estimates
Harrington, Winston; Morgenstern, Richard D.; Nelson, Peter - 1999
This study compares ex ante estimates of the direct costs of individual regulations to ex post assessments of the same regulations. Our review of more than two dozen environmental and occupational safety regulations indicates that ex ante estimates of total (direct) costs have tended to exceed...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009445419
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Implementing ERP in Multinational Companies: Their Effects on the Organization and Individuals at Work
Gunson, John; De Blasis, Jean-Paul - 2002
For Software Applications, the 1990s was characterised by the implementation of ERP systems across Multinational organizations...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005843548
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Market Structure and Communicable Diseases
Mechoulan, Stéphane - University of Toronto, Department of Economics - 2005
controlled. Drug resistance exacerbates the welfare difference between monopoly and first best outcomes. Nevertheless, because … the negative externalities from resistance compete with the positive externalities of treatment, a mixed competition …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005827275
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Resistance to change. Exploring the convergence of institutions, organizations and the mind toward a common phenomenon
Patalano, Roberta - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2007
Resistance to change is not a new concept in economic literature (Coch and French 1948, Boulding 1956). However, in the … acknowledged that resistance characterizes institutions, organizations and the mind, we suggest that the convergence toward such … counterparts of economic behavior into account. We finally reinterpret resistance to change as a heuristic that helps manage the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005835904
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Toxicity of four fongicides to the predaceous mite Typhlodromus pyri (Acari : Phytoseiidae)
Kreiter; Sentenac; Barthes; Auger - Département Sciences Sociales, Agriculture et … - 1998
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011149039
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Solving the Problem of Sustainable Use of Bt Crops
Dun, Zhe; Mitchell, Paul D. - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2011
from Bt crops will be reduced or even eliminated if pests develop resistance to these toxins so that Bt crops are less or … no longer effective. Although field resistance to Bt crops has not yet been found in the continental U.S., resistance to … has been devoted to developing management programs to prevent, delay or even reverse the spread of resistance. The …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009021525
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Proposals of Working Group for Consideration of NAC-II: Suggestions for Land Acquisition (Amendment) Bill 2009 and Resettlement and Rehabilitation Bill, 2009
eSocialSciences; National Advisory Council NAC - 2011
Land acquisition and involuntary displacement continue to result in great distress and resistance – and often …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009321453
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Resistance to the Regulation of Common Resources in Rural Tunisia
Liu, Xiaoying; Sarr, Mare; Swanson, Timothy - Economic Research Southern Africa (ERSA) - 2014
small landholders. Empirically, we find that resistance to the introduction of an effective water-charging regime is … greatest amongst the largest landholders. Resistance to the regulation of common resources may be sourced in the manner in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010747547