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Australia's mining productivity paradox: implications for MFP measurement

Zheng, S.; Bloch, Harry - 2010

This paper investigates the mining industry's poor productivity performance as measured by the conventional multifactor … productivity (MFP) index during the recent mining boom in Australia. We derive a relationship between the measured and 'true' MFP … average MFP growth in Australian mining based on the dual measure of technical change is nearly 2% over the sample period 1974 …

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Office of the Chief Financial Officer Annual Report 2010

Fernandez, Jeffrey - 2011

to easily extract data; the field has little confidence in data; people spend more time mining data than analyzing data …

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Economic Predictions for Heat Mining: A Review and Analysis of Hot Dry Rock (HDR) Geothermal Energy Technology

Tester, Jefferson W.; Herzog, Howard J. - 2007

The main objectives of this study were first, to review and analyze several economic assessments of Hot Dry Rock (HDR) geothermal energy systems, and second, to reformulate an economic model for HDR with revised cost components. The economic models reviewed include the following studies...

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Concept for the Intermountain Center for Mining Research and Development

2009

The Intermountain Center for Mining Research and Development (ICMRD) was established with the Idaho National Laboratory … (INL) as the cornerstone, and with regional universities, mining schools, and the Western mining industry as full members …. In aggregate, the members provide the strong mining research and development capabilities and knowledge that are …

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Index of harm: a measure for comparing occupational risk across industries

Solomon, K.A.; Abraham, S.C. - 2008

fatality rates by showing the riskiest industries to be mining; agriculture, forestry, and fisheries; construction …

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Industry and trade policy: A case study of stagnation in Nigeria

Agard, Beverlye C.; Agard, Beverlye C. - 1990

The adoption of import oriented policies introduced distortions into the economy which caused Nigeria to ignore resource-based industry in agriculture, petroleum and metal production. The resulted in the transfer of technology into industries with a continual reliance on imported inputs. This...

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Institutional ideology and industry-level action: A macro analysis of corporate legitimation in the United States petroleum industry

Prasad, Anshuman - 1994

This dissertation is a multi-method, institutional theoretic study that sought to understand how organizational communication in the United States petroleum industry functioned as a device for corporate legitimation over the years 1975-1990. The study investigated the symbolic dimension of...

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Ökonomie des subventionierten Öffentlichen Theaters in Deutschland. Bestandsaufnahme und Entwicklungstendenzen.

Lange, Klaus - 2007

The historical development of the system is shown from the beginning unto 2001. Several picked important problems are discussed ( i.e. small stages - character and importance of the directors and their influence on the demand ) and tested ba statistical methods. The development of the subsidies...

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The Impact of Weather Forecasts on Day-Ahead Power Prices

Levin, Noah - 2011

1. Introduction Power industry deregulation and electricity market restructuring, which began in Chile in the 1980s and then spread to Norway, New Zealand and the UK, were introduced in the United States with the passage of the Energy Policy Act (EPA) of 1992 (Jameson, 1997). The EPA and...

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