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Assessing Risk of Innovation
Allgood, GO - 2008
technology in terms of material throughput, efficiency, energy usage, environmental effects, and costs. These parameters also …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009436670
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DEA APPLICATION TO EVALUATE THE TECHNICAL AND ECOLOGICAL EFFICIENCY OF WATER PRICING POLICIES
Giannoccaro, Giacomo; Prosperi, Maurizio; Zanni, G. - 2008
improvement of the use efficiency of the water resources in the agriculturalsector. For this purpose, we suggest a methodology to … perform an ex-ante analysis of the efficiency ofwater pricing policies, based on a two stage DEA technique, by which it is … possible to disaggregatethe technical and the ecological efficiency of the policy. According to our results, we found that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009446699
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Essays on Distribution Channel Structures, Efficiency and Market Performance
Lucinda Trigo Gamarra - 2008
This collection of articles contributes to knowledge of the German insurance industry after its liberalization by analyzing changes in the structure and choice of distribution channels in private insurance markets in the first and second article. In a third article the development of market...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009466986
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Measuring efficiency of the Farm Credit System
Dang, Trang; Leatham, David J. - 2011
The paper measures the U.S. Farm Credit System’s technical efficiency from 2000 to 2009 using a stochastic frontier … and investment. The efficiency of the whole system is estimated to slightly increase over time even during financial … crisis period from 2007. Among the system, a significant difference in efficiency between the 5Banks and the Associations has …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009444361
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Workshop "The Impact of the Crisis on SMEs", Brussels, 1 February 2010
Saraiva, António; Braunerhjelm, Pontus; Nowak, Maria - 2010
A workshop on the "The Impact of the Crisis on SMEs" was held in the European Parliament in Brussels on 1 February 2010. This document contains the programme, presentations and proceedings of that workshop.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011715264
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Managing household debts : social service provision in the EU ; Workshop report - Brussels, 25 June 2010
European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and … - 2010
Overall, household debt levels have risen sharply over the past decades in EU Member States. While certain levels of household debts can be beneficial, they can become problematic especially with a sudden, unexpected decrease of incomes or increase of expenditures. The current financial crisis...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011903923
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Patents and Antitrust: Application to Adjacent Markets
Economides, Nicholas; Herbert, WILLIAM N.; Calvo and … - NYU Stern School of Business - 2007
between innovation and economic efficiency.Where a patent holder's invention uses an interface with adjacentproducts, the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009435110
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New analysis techniques for estimating impacts of federal appliance efficiency standards
McMahon, James E. - 2008
impacts of energy efficiency increases over a sample population of consumers to quantify the proportion of households having … derive the incremental change in retail prices associated with increased manufacturing costs for improving energy efficiency. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009435423
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Estimation of the social costs of natural gas
Nieves, L.A.; Lemon, J.R. - 2011
This study determines the extent to which it is possible to develop monetary estimates of the marginal social cost of fuels, using natural gas to test a methodology that could be applied to other fuels. This requires review of previous estimates of both market and nonmarket costs to the extent...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009435496
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Programmatic risk reduction for large software procurements
Preckshot, G.; Jones, E.; Lawrence, D. - 2009
When making an important decision, program managers must evaluate the risk of each alternative and weigh the trade-offs between one type of risk and another. Program managers are familiar with the concepts of risk analysis and assessment in such areas as human factors, security, and accident...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009435521