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Álvarez, Luis J.; Odendahl, Florens

Este trabajo propone un método para ajustar los datos atípicos en modelos vectoriales autorregresivos estimados con técnicas bayesianas (BVAR) que supone reescalar por magnitudes diferentes la varianza de los errores de la forma reducida. Se utiliza este método para documentar varios hechos...

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Understanding the Adoption of Web-Enabled Transaction Processing by Small Businesses

Dembla, Pamila; Palvia, Prashant; Krishnan, Balaji - 2007

The promise of the Internet and e-commerce has led to the increasing use of the web for transaction processing. Many organizations have adopted web-enabled transaction processing for applications such as processing payments online, selling products online, making travel reservations to name a...

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The declining profitability of litchi orchards in northern Thailand: Can innovations reverse the trend?

Schreinemachers, Pepijn; Potchanasin, Chakrit; Berger, … - 2009

Litchi is an important crop in the mountainous part of northern Thailand yet its profitability has declined during the last 15 years. The replacement of litchi fruit orchards for seasonal flowers and vegetables has external costs related to increased levels of soil erosion, pesticides, and...

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Unlocking sustained business value from IT investments

Peppard, Joe; Ward, John - 2005

Surveys continue to highlight that most senior business executives aredissatisfied with the value they believe their organizations are deriving frominvestments in information technology. What is often forgotten is that IT initself has no inherent value. This value must be unlocked, and only...

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Establishing Ergonomics in Industrially Developing Countries

Stewart, K; Silverstein, B; Kiefer, M - 2008

The introduction of ergonomics is an ongoing effort in industrially developing countries and will ultimately require an organized, programmatic approach spanning several countries and organizations. Our preliminary efforts with our partner countries of Viet Nam, Thailand, and Nicaragua have...

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Implications of Inertia for Assessing Drug Control Policy: Why Upstream Interventions May Not Receive Due Credit

Caulkins, Jonathan P. - 2007

Background: There is ongoing interest in assessing the effectiveness of various drug control strategies, including policy intended to reduce initiation and prevalence. Compartmental models of trajectories of drug use have been developed that demonstrate that drug “systems” display...

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Implications of Inertia for Assessing Drug Control Policy: Why Upstream Interventions May Not Receive Due Credit

Caulkins, Jonathan - 2007

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The Relationship between Economic Freedom and Economic Growth: The Transistion Process in Vietnam and China

Vu, Hanh T - 2010

part of this paper studies the transition process in China and Vietnam from a planned economy to a free market economy. The … some elements of a free market, has boosted the growth rate in both China and Vietnam, and increased considerably the … standard of living of people in the two countries. China and Vietnam’s amazing achievements raise the question about what …

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Firm Ownership and Internal Labor Practices in a Transition Economy: An Exploration of Worker Skill Acquisition in Vietnam

Friedman, Jed - 2004

outcomes, in a transition setting with matched firm and worker data collected in one of the largest provinces of Vietnam – Ho …

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Diversification in land and labor allocation in response to shocks among small-scale farmers in central Vietnam

Duc, Tung Phung; Waibel, Hermann - 2009

first phase of the household survey in three provinces of Central of Vietnam, conducted within the scope of the DFG research …

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