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the employees. Wearables technology is at an early stage of development, in which the interests and perspectives of … relevant stakeholders, especially technology developers and the management, are of particular importance. This article explores … organization are ignored. On the other hand, the technology developers see and discuss the potentials and dangers of wearables …
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In this paper I argue that the manufacturing sector still has an important role to play in Africa's development. Despite failing to industrialize in the past, there may be a new window of opportunity. This is due to the convergence of what has been called "brilliant" new technologies associated...
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corporate forms with associated implications for employment and rural livelihoods - new technology in farming replaces both …
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Nuclear power was one of the most important discoveries of the twentieth century, and it continues to play an important role in twenty-first century discussions about the future energy mix, climate change, innovation, proliferation, geopolitics, and many other crucial policy topics. This paper...
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approaches to the relation of technology and work. The session on "Technology and Work: New Sociological Approaches?" provided …
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This paper studies how the allocation of residual losses affects trading and welfare in a central counterparty. I compare loss sharing under two loss-allocation mechanisms - variation margin haircutting and cash calls - and study the privately and socially optimal degree of loss sharing. For...
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This paper introduces a new methodology to date systemic financial stress events in a transparent, objective and reproducible way. The financial cycle is captured by a monthly country-specific financial stress index. Based on a Markov-switching model, high financial stress regimes are...
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