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Purpose While many studies find a positive relationship between economic freedom and entrepreneurship, very few of these studies account for possible spatial autocorrelation. Moreover, the development of an overall freedom measure has allowed researchers to test the relationship between overall...
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The Institution of Mechanical Engineers celebrated its 150th anniversary in a symposium on 7‐8 July at the Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre in London. Its theme was “Visions of the Future ‐ improving the quality of life through technology”, and many senior speakers were invited from...
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Programmer resources as measured in available hours are often a limiting or constraining resource in software projects and maintenance. A key element in software project management, therefore, is the forecast of required programming hours. Estimates based on past experience and similar projects...
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Forecasting inflation is a major concern for economists and businessmen. Most researchers have relied upon statistical …
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for manpower forecasting. Design/methodology/approach – The paper explains the principal concepts of replacement demand … method. Originality/value – Many countries undertake some form of occupational employment forecasting including, in many …
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occupancy rate forecasting. This paper reports on a study about applying neural networks to the forecasting of room occupancy … forecast room occupancy rates outperforms multiple regression and naïve extrapolation, two commonly used forecasting approaches.  …
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coherent and rigorous discipline of forecasting which involved three stages.  …
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Purpose – The water sector is set to continue to face severe challenges in meeting the financial requirements for maintaining, extending and upgrading new and ageing water systems in the face of growing water scarcity, stricter regulatory requirements and competition for capital. The gap...
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framework bringing different scientific data sources together for technology forecasting.  …
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Purpose The purpose of this study is to show how scenario-based forecasting can give a better understanding of future … using arithmetic and linear regression forecasting tool. Findings The SDHWS is an incremental innovation but has great … have been taken because of non-availability of past data on SDHWS technology. Originality/value Scenario-based forecasting …
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