Online shopping is often guided by search platforms. Consumers type keywords into query boxes, and search platforms deliver a list of products. Consumers' attention is limited, and exhaustive searches are often impractical. Thus, the order in which products appear in search results affects the...

This paper applies the dynamic linear model (DLM) estimated based on the Bayesian approach to project electricity consumption for five Brazilian regional units. The appeal for the use of DLM in the case of energy consumption is due to the fact that in this model the adjustment occurs in the unit...

L’obiettivo del lavoro è quello di mettere in luce e descrivere la configurazione dei legami produttivi sul territorio a partire dalle reti delle imprese plurilocalizzate. Sono stati utilizzati gli strumenti della network analysis per descrivere la rete, l’intensità e le caratteristiche...

Biological invasions are classical examples of externalities. The risks and damages from biological invasions are endogenous, depending on how society protects itself from invasions, and how it reacts to them after they occur. This paper analyzes a dynamic model in which society can undertake a...

Maximizing the production of ecosystem services is a necessity for resource management particularly when increasing the provision of one service decreases the provision of another. In these instances, it is important to estimate the value of ecosystem services to efficiently distribute...

The objective of this study is to assess the strengths and weaknesses of the logistics system of the Province of Leghorn, through the evaluation of its commercial ports, of Leghorn Interport (Guasticce), of its ports for pleasure (marinas and other), depending on their current state and, than,...

Sulla base dei dati ISTAT provenienti da un panel di imprese manifatturiere nel periodo 2001-2008, il contributo si propone di indagare se e in che misura le differenze settoriali, regionali, provinciali e dimensionali incidano sulla performance delle imprese di dimensione inferiore ai 250...

A collaborative project between an academic healthcare faculty and a professional development director resulted in the design, delivery and evaluation of an inter-professional collaborative leadership workshop with ongoing leadership development activities. The workshop attendees were five...

Virtuality in organizations has usually been treated as a characteristic that is observed either at a team or organizational level. However, the penetration of new technologies into our lives has transformed the entire design of organizations and teams. Not only has the design of teams and...

A field experiment was conducted in the Sudan to study the extent of variability in grain yield and yield components of ten sorghum (Sorghum bicolor L. ( Moench) genotypesat three environments: Shendi (season, 2005/06), Shambat (season, 2005/06)  and Shambat (season, 2006/07). A split- plot...