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Fraudulent claims and nitpicky insurers
Bourgeon, Jean Marc; Picard, Pierre - Département Sciences Sociales, Agriculture et … - 2014
Insurers have the reputation of being bad payers who nitpick whenever an opportunity arises. However, this nitpicking activity has a positive impact on their auditing strategy since auditing may prove profitable when claims are not fraudulent. We show that reducing the indemnity payments of...
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Cost‐effective workforce planning: optimising the dental team skill‐mix for England
Harper, Paul; Kleinman, Eleanor; Gallagher, Jennifer; … - In: Journal of Enterprise Information Management 26 (2013) 1/2, pp. 91-108
treatment, dental workforce supply and optimisation of the skill‐mix of the dental workforce team over the next 20 years. A cost …
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Optimal transport strategies for European cities
May, Anthony; Shepherd, Simon; Timms, Paul - In: Transportation 27 (2000) 3, pp. 285-315
A new procedure for generating optimal transport strategies has been applied in nine European cities. A public sector objective function which reflects concerns over efficiency, environmental impact, finance and sustainability is specified and a set of policy measures with acceptable ranges on...
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Recent Advances in Optimal Design of Structures from a Reliability Point of View
Thoft‐Christensen, P.; Sørensen, J.D. - In: International Journal of Quality & Reliability Management 4 (1987) 1, pp. 19-31
Structural optimisation and reliability theory are considered, and described. A general reliability‐based structural … optimisation problem is formulated, and consideration given to procedures for solving it. Two different examples suggest the … structure. In order to reduce this by improving optimisation procedures, more research is needed, and the convergence of the …
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Capacity Planning: A Case Study From Cigarette Production
Finlay, P.N. - In: International Journal of Operations & Production Management 3 (1983) 1, pp. 19-33
It is conventional for a manufacturing company to equip itself to cope with a demand greater than that considered most likely to arise. Often the costs associated with excess capacity are not high, and so little energy is expended on determining least‐cost solutions and options close to them....
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Hierarchical multi‐objective optimization of India's energy strategy portfolios for sustainable development
Vazhayil, Joy P.; Balasubramanian, R. - In: International Journal of Energy Sector Management 6 (2012) 3, pp. 301-320
Purpose – Optimization of energy planning for growth and sustainable development has become very important in the context of climate change mitigation imperatives in developing countries. Existing models do not capture developing country realities adequately. The purpose of this paper is to...
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ПОВЫШЕНИЕ ИСПОЛНИТЕЛЬСКОЙ ДИСЦИПЛИНЫ В СИСТЕМЕ ИСПОЛНИТЕЛЬНОЙ ВЛАСТИ КАК НЕОБХОДИМОЕ УСЛОВИЕ ЕЕ ОПТИМИЗАЦИИ...
ВИКТОРОВИЧ, ГОНЧАРОВ ВИТАЛИЙ - In: Бизнес в законе. … (2009) 3, pp. 9-12
Настоящая статья посвящена исследованию повышения исполнительской дисциплины как основного условия оптимизации исполнительной власти в Российской Федерации....
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THE STRATEGIC MARKETING PLANNING – GENERAL FRAMEWORK FOR CUSTOMER SEGMENTATION
OPRESCU, Alina Elena - In: Annals of Spiru Haret University, Economic Series 5 (2014) 1, pp. 51-59
Anyapproach that involves the use of strategic resources of an organisation requires a responsible approach, a behaviour that enables it to properly integrate itself into the dynamic of the business environment. This articles addresses in a synthetic manner, the issues of specific integration...
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Managing greenhouse gas emissions in two major dairy regions of New Zealand: A system-level evaluation
Adler, Alfredo A.; Doole, Graeme J.; Romera, Alvaro J.; … - In: Agricultural Systems 135 (2015) C, pp. 1-9
New Zealand dairy farms are responsible for a large proportion of this nation's greenhouse gas emissions (GHG-e), arising mainly from enteric methane and urinary nitrogen deposition on pasture. De-intensification and the use of specific mitigation strategies can reduce GHG-e from dairy farms,...
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Distribution network rationalisation through benchmarking with DEA
Hung Lau, Kwok - In: Benchmarking: An International Journal 19 (2012) 6, pp. 668-689
approach is less data hungry and relatively easy to implement than full‐fledged optimisation through integer programming. To …
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