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Bayesian Non- and Semi-parametric Methods and Applications

Rossi, Peter E. - Princeton University Press

This book reviews and develops Bayesian non-parametric and semi-parametric methods for applications in … arbitrary distributional assumptions. As more data becomes available, a natural desire to provide methods that relax these … the structure in the data while retaining desirable smoothing properties. Non-Bayesian non-parametric methods often …

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Methodological support environmental audit in the agricultural sector

Kocherga, M. - In: Balanced Nature Using 7 (2013) 1, pp. 19-25

objectives and principles of environmental auditing in the agricultural domain. The proposed system of methods and procedures for …

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Once you have a hammer… - Report from the 2nd Practitioners’ Meeting within the European Project PACITA, Workshop on TA Methods. Sofia, Bulgaria, April 17-19, 2013

Seitz, Stefanie; Maia, Maria João; Velloso, Gabriel - In: EconStor Open Access Articles (2013-11), pp. 81-83

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Can we trust the data? Methodological experiences with forest product valuation in lowland Bolivia

Uberhuaga, Patricia del Carmen; Olsen, Carsten Smith - In: Scandinavian Forest Economics: Proceedings of the …, 42

Forest products are important to rural households across virtually all forest types in developing countries. There are, however, only few comprehensive and systematic efforts at valuing these products and determining their absolute and relative economic importance to rural households. Having...

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Virtually No Effect? Different Uses of Classroom Computers and their Effect on Student Achievement

Falck, Oliver; Mang, Constantin; Woessmann, Ludger - CESifo - 2015

Most studies find little to no effect of classroom computers on student achievement. We suggest that this null effect may combine positive effects of computer uses without equivalently effective alternative traditional teaching practices and negative effects of uses that substitute more...

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Perceptual Mapping: a Tool for Industrial Marketing: a Case study

Sinclair, Steven A.; Stalling, Edward C. - In: Journal of Business & Industrial Marketing 5 (1990) 1, pp. 55-66

Describes the uses and advantages of perceptual mapping, a consumer‐based modelling technique having both diagnostic and strategic applications, particularly in determining the threat posed by substitute products and in developing competitive strategies. Uses a case study approach of analysing...

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The Estimation of Rational Expectations Models: A Survey

Blake, David - In: Journal of Economic Studies 18 (1991) 3

‐in‐variables methods, give rise to different estimators. In the former case, a generalised least‐squares or maximum‐likelihood type …

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Guides for value chain development: a comparative review

Donovan, Jason; Franzel, Steven; Cunha, Marcelo; Gyau, Amos - In: Journal of Agribusiness in Developing and Emerging Economies 5 (2015) 1, pp. 2-23

/methodology/approach – The review compares the concepts and methods endorsed and it assesses the strengths and limitations of the guides for … for VCD. The authors suggest three areas for this reflection and debate: concepts, methods, and tools for addressing the …

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Creative problem‐solving styles in the USA and Japan

Herbig, Paul; Jacobs, Laurence - In: International Marketing Review 13 (1996) 2, pp. 63-71

Explores the cultural differences between Japan and the USA as they influence in the practice of creativity. Western logic reflects its Cartesian heritage of a clear, linear path of reasoning or the “scientific method”. The western approach to creativity is innovation through sponteneous...

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Applying configurational theory to build a typology of ethnocentric consumers

Feurer, Sven; Baumbach, Elisa; Woodside, Arch G. - In: International Marketing Review 33 (2016) 3, pp. 351-375

Purpose – Individuals showing high consumer ethnocentrism (CE) prefer domestic over foreign-made products and their preferences may contribute to barriers to international market entry. Therefore, how to identify such consumers is an important question. Shankarmahesh’s (2006) review reveals...

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