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Automated Estimation of Vector Error Correction Models

Liao, Zhipeng; Phillips, Peter C.B. - Cowles Foundation for Research in Economics, Yale University - 2012

Model selection and associated issues of post-model selection inference present well known challenges in empirical econometric research. These modeling issues are manifest in all applied work but they are particularly acute in multivariate time series settings such as cointegrated systems where...

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The Optimal Acquisition of Automation to Enhance the Productivity of Labor

Gaimon, Cheryl - In: Management Science 31 (1985) 9, pp. 1175-1190

Decisions concerning the mix of automation and labor employed by an organization are embedded in the long … paper, the optimal mix of automation and labor is identified for automation which acts to enhance the productivity of an … organization's workforce. The incentives considered for acquiring automation are increasing the level of output, reducing the high …

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An integrated system for earthmoving planning

Tam, Chi Ming; Tong, Thomas; Wong, Bill - In: Construction Management and Economics 25 (2007) 11, pp. 1127-1137

In earthmoving operations, there are a number of activities that need to be considered; for example, path identification, plant selection, assessing the compatibility of the paths and the plants so selected, cost and productivity comparison of alternatives, safety and environmental considerations,...

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The impact of management practices on mechanical construction productivity

Shan, Yongwei; Goodrum, Paul; Zhai, Dong; Haas, Carl; … - In: Construction Management and Economics 29 (2011) 3, pp. 305-316

, team building, automation and integration of information systems and safety had a positive correlation with improved …

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COMPUTERIZATION OF THE DOCUMENTS FLOWS IN THE LOCAL ADMINISTRATION – BETWEEN DECENTRALIZATION AND INTEGRATION

RUS, Ioan; COMES, Calin-Adrian; GOLIAS, Nikolaos - In: STUDIA UNIVERSITATIS PETRU MAIOR SERIES OECONOMICA 1/2009 (2009) December, pp. 37-56

This article aims to do a scientifically funded analysis about the integration of international flows, to establish the constructive and functional parameters actuating the digitization process and to find the correlations between them, in order to improve the operability between local...

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Demise of a single orthodoxy and the possibility of a cooperative economy

Ukpere, Wilfred I. - In: International Journal of Social Economics 37 (2010) March, pp. 239-253

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to postulate the possibility of a cooperative economic system within the current global crisis, because it is only determined government action, which is orchestrated by a strong sense of true nationalism that can limit the worst effects of the current...

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Automation, employment and the Third World : the case of the electronics industry

Ernst, D. - International Institute of Social Studies of Erasmus … - 1985

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In Digital We Trust: The computerisation of retail finance in Western Europe and North America

Batiz-Lazo, Bernardo; Maixe-Altes, J. Carles; Thomes, Paul - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010

This paper tells of the contents of a forthcoming volume, which offers a new and original approach to the study of technological change in retail finance. Most business history studies of businesses for the last 50 years note the emergence of computers and computer applications, but they do not...

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The Impact of Information Technology in Trade Facilitation on Small and Medium-sized Enterprises in Philippines

Dios, Loreli C de - In: The Development Impact of Information Technology in …

This chapter describes the impact of information technology (IT) in trade facilitation on small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the Philippines. The definition of SME varies across countries, and the Government of the Philippines has adopted one that includes micro- and cottage...

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The Impact of Information Technology in Trade Facilitation on Small and Medium-sized Enterprises in Sri Lanka

Wijayasiri, Janaka; Jayaratne, Suwendrani - In: The Development Impact of Information Technology in …

This chapter examines the extent of automation of trade facilitation in Sri Lanka and assesses the impact of automation …

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