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Bali Tour Package
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Will the New and Improved OMB Result in New and Improved Rules
On January 3, 2002, the Oficce of Management and Budget (OMB) issued final guidance to federal agencies to ensure the quality of information they disseminate. Issuance of this guidance reflects far more than the Administration's desire for 'quality ...
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Perceptions of the Andalusian independent retail sector
This paper focuses on the perceptions of Andalusian retailers towards the current state of small independent retailing in their city/town and their feelings about the future. The paper reports on the findings of 70 structured interviews with small urban independent retailers covering retail districts in the town/city centres of Almeria, Ubrique and El Puerto de Santa Maria in Andalusia, Spain. ...
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An overview of the relationship between the newly emerging field of International Entrepreneurship and the older fields of entrepreneurship and International Business
As a field of scholarly inquiry, International Entrepreneurship (IE) is very young and International Business (IB) is much older. IB's theoretical and practical traditions are well established, while those of IE's are still emerging. Although the maturity of IB has assisted the early development of IE, its concepts, principles and theories can potentially constrain the free evolution of IE's ...
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Canadian biotech firms' creative capacity: on the role of absorptive capacity, relational capital, learning, and firm characteristics
The research reported in this paper focuses on factors that enhance Canadian Biotech firms' creative capacity. Using the number of products and processes at all stages of development as an indicator of creative capacity, results show that absorptive capacity, relational capital, learning, expansion into international markets, and firm characteristics are all key determinants of creative capacity. ...
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Book Review: Business and Human Rights, Dilemmas and Solutions
Business and Human Rights, Dilemmas and Solutions, edited by Rory Sullivan; foreword by Mary Robinson. Greenleaf Publishing, 2003. 335pp. ISBN 1-874719-81-0Keywords: book ...
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Book Review: Water, Time and European Cities, History Matters for the Futures
Water, Time and European Cities, History Matters for the Futures; Petri S. Juuti and Tapio S. Katko (Editors). Tampere University Press, 2005. 253 pp. ISBN 951-44-6337-4Keywords: book ...
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Book Review: Responsible Tourism: Critical Issues for Conservation and Development by Anna Spenceley
Responsible Tourism: Critical Issues for Conservation and Development, by Anna Spenceley. London, UK, Earthscan, 2008. ISBN: 978-1-84407-639-0 Keywords: book review ...
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Book Review: Full Employment Abandoned: Shifting Sands and Policy Failures by William Mitchell and Joan Muysken
Full Employment Abandoned: Shifting Sands and Policy Failures, by William Mitchell and Joan Muysken. Edward Elgar, 2008. ISBN: 978-1-85898-507-7Keywords: book ...
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Comments on Kjell Roland's and Erik Sorensen's paper
There are limits to the economies of scale in gas and electricity, but substantial synergies can be attained through mergers. It would seem that Roland and Sorensen exaggerate the prospects for branding in electricity and gas. But I concur with the authors that mega-mergers are likely to go on. Market power will increase in consequence and competition authorities will be kept busy.Keywords: ...
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Price impact on Russian gas production and export
The paper examines the prospects for Russian gas output and export under different price development. Growth of gas production and transportation costs, following an increase of gas export and production, is estimated. An attempt is made to determine the relation of efficient (from the point of view of gas companies) gas export volumes to prices on external energy markets. The paper presents a ...
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Exploring the possibility for hub-and-spoke services in the Greek Coastal System
The Greek Coastal System (GCS) has attracted the interest of researchers in the past and still offers many opportunities for research. Brief literature review and background information on the GCS is provided. As the GCS market matures, new technological and network demands evolve. On the basis of a small-scale private R&D project, some basic attributes of hub-and-spoke operations, involving ...
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Book Review: Sustainable Value: How the World's Leading Companies are Doing Well by Doing Good by Chris Laszlo
Sustainable Value: How the World's Leading Companies are Doing Well by Doing Good, by Chris Laszlo. Stanford, CA, Stanford University Press, 2008. 208pp. ISBN: 978-1-906093-06-8Keywords: book ...
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A study of the competitiveness of the Spanish construction industry
This study has a two-fold objective. First, it sets out to describe the present situation of the Spanish construction industry and its importance for the competitiveness of the national economy. It then goes on to consider the issue of forecasting for this strategically important sector, by considering three time series – total amount of tendering, the consumption of cement and the total number ...
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Market entry barriers in Finland's rail freight transport
The domestic rail freight transport market has been open to competition from 1 January 2007 in Finland and in the most of Europe. However, transport markets are changing slowly. Market entry barriers play an important role in the market entry decisions and competition intensity within the industry. This paper illustrates that the biggest market entry barriers in Finland's rail transport market ...
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Eionet priority data flows May 2008-April 2009
Overall approach for scoring The evaluation of the overall country performance is based on simple scoring rules: for each data flow, the maximum score is 3 points and the minimum score is – 1 point (see the detailed evaluation criteria on pages 8–20 in this report). Scores from all priority data flow areas are summed up for each country and then expressed as a percentage of the ...
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Book Review: Managing Protected Areas. A Global Guide by Michael Lockwood, Graeme L. Worboys and Ashish Kothari
Managing Protected Areas. A Global Guide, by Michael Lockwood, Graeme L. Worboys and Ashish Kothari. London, UK, Earthscan Publications, 2006. ISBN: 978-1-84407-303-0Keywords: book ...
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Influence of Soret and Dufour effects on entropy generation in transient double diffusive convection
The influence of Soret and Dufour effects on entropy generation in transient double diffusive convection of a binary gas mixture for the special case of opposing buoyancy forces with equal intensity is numerically studied. It is an interesting case since it corresponds to minimum entropy generation. For moderate thermal Grashof number (GrT = 104), Soret and Dufour parameters induce a slight ...
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Tap Unstructured Data to Make Better Decisions
If you need to make a business decision, you want accurate and transparent information, you want it delivered at the right level of detail, and you want it now. Many organizations ovelook large, untapped reserves of enterprise content that could help them to make better decisions. What is the cost of not leveraging this content, in terms of compliance, productivity, and business ...
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Der UIP1500hd – Hochleistungs-Ultraschall für viele Anwendungen
Der UIP1500hd (20kHz, 1500W), das neueste Gerät unter den Industrie-Ultraschallprozessoren der Firma Hielscher Ultrasonics, bietet Hochleistungs-Ultraschall gepaart mit größter Flexibilität und Robustheit. Dieser Ultraschallprozessor wurde für den Einsatz unter schwierigen Bedingungen und den Hochleistungsbetrieb für 24 Stunden am Tag und 7 Tage in der Woche ...
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