The role of oligopolies and economic groups in accelerating inflation in recent Argentina by Pablo Manzanelli, Leandro Amoretti

“…This, among other possible factors, has allowed those branches to increase their profit margins as their prices rose in excess of the prices of imported inputs and the rest of wholesale prices, and of their wage costs. This evidence not only connects with the international debate about the characteristics of inflationary processes in core countries but it is also a contribution, albeit a preliminary one, that addresses the stickiness of the Argentine economy when it comes to decelerating the rise in prices after an “initial impetus”.…”
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Reduction of Climate Risk as a Key to Business Performance – Framework for Sustainable Corporate Treasury Management (CTM) by Grzegorz Michalski

“…Results: Effective management of climate risk through sustainable policies and financial instruments raises treasury levels and strengthens corporate competitiveness by reducing unexpected losses and the costs of maintaining high liquidity reserves. …”
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Simulating Environmental Innovation Behavior of Private Enterprise with Innovation Subsidies by Hongjun Guan, Zhen Zhang, Aiwu Zhao, Shuang Guan

“…By reducing innovation costs, innovation subsidies can help private enterprises convert their production modes to green production. …”
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Comparing Unique Title Coverage of Web of Science and Scopus in Earth and Atmospheric Sciences. by Philip Barnett, Claudia Lascar

“…Most of the earth and atmospheric sciences doctoral-granting institutions in the United States subscribe to Web of Science rather than Scopus, while some institutions apparently consider these databases complementary, and subscribe to both of them, in spite of their high subscription costs. Our method of comparing large numbers of titles among different databases needs only a word processor and is readily applicable to any subject area or applicable even to the entire lists of journals in any set of databases. …”
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A REVIEW OF RAILWAY TRACKS MAINTENANCE OPTIMIZATION THROUGH RAMS METHOD by Rasyadani Luthfan Hadi, Satrio Wicaksono, I Wayan Suweca

“…The implementation of RAMS on railway tracks can be used as a reference to improve the performance of railway track assets and provide long-term benefits by minimizing costs due to accidents or catastrophic failures for the Indonesian railway industry.…”
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A fiber-optic traffic monitoring network trained with video inputs by Khen Cohen, Liav Hen, Ariel Lellouch

“…Our approach highlights the potential of combining fiber-optic sensors and cameras, focusing on practicality and scalability, protecting privacy, and minimizing infrastructure costs. To encourage future research, we share our datasets.…”
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PRIORITY IMPROVEMENT OF SEA TRANSPORTATION SERVICES KMP DHARMA RUCITRA VII ROUTE SURABAYA – LABUAN BAJO by Nika Devi Permata Wijaya, Zaid Dzulkarnain Zubizaretta, Yoseph Kalasanso

“…By using the AHP method, an analysis related to the prioritization of the 6 selected stakeholders is obtained as follows: service improvement criteria which include Safety, Security, Comfort, Convenience, and Regularity obtained the highest priority value on Departure Schedule Improvement of 34% by improving service related to the accuracy of the departure schedule by giving repeated socialization of information or pasting information as clearly as possible, then followed by an increase in Compliance and Passenger Safety Standards of 19%, Shipping Frequency of 17%, Load Factor of 11%, Shipping Costs of 10%, and finally Law Enforcement of 9%. …”
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Adoption Spells of Improved Potato Varieties by Smallholder Farmers in Eastern Ethiopia: The Duration Approach by Sisay Lemessa, Molla Alemayehu, Megersa Daksa, Nigussie Dechassa

“…The regression analysis revealed that costs of inputs such as manure and compost, environmental and market factors such as drought, pest and disease outbreaks, price variability of potato seed, and quality of potato seed were found to be factors influencing adoption decisions of improved potato varieties by smallholder farmers.…”
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Innovation in Steel-Making Cluster in the Russian Federation and Factors of Innovation Development by P. N. Kobin

“…On the basis of statistics the author depicted production dynamics in the industry, the level of innovation activity at enterprises, analyzed the structure of innovation costs in the cluster and showed priority tasks facing producers of goods of ferrous metallurgy and promising trends of their functioning. …”
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Optimizing Energy Efficiency and Green Storage in RAID-6 Systems: Comparative Analyses of Error Correction Codes by Guo Pinyi

“…Future research aims to implement these optimizations in actual storage setups within cloud and high-performance computing settings, potentially reducing both operational costs and environmental impacts. This proactive approach seeks to align with the increasing demand for sustainable data management practices, offering significant benefits in energy savings and reinforcing the commitment to eco-friendly computing solutions.…”
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Intencificación agrícola y pérdida de servicios ambientales en el partido de Azul (Provincia de Buenos Aires) entre 2002-2011 / Agricultural intensification and loss of environment... by Patricia Vazquez, Laura Zulaica

“…This process allows increasing productivity but it increases costs in terms of loss of environmental services. …”
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Care mobilities and associated contexts of hospital-based informal caregiving in Nigeria: Towards an explanatory framework. by Kudus Oluwatoyin Adebayo, Oluwaseyi Dolapo Somefun, Mofeyisara Omobowale, Rukayat Usman

“…Geographical distance, policy contradictions, and the financial costs of hospitalization significantly affected caregiving dynamics. …”
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Quasi-partnership forms of state-business interaction in innovative development by M. A. Valishvili

“…Traditional forms of this such as concession agreements and public-private partnerships agreements have shown high sensitivity to the crisis phenomena in the Russian economy, when a number of projects has been suspended due to a significant reduction in consumer demand and rising costs, which has created a high-level risk that projects will not achieve their final goals. …”
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FOOD WASTE MANAGEMENT USING STATISTICAL ANALYSIS TO OBTAIN NEW FUNCTIONAL PRODUCTS by Gjore NAKOV, Zlatin ZLATEV, Nastia IVANOVA, Ivan DIMOV

“…They are also one way to reduce production costs and improve food quality.…”
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DEVELOPMENT OF ELECTRONIC GOVERNMENT AS A DRIVER OF COMPETITIVENESS OF EUROPEAN UNION COUNTRIES by Svitlana Rybkina, Elmira Sokolova

“…Among the main tools of digitalization, it is worth noting electronic identification (eID), automated data registers and online platforms that simplify the interaction of citizens with authorities, reducing time costs and creating a transparent environment. These digital solutions not only reduce administrative barriers, but also form the basis for building trust between the public and government structures. …”
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Enabling circularity throughout the production system’s lifecycle – practices, challenges, and requirements by Filip Skärin, Carin Rösiö

“…These systems must adapt to multiple product generations; otherwise, they risk early termination, leading to unsustainable and costly linear resource use. This study investigated circularity practices implemented throughout the production systems’ lifecycle. …”
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360° size-adjustable microelectrode array system for electrophysiological monitoring of cerebral organoids by Takashi Ozaki, Norikazu Ohta, Jiaju Ma, Minoru Hirano

“…Fabricated using flexible printed circuit technology, this MEA system offers relatively low production costs. It is also amenable to widespread implementation in laboratory settings. …”
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The moderating role of vendor managed inventory on the bullwhip effect in the COVID-19 pandemic by Paul Mukucha, Felix Chari

“…The bullwhip effect was conceptualized by its indicators that are overstocking, obsolescence, and inventory holding costs. A survey of conveniently chosen 100 bakeries was conducted in the city of Harare, the capital city of Zimbabwe. …”
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Macroeconomic Synchronization and Policy Coordination After Regional Economic Integration in the Americas by Helen Chang

“…For the developing partners in NAFTA and CAFTA-DR, even as trade integration shrinks the available policy options for member states, the costs of losing policy autonomy largely outweigh the benefits of coordination because of the idiosyncratic macroeconomic variability of the developing partners.…”
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Evaluating Supply Chain Risks in The Moroccan Automotive Industry: A Multi-Criteria Decision-Making Approach by Kayouh Nabil, Dkhissi Btissam

“…Additionally, challenges such as agitated political situations, high maintenance costs, and infrastructure limitations demand attention to enhance supply chain resilience. …”
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