CONSIDERATIONS ON THE EUROPEAN SOCIAL DIALOGUE by Mihai, OPRESCU

“…At the moment, worldwide, social dialogue is considered to be a very useful tool in solving serious social problems caused by globalization or as a consequence of the way the costs and benefits of the economic changes are distributed. …”
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Glory Days: Managing Scientific Journals in a Liberal Arts College. by Julie Miran, Norm Medeiros

“…This article highlights Haverford College's attempts to integrate these resources in an effort to enhance accessibility and to reduce costs inherent in this duplication of formats. Areas addressed include material formats, faculty and department cultures, consortial arrangements, users' habits, implications for the online catalog, financial imperatives and communication patterns between our main and branch libraries. …”
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Autoafhankelijkheid en kansarmoede in Brussel by Mathias De Meyer, Jessica Gilsoul

“…We have thus constructed a typology of households defined according to the trade-offs they have made between the costs and benefits of car ownership. We focus in particular on the socioeconomic characteristics of households with cars in situations of deprivation. …”
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Improving the Productivity of Beef Heifers in Florida by Phillip Lancaster, Chris Prevatt, John Arthington

“… Beef replacement heifers are a necessary but costly part of every cow-calf operation. A decision needs to be made to either purchase replacement heifers or raise them on the ranch. …”
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RELEVANCE OF ECONOMIC INSTRUMENTS USED IN SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS by SORINA-GEANINA MĂRGĂRIT (STĂNESCU), NICOLETA-CORNELIA BRAN (STAN)

“…The purpose of this paper is to present the evolution of costs for environmental protection and the relevance of instruments used at the national level in environmental protection.…”
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Features of ecological discourse in the policy of the Latin American states by A. A. Shinkarenko

“…Despite impressive successes in filling up national reserves with funds received from the extractive industries, new forms of inequality and potential conflicts began to arise in Latin American society. The costs of the current model predetermined not only appeal to environmental discourse, but also to increasing of its supporters that allows them to outline their demands on the political landscape.…”
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Russian local trends in software development and implementation by D. S. Pashchenko

“…The expert’s panel reviewed the change in costs and efforts in software development projects connected with stricter requirements for collecting and storing personal data, evaluated import substitution of system and application software and determined the possibilities of using technologies, based on open-source code. …”
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ANALYSIS OF THE REASONS OF EXCEEDING THE BUDGET IN A WASTE MANAGEMENT PROJECT IN HUNGARY by Ferenc SZABÓ

“…The „Instrument of Structural Policies for Pre-accession Countries” programme (abbreviated as: ISPA) was aimed at promoting major regional projects exceeding 5 million euros, up to 75 % of the project costs, while a prerequisite for the support was, in addition to the provision of own contribution, the availability of co-financing to be granted by national governments. …”
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THE MILK MARKET CONCENTRATION AND COMPETITION THRESHOLDS IN ROMANIA by Agatha POPESCU

“…As a conclusion, a higher competition among the dairies on this market could be an incentive to find solutions to reduce production and marketing costs by improving the distribution channels.…”
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Car dependency and precariousness in Brussels by Mathias De Meyer, Jessica Gilsoul

“…We have thus constructed a typology of households defined according to the trade-offs they have made between the costs and benefits of car ownership. We focus in particular on the socioeconomic characteristics of households with cars in situations of deprivation. …”
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Benefits of Fluctuating Exchange Rates on the Investor’s Wealth by Obonye Doctor, Edward M. Lungu

“…We consider a problem of maximizing the utility of an agent who invests in a stock and a money market account incorporating proportional transaction costs λ>0 and foreign exchange rate fluctuations. …”
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Causes and Management of Insect and Mite Resistance in Strawberry Production by James F. Price, Curtis Nagle

“…Episodes of pest resistance to popular pesticides can cause yield losses, reduction of fruit quality, added control costs, environmental degradation, and emotional stress among farmers. …”
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Improving Surveillance of the Impact of Influenza and Its Prevention in Canada by David S Fedson

“…These databases can be used to measure the impact of influenza on excess mortality, hospitalization and costs to the health care system. They can also be used to study the epidemiology of influenza vaccination practices. …”
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Dynamic Henry George Theorem and Optimal City Sizes by Shihe Fu

“…ABSTRACT The Henry George Theorem (HGT) in static models states that when a city has an optimal population size, aggregate urban differential land rents exactly cover costs of pure public goods. This paper extends the static HGT to dynamic settings. …”
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Metalquimia S.A.: Socializar y sistematizar la innovación

“…Para mantener el equilibrio de este efecto, ésta ha sido capaz de: (1) incentivar la innovación entre sus empleados; (2) aumentar la productividad a unos costes sostenibles; y (3) propiciar un entorno donde se generen ideas, se sistematicen, y se seleccionen aquellas con mayor éxito.…”
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NECESSITY TO ESTABLISH LABOR SAFETY AND HEALTH SYSTEMS WITHIN S.C. ARPECHIM by Emilia POPESCU, Marian POPESCU

“…ARPECHIM, labour safety and health management must be prepared as a management system aiming for the ongoing cooperation between all employees in order to improve labour safety and health, to reduce at maximum the illness costs and labour accidents.…”
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Understanding the Drivers of Economic Growth: Grounding Endogenous Economic Growth Models in Resource-Advantage Theory by Shelby D. Hunt

“…These issues relate to the concept of total factor productivity, the role of institutions in promoting economic growth, and the importance of understanding how transaction costs impact entrepreneurship and economic growth. …”
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Budgetary Approach to Project Management by Percentage of Completion Method by Leszek Borowiec

“…The study presents planning process of basic parameters affecting the effectiveness of the project (such as costs, revenue, margin) and characterized how the primary measurements used to evaluate it. …”
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Stochastic Modeling and Analysis with Energy Optimization for Wireless Sensor Networks by DongHong Xu, Ke Wang

“…The model is based on the continuous time Markovian decision processes (CMDP) machine and spans both energy consumption and ensued transition costs. We use PRISM to analyze stochastic CMDP strategies of sensor devices as the formal framework. …”
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A Review on the Quality of Colonoscopy Reporting by Robyn S. Sharma, Peter G. Rossos

“…Although electronic medical records (EMRs) and databases can address this problem, costs, workflow, and interoperability (difficulty exchanging information between systems) continue to limit adoption and implementation of endoscopy EMRs in Canada and elsewhere. …”
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