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Showing 1 to 20 of 33 for “"Cost Factors"”.
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The Impact of Cost Factors On Location of Foreign Direct Investment In Chinese Cities
… developed regions are gradually losing their cost advantage.</p> <p>More and more attentions are paid to the location determinants of FDI. Extensive literatures highlight the importance of institutional factor, market potential, agglomeration effects and infrastructure capacity and so on. …
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Cost-side equalization and the Virginia pupil transportation funding formula
… in Virginia by properly taking into account cost factors that vary among the Commonwealth1s local school districts? Relevant literature was examined to identify generally accepted standards of quality for pupil transportation funding formulae and to identify cost factors that are generally …
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Total supply chain cost model
… and a software tool to analyze supply chain costs associated with a specified supply chain design. Determining total supply chain cost is a complex challenge. This work developed the concept of a hierarchical, inter-related, multi-level supply chain cost architecture. Within this …
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Optimal class scheduling subject to professors' preferences
… research which (1) is solved for ordinal cost factors and (2) serves as the problem's theoretical starting point. It is suggested herein that one start with a mathematical formulation that if solved in an acceptable or — preferably — best manner would yield a satisfactory or possibly best …
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Factors That Physicians Find Encouraging and Discouraging About Electronic Prescribing: a Quantitative Study
… the objective of this study is to compare the factors that physicians find encouraging and discouraging about e-prescribing based on their e-prescribing adoption status. Study design. Cross-sectional, descriptive design. An Internet-based survey was sent to national convenience sample of …
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Adaptable user systems in the office landscape
… in a changing environment. Finally, comparative cost factors were examined to place in perspective the cost of the new systems presented in this thesis.
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Cost-Risk Analysis of the ERCOT Region Using Modern Portfolio Theory
… we study the use of modern portfolio theory in a cost-risk analysis of the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT). Based upon the risk-return concepts of modern portfolio theory, we develop an n-asset minimization problem to create a risk-cost frontier of portfolios of technologies within …
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An Experimental Method to Calculate Coefficient of Friction in Mecanum Wheel Rollers and Cost Analysis Using DFMA Techniques
… (Design for Assembly) to calculate all possible cost factors in manufacturing and assembly of rollers. This research is done with the support of a company called Helical Robots. Helical Robots is a leading manufacturer of Mecanum wheels and robots.</p>
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LPTA versus tradeoff: how procurement methods can impact contract performance
… certain about the requirements and utilize non-cost factors to negotiate with offerors. For requiring offices, LPTA can be an easier method if the requirements are well-defined and commercially available, but they may find performance and deliverables after award to be acceptable rather than …
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Industrial organization of housing supply : explaining spatial variation of home builder size in U.S.
… of housing supply (1999)' integrates systematic factors into home builders' organizational structure. In adapting his research model, I explain builders' size distribution in markets defined by Metro Statistical Area (MSA). I divided market factors into size, demand and cost factors, and housing …
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Using computer simulation to reduce costs at a recirculating aquaculture facility
… to the end of the growing period. By attaching cost factors, the cost of running the system during the growing period can be obtained. In a real facility, some of the regressors can be changed by the operator, affecting the overall cost. So, in this model, different values for this subset of …
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A Program Evaluation of Tuition Free Boarding Schools: Lessons and Policy Implications for Public School Districts Educating the Whole Child
… reviews. I featured real-world experiences, cost factors, partnerships, and allocation of resources that are distinctive to educational organizations and essential for the successful execution of trauma-informed practices and provided answers regarding the extent to which the rules, rituals, …
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Clinical Reasoning in the Use of Slings for Stroke Patients with Shoulder Subluxation: A Practice Phenomenon in California
… as high availability in facility’s stock and low cost. The procedural reasoning pattern was prominent in choosing GivMohr sling, such as better support and alignment for the glenohumeral joint. The results implicated that the clinical management of shoulder subluxation in post-stroke …
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An Airspace Planning and Collaborative Decision Making Model Under Safety, Workload, and Equity Considerations
… equity among airline carriers in absorbing the costs related to re-routing, delays, and cancellations. We also propose an improved set of flight plan cost factors for representing system costs and investigating fairness issues by addressing flight dependencies occurring in hubbed operations, as …
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Kosten-Effektivitäts- und Kosten-Nutzen-Analyse psychologischer Angstbehandlung
… with various measures. Additional analyses of costs of the treatment and the benefits due to reduced work disability and health care utilization after therapy (including a pilot study using a willingness-to-pay approach). The treatment setting can be characterised as clinically typical for …
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Incorporation of location-specific parameters and policy incentives in the Techno-Economic Analysis (TEA) of biorefineries
… prices, electricity prices, and location capital cost factors. Twenty-four tax incentives available to biorefineries were also evaluated. All location-specific parameters and 5 of 24 tax incentives had observable effects on the minimum fuel selling price. Across realistic ranges of parameter …
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An analysis of the funding of public school transportation in North Carolina
… to examine variations in pupil transportation costs among North Carolina’s school districts, (3) to identify factors related to variations in per pupil transportation costs and (4) to compare North Carolina’s present pupil transportation funding method with an alternative cost effective method …
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