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Showing 1 to 20 of 256 for “"Digestato, Biogas fatto bene, Disponibilità a pagare, Asta sperimentale, "Commitment cost""”.
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Evidenze empiriche della teoria dei Commitment Costs nel processo di acquisto del digestato
… studio ha l’obiettivo prevalente di valutare la disponibilità a pagare degli agricoltori per il digestato, un ammendante organico ottenuto al termine del processo di digestione anaerobica, che può essere usato come alternativa ai fertilizzanti chimici per migliorare la fertilità del suolo. Lo …
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Fuel-constrained unit commitment
… in order to minimize the overall production cost. Through a wide range of scheduling activities, utility companies attempt to get maximum utilization of the available resources. However, the problem is a complex and challenging one as these scheduling activities interact with one another. …
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Essays on the Impact of Commitment on Bargaining and Efficiency
I study the impact commitment ability has on the efficiency of outcomes in bargaining scenarios and games of coordination. In the first two chapters I analyze the impact of commitment ability on two player bargaining scenarios. In particular, the commitment ability of agents is assumed to be the …
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Organizational commitment among NCAA Division III athletic directors.
… of this study was to assess the organizational commitment among athletic directors at NCAA Division III member institutions. These issues of organizational commitment have not been previously addressed in regard to athletic directors. A quantitative, cross sectional, non-experimental, research …
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Transaction Cost Economics: An Analysis of Commitment in Asymmetrical Insurer-Broker Dyads. An Exploratory Case Study of ING Canada and its Distribution Counterparties
… a heightened academic interest in the field of commitment, particularly as it relates to business relationships. Knowledge of commitment continues to advance and has begun splintering and applied into specific and narrow fields. The particular field of interest in this study surrounds commitment …
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Strategies for cost reduction in procuring trucking services
… The research specifically focused on three costs: Primary, Actual and Market. Primary cost is the cost agreed to pay to the primary carrier and is usually contractually fixed in advance. The actual cost is the cost paid to the carrier that hauls the load and the market cost is the average …
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THE EFFECT OF GOAL DISTANCE ON GOAL VALUE AND ESCALATION OF COMMITMENT
Escalation of commitment describes individuals' tendencies to persist in a chosen course of action. The traditional account of escalation of commitment assumes that sunk cost is the primary antecedent for this behavior. However, it has been noted that high sunk costs are confounded with progress …
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The Cost of Child Support: Policy Design and Father Identity
… fathers of newborns express a strong desire and commitment to their children (Carlson & McLanahan, 2002; England & Edin, 2007). However, by the time their children turn five, fathers'; involvement (caregiving and time, provision of child support) diminishes greatly (Turner & Waller, 2017). This …
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SOCIAL AND REPUTATIONAL DRIVERS OF SUNK-COST SENSITIVITY IN INDIVIDUAL AND COLLECTIVE DECISION-MAKING
… resources? This dissertation argues that sunk-cost behavior is shaped more by social pressures than by cognitive bias. Across three preregistered, “waste-free” studies, I show that people persist to protect reputation and relationships—especially when others have invested or when commitment …
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Audit, Accountability and Commitment: School Business Officials' Perceptions of an Audit Regime
… models intended to explain the organizational commitment of public employees have not accounted for the substantial and often intense external controls imposed on public organizations. A public scandal involving corruption and mismanagement in a New York State public school district resulted in …
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Decision models for optimizing fuel enrichment services under long-term fixed-commitment contracts
… that will enable utility companies to identify cost effective strategies for dealing with enrichment service contracts. Specifically, three decision models are developed to analyze the 18 month decision points of the Long-Term Fixed-Commitment Contract for ten contracting years. The first model …
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The environmental and cost impacts of vehicle electrification in the Azores
… while simultaneously reducing mobility operating costs. This thesis attempts to quantify the cost and environmental impacts of using EVs on São Miguel, using an economic dispatch and unit commitment model. The number of EVs and the ways that they charge are varied. The composition of São Miguel's …
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Evaluating a cost effective carbon abatement strategy for higher education in Wales
… UK and Welsh Governments have demonstrated their commitment by setting CO2 reduction targets across the public sector including Higher Education.<br/><br/>The literature shows that detailed research has been carried out by SOW Consulting on behalf of the Higher Education Funding Council for …
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Low-cost sanitation improvements in poor communities : conditions for physical sustainability
… and the operation & maintenance (O&M) of low-cost sanitation systems. The aim of the study reported herein was to identify and assess factors likely to influence the long-term sustainability of these low-cost sanitation programmes. For this, six sanitation programmes were studied regarding: …
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Exploring hospitality education as an occupation in Hong Kong: attractions, challenges and commitment.
… also investigates the level of occupational commitment of hospitality educators in Hong Kong and identifies the key antecedents of their occupational commitment. To achieve the research objectives, the study adopts both qualitative and quantitative research methods in the form of focus group …
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Commitment, conscience or compromise: the changing financial basis and evolving role of Christian health services in developing countries
… in a variety of ways: first, by providing low cost services; second, by developing hi-tech tertiary services, the profits from which subsidise services for the poor; and third, by working more collaboratively with governments, for which they receive varying degrees of financial and other …
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Single session intervention using acceptance and commitment therapy for binge eating: a components analysis in a community sample
… study was to run targeted Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) interventions and test whether these interventions reduce eating related difficulties and improve emotion regulation and psychological flexibility. Three interventions were compared using an open trial methodology. …
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Are early commitment programs the answer to gaps in college enrollment and outcomes by income? The case of Oklahoma's Promise
This dissertation defines early commitment scholarship programs and their theoretical impact on college enrollment and outcomes in general. In addition, it analyzes the effects of one state-wide early commitment program for low-income students, Oklahoma's Promise. The impact of the expansion of …
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Develop a Lean project management framework for the construction companies in order to improve the time and cost efficiencies of their construction operations
… firms in order to improve the time and cost efficiencies of their operations. It critically evaluates the applicability of Lean's philosophy in the construction industry. It also investigates the management implication of traditional project management practices and the …
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Environmental/social cost-benefit analysis : the integration of sustainability : the cases of the Narmada Valley Project and the Three Gorges Dam
… the basic tenets of the environmental/social cost-benefit analysis which has had the most influence in the arena of developmentalism. Despite the attraction of the model and its theoretical acceptability to international and often national development procedures, in practice, …
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