Global ETD Search
Search theses and dissertations gathered from participating repositories worldwide. Every result links back to the library that holds it. No account is needed.
Results
Showing 1 to 8 of 8 for “"Resource transfer"”.
-
Resource Transfer Efficiency Within Multibusiness Firms: The Effect of Dissimilarity in Managerial Specializations and Executive Compensations
The findings suggest two main conclusions: First, when optimality of a decision depends on exchange of information between specialists, and when there is some sort of competition between these specialists, differences in specializations could negatively affect efficiency of decisions in the absence …
-
Spatial energetics : a thermodynamically-consistent methodology for modelling resource acquisition, distribution, and end-use networks in nature and society
Resource acquisition, distribution, and end-use (RADE) networks are ubiquitous in natural and human-engineered systems, connecting spatially-distributed points of supply and demand, to provide energy and material resources required by these systems for growth and maintenance. A clear understanding …
-
A reliability-based measurement of interoperability for conceptual-level systems of systems
… thesis is the development of the Architectural Resource Transfer and Exchange Measurement of Interoperability for Systems of Systems, or ARTEMIS methodology. ARTEMIS first outlines a quantitative measurement of system pair interoperability using reliability in series and in parallel. This step …
-
The impact of foreign direct investment on post-war South African economic development
… investment on host countries, concluding that resource transfer effects are not necessarily beneficial in certain circumstances. The distribution and penetration of foreign direct investment in the South African economy is analysed in the context of the debate about dependency and the role of …
-
Mapping signaling networks and rapidly evolving genes in the developing Arabidopsis seed at single-nucleus resolution
… enables the conditional allocation of maternal resources to successfully fertilized ovules. During early development, seeds accumulate nutrients that are utilized either by the embryo or by humans who harvest seed crops for food, biofuel, and livestock feed. Moreover, the grains of maize, rice, …
-
An investigation into the host-parasite interrelationship between Common Swifts and Hippoboscid Louse-Flies
… an obligatory hetero-specific relationship where resource transfer between a host and parasite occurs. This results in the sub-optimal expression of host life-history traits and a consequent reduction in host fitness. The Louse Fly, Crataerina pallida (Diptera: Hippoboscidae), is a monoxenous …
-
Role of mycorrhizal networks in dry Douglas-fir forests
… potentially providing a conduit for interplant resource transfer. Interior Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii var. glauca (Beissn.) Franco) is an obligate ectomycorrhizal (EM) tree species that has high potential to form MNs with neighboring trees because of its receptivity to a diverse …
-
Investigating challenges brought about the Walmart/Massmart merger in South Africa
Dissertation submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Management Sciences in Business Administration, Durban University of Technology, Durban, South Africa, 2021.