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Showing 1 to 19 of 19 for “"economic indicator"”.
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Gold/silver price ratio as an economic indicator, The
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The hotel industry cycle: developing an economic indicator system for the hotel industry
… objective of this study was to develop an economic indicator system for the hotel industry in order to project the industry's growth and turning points. This study developed for the U.S. hotel industry a business cycle that would cover hotel activity as broadly as possible and one that …
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Classification and Statistical Analysis of Employment Growth in United States Counties
Employment growth is an important economic indicator. It is used to judge the state of the economy and drive major policy decisions. Employment growth is typically examined by analyzing company characteristics and policy initiatives. In this thesis, we engage other types of data at the county level …
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Iceland as Norm Entrepreneur : Implementing Innovation in the Measurement of Economic Progress
… sustainability of policies focused solely on economic growth. Economic growth is most often represented by gross domestic product (GDP), the most universal economic indicator. GDP, however, through its inherent flaws, presents a skewed impression of actual contributions to the economy, as well …
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Sustainability at multiple scales: interactions between environment, economic and social indicators at the country, city and manufacturing facility scale
… of the relationships between environmental, economic and social indicators at the country, city/regional and manufacturing facility scale. The study builds on almost 20 years of research on the EKC, which has shown conflicting results for confirmation of the EKC hypothesis that the …
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An assessment of relationships between key economic indicators and the South African residential property market
… significant relationship between the economic indicators selected and residential property prices, which could provide some indication of the factors influencing residential property prices in South Africa. The economic indicators selected were interest rates, real gross domestic …
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Solar Augmentation of Process Steam Boilers for Cogeneration
In this study, the techno-economic feasibility of converting an existing process steam plant into a combined heat and power plant, using an external solar thermal field as the additional heat source was studied. Technical feasibility entailed designing a suitable heat exchanger, which uses hot oil …
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The power of emerging economics : a global business paradigm shift in the telecommunication industry
… and the market segmentation based on: (I) Key Economic Indicator of Telecom industry (ARPU - Average revenue per user) and (II) Technology. I will then analyze the recent development of world telecommunication industry and conduct case studies on eight global telecom operators (Vodafone, AT&T, …
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Development of a Decision Support Tool for Identifying Appropriate Means and Methods for Locating Underground Utility Assets
… Selection), consists of the performance and economic databases, a project information Page sheet, and the results of the comparison of each technology in the database to the information on the project information sheet. The results are presented in three ways; 1) a speedometer chart with a …
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The Impact of Development Finance Institutions on Economic Growth: A case of South Africa
… relationship between financial development and economic growth remains a crucial subject of exploration in the academic world. Although several therioes and studies have been conducted to assess casuality between these two economic indicator proxies, the results remain inconclusive as to whether …
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What makes a good hotel market? : a panel based approach to examine lodging demand drivers
… lodging industry has run in sync with all major economic trends in the past. GDP, which traditionally correlates strongly with hotel demand growth, has failed to capture the recovery's magnitude in recent years. International tourism, an economic indicator that saw a significant surge in 2010, …
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An Empirical Approach to Social Networks
… in their network.\\ Consumer confidence is an economic indicator which measures the degree of optimism that consumers feel about the overall state of the economy as well as their personal financial situation. We will show that consumer sentiment can be measured via analysis of social networks. …
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Information, Communication, and Technology in Developing Countries: The Impediment to Nigeria Economic Growth
… at all levels of life, especially socially and economically.</p> <p>In the 21st century, innovative technologies have become a crucial element of accelerating all factors of production to deliver rapid and effective results in every sector of the economy. The Internet, as a component of ICT, has …
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Identification of relevant predictors of loan default using the Elastic Net model
… default. This study identifies financial and economic indicators for the forward-looking prediction of loan default by the application of a penalised regression approach, namely the Elastic Net model. The study employs a sample of US firms with 162 loan default events in total between 1998 and …
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An analysis of changing dietary trends and the implications for global health.
… is conditioned by a range of structural indicators including agroecological, demographic and socio-economic variables. Evidence suggests that economic factors have become a more important determinant of the dietary convergence since the Millennium. Applying innovative fuzzy clustering …
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Understanding the Challenges in Financing Affordable Housing: Multiple Stakeholder Perspectives from Namibia
… of affordable housing, which is a fundamental economic indicator and key to addressing social policy objectives including poverty reduction. Post-independence, housing in Namibia has been classified a national priority, and as such, the government has passed legislation in favour of committing …
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The Restaurant Industry: Business Cycles, Strategic Financial Practices, Economic Indicators, and Forecasting
… is unknowable. Having reliable guidelines or indicators that provide discipline and signposts to the future is required for the process of successful investing. Conditions are constantly changing, and there are no rewards for replaying the same old game over and over. To answer for this …
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Hodnocení finanční situace podniku a návrhy na její zlepšení
Bakalárska práca sa zaoberá analýzou ekonomických ukazovateľov firmy a predikciou ich vývoja za využitia jednej z najvýznamnejších aplikácií štatistických metód v ekonomike a to analýzou časových radov. Prvá, teoretická časť práce za využitia odbornej literatúry sa zaoberá definovaním základných …
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Financial media, globalisation, and China’s economic integration: comparing narrative construction of the Economist and Caijing
… a benchmark interest rate cut to combat the economic slowdown. The easing policy coincides with the European Central Bank’s announcement of doubts over US Fed’s commitment to raise interest rates. Global stock markets responded positively to China’s move, with the exception of the indexes …