Artificial Economics and Self Organization Agent-Based Approaches to Economics and Social Systems. by Leitner, Stephan

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Regulation of Energy Markets Economic Mechanisms and Policy Evaluation / by Machiel Mulder. by Mulder, Machiel

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Legisprudence : a new theoretical approach to legislation : proceedings of the Fourth Beneloux-Scandinavian Symopisum on Legal Theory / edited by Luc J. Wintgens.

Table of Contents: “…THE SENSELESS LAWGIVER I: THE CASE OF REDUCED TAXES; V. THE SENSELESS LAWGIVER II: THE CASE OF FINANCIAL LIBERATION; VI. …”
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Corporate Risk Management : Theory and Applications. by Dionne, Georges

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Nepal's investment climate : leveraging the private sector for job creation and growth / Gabi G. Afram and Angelica Salvi Del Pero. by Afram, Gabi G. (Gabi George)

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High-Profit IPO Strategies : Finding Breakout IPOs for Investors and Traders. by Taulli, Tom

Table of Contents: “…BusinessManagement; Executive Compensation; Certain Relationships and Related-Person Transactions; Principal and Selling Stockholders; Description of Capital Stock; Shares Eligible for Future Sale; Index to Consolidated Financial Statements; Miscellaneous Sections; Conclusion; Chapter 6: Balance Sheet; Some Fundamentals; Historical Costs; Accrual Accounting; Balance Sheet Overview; The Assets; Cash and Cash Equivalents; Marketable Securities; Accounts Receivable; Allowance for Doubtful Accounts; Inventory; Taxes; Prepaid Expenses; Property and Equipment; Restricted Cash; Goodwill.…”
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Home ownership : getting in, getting from, getting out, part II / John Doling, Marja Elsinga (eds.).

Table of Contents: “…Risks to lenders and borrowers. -- 11.1 Introduction and background -- 11.2 The recent and current pattern of risks to home owners -- 11.3 Potential future risks -- 11.4 Mitigating future risk -- 11.5 A sustainable home ownership partnership (SHOP) -- 11.6 Housing tax credits.…”
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Managing water for all : an OECD perspective on pricing and financing.

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Food Industry Wastes : Assessment and Recuperation of Commodities. by Kosseva, Maria

Table of Contents: “…2.1 Selecting Best Available Technique Candidates for the Food and Drink Sector3 Effectiveness of Waste Management Policies in the European Union; 3.1 Adoption of a "Recycling Society" in the EU; 3.2 Main Stipulations of the Landfill Directive 1999/31/EC; 3.2.1 The European Environment Agency Report No 7/2009; 3.2.1.1 Aims; 3.2.1.2 Indicator-Based Analysis; 3.2.1.3 Interviews with Key Stakeholders; 3.2.1.4 Policy Instruments; German Case Study; Hungarian Case Study; 3.2.1.5 Landfill Taxes and Gate Fees; 3.2.1.6 Public Acceptance; 3.3 European Waste Framework Directive (WFD).…”
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A glass half full : the promise of regional trade in South Asia / Sanjay Kathuria, editor.

Table of Contents: “…IntroductionEstablishing the Context for Intraregional Trade in South Asia; The Untapped Trade Potential; Barriers to Intraregional Trade and Investment; The Benefits of Current Trade Patterns; Conclusions; Annex 1A: Tables; Notes; References; 2 Border Tax Distortions in South Asia: The Impact on Regional Integration; Introduction; Trade Protection in South Asia; Tariff-Related Constraints on SAFTA's Effectiveness; Conclusions and Directions for Reform; Notes; References; 3 A Granular Approach to Addressing Nontariff Barriers: India's Trade with Bangladesh and Nepal; Introduction…”
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Sustainable power technologies and infrastructure : energy sustainability and prosperity in a time of climate change / Galen J. Suppes, Truman S. Storvick. by Suppes, Galen J., Storvick, Truman S., 1928-2016

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Integration and Clustering for Sustainable Economic Growth edited by Elena G. Popkova, Valentina E. Sukhova, Aleksey F. Rogachev, Yulia G. Tyurina, Olga A. Boris, Valentina N. Para...

Table of Contents: “…Part 1: Building Cluster Initiatives as a Factor of Competitiveness of Modern Enterprises -- Chapter 1: Contradiction of Clusters Taxation in Russia: Taxes as Barriers and Stimuli for Clustering -- Chapter 2: Using Project-Based Approach in Public-Private Partnership with Participation of Corporate Holding Structures -- Chapter 3: Effective HR Management as the Most Important Condition of Successful Business Administration -- Chapter 4: Marketing Strategies of Cluster Development in Retailing Sector -- Chapter 5: Place and Role of Budgeting in the System of Methods of Managerial Accounting of Cluster Contractual Relationship -- Chapter 6: Role of Clusters in Promotion of Region’s Economic Competitiveness -- Chapter 7: Clustering as a Growth Point of Modern Russian Business -- Chapter 8: Perspectives of Use of Competence-Based Approach to Management in Educational Services Market -- Chapter 9: Marketing Aspects of Cluster Management in Retailing Sector -- Chapter 10: History of Views on Audit of Commercial Structures Management Quality -- Chapter 11: Approaches to Organization of Project Management in Russia -- Chapter 12: CORPORATE CULTURE OF COMMERCIAL ORGANIZATION AS AN EFFECTIVE MANAGEMENT TOOL -- Part 2: Provision of Economic Security by Means of Creation of Innovational Network of Transnational Cluster Initiatives -- Chapter 13: Transnational Cluster Initiatives in Business as a Top-Priority Direction of Maximization of Economic Growth in Asian Countries -- Chapter 14: Modeling of Eco-Economic Security With the Use of Tax Instrumentarium -- Chapter 15: Formation of the System of Clustering as a Means of Perspective Development of Innovational Infrastructure of Region -- Chapter 16: Concept of Innovational Development of Entrepreneurial Potential of Small Enterprises -- Chapter 17: Problems and High-Priority Directions of Realization of Innovational Strategy of Development of Fuel and Energy Complex Enterprises -- Chapter 18: Biotech Cluster as a Critetion of Food Security Formation -- Chapter 19: Education as the National Safety Element in the Globalizing World -- Chapter 20: Formation of Creative Approach to Economic Activities as One of the Goals of Professional Training of Future Economists -- Chapter 21: Marketing Instrumentarium of Provision of Food Security -- Chapter 22: Innovational Approach to Management of Human Resources of Cluster Entity -- Chapter 23: YOUNG SPECIALISTS LABOR MARKET IN MODERN RUSSIA: ANALYSIS, PROBLEMS, AND PERSPECTIVES -- Part 3: Effectiveness of State Management and Economic Growth in the Context of Global Integration and Clustering -- Chapter 24: Sense of Rational Approach to Socio-Economic Development of Entrepreneurship -- Chapter 25: Integration of Social and Innovative Activities into Industrial Organization -- Chapter 26: Using Economic and Mathematical Methods During Formation of Construction Cluster -- Chapter 27: Support for Cluster Initiatives in View of Development of Innovational Economy: Regarding the Issue of Legal Regulation at the Level of Subjects of the Russian Federation -- Chapter 28: Methodology of Complex Evaluation of Eco-Economic Effectiveness of Agricultural Clusters -- Chapter 29: POLITICAL EXISTENCE OF THE SYSTEM OF SOCIAL SPACE-TIME -- Chapter 30: Wind Rose as One of the Main Factors of Apartment Buying Decision -- Chapter 31: Conceptual Aspects of Tax System Development in Cyclic Economy -- Chapter 32: Economic Aspects of Application of Biotechnologies During Creation of Forest Plantations -- Part 4: Methodological Approaches to Measurement of Sustainable Development of Industrial Enterprises Under the Conditions of Integration and Clustering -- Chapter 33: Educational Clusters as a Factor of Development of Educational Services Market in Region -- Chapter 34: Development of Entrepreneurial Component and a Factor of Increase of Effectiveness of Cluster Structures Management -- Chapter 35: Two-Level Economic and Mathematical Model of Monotown Development on the Basis of Cognitive Maps -- Chapter 36: Rational Environmental Management – the Platform for Integration and Optimization of Resources -- Chapter 37: Green Technologies – the Basis for Integration and Clustering of Subjects at the Regional Level of Economy -- Chapter 38: Effectiveness of State Territorial Administration in Provision of Sustainable Economic Growth of the Region -- Chapter 39: Economic and Mathematical Modeling During Organization and Conduct of Business Games -- Chapter 40: Strategic Management of Clustering Policy During Provision of Sustainable Development -- Chapter 41: Conceptual Features of Management Tools of Enterprise Structures Under the Conditions of Globalization of the World Market -- Chapter 42: Measures to Improve the Investment Attractiveness of Enterprises in the Modern Context -- Chapter 43: Adaptation of Macro-Economic Models to Solving the Problem of Countries Differentiation in Global Economy -- Chapter 44: Problems of Sustainable Development of Depressive Region in Crisis -- Chapter 45: Improvement of Methods of Analysis of Effectiveness of Stock Management at Industrial Enterprises -- Chapter 46: Modeling of Cluster Processes in the Sphere of Manufacture of ECO-Products: Issues of Ecological and Food Security of Russia -- Chapter 47: Development Efficiency Analysis of Public Administration Informatization -- Chapter 48: Formation of a Complex System of Indicators for Evaluation of Smooth Production Flow -- Chapter 49: Building a Strategy of Development of Hospitality Industry on the Basis of Improvement of the System of Personnel Training -- Chapter 50: Perspectives of Development of Small Business Within Modernization of Tax and Cluster Policy -- Chapter 51: Complementary Approach to Functioning of Entrepreneurial Structures Under the Conditions of Economic Instability of Region -- Chapter 52: Economic Growth in Russia: Influence of Oil Shock and Macro-Economic Factors -- Chapter 53: Transformation of Ethnocultural Development of Indigenous Peoples in the Conditions of Socialist Modernization of the Far East in 1920-1970’s: Problems of Historiography.…”
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Energy pricing policies for inclusive growth in Latin America and the Caribbean / Guillermo Beylis and Barbara Cunha. by Beylis, Guillermo, Cunha, Barbara

Table of Contents: “…Notes; Reference; Chapter 3 Fiscal Cost of Energy Pricing Policies; Introduction; Measuring Fiscal Costs: The "Price-Gap" Approach; Price-Gap Results; Notes; References; Chapter 4 Economic Impacts of Energy Pricing and Subsidy Reforms; Introduction; Analysis; Main Findings; Final Considerations; Notes; References; Chapter 5 Distributional Impacts of Energy Pricing; Introduction; Methodology and Implementation; Distributional Impacts of a Price Increase in Gasoline and Diesel; Distributional Impacts of a Price Increase in Liquefied Petroleum Gas.…”
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Corporate Valuation : measuring the Value of Companies in Turbulent Times / Mario Massari, Gianfranco Ginafrate, and Laura Zanetti. by Massari, Mario, Gianfrate, Gianfranco, Zanetti, Laura

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Corporate Valuation : measuring the Value of Companies in Turbulent Times / Mario Massari, Gianfranco Ginafrate, and Laura Zanetti. by Massari, Mario, Gianfrate, Gianfranco, Zanetti, Laura

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Corporate Valuation : measuring the Value of Companies in Turbulent Times / Mario Massari, Gianfranco Ginafrate, and Laura Zanetti. by Massari, Mario, Gianfrate, Gianfranco, Zanetti, Laura

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Food city / CJ Lim. by Lim, C. J.

Knights, Raiders, and Targets : the Impact of the Hostile Takeover. by Coffee, John C.

Table of Contents: “…Hostile Takeovers and Junk Bond Financing: A Panel Discussion; CAPITAL MARKETS, EFFICIENCY, AND CORPORATE CONTROL; MANAGERIAL BEHAVIOR AND TAKEOVERS; EVIDENCE ON THE GAINS FROM MERGERS AND TAKEOVERS; MERGERS AND TAKEOVERS: TAXES, CAPITAL STRUCTURE, AND THE INCENTIVES OF MANAGERS; LEGAL RULES, TAKEOVER STRATEGIES, AND DEFENSIVE TACTICS; ONE SHARE, ONE VOTE; Index.…”
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Biologically Inspired Cognitive Architectures (BICA) for Young Scientists Proceedings of the First International Early Research Career Enhancement School (FIERCES 2016) / edited by...

Table of Contents: “…Models of Autonomous Cognitive Agents -- Differentiation of Groundwater Tax Rates as an Element of Improving the Economic Mechanism in the State Groundwater Extraction Management -- Users' of Information Systems Protection Analysis from Malefactor's Social Engineering Attacks Taking into Account Malefactor's Competence Profile -- Character Reasoning of the Social Network Users on the Basis of the Content Contained on Their Personal Pages -- Bayesian Optimization of Spiking Neural Network Parameters to Solving the Time Series Classiffcation Task -- Simulation of Learning in Neuronal Culture -- Unsupervised Neural Architecture for Saliency Detection: Extended Version -- Active adaptation of expert-based suggestions in ladieswear recommender system LookBooksClub via Reinforcement Learning -- Visual Analytics Support for Carbon Nanotube Design Automation -- A model of Neurodynamics of Hippocampal Formation Neurons Performing Spatial Processing Based on Even Cyclic Inhibitory Networks -- Feature Selection for Time-Series Prediction in Case of Undetermined Estimation -- A New Approach for Semantic Cognitive Maps Creation and Evaluation Based on Affix Relations -- On Alternative Instruments for the fMRI Data Analysis: General Linear Model Versus Algebraic Topology Approach -- Application of Hopfield Neural Network to the N-Queens Problem -- Simulation of a Fear-Like State on a Model of Dopamine System of Rat Brain -- Spatial and Temporal Parameters of Eye Movements During Viewing of Affective Images -- MEG Data Analysis Using the Empirical Mode Decomposition Method -- Evolutional Approach to Image Processing on the Example of Microsections -- "Cognovisor" for the Human Brain: Towards Mapping of Thought Processes by a Combination of fMRI and Eye-tracking -- Dynamic Intelligent Systems Integration and Evolution of Intelligent Control Systems Architectures -- Automated Planning: Usage for Integrated Expert Systems Construction -- Some Aspects of Temporal Knowledge Acquisition and Representation in Dynamic Integrated Expert Systems -- Collaboration of All-purpose Static Solver, Temporal Reasoning and Simulation Modeling Tools in Dynamic Integrated Expert Systems -- Some Aspects of Intellectual Tutoring Based on the Integrated Tutoring Expert Systems Usage -- To the Question of Learnability of a Spiking Neuron with Spike-Timing-Dependent Plasticity in Case of Complex Input Signals -- Causal Interactions Within the Default Mode Network as Revealed by Low-frequency Brain Fluctuations and Information Transfer Entropy -- Hierarchical Temporal Memory Implementation with Explicit States Extraction -- Swarm MeLiF: Feature Selection with Filter Combination Found via Swarm Intelligence -- Agent-based Model of Interactions in the Community of Investors and Producers -- Patterns of Spiking Activity of Neuronal Networks in Vitro as Memory Traces -- The Competency Management Based on Ontologies: Issues of Using in Organizations -- The Approach to Modeling of Synchronized Bursting in Neuronal Culture Using a Mathematical Model of a Neuron with Autoregulation Mechanism -- Dynamic Clustering of Connections Between fMRI Resting State Networks: A Comparison of Two Methods of Data Analysis -- Neural Network Solution of an Inverse Problem in Raman Spectroscopy of Multi-Component Solutions of Inorganic Salts -- Prediction of Relativistic Electrons Flux in the Outer Radiation Belt of the Earth Using Adaptive Methods -- Comparative Analysis of Residual Minimization and Artificial Neural Networks as Methods of Solving Inverse Problems: Test on Model Data -- A Biologically Inspired Architecture for Visual Self-Location.…”
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Pensions in the Middle East and North Africa : Time for Change. by Robalino, David A.

Table of Contents: “…-- Improving the Institutional Configuration, Administration, and Regulation of Pension Systems -- Management of the Public Pension Funds -- Lessons from International Experience in Pension Fund Management -- Pension Fund Management in the Middle East and North Africa Region -- Improving the Management of Public Pension Funds: Constraints and Opportunities -- Progress to Date and Prospects -- Countries in the Early Stages of Reform -- Countries in Motion -- Countries Leading Pension Reform -- Demographic Indicators -- Methodology for Demographic and Employment Projections -- Life Expectancy, Total Fertility Rate, and Population Projections -- Labor Force Projections -- Unemployment Projections -- Economic Effects of the Demographic Transition -- Coverage Rate Projections -- Main Parameters of Pension Schemes in the Middle East and North Africa -- Tax Treatment of Pension Systems -- Basic Formulas and Mathematical Results Used in the Analysis -- Equivalence of the Standard Defined-Benefit Pension Formula and the Formula Used in a Points System -- Rates of Return in Earning-Related Schemes -- Demographic and Financial Data on Pension Funds -- Provisions of the Draft Law on the Public Pension Scheme in the West Bank and Gaza -- Average Population Growth Rate, by Region, 1960-2002 -- Old-Age Dependency Ratio, by Region, 1960-2003 -- Average Population Growth Rate in Middle East and North African Countries, 1960-2002 -- Young- and Old-Age Dependency Ratios in Middle East and North African Countries, 2000 -- Life Expectancy and Total Fertility Rate in Middle East and North African Countries, 1985 and 2002 -- Estimated Difference in the Average Growth Rate of the Working-Age and Dependent Populations in Middle East and North African Countries, 2000-20 -- Projected Growth Rate of the Labor Force in Middle East and North African Countries, 2002-30 -- Key Macroeconomic Indicators in Select Middle East and North African Countries, 1993-2003 -- Banking and Credit as a Percentage of GDP in Select Middle East and North African Countries, 2002 -- Domestic and External Debt as a Percentage of GDP in Select Middle East and North African Countries, 2002 -- Market Capitalization and Credit to the Private Sector as a Percentage of GDP in Select Middle East and North African Countries, Various Years, 2000-2 -- Turnover as a Percentage of GDP in Select Middle East and North African Countries, Various Years, 2000-2 -- Coverage of the Mandatory Pension System in Select Middle East and North African Countries -- Projected Coverage Rate in Middle East and North African Countries, 2003-30 -- Gross Replacement Rate as a Percentage of Average Earnings in Select Middle East and North African Countries -- Net Replacement Rate as a Percentage of Average Earnings in Select Middle East and North African Countries.…”
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