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The role of collaborative workspaces in promoting networking opportunities: a comparison between urban and peripheral contexts

Regional Studies, Regional Science
This paper aims at assessing the role of collaborative workspaces (CWS) as interaction platforms able to offer networking opportunities on different levels and with a diverse array of stakeholders.
Lorenzo Marmo, Antonis Rovolis, Vasilis Avdikos   +2 more
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Icebergs in the Clouds: the Other Risks of Cloud Computing [PDF]

, 2012
Cloud computing is appealing from management and efficiency perspectives, but brings risks both known and unknown. Well-known and hotly-debated information security risks, due to software vulnerabilities, insider attacks, and side-channels for example ...
Ford, Bryan
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The restructuring and privatisation of British Rail: Was it really that bad? [PDF]

, 2002
This paper uses a social cost-benefit analysis (SCBA) framework to assess whether rail privatisation in Britain has produced savings in operating costs.
Beeching, Beeching, Bishop, Bradshaw, Burns, Chisari, Department of Transport, Domah, Estache, Europe Economics, Freeman, Galal, Gourvish, Health and Safety Commission, Jones, Kain, Martin, Monopolies and Mergers Commission, Monopolies and Mergers Commission, Monopolies and Mergers Commission, National Audit Office, National Audit Office, National Audit Office, National Audit Office, Newbery, Office of the Rail Regulator, Office of the Rail Regulator, Office of the Rail Regulator, Oum, Pollitt, SBC Warburg, Skamris, Yarrow   +32 more
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The Waikato Region: Major tourism issues and opportunities to facilitate tourism development: Public summary [PDF]

, 2007
A regional tourism project was commissioned by Katolyst, the Waikato Economic Development Agency, to assess the following: What is meant by regional tourism; the current views of industry stakeholders within the tourism and hospitality sectors; major ...
Walter, Naomi Jane, Zahra, Anne Louise
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Logistic Service Improvement Parameters for Postal Service Providers Using Analytical Hierarchy Process and Quality Function Deployment

Economies
Postal services have re-emerged across numerous emerging economies worldwide as essential logistics providers, harnessing their vast coverage and dependability in the face of expanding e-commerce platforms and technological innovations.
Nisa James, Anish K. P. Kumar, Robert Jeyakumar Nathan   +2 more
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The CLSTM system: reducing settlement risk in foreign exchange transactions. [PDF]

The launch of the CLSTM system on 9 September 2002 marked the completion of an ambitious project undertaken by the banking sector following the G10 central banks’ recommendations on reducing settlement risk in foreign exchange transactions.
Bronner, M.
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Republic of Ghana Country Strategy Paper 2012-2016 [PDF]

, 2013
This report aims to propose a Bank Group's strategy for supporting Ghana's development efforts over the period 2012 -- 2016. Several factors make a new Bank country strategy for Ghana particularly timely at this moment.

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Connected map-induced resource allocation scheme for cognitive radio network quality of service maximization

Scientific Reports
Quality of Service (QoS) in cognitive radio networks (CRNs) is achieved through fair resource allocation and scheduling for secondary users regardless of channel capacity through multi-channel communications.
K. Saravanan, R. Jaikumar, Stalin Allwin Devaraj, Om Prakash Kumar   +3 more
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Digital Transformation for Sustainable Transportation: Leveraging Industry 4.0 Technologies to Optimize Efficiency and Reduce Emissions

Future Transportation
This study investigates how Industry 4.0 technologies can optimize transportation efficiency and contribute to global sustainability goals by reducing CO2 emissions.
Hajar Fatorachian, Hadi Kazemi, Kulwant Pawar   +2 more
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The Green Investment Report: The Ways and Means to Unlock Private Finance for Green Growth [PDF]

, 2013
This report is a first step by the Green Growth Action Alliance to deliver on the G20 Leaders' request. It aims to provide a common point of reference to guide policy-makers, financial institutions and investors as they seek to better understand, and ...

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