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Competitiveness Factors of Slovak Companies [PDF]
This paper examines factors affecting the competitiveness of leading Slovak companies, using results obtained through a questionnaire survey. The results imply that companies are aware of the key role of consumers.
Tibor Lalinsky
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Dendrometer as a water stress indicator for apple trees
Agricultural Water ManagementThe use of dendrometers to measure the stem diameter (SD) of trees provides information about their actual water stress levels. The Scholander chamber is currently the gold standard for measuring stem water potential and thus for quantifying the water ...
Thainná Waldburger +6 more
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Why human connection is the true metric of research success
FEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.Human‐centred mentorship can be shaped by mentor attributes, actions, intrinsic drive and career ambition. Drawing on reflections across Singapore and France, as well as workshop insights from FEBS‐IUBMB ENABLE 2024, this article shows that human‐centred mentorship creates the conditions for sustainable growth, well‐being and retention in research ...
Timothy Lin Yun Tan +3 more
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A Note on the Competitiveness Debate [PDF]
This article deals with the concept of competitiveness. Competitiveness is technically a firm-level concept. However, it is oftentimes extended to the national level--the idea of a country's 'international competitiveness' with the following analogies ...
Yap, Josef T.
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(Re)-structuring the Ceo’s compensation—the case of Israel
Economics and Business Review, 2020 The executive compensation issue continues to cause protest due to the increasing number of cases of an unjustifiably high level of pay. The main conflict arises from the misalignment of interests between the short-term expectations of the manager and ...
Mroczek-Dąbrowska Katarzyna +1 more
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FEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.Abruptly changing from aerobic to anaerobic conditions (sudden anaerobization) induced growth inhibition and a significant increase in intracellular labile ferrous iron in the aerotolerant anaerobe Amphibacillus xylanus. We found that free flavins mediate efficient electron transfer from NADH to ferric iron under anaerobic conditions, suggesting that ...
Shinya Kimata +13 more
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International Competitiveness—Where Pakistan Stands? [PDF]
The concept of competitiveness has been widely accepted and has become a part of discussion in world-wide forums. Today global economy cannot be explained in the same manner as it was a few decades ago.
Uzma Zia
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Improvement in stands pricing and candidate companies allocation at agricultural exposition
Journal of the Saudi Society of Agricultural SciencesAgricultural expositions are events aimed at product sales, training, technology dissemination, and integration between the agricultural sector and urban residents.
Ronier Gutierrez +4 more
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Measuring Competitiveness [PDF]
IMF Working Papers, 2006 This paper reviews alternative approaches to measuring an economy's cost competitiveness and proposes some new measures derived from the economic theory of index numbers. The indices provide a theoretical benchmark for estimated real effective exchange rates, but differ from standard measures in that they are based on marginal rather than average ...
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FEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.In a murine model of myocardial ischemia and reperfusion (MI/R), the CD36 azapeptide ligand MPE‐298 reduces cardiac injury and transiently lowers left ventricular long‐chain fatty acids (LCFAs) accumulation 3 h after reperfusion, accompanied by a decrease of oxidative stress and inflammation‐associated genes' expression in the heart and adipose tissue.
Jade Gauvin +12 more
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