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Productivity of Nations: a stochastic frontier approach to TFP decomposition [PDF]

This paper tackles the problem of aggregate TFP measurement using stochastic frontier analysis (SFA). Data from Penn World Table 6.1 are used to estimate a world production frontier for a sample of 75 countries over a long period (1950-2000) taking ...
Jorge Oliveira Pires, Fernando Garcia
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Architecture‐Driven Functional Coupling in Vertically Aligned Nanocomposites

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Vertically aligned nanocomposites define a growth‐engineered architecture in which vertical interfaces, strain fields, defect pathways, and phase connectivity are created simultaneously. This review shows how these architectural features couple ferroic, optical, ionic, electrochemical, and device responses, establishing design rules and open challenges
Md Shatil Islam‐Shanto, Javier Zamudio‐García, Abraham Sánchez‐Caballero, David Marrero‐López, Vincenzo Esposito   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Technology shape, distance to frontier, or frontier shift? Modeling the determinants of TFP growth [PDF]

We investigate the determinants of TFP growth of Italian manufacturing firms. Using stochastic frontier techniques, we consider three approaches to take into account the influence of external factors, i.e., the determinants of growth.
Angelo Zago, Camilla Mastromarco
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Ground‐State Charge‐Transfer Doping in Donor–Acceptor Semiconducting Polymers

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
This work demonstrates controlled ground‐state charge‐transfer complex formation (GS‐CTC) and doping in a series of diketopyrrolopyrrole‐based donor–acceptor semiconducting polymers paired with a π‐conjugated penta‐t‐butylpentacyanopentabenzo[25]annulene “cyanostar” macrocycle. Complementary experimental techniques show how subtle molecular, electronic,
Tanner L. Smith, Akshay N. Shah, Tanya A. Balandin, Michel De Keersmaecker, Paramasivam Mahalingam, Debapriya Gupta, Siqi Yu, Eui Hyun Suh, Pushkar Dalal, Erin L. Ratcliff, Scott P. O. Danielsen, Tse Nga Ng, Amar H. Flood, Jason D. Azoulay   +13 more
wiley   +1 more source

Scale and cost efficiency in the Swiss electricity distribution industry: evidence from a frontier cost approach [PDF]

The deregulation of the electricity industry is currently on the political agenda in many countries. In most countries, the deregulation of the sector is combined with a (re-) regulation of the electricity networks in most of the countries. In this paper,
Jörg Wild, Michael Kuenzle, Massimo Filippini   +2 more
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Covalent Functionalization of 2D Semiconductors: A Roadmap to Advanced Electronic Devices

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
This Review presents recent advances in the covalent functionalization strategies for two‐dimensional semiconductors and their implementation in modern technologies. Layered materials are modified through diverse molecular chemistries (e.g., thiols, diazonium salts, alkyl halides, and electron‐deficient species) to tailor their surface properties ...
Ramiro Quirós‐Ovies, Bin Han, Paolo Samorì   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Resource Efficient Scotland: food & drink

, 2014
A collection of e-learning modules on waste management, waste reduction and sustainable procurement in the food and drink industry. Includes case studies, videos and other e-learning tools.
Resource Efficient Scotland
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Blue Upconversion Organic Light‐Emitting Diodes Achieving 1000 cd m−2 With an Operating Voltage of 2.7 V by Suppressing Interfacial Exciton Quenching

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
A triplet‐blocking layer controls triplet exciton dynamics in blue upconversion OLEDs. The layer keeps charge transfer (CT)‐generated triplet excitons inside the triplet‐triplet annihilation (TTA) host, suppresses anode‐side interfacial quenching, and increases the steady‐state triplet population.
Qing‐Jun Shui, Hiroto Iwasaki, Kosuke Anraku, Ken Albrecht, Yutaka Majima, Seiichiro Izawa   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

FrontierStep-RL: Fixed-Dimensional Structured Actions for Transaction-Cost-Aware Portfolio Reinforcement Learning

Mathematics
Portfolio reinforcement learning (RL) commonly represents each action as a complete asset-weight vector, causing the action dimension and exploration difficulty to grow with the investment universe. This study proposes FrontierStep-RL, which replaces the
Houyu Zou, Hui Li, Feng Xue, Tianhao Yuan   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Use of Parametric and Non Parametric Frontier Methods to Measure the Productive Efficiency in the Industrial Sector. A Comparative Study [PDF]

Parametric frontier models and non-parametric methods have monopolised the recent literature on productive efficiency measurement. Empirical applications have usually dealt with either one or the other group of techniques.
Luis R. Murillo-Zamorano, Juan Vega-Cervera   +1 more
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