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THE USE OF POTENTIAL OF HEDGE FUNDS FOR UKRAINIAN INVESTORS [PDF]
Studies show that the world of finance is not standing still; new methods and tools of attracting and using financial capital are constantly appearing.
Iryna S. Shkura +2 more
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Spatial Location of Regional Resources within the Strategic Drift of Globalization: Problems, Tendencies, Procedures [PDF]
From the beginning of the XXI century between the processes of regional systems globalization and location development resources bigger contradictions can be seen.
Yushkova N.G. +2 more
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Plant Screening for Ageing Impact in the Process Industry
The degradation of onshore process plants due to ageing-related mechanisms such as corrosion, erosion and fatigue is becoming a key issue at a worldwide scale.
F. Candreva, M. Houari
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Managing natural capital assets and ecosystem services under global change [PDF]
Human activities are placing increasing pressure on Earth’s systems and finite natural resources. Climate change alters the provision of ecosystem services and natural capital, so innovative strategies are needed to adapt to these impacts. However, the formulation and implementation of such strategies is hindered by the substantial uncertainty involved
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The Recent Investment Activity of Global Sovereign Wealth Funds [PDF]
Although there has been vivid academic debate as to what extent Sovereign Wealth Funds (SWFs) are motivated by political reasons, it is rather clear that countries can use state-owned investment funds as a tool of their foreign policy. Even Barack Obama,
Wiśniewski, Piotr
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IMPLEMENTATION OF ASSET MANAGEMENT IN ROAD ADMINISTRATION OF SLOVAK REPUBLIC [PDF]
The article presents basic principles and solutions for the application of Asset Management as part of road administration in Slovakia. It deals with application of Assets management methods and best practices of global trends in road maintenance ...
Ľubomír Pepucha +5 more
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UK utility data integration: overcoming schematic heterogeneity [PDF]
In this paper we discuss syntactic, semantic and schematic issues which inhibit the integration of utility data in the UK. We then focus on the techniques employed within the VISTA project to overcome schematic heterogeneity.
Beck, A.R. +7 more
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An important ingredient in economic policy planning both in the public or the private sector is risk management. In economics and finance, risk manifests through many forms and it is subject to the sector that it entails (financial, fiscal, international,
Vasilios Plakandaras +2 more
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A framework for utility data integration in the UK [PDF]
In this paper we investigate various factors which prevent utility knowledge from being fully exploited and suggest that integration techniques can be applied to improve the quality of utility records.
Beck, AR +4 more
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The Role of Sovereign Wealth Funds in Global Managament of Excess Foreign Exchange Reserves [PDF]
This paper finds evidence that for many countries Sovereign Wealth Funds are the alternative vehicle for management of excess foreign exchange reserves.
Urban Dariusz
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