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Performance characteristics of diesel engine using blends of Jatropha biodiesel
Jatropha is a tropical herb and can be matured in a diverse soil with low to high rainfall. It provides a chunk of the fuel supply in the transportation and energy sectors. Jatropha biodiesel implies a diesel equivalent and consist of methyl esters.
Tariq Mahmood +3 more
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Investigating Green Knowledge Deployment Scenarios in Municipalities (Case Study: Isfahan Municipality) [PDF]
Objectives: Today, addressing environmental issues by different organizations can affect the performance and longevity of organizations. On the other hand, due to the high conflict with the amount and amount of waste production and collection ...
Seyed Mojtaba Hosseini Bamakan+2 more
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On the Size of the Active Management Industry [PDF]
We argue that active management’s popularity is not puzzling despite the industry’s poor track record. Our explanation features decreasing returns to scale: As the industry’s size increases, every manager’s ability to outperform passive benchmarks declines.
Lubos Pastor+4 more
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Agro-industrial decision-making is hampered by several, variously-natured, uncertainties. As uncertainty reduction is expensive, the decision modelling process for these industries must strive to use all available information.
Mario Luis Chew Hernández+2 more
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Environmental management: An industry classification
In this paper, we seek to inform managers, regulators, and investors of the setting in which a firm's environmental management activity is costly and when it is profitable. To identify this setting, we classify firms according to their environmental management activities and the subsequent impact on firm operating performance.
Bams, W.F.M., Andersen, Irene
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The current research aims to design a fuzzy multiobjective model of the reverse logistics supply chain network in the automotive industry, taking into account the energy and time reduction approach. The automobile industry is one of the industries with a
Saeed Aminpour+3 more
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Configuration Management in Aerospace Industry [PDF]
In this paper, first the basis of the Configuration Management is defined. Next, how Configuration Management is practiced in aerospace industry is explored. Further, the current challenges of CM in Aerospace industries are discussed with a brief review of the strategic actions taken by aerospace industry to implement Configuration Management.
Michael Round+2 more
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Designing a Multiobjective Human Resource Scheduling Model Using the Tabu Search Algorithm
Nowadays, the major and substantial challenge and constraint of organizations, specifically in developing countries, are not the lack of raw materials, energy, or even technology but cases that are directly or indirectly associated with human resource ...
Roghayeh Mirataollahi olya+2 more
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The Emergence of a Sustainable and Reliable Supply Chain Paradigm in Supply Chain Network Design
Shorter product life due to technology development and changing customer needs requires optimal supply chain management and structuring. Achieving this optimization brings productivity to the organization.
Sajad Amirian+2 more
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Project management in building industry management [PDF]
The article deals with contents of the project management on general level first. It mentions the most widespread project management standards, which have historically developed in global scale, their parts and objectives. Further, it describes position of the building industry in national economy, its specific features distinguishing it from the other
Jana Nováková+2 more
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