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Advanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.The article overviews past and current efforts on caloric materials and systems, highlighting the contributions of Ames National Laboratory to the field. Solid‐state caloric heat pumping is an innovative method that can be implemented in a wide range of cooling and heating applications.
Agata Czernuszewicz +5 more
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Investment Characteristics of Natural Monopoly Companies [PDF]
Journal of Competitiveness, 2012 This paper explores the possibilities of investment by private investors in natural monopoly companies. The paper analyzes the broad issue of risk measurement with focus on downside risk measurement principle.
Škapa Stanislav
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Investor Sentiment in Japanese and U.S. Daily Mutual Fund Flows [PDF]
We find evidence that is consistent with the hypothesis that daily mutual fund flows may be instruments for investor sentiment about the stock market. We use this finding to construct a new index of investor sentiment, and validate this index using data ...
Noriyoshi Shirishi +4 more
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Gate‐Induced Critical Current Modulation in W–C Nanowires: The Role of Fabrication
Advanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.Focused ion beam induced deposition (FIBID) enables precise control of superconducting W–C nanowire devices. Introducing a Ga+ focused ion beam (FIB) cleaning step reduces substrate damage and suppresses leakage currents, shifting gating thresholds to higher voltages.
Alba Arroyo‐Fructuoso +2 more
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Investor Protection and Equity Markets [PDF]
We present a simple model of an entrepreneur going public in an environment with poor legal protection of outside shareholders. The model incorporates elements of Becker's (1968) crime and punishment' framework into a corporate finance environment of ...
Andrei Shleifer, Daniel Wolfenson
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Econometric analysis of the performance of cooperatives and investor owned firms in the European dairy industry [PDF]
, 2009 Keywords: Cooperatives, IOFs, European dairy industry, logistic regression, stochastic frontier analysis, inter- and intra-firm efficiency, catch-up component, data envelopment analysis, hyperbolic technical efficiency, overall efficiency, scale ...
Soboh, R.A.M.E.
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Increasing Investor Happiness with Holistic and Goal-Based Investment Advice
, 2018 A holistic wealth overview coupled with goal-based investing is the basis for excellent wealth management and increased investor happiness. Potentially innovative technologies and a shift in focus of financial advisors will offer the tools clients need ...
Matthias W. Uhl +3 more
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Upscaling Pulsed Laser Fragmentation in Liquids by Advanced Free‐Flow Setups
Advanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.Advanced flow setups providing thin colloid films are introduced to upscale pulsed laser fragmentation in liquids for sustainable nanoparticle synthesis. Their potential is demonstrated by yielding remarkably small ZnO nanoparticles of <7 nm. Numerical simulations complement the study, revealing that the superior performance can be attributed to ...
Jan Lino Kricke +5 more
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PROSPECTS OF RUSSIA CONSTRACTION INDUSTRY
Вестник университета, 2016 Аnnotation. The article discusses prospects of industry development in actual economic conditions. Development problems of the investment and construction complex and building material industry were detected.
I. Kostyrina
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Legal Investor Protection and Takeovers [PDF]
We study the role of legal investor protection for the efficiency of the market for corporate control. Stronger legal investor protection limits the ease with which an acquirer, once in control, can extract private benefits at the expense of non ...
Denis Gromb +3 more
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