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Estimating Transaction Costs in Iran: Using a Fuzzy Logic approach [PDF]
The purpose of this study is to introduce an index for calculating transaction costs in Iran over the 1984-2006 period. In order to calculate the transaction costs, Fuzzy Logic Approach is employed using MATLAB software.
Hossein Sadeghi +3 more
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When Both Markets and Governments Fail Health
This paper presents the rationale and motivation for countries and the global development community to tackle a critical set of functions in the health sector that appear to be under-prioritized and underfunded. The recent eruptions of Ebola outbreaks in
Abdo S. Yazbeck, Agnès Soucat
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Collective Innovation with Users:
This research aims to explore the effective incentive for user innovators to achieve collective innovation between a company and users. This paper applied in-depth interviews for 17 participants of a user community that is organized by Apple and specific
Kei Aoki
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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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Patterned Screen‐Printing Process for Substrate‐Free and Scalable Hyaluronic Acid Microneedle Arrays
A substrate‐free microneedle array comprising a hybrid hyaluronic acid ink was fabricated via a scalable screen‐printing process for flexible transdermal drug delivery. Defect‐free mold filling was achieved using a vacuum‐assisted jig and a delayed drying system, and the use of this versatile platform for multi‐drug patterning and ex vivo skin ...
Sanghyun Ahn +3 more
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Managerial Discretion, Market Failure and Democracy. [PDF]
Bennett M.
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Consensus Formation and Change are Enhanced by Neutrality
Neutral agents are shown to enhance both the formation and overturning of consensus in collective decision‐making. A general mathematical model and experiments with locusts and humans reveal that neutrality enables robust consensus via simple interactions and accelerates consensus change by reducing effective population size.
Andrei Sontag +3 more
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Analysis of collaborative control of dairy product supply chain quality based on evolutionary games: Perspectives from government intervention and market failure. [PDF]
Yang M, Işık C, Yan J.
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"Market Failure and Land Concentration" [PDF]
Utilizing a 2002 household-level World Bank Survey for rural Turkey, this paper explores the link between concentration of land ownership and rural factor markets.
Fatma Gul Unal
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