Achieving optimal technology use: A proposed model for health technology reassessment
SAGE Open Medicine, 2017 Background: Healthcare providers, managers and policy-makers in many jurisdictions are focused on a common goal: optimizing value and quality of care provided to their citizens within a resource envelope.
Lesley JJ Soril +4 more
doaj +1 more source
IEEE Access, 2020 With the development of 5G technology, the requirements for data communication and computation in emerging 5G-enabled vehicular networks are becoming increasingly stringent.
Hui Wang +3 more
doaj +1 more source
Buffering volatility : storage investments and technology-specific renewable energy support [PDF]
, 2019 Mitigating climate change will require integrating large amounts of highly intermittent renewable energy (RE) sources in future electricity markets.
Abrell, Jan +2 more
core +1 more source
Spatial Economic Modeling of the Waste-driven Agricultural Biogas in Lubelskie Region, Poland
Environmental and Climate Technologies, 2020 In this study, we aim to support the evidence-based policy in agricultural biogas production at regional level in Poland. To do so, we set up a decentralized decision framework, simultaneously taking into account the agricultural sector heterogeneity ...
Bartoli Andrea +5 more
doaj +1 more source
Investigating Policy Instrument Adoption in Low-Carbon City Development: A Case Study from China
Energies, 2019 Based on policy instrument theory and a case of low-carbon city development (Qihe County in Shandong), this study examined the policy instruments adopted for low-carbon city development in China and the effectiveness of these instruments.
Qingduo Mao +3 more
doaj +1 more source
Intellectual Property Rights Policy, Competition and Innovation [PDF]
, 2011 To what extent and in what form should the intellectual property rights (IPR) of innovators be protected? Should a company with a large technology lead over its rivals receive the same IPR protection as a company with a more limited advantage?
Acemoglu +45 more
core +1 more source
Health Technology Optimization Analysis: Conceptual Approach and Illustrative Application
MDM Policy & Practice, 2018 We present a conceptual approach to determine the optimal solution to delivering a health technology, consistent with the objective of maximizing patient outcomes subject to resources available to a publicly funded health system.
Charles Yan +7 more
doaj +1 more source
Regional competitiveness in the context of “New industrial policy” – the case of Croatia [PDF]
Zbornik radova Ekonomskog fakulteta u Rijeci : časopis za ekonomsku teoriju i praksu, 2017 The purpose of this paper is to do research on regional conditions that are most conducive to maximising the positive effects of the implementation of “New industrial policy” (policy based on Smart specialisation strategy) to regional competitiveness ...
Katarina Bačić, Zoran Aralica
doaj +1 more source
Using graphical models and multi-attribute utility theory for probabilistic uncertainty handling in large systems, with application to nuclear emergency management [PDF]
, 2013 Although many decision-making problems involve uncertainty, uncertainty handling within large decision support systems (DSSs) is challenging. One domain where uncertainty handling is critical is emergency response management, in particular nuclear ...
Leonelli, Manuele, Smith, James Q.
core +2 more sources
Energy security vs. climate change: Theoretical framework development and experience in selected EU electricity markets [PDF]
, 2009 Electricity generation in different countries is based on a variety of fuel mixes compromising solid fossil fuels, oil, natural gas, nuclear and renewable energy sources. While in the past, national energy agendas have directed the optimal utilisation of
Chalvatzis, Konstantinos +1 more
core +1 more source