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Linguistic Diversity and Workplace Productivity [PDF]
SSRN Electronic Journal, 2019 Abstract We study the importance of linguistic diversity in the workplace for workplace productivity. While cultural diversity might improve productivity through new ideas and innovation, linguistic diversity might increase communication costs and thereby reduce productivity.
Harald Dale-Olsen, Henning Finseraas
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Molecular diversity and natural products [PDF]
Molecular Diversity, 2011 Natural products have long represented the mayor source ofdrugs,andeventodaytheyremainattheforefrontofpharma-ceutical research. Between 1982 and 2002, 28% of the NewChemicalEntities(NCE)approvedbytheFDAwerenaturalproducts or derivatives of natural products [1], a very highshare, since only less than 1% of the characterized organiccompounds are of ...
APPENDINO, Giovanni Battista, Banfi L.
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A medium‐density genotyping platform for cultivated strawberry using DArTag technology
The Plant Genome, 2023 Genomic prediction in breeding populations containing hundreds to thousands of parents and seedlings is prohibitively expensive with current high‐density genetic marker platforms designed for strawberry.
Michael A. Hardigan +7 more
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Inequality, Market Power, and Product Diversity [PDF]
Economics Letters, 2003 We analyze a macroeconomic model of monopolistic competition in which consumers earn unequal incomes. When preferences are non-homothetic, the distribution of income affects equilibrium mark-ups and equilibrium product diversity.
Foellmi, Reto, Zweimüller, Josef
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Cultural diversity and plant-level productivity [PDF]
Regional Science and Urban Economics, 2012 Abstract Using comprehensive data for German establishments, we estimate plant-level production functions to analyze if “cultural diversity” affects total factor productivity. We distinguish diversity in the establishment's workforce (the micro level) and in the aggregate labor force of the region where the plant is located (the macro level). We find
Trax, Michaela +2 more
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Acta Agriculturae Slovenica, 2020 The population changes of Tuta absoluta was surveyed during three growing seasons in greenhouse tomatoes in Biskra. Introduced in 2009 for the first time, it seems to be well established on tomato crops in Biskra; while their natural enemies remained ...
Farid ALLACHE, Fatma DEMNATI
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Farm production, market access and dietary diversity in Malawi
, 2016 OBJECTIVE:The association between farm production diversity and dietary diversity in rural smallholder households was recently analysed. Most existing studies build on household-level dietary diversity indicators calculated from 7d food consumption ...
Kassie, Menale +5 more
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Labor diversity and firm productivity
European Economic Review, 2014 Using a matched employer–employee data-set, we analyze how workforce diversity associates with the productivity of firms in Denmark, following two main econometric routes. In the first one, we estimate a standard Cobb–Douglas function, calculate the implied total factor productivity and relate the latter to diversity statistics in a second stage.
Parrotta, Pierpaolo +2 more
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Inventorization of ethnobotanical use of some medicinal halophytes plants in the Algerian arid zone (Biskra) [PDF]
Journal of Pharmacy & Pharmacognosy ResearchContext: The population's use of halophyte plants in traditional medicine is a fundamental component of the exploration of natural remedies. Aims: To analyze a list of halophyte plants and their ethnobotanical characteristics, with a focus on those ...
Zohra F. Behaz +3 more
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Diversity Stand Protest with “Diversity exists. Our center doesn’t.” shirts
, 2014 A photo of Diversity Stand protest with a group of students in “Diversity exists.
Juarez, Dominick
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