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Ecology and Evolution, 2022 Anthropogenic structures can form novel ecosystem niches. Invasive species are often particularly successful in occupying these habitats and utilize them as beachheads for further spread.
Karen Bussmann +3 more
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Vertical Specialization and the Quality of Infrastructure [PDF]
SSRN Electronic Journal, 2003 This paper explores the role of infrastructural services in international outsourcing. Outsourcing in combination with lean supply management is sensitive to the timeliness of delivery and the fulfilment of quality standards, which in turn depend critically on the availability of infrastructure services. The paper modifies and applies the O-ring theory
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The usefulness of extended input–output tables incorporating firm heterogeneity
Journal of Economic Structures, 2021 This study examines the usefulness of an extended input–output table (EIOT) incorporating the heterogeneity of Japanese firms based on differences in ratios of imported intermediate goods to total output.
Satoru Hagino, Jiyoung Kim
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Vertical specialization across the world: A relative measure [PDF]
The North American Journal of Economics and Finance, 2009 This article investigates the dynamics and the international distribution of vertical specialization (VS) - the use of imported inputs to produce goods that are afterwards exported. We propose a relative measure of VS-based trade that combines information from Input-Output matrices and international trade data, producing results for a large sample of ...
Amador, João, Cabral, Sónia
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The role of specialization in increasing farmers' income: Horizontal or vertical?
Engineering ReportsBased on the theory of division of labor and specialization, this article attempts to address the problem of “splitting horizontal and vertical division of labor” by innovatively integrating horizontal specialization, vertical specialization, and farmers'
Xi Chen, Limei Zhao, Kai Liu
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Competitive Circular Economy Management. The Mitsubishi Corporation Case
Symphonya, 2020 In today’s scenario of ‘hyper competition’, global corporations face many other MNCs (more and more frequently based in the US, China, South Korea, Taiwan and Europe). In oversize economy, global companies move to adopt closed innovation policies.
Silvio M. Brondoni
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Structuring Interaction Networks Between Epiphytic Bryophytes and Their Hosts in Yunnan, SW China
Frontiers in Forests and Global Change, 2021 Ecological networks are commonly applied to depict general patterns of biotic interactions, which provide tools to understand the mechanism of community assembly.
Hai-Xia Hu +9 more
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Molecular Oncology, EarlyView.Tumors contain diverse cellular states whose behavior is shaped by context‐dependent gene coordination. By comparing gene–gene relationships across biological contexts, we identify adaptive transcriptional modules that reorganize into distinct vulnerability axes.
Brian Nelson +9 more
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Food Processing Industries in Visegrad Countries in Global Value Chains (1995–2018)
Comparative Economic ResearchThe aim of the article is to evaluate the position in global value chains (GVCs) of food processing industries in the Visegrad countries (V4; Poland, Czechia, Hungary and Slovakia) between 1995 and 2018. To identify the intensity and forms of integration
Ivo Zdráhal, J. Matthew Fannin
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Value Chain Transition in East Asian Production Network [PDF]
Journal of International Logistics and Trade, 2015 This paper applies the decomposition method proposed by Wang et al. (2013), together with the multi-national input-output tables from World Input-Output Database (WIOD) to estimate the value-chain transition in East Asian production network. Specifically,
Shih-Mo Lin, Hong Linh Dinh
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