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Financial management techniques used by residential property developers

Acta Structilia, 2010
Real estate development can be one of the largest contributors of wealth in society; and it plays a key role in determining the level of economic prosperity of individuals, business firms and the country.
John Hall, Braam Lowies
doaj  

LLM‐Based Scientific Assistants for Knowledge Extraction: Which Design Choices Matter?

Advanced Intelligent Discovery, EarlyView.
A comprehensive framework for optimizing Large Language Models in domain‐specific applications is introduced. The LLM Playground integrates Prompt Engineering, knowledge augmentation, and advanced reasoning strategies to enable systematic comparison of architectures and base models.
David Exler, Manuel Raimann, Marc Münker, Maxim Rosin, Joaquin E. Urrutia Gómez, Christof M. Niemeyer, Markus Reischl, Luca Rettenberger   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Value of tax shields and the risk of the net increase of debt, The. Year 2004 [PDF]

The value of tax shields depends on the nature of the stochastic process of the net increase of debt; it does not depend on the nature of the stochastic process of the free cash flow.
Fernandez, Pablo
core  

Lab‐Scale Fabrication Process Selection for Soft Robotics: Benchmarking, Tradeoffs, and Guidelines for Formative Manufacturing of Soft Silicone Components

Advanced Intelligent Systems, EarlyView.
Fabrication shapes soft robot performance, but benchmarking data and selection guidelines remain scarce. We fabricate silicone actuators using two molding techniques and three mold types, characterizing them with cycle testing, microscopy, profilometry, and 3D imaging. Applying our lab‐scale, soft robotics‐specific fabrication evaluation criteria shows
Charlotte M. Folinus, Daniel Massimino, Cat Arase, Kaitlyn P. Becker   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

A two-tiered approach to the valuation of investment projects adjusted for governance risk [PDF]

This paper sets forth a pair of distinctive contributions to the subject. In the first place, it provides a unified approach to capital investment decisions, by means of a two-tiered framework of analysis.
Rodolfo Apreda
core  

Cross‐Sectoral AI Integration Is Essential to Tackling Food Waste and Food Insecurity: A Roadmap for Developing Resilient Food Systems

Advanced Intelligent Systems, EarlyView.
As food insecurity and global food demands surge, artificial intelligence (AI)‐based technologies offer promising opportunities to reduce food loss and waste. In this perspective, current AI adoption across the food supply chain is assessed using various academic, industry, and policy sources.
Akansha Prasad, Hannah Mann, Lubna Najm, Shadman Khan, Carlos D. M. Filipe, Tohid F. Didar   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Causal analysis of trade loss from pathogens: A global study of foot and mouth disease impacts on meat exports

American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract Our general interest is in global trade loss from livestock pathogens, specifically exports. We adopt a causal inference approach that considers animal disease outbreaks over time as non‐staggered binary treatments with the potential for switching in (infection) and out of treatment (recovery) within the sample period. The outcome evolution of
Mohammad Maksudur Rahman, Thomas L. Marsh   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Lost ground, lost value: Investigating the relationship between soil erosion and agricultural land value

American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract This study examines the impact of soil erosion on agricultural land values in the United States (US) Midwest. Based on a novel county‐level panel data set with information on soil erosion levels and agricultural land values covering five census years (1997, 2002, 2007, 2012, and 2017), we separately investigate the direct effect of two types ...
Le Chen, Roderick M. Rejesus, Hongqiang Yan, Serkan Aglasan   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

High costs of capital shape the mitigation effects of renewable energy deployment globally. [PDF]

Nat Commun
Hatton L, Oluleye G, Jansen M, Staffell I, Hawkes A.   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Seeds of change: The impact of Ethiopia's direct seed marketing approach on smallholders' seed purchases and productivity

American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract While multiple factors explain low adoption rates of improved varieties by small‐scale farmers in sub‐Saharan Africa, a key supply‐side constraint is the limited availability of seed embodying new traits in the volume, quality, price, and timeliness required by farmers. This constraint is partly attributable to classical failures in the market
Dawit Mekonnen, Gashaw T. Abate, Seid Yimam, Rui Benfica, David J. Spielman, Frank Place   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source