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PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD2020Recombinant Proteins for Industrial versus Pharmaceutical Purposes: A Review of Process and Pricing
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2019Analysis of the value of demand forecasting within vehicle sharing systems
Vehicle sharing systems (VSSs) are becoming increasingly popular, primarily due to their financial and environmental advantages. However, VSSs face many operational challenges, including inventory management of vehicles and parking spots, vehicle load bala ...
2019Dynamic Learning in Markets: Pricing, Advertising, and Information Acquisition
In the face of demand uncertainty, a monopolist can observe sales as a controlled reaction to its price and advertising so as to improve the choice of this marketing mix in the future. Furthermore, to upgrade its knowledge about demand the firm has the opt ...
2019Electricity supply in West Africa: between bilateral agreements and a single regional market
It is necessary to specify that this study is an academic work carried out by a student as part of his master's project. The hypotheses and reasoning made by the student are at the origin of the results obtained. Energy has a crucial role in the economic d ...
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