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Capital humain

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Exploring the effects of intellectual capital architectures on organizational ambidexterity. An fsQCA approach

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Ikam-Inst Knowledge Asset Management2015

A mixed standard/custom design strategy to minimize cost and maximize efficiency for picohydro power potential harvesting

François Avellan, Elena Vagnoni, Cécile Münch-Alligné, Loïc Andolfatto

Harvesting the numerous small scale hydroelectric potential is a way to increase the sustainable hydraulic energy production in developed countries. The condition to meet economical profitability with pico power stations - below 25 kW - is to minimize the ...

2015

Credit market frictions and capital structure dynamics

Semyon Malamud, Erwan Morellec, Julien Hugonnier

We study the implications of credit market frictions for the dynamics of corporate capital structure and the risk of default of corporations. To do so, we develop a dynamic capital structure model in which firms face uncertainty regarding their ability to ...

2015

Optimal energy dissipation in growing microorganisms and rectification columns

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This paper proposes a new point of view in analyzing the optimal Gibbs energy dissipation in growing microorganisms. Small Gibbs energy dissipation in growth would be of biological advantage because less resource is consumed and the biomass yield on these ...

De Gruyter2014

Globalisation challenges and knowledge transfer from the Indian scientific diaspora

Jean-Claude Bolay, Gabriela Tejada Guerrero

This chapter looks at the opportunities and uncertainties of globalisation in terms of the production of world knowledge, with an emphasis on the factors that limit the distribution and fair use of this knowledge for the benefit of less advanced countries. ...

Springer2014

Revisiting the Generality of the Rank-based Human Mobility Model

Daniel Gatica-Perez, Darshan Santani

Location-based social networks, in addition to revealing users' online social network, also informs users' actual movements in the offline physical world. Due to this, they have recently been used in large-scale mobility and urban studies. In this paper, u ...

2013

Inventory Management with Working Capital Restrictions

Cristopher Ariel Zeballos Avila

Working capital restrictions can have disruptive effects on the coordination of the operations and finances of a company. Working capital restrictions may limit the inventory ordering power, reduce revenues, and increase the use of high premium debt. It ma ...

EPFL2013

The practical confrontation of engineers with a new design endeavour: The case of digital humanties

Frédéric Kaplan, Dominique Vinck

This chapter shows some of the practices of engineers use when they are confronted to completely new situations, when they enter into an emerging field where methods and paradigms are not yet stabilized. Following the engineers here would help to shed ligh ...

CRC Press2013

Scientific Diasporas, Knowledge Circulation, Development: Insights from the Study of Skilled Moldovans Abroad

Gabriela Tejada Guerrero

The world knowledge divide has led to demands for alternative ways of improving international cooperation in order to contribute to a reduction in the scientific disparity and inequalities in the availability of human capital between the North and the Sout ...

2012

Planification urbaine et usages des quartiers précaires en Afrique

Benjamin Michelon

Since 2000, declarations issued in rapid succession by the international community have aimed at setting goals to drastically improve the living conditions of slum dwellers while, in the same time, the slums dwellers increased by 4,5% per year in Africa. S ...

EPFL2012

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