Sentences with phrase «economic value of the research»

Efforts to quantify the economic value of research have become commonplace.

The direct economic value of the research conducted by postdocs is difficult to quantitate.

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Income - tax - evasion rates in Argentina are roughly 60 percent, and evasion of the value - added tax is roughly 40 percent, according to Marcelo Bergman, a professor at Mexico City's Center for Economic Research and Teaching and the author of Tax Evasion and the Rule of Law in Latin America.

Such risks, uncertainties and other factors include, without limitation: (1) the effect of economic conditions in the industries and markets in which United Technologies and Rockwell Collins operate in the U.S. and globally and any changes therein, including financial market conditions, fluctuations in commodity prices, interest rates and foreign currency exchange rates, levels of end market demand in construction and in both the commercial and defense segments of the aerospace industry, levels of air travel, financial condition of commercial airlines, the impact of weather conditions and natural disasters and the financial condition of our customers and suppliers; (2) challenges in the development, production, delivery, support, performance and realization of the anticipated benefits of advanced technologies and new products and services; (3) the scope, nature, impact or timing of acquisition and divestiture or restructuring activity, including the pending acquisition of Rockwell Collins, including among other things integration of acquired businesses into United Technologies» existing businesses and realization of synergies and opportunities for growth and innovation; (4) future timing and levels of indebtedness, including indebtedness expected to be incurred by United Technologies in connection with the pending Rockwell Collins acquisition, and capital spending and research and development spending, including in connection with the pending Rockwell Collins acquisition; (5) future availability of credit and factors that may affect such availability, including credit market conditions and our capital structure; (6) the timing and scope of future repurchases of United Technologies» common stock, which may be suspended at any time due to various factors, including market conditions and the level of other investing activities and uses of cash, including in connection with the proposed acquisition of Rockwell; (7) delays and disruption in delivery of materials and services from suppliers; (8) company and customer - directed cost reduction efforts and restructuring costs and savings and other consequences thereof; (9) new business and investment opportunities; (10) our ability to realize the intended benefits of organizational changes; (11) the anticipated benefits of diversification and balance of operations across product lines, regions and industries; (12) the outcome of legal proceedings, investigations and other contingencies; (13) pension plan assumptions and future contributions; (14) the impact of the negotiation of collective bargaining agreements and labor disputes; (15) the effect of changes in political conditions in the U.S. and other countries in which United Technologies and Rockwell Collins operate, including the effect of changes in U.S. trade policies or the U.K.'s pending withdrawal from the EU, on general market conditions, global trade policies and currency exchange rates in the near term and beyond; (16) the effect of changes in tax (including U.S. tax reform enacted on December 22, 2017, which is commonly referred to as the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017), environmental, regulatory (including among other things import / export) and other laws and regulations in the U.S. and other countries in which United Technologies and Rockwell Collins operate; (17) the ability of United Technologies and Rockwell Collins to receive the required regulatory approvals (and the risk that such approvals may result in the imposition of conditions that could adversely affect the combined company or the expected benefits of the merger) and to satisfy the other conditions to the closing of the pending acquisition on a timely basis or at all; (18) the occurrence of events that may give rise to a right of one or both of United Technologies or Rockwell Collins to terminate the merger agreement, including in circumstances that might require Rockwell Collins to pay a termination fee of $ 695 million to United Technologies or $ 50 million of expense reimbursement; (19) negative effects of the announcement or the completion of the merger on the market price of United Technologies» and / or Rockwell Collins» common stock and / or on their respective financial performance; (20) risks related to Rockwell Collins and United Technologies being restricted in their operation of their businesses while the merger agreement is in effect; (21) risks relating to the value of the United Technologies» shares to be issued in connection with the pending Rockwell acquisition, significant merger costs and / or unknown liabilities; (22) risks associated with third party contracts containing consent and / or other provisions that may be triggered by the Rockwell merger agreement; (23) risks associated with merger - related litigation or appraisal proceedings; and (24) the ability of United Technologies and Rockwell Collins, or the combined company, to retain and hire key personnel.

The U.S. could dial back the trade deficit by trimming the value of the dollar, suggests Dean Baker, co-director of the non-partisan Center for Economic and Policy Research.

The company focuses on cancer drug research and has a platform for so - called «real - world» data, which can be used to assess the economic value of medicines and is sought after by drug makers looking to justify their prices to health insurers.

Relative value is the cornerstone of our research - driven approach with significant time allocated to proprietary credit, economic and risk analytics.

As Ron Hira, an Economic Policy Institute research associate and an associate professor of public policy at Howard University outlines in this blog for the Economic Policy Institute: «These two India - based IT firms specialize in outsourcing and offshoring, are major publicly traded companies with a combined market value of about $ 115 billion, and are the top two H - 1B employers in the United States.

High profits may be justified if novel products offer significant benefits to patients (thus producing indirect economic value through the patients» restored health) or if they represent significant pharmacologic advances over their predecessors — offering new mechanisms of actions and emblematic of high - risk research.

Sponsored by: Center for Value Investing and Investor Academy Location: Guiollettstraße 14, 60325 Frankfurt am Main 08:00 a.m. - 08:30 a.m. Registration and Welcome Tea 08:30 a.m. - 09:30 a.m. Robert Miles, Author & Conference Organizer & Host [USA] Topic: «The Warren Buffett Manager: Making Investments In The Right Partner» 09:30 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. Hendrik Leber, Managing Director, Acatis [EUROPE] Topic: «How to Value a Business» 10:30 a.m. - 10:45 a.m. Mid Morning Tea 10:45 a.m. - 11:45 p.m. Patrick Dorsey, Author & Director of Equity Research, Morningstar [USA] Topic: «Using Economic Moats to Improve Investment Returns» 11:45 p.m. - 12:45 p.m. Alexis Eisenhofer, Founder and Director, ATACAMA Capital [EUROPE] Topic: «Criteria for Selecting Stocks With Substance: Consider the Value Premium and Value Timing» 12:45 p.m. - 13:45 p.m. Conference Lunch 13:45 p.m. - 14:45 p.m. Prof. Max Otte, Author, Professor and Lecturer [EUROPE] Topic: «The Fallacy of Growth and How to Test for Franchises» 14:45 p.m. - 15:45 p.m. David Pastel, Founder & CIO, Pastel & Associés [EUR] Topic: «Margins of Safety: The Concept with a Thousand Faces.

Looking primarily to models based on quantitative research methodologies to provide a clear direction for policy in regulating media and violence can also distract policy makers from coming to grips with other difficult but more important value questions that impinge on the issue of media and violence, such as the purpose of broadcasting, issues of ownership and control of media, the international context of Australian media, the dominant economic nature of most of Australia's social communications, the distinctive ways in which the media reproduce and reconstruct myths and symbols of violence from within the culture, and how audiences use and respond to media myths and symbols.

Through his work at the experiment station, García was credited with having added to the economic value of New Mexico agriculture, particularly with his research and development of chile, sweet potatoes, pecans, yellow and white Grain onions, and improved varieties of cotton.

In a recent study, the Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR) looked at the economic impact and value of rice breeding work of the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) between 1985 and 2009 across Southeast Asia.

We consistently maintain a winning percentage of 54 % -56 % across all major US sports by utilizing statistical methods, economic models and research tools commonly found in the financial world to unlock value in the NFL betting marketplace.

We consistently maintain a winning percentage of 54 % -56 % across all major US sports by utilizing statistical methods, economic models and research tools commonly found in the financial world to unlock value in the College Basketball betting marketplace.

We consistently maintain a winning percentage of 54 % -56 % across all major US sports by utilizing statistical methods, economic models and research tools commonly found in the financial world to unlock value in the NCAA Football betting marketplace.

We consistently maintain a winning percentage of 54 % -56 % across all major US sports by utilizing statistical methods, economic models and research tools commonly found in the financial world to unlock value in the NBA betting marketplace.

Journal of Family Psychology, 16, 186 - 198 Flouri, E. (2001) «Early predictors of post-materialist values in Environment and Well - being, Proceedings of the XXVI Annual Colloquium of the International Association for Research in Economic Psychology.

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 36, 521 - 527 Flouri, E. (2002) «Exploring the relationship between mothers» and fathers» parenting practices and their materialist values» in Proceedings of the XXVII Annual Colloquium on Research in Economic Psychology / SABE 2002 Conference on Behavioural Economics.

The economic value of breastfeeding to the society at large is under researched and its importance as a preventive public health strategy is underestimated.

In that time, FPI's work has provided policy research and analysis to support the value and impact of government economic and social investments.»

The ESRC is the UK's largest funder of research on social and economic issues, and the new Strategic Plan sets out its commitment to focus on those areas where it can add the most value and collaborate with a range of partners to maximise the value of its investments.

«The Value of Volunteering» was funded and produced by the Economic and Social Research Council in partnership with the Third Sector European Network (TSEN) and Community Service Volunteers (CSV).

«I congratulate the Economic and Social Research Council for 50 years of high - quality, high - valued research and very much welcome its new Strategic Plan to ensure this continues for the long termResearch Council for 50 years of high - quality, high - valued research and very much welcome its new Strategic Plan to ensure this continues for the long termresearch and very much welcome its new Strategic Plan to ensure this continues for the long term.»

Americans value scientific research and technological development for the contributions they make to the continued economic prosperity and health of the nation.

The report, «Patents as Proxies: NIH Hubs of Innovation,» confirms an increased economic value of NIH patents as compared to private sector patents, as well as meaningful differences in the rate and quality of invention across different research and development (R&D) investments.

With the recent emphasis on translational and outcomes research, it should not be difficult to find a training program in fields related to CER, says Milton Weinstein, director of Harvard University's Program on the Economic Evaluation of Medical Technology and co-author of the book Decision Making in Health and Medicine: Integrating Evidence and Values.

Other recently published research from this group of scientists demonstrated thinning forest stands to a lower density reduces fuel buildup significantly, and enhances its economic value by increasing growth of residual trees.

A Yale - led research team has adapted traditional asset valuation approaches to measure the value of such natural capital assets, linking economic measurements of ecosystem services with models of natural dynamics and human behavior.

Among the interesting topics covered in Pathways are: the changing role of the patient in the total health equation and the ways in which decentralized information is affecting their expectations and demands; the dearth of pipeline products among international pharmaceutical companies against a backdrop of increased research and development spending; the dynamics of emerging markets and their rising demand for therapies in chronic disease; the value of drugs and biotechnology solutions within the context of global economic realities.

The work of the 2.3 million volunteer citizen scientists who contribute to biodiversity research have an economic value of up to $ 2.5 billion per year, said Jennifer Gustetic, assistant director for open innovation in the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, Executive Office of the President.

To determine the ideal mitigation policy, a research team led by Princeton University, the University of Vermont and the University of Texas at Austin employed a climate - economic model to examine two ethical approaches to valuing human population.

Early childhood education can yield short - and long - term educational, economic, and societal benefits, underscoring the value of expanding publicly funded preschool education, New York University Professor Hirokazu Yoshikawa outlines in a research brief released today.

It also works with nonprofit The Ocean Foundation to research the economic value of eco-tourism to get big businesses on board in protecting the most pristine parts of our world.

In his latest study, published by the National Bureau of Economic Research, Deming looks at the value of for - profit credentials in the labor market.

In his study, Hanushek calculated the economic value related to effective teaching by drawing on a research literature that provides precise estimates of the impact of students» achievement levels on their lifetime earnings, and by combining these figures with estimated impacts of more - effective teachers on student achievement.

But we can calculate more prosaic economic values related to effective teaching, by drawing on a research literature that provides surprisingly precise estimates of the impact of student achievement levels on their lifetime earnings and by combining this with estimated impacts of more - effective teachers on student achievement.

Raj Chetty, John N. Friedman, and Jonah E. Rockoff, «The long - term impacts of teachers: Teacher value - added and student outcomes in adulthood,» (National Bureau of Economic Research, No.

The research from Columbia University, called «The Economic Value of Social and Emotional Learning», quantifies the value of Social Emotional Learning based on a study of six prominent social - emotional interventValue of Social and Emotional Learning», quantifies the value of Social Emotional Learning based on a study of six prominent social - emotional interventvalue of Social Emotional Learning based on a study of six prominent social - emotional interventions.

According to FTSE's research paper, emerging market economies are being driven into the forefront of global economic growth due to the emergence of new middle class, rapid urbanization, move from export - led to consumption - led growth, and emphasis on production of higher value products.

Basic Conclusion: While there is still a need to bridge the gap between physical impacts and the resulting monetary values for economic damages, ongoing research shows important progress in this direction, such as efforts on health impacts and agricultural impacts, and continued focus should be devoted on this aspect of climate impact research.

Gernot Wagner co-authored a new working paper that offers lessons from risk - management practices used in investing in cutting through debates about the present value of limiting future climate risk: «Applying Asset Pricing Theory to Calibrate the Price of Climate Risk,» by Kent D. Daniel, Robert B. Litterman, and Gernot Wagner (National Bureau of Economic Research).

Because of the limited existing research on the economic effects of climate change impacts associated with coal use, the research team made the determination that it would be difficult to value such impacts and omitted such analysis.

Quantitative estimates of costs and benefits associated with particular policy options can inform responses, but such valuations face a myriad of issues, including the choice of which impacts to «internalize» within the economic valuation, the value of future versus present risk, and how to compare different types of impacts on a common scale (e.g. (Arrow et al. 2013; European Commission 1995; Johnson and Hope 2012; Muller et al. 2011; National Research Council 2010, hereafter NRC2010; Nordhaus and Boyer 2000)-RRB-.

My research is saying that, in addition to the fairness arguments, there is an economic efficiency argument — it's economically rational to protect this knowledge because there's huge value to come out of it.»

Contemporaneous research indicated that although pre-packs were a valuable tool for preserving economic value and jobs, there was mounting concern among creditors and businesses regarding their perceived lack of transparency and that their economic benefits might be short lived.

According to the government, extensive research has consistently shown that the ability to communicate effectively in French or English is a key factor in the success of new Canadian citizens, and knowledge of Canadian history, norms and values as well as the responsibilities and privileges of Canadian citizenship, in civic participation and economic success.

The research concludes «the different skills and approaches of men and women to solving the problems of firms, are of great value to guarantee a balanced focus in the economic, environmental, and social field...»

In the beginning of the year, Simply Hired released a Total Economic Report by Forrester Research that highlighted Simply Hired's core value proposition as a lower cost and faster time - to - fill solution for employers to find great candidates.

The various kinds of research undertaken by an anthropologist revolves around activities such as study of social, economic and behavior of human beings, understanding culture, customs, values, habits of human beings, research earlier biological evidence for better understanding of modern day living etc..