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  1. A bootstrap method for estimating bias and variance in statistical fisheries modelling frameworks using highly disparate datasets

    A bootstrap method for estimating bias and variance in statistical fisheries modelling frameworks using highly disparate datasets

    Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Marine Science • Authors: BÞ Elvarsson --- Science Institute, Iceland L Taylor --- Science Institute, Iceland VM Trenkel --- Ifremer [French Research Institute for the Exploitation of the Sea], France V Kupca --- HPC2N [High Performance Computing Center North], Umeå University, Sweden G Stefansson --- Science Institute, Iceland
    Statistical models of marine ecosystems use a variety of data sources to estimate parameters using composite or weighted likelihood functions with associated weighting issues and questions on how to obtain variance estimates. Regardless of the method used to obtain point...
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  2. Dynamic Tensions from Management Control Systems and Performance in a Sub-Saharan African Economy: Mediating Effects of Competitive Strategy

    Dynamic Tensions from Management Control Systems and Performance in a Sub-Saharan African Economy: Mediating Effects of Competitive Strategy

    Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Africa Journal of Management • Authors: Moses Acquaah --- Department of Management, USA Ahmed Agyapong --- Department of Marketing and Corporate Strategy, Ghana
    This study examines how the dynamic tension created as a result of the simultaneous and balanced use of controlling and innovative forces of management control systems indirectly influences firm performance through competitive strategy. Using data from 106 firms from Ghana,...
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  3. Microbreweries and finance in the rural north of Sweden — a case study of funding and bootstrapping in the craft beer sector

    Microbreweries and finance in the rural north of Sweden — a case study of funding and bootstrapping in the craft beer sector

    Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Research in Hospitality Management • Authors: Wilhelm Skoglund --- Department of Economics, Geography, Law and Tourism, The European Tourism Research Institute, Sweden
    This paper explores the growth of the craft beer sector in a northern Swedish rural setting, with a particular focus on how small-scale brewers manage to fund their activities and ventures. It connects craft brewing with the concept of bootstrapping,...
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  4. Social capital and project management success in a developing country environment: Mediating role of knowledge management

    Social capital and project management success in a developing country environment: Mediating role of knowledge management

    Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Africa Journal of Management • Authors: Kwasi Amoako-Gyampah --- , USA Moses Acquaah --- , USA Ebenezer Adaku --- , Ghana Samuel Famiyeh --- , Ghana
    Despite significant investments in projects by organizations, governments, and international development agencies in developing countries, many of the projects have failed and continue to fail due to budget overruns, inability to complete projects on time, and poor-quality outcomes. We draw...
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