ABSTRACT Dwell time on Web pages has been extensively used for various information retrieval tasks. However, some basic yet important questions have not been sufficiently addressed, e.g., what distribution is appropriate to mo...

Executive summary Despite today’s high unemployment rates, the global talent risk is growing. Soon staggering talent gaps will appear in large parts of the world threatening economic growth. Economies will struggle to remain c...

Financiële markten kenden een zware start van deze week. De schok van het plotselinge terugtreden van het Duitse ECB-bestuurslid Jurgen Stark de vrijdag ervoor, werkte nog door. Verder was er teleurstelling dat de bijeenkomst van...

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Online schoenenjacht Aanval op schoenenmarkt geopend De meningen verschillen echter over hoe hoog deze groei exact is geweest. CBW-MITEX kwam met zeer positieve cijfers over 2010 (totaal +5,9% omzet), maar hield het bij besc...

This Final Report sets out the Commission’s recommendations on reforms to improve stability and competition in UK banking. It builds on the Interim Report published on 11 April 2011 and responses to its consultation on reform op...

First estimate for the second quarter of 2011 EU27 current account deficit 43.2 bn euro 22.9 bn euro surplus on trade in services The EU271 external current account2 recorded a deficit of 43.2 billion euro in the second quarter...

Net nu de schoenenbranche de crisis achter zich heeft gelaten en eindelijk weer een opwaartse lijn te pakken heeft, breekt opnieuw onrust uit. Consumenten raken meer en meer gewend aan het kopen van kleding en schoenen via int...

Asia is in the midst of a truly historic transformation. If it continues to grow on its recent trajectory, it could, by 2050, account for more than half of global Gross Domestic Product (GDP), trade and investment, and enjoy w...

The Global Competitiveness Report 2011–2012 comes out amid multiple challenges to the global economy. After a number of difficult years, a recovery from the economic crisis is tentatively emerging, although it has been very un...

Abstract Recent literature suggests that two types of competition may contribute to macro-economic performance: the extent of new-firm entry and the extent of competition among incumbent firms. In the present paper we explain e...

There is a company in New York that is going to make its investors phenomenally rich. It is just nine months old, founded and selffunded by a serial financial entrepreneur. He has recruited a five-person team and is working o...