Purchases of computers, software, and communications equipment grew rapidly during the 1990s, representing an increasing share of total U.S. investment spending over the course of the decade. Using official statistics from the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA), nominal investment expenditures for three categories—computers and peripheral equipment, software, and communications equipment—ro...

the water framework directive (wfd) is a far-reaching piece of european communitylegislation. estimates of the benefits of wfd programs are needed at the present time for two reasons. first,the wfd itself allows for derogations from the general requirement of member states to reach good ecological status in all water bodies by 2015 in cases where the costs of doing so can be shown to be disprop...

the water framework directive (wfd) is a far-reaching piece of european communitylegislation. estimates of the benefits of wfd programs are needed at the present time for two reasons. first,the wfd itself allows for derogations from the general requirement of member states to reach good ecological status in all water bodies by 2015 in cases where the costs of doing so can be shown to be disprop...

The financial implications of implementing quality improvements are often poorly understood. Simply put, does improving quality yield a return on investment? We examine four cases--management of high-cost pharmaceuticals, diabetes management, smoking cessation, and wellness programs in the workplace--to understand the financial and clinical implications of improving care. We explore costs and b...

The acquisition case was built around an ambitious business plan that called for rapid growth of SSB’s business over the next three years, accompanied by cost reductions and efficiency improvements. Specifically, the business plan relied on the winning of five new large private banks as justification for a €40 million IT investment directed at improving service quality and lowering IT maintenan...

Abstract Ever-increasing data consumption and evolving technologies make cooperation on investments network sharing crucial issues in mobile telecommunications markets. In this paper, we analyze incentives for investment product quality. Generalizing quality a Hotelling duopoly model, allow to have heterogeneous effects consumers’ changing demand responsiveness prices. If the effect of elastici...