Established in 1988, the Shingo Prize for Operational Excellence recognises organisations in the USA, Mexico and Canada …

effect). This study has practical implications for regulators, corporations and investors, both in the USA and abroad. …

We describe the use of machine learning methods in the analysis of spatial soil fertility, soil physical …

the change in behavior of fertility rate at business cycle frequencies in the United States between the 1970s and 1990s … and shows how the cyclical and secular properties of fertility can be used to distinguish among several proposed theories … that account for the rise in labor force participation of married mothers. The model, in which households make fertility …

censuses and demographic surveys particularly the World Fertility Survey to ascertain trends in fertility and mortality. The … that fertility has increased in some countries--Kenya and Cameroon; has remained almost stable in Benin, Ivory Coast and …

This study investigates regional marital fertility differentials in Egypt and their relationship to the level of … Blake, 1965) underlying these regional levels and patterns of marital fertility are determined and their relation to the … birth rate in Egypt, the long term fertility and mortality levels are discussed. The prospects of a fertility transition in …