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Filling vacancies: Identifying the most efficient recruitment channel
This paper provides new results on the recruitment behaviour of firms by showing that recruitment channels clearly affect the probability of filling a vacancy. Using a French data, we estimate the effectiveness of different recruitment strategies, taking into account that recruitment channels choices are endogenous and that firms strategically combine several channels. Our results enable us to conclude that institutional intermediaries, such as private and public employment agencies, are found to be the most effective channels for firms. However, these intermediaries are specialized, in that private agencies are more efficient at filling skilled vacancies, whereas public agencies are more efficient at filling non-skilled vacancies.recruitment strategies, job vacancy
Key Polynomials
The notion of key polynomials was first introduced in 1936 by S. Maclane in
the case of discrete rank 1 valuations. . Let K -> L be a field extension and
{\nu} a valuation of K. The original motivation for introducing key polynomials
was the problem of describing all the extensions {\mu} of {\nu} to L. Take a
valuation {\mu} of L extending the valuation {\nu}. In the case when {\nu} is
discrete of rank 1 and L is a simple algebraic extension of K Maclane
introduced the notions of key polynomials for {\mu} and augmented valuations
and proved that {\mu} is obtained as a limit of a family of augmented
valuations on the polynomial ring K[x].
In a series of papers, M. Vaqui\'e generalized MacLane's notion of key
polynomials to the case of arbitrary valuations {\nu} (that is, valuations
which are not necessarily discrete of rank 1).
In the paper Valuations in algebraic field extensions, published in the
Journal of Algebra in 2007, F.J. Herrera Govantes, M.A. Olalla Acosta and M.
Spivakovsky develop their own notion of key polynomials for extensions (K,
{\nu}) -> (L, {\mu}) of valued fields, where {\nu} is of archimedian rank 1
(not necessarily discrete) and give an explicit description of the limit key
polynomials.
Our purpose in this paper is to clarify the relationship between the two
notions of key polynomials already developed by vaqui\'e and by F.J. Herrera
Govantes, M.A. Olalla Acosta and M. Spivakovsky.Comment: arXiv admin note: text overlap with arXiv:math/0605193 by different
author
Beyond the Waterbed Effect: Development of Fractional Order CRONE Control with Non-Linear Reset
In this paper a novel reset control synthesis method is proposed: CRONE reset
control, combining a robust fractional CRONE controller with non-linear reset
control to overcome waterbed effect. In CRONE control, robustness is achieved
by creation of constant phase behaviour around bandwidth with the use of
fractional operators, also allowing more freedom in shaping the open-loop
frequency response. However, being a linear controller it suffers from the
inevitable trade-off between robustness and performance as a result of the
waterbed effect. Here reset control is introduced in the CRONE design to
overcome the fundamental limitations. In the new controller design, reset phase
advantage is approximated using describing function analysis and used to
achieve better open-loop shape. Sufficient quadratic stability conditions are
shown for the designed CRONE reset controllers and the control design is
validated on a Lorentz-actuated nanometre precision stage. It is shown that for
similar phase margin, better performance in terms of reference-tracking and
noise attenuation can be achieved.Comment: American Control Conference 201
From Business model to Business model portfolio in the european biopharmaceutical industry
At the crossroad of firm's core competencies and of the anticipations of consumers' needs, the business model approach complements corporate and business strategy approaches. Firms combine several business models simultaneously to deliver value to different markets, building a portfolio of business model. For managers, business model and business model portfolio are particularly useful to address customer's needs and organisational capabilities of the firm. They also emphasise how the initial core competency of the firm can be extended or redeployed to increase the rent. Business model portfolio describes the firm's strategy to balance time-to-market, revenue stream, risk and interdependencies. It conceptualises firm diversification within the same industry to generate and capture rents. They finally describe two generic dimensions: core competence extension to enlarge the market and to address additional customers and core competence redeployment to serve similar market with the same core competence.Biopharmaceutical; portfolio; corporate strategy; business strategy; core competence; coherence; value chain
Interdependent policy instrument preferences: a two-mode network approach
In policymaking, actors are likely to take the preferences of others into account when strategically positioning themselves. However, there is a lack of research that conceives of policy preferences as an interdependent system. In order to analyse interdependencies, we link actors to their policy preferences in water protection, which results in an actor-instrument network. As actors exhibit multiple preferences, a complex two-mode network between actors and policies emerges. We analyse whether actors exhibit interdependent preference profiles given shared policy objectives or social interactions among them. By fitting an exponential random graph model to the actor-instrument network, we find considerable clustering, meaning that actors tend to exhibit preferences for multiple policy instruments in common. Actors tend to exhibit interdependent policy preferences when they are interconnected, that is, they collaborate with each other. By contrast, actors are less likely to share policy preferences when a conflict line divides them
Crone control of a nonlinear hydraulic actuator
The CRONE control (fractional robust control) of a hydraulic actuator whose dynamic model is nonlinear is presented. An input-output linearization under diffeomorphism and feedback is first achieved for the nominal plant. The relevance of this linearization when the parameters of the plant vary is then analyzed using the Volterra input-output representation in the frequency domain. CRONE control based on complex fractional differentiation is finally applied to control the velocity of the input-output linearized model when parametric variations occur
Analysis and Diversion of Duqu's Driver
The propagation techniques and the payload of Duqu have been closely studied
over the past year and it has been said that Duqu shared functionalities with
Stuxnet. We focused on the driver used by Duqu during the infection, our
contribution consists in reverse-engineering the driver: we rebuilt its source
code and analyzed the mechanisms it uses to execute the payload while avoiding
detection. Then we diverted the driver into a defensive version capable of
detecting injections in Windows binaries, thus preventing further attacks. We
specifically show how Duqu's modified driver would have detected Duqu.Comment: Malware 2013 - 8th International Conference on Malicious and Unwanted
Software (2013
Input-output linearization and fractional robust control of a non-linear system
This article deals with the association of a linear robust controller and an input-output linearization feedback for the control of a perturbed and non-linear system. This technique is applied to the control of a hydraulic system whose actuator is non-linear and whose load is time-variant. The piston velocity of the actuator needs to be controlled and a pressure-difference inner-loop is used to improve the performance. To remove the effect of the non-linearity, an input-output linearization under
diffeomorphism and feedback is achieved. CRONE control, based on complex fractional differentiation, is applied to design a controller for piston-velocity loop even when parametric variations occu
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