https://liberalarts.temple.edu/sites/liberalarts/files/documents/moss_cement_markups.pdf
Abstract We examine the evolution of market power in the cement industry over more than four decades using a structural model of procurement. The model matches aggregated outcomes in the data, and implies transportation costs, shipping distances, and de-mand elasticities that are consistent with external sources. Evaluating county-level out-comes throughout the contiguous United States, we ...
https://community.mis.temple.edu/bnai3504/files/2018/08/understanding_it_controls_an_211189.pdf
IT organizations seeking to deliver predictable IT services to enable the business are also confronted with the need to comply with government regulations, meet contractual obligations and better manage risks in general. They can benefit by better understanding how effective and efficient controls can help make these things possible.
https://sites.temple.edu/bjsewall/files/2021/08/Freestone-et-al-2021-Ecology-Stronger-predation-intensity-impact-on-prey-communities-in-the-tropics.pdf
Test-ing the prediction that both predation intensity and im-pacts on prey communities are greater at lower latitudes requires standardized experiments and observations on multiple components of a system across continental scales.
https://cis.temple.edu/~latecki/Papers/cvpr00.pdf
Abstract The Core Experiment CE-Shape-1 for shape descriptors performed for the MPEG-7 standard gave a unique oppor-tunity to compare various shape descriptors for non-rigid shapes with a single closed contour. There are two main dif-ferences with respect to other comparison results reported in the literature: (1) For each shape descriptor, the exper-iments were carried out by an institute ...