... Review ofBusiness and Economics Figure Theimpactofcloudcomputing on business creation in the short run Creation of SMEs firms in the short term Legenda: Slow stands for slow adoption ofthe ... emphasize a mechanism of propagation ofthe effects ofcloudcomputing which depends on the endogenous market structures Through business creation, the adoption ofcloudcomputing is going to ... a large pool of users, b) allowing for centralization of Economic ImpactofCloudComputing on Business Creation, Employment and Output 185 Evaluating the Economic ImpactofCloud Computing: Methodology...
... program to offset the CO2 emitted from the production of our hybrid vehicles in the U.S The purchase price ofthe offset is applied to a project that reduces or sequesters the emission of CO2 elsewhere ... recovered in the sales price Third, the GHG footprint ofthe in-use phase of light duty vehicles must be measured on a well-to-wheels basis, that is, the total emissions from the production ofthe original ... REPORT ON THEBUSINESSIMPACTOF CLIMATE CHANGE Plants GHG emissions in manufacturing account for about 10 percent ofthe total emissions over the lifecyle of a vehicle Since 2000, we have cut the...
... mention as the core ofthe SaaS architecture yet as with many areas ofCloud Computing, definitions vary by who is giving them Unifying all of these definitions is the common thread ofCloudComputing ... role-based management, the following CloudComputing Identity Management Maturity Model has been designed (Table-1) The top layer ofthe structure ofCloudComputing is the Software-as-a-Service ... (Vijayan, 2007) The use in multi-instance or multi-tenant architectures is still being defined through the rapid maturation oftheCloudComputing industry The build-out ofCloudComputing platforms...
... Introduction The potential benefits ofcloudcomputing are overwhelming However, attaining these benefits requires that each aspect ofthecloud platform support the key design principles ofthecloud ... paper reviews the benefits ofcloudcomputing and then evaluates two database architectures—shared-disk and shared-nothing—for their compatibility with cloudcomputingCloudcomputing is the latest ... tsunami With corporate adoption ofcloud computing, we are seeing an explosion ofcloud options One of those options is the provisioning of database services in the form ofcloud databases or Database-as-a-Service...
... The Economics ofCloudComputing Addressing the Benefits of Infrastructure in theCloudThe federal government is embracing cloudcomputing as a means of reducing expenditures ... and rate of federal agencies adopting cloud computing, the length of their transitions to cloud computing, and thecloudcomputing model (public, private, or hybrid) will all affect the total ... software) to thecloud under each ofthe three scenarios described above We compared these costs to the LCCs ofthe SQ scenario (i.e., no cloud migration) Our model focuses on the costs that a cloud...
... What Is Cloud Computing? The Journey to Cloud x CloudComputing Defined NIST Definition ofCloudComputing Characteristics of Clouds Cloud Service Models Software ... fact, the technology behind cloudcomputing is by and large the easy part Frankly, the hardest part ofcloudcomputing is the people The politics of migrating from legacy platforms to thecloud ... ofthe cloud, takes the majority ofthe above effort out ofthe equation, thereby dramatically reducing the associated operational expense The final trait highlighted in the NIST definition of...
... comparing the cost ofcomputing in theCloud plus the cost of moving data in and out oftheCloud to the time savings from using theCloud Symbolic mathematics involves a great deal ofcomputing ... physical machines, from thecloud user’s point of view these tasks are shifted to thecloud provider On the other hand, depending on the level of virtualization, much ofthe software management costs ... generally use Cloud Computing, replacing it with one ofthe other terms only when clarity demands it Figure shows the roles ofthe people as users or providers of these layers ofCloud Computing, and...
... data in thecloud offers benefits to businesses and consumers, writes Paul Miller, analyst and consultant at Cloudof Data Why thecloud is good for the environment The energy footprint ofthe world’s ... ecosystem of services and providers But while these executives may have a better understanding ofthecloud than the man on the street, they still often fail to grasp the extent of its potential impact ... at the strategic level While squads will be able to deliver business value more immediately, the definition ofthe strategic direction ofthe company and the communication ofthe strategy to the...
... quality or the safety ofthe food? • (Similar to above) In general, are people in China concerned about such matters as the nutritional value ofthe food or the contents ofthe food they buy (for ... to the food)? FQ (This question might include: the packaging and the origin ofthe food) • What are the possible results if all (or the majority of) the people were not very concerned about the ... about the contents ofthe food they eat? (假设的问题) • (Similar to above) What could happen if all (or the majority of) the people were not very concerned about the contents ofthe food they eat? Food...
... Meeting the Other Side of Google Google’s business isn’t just advertising In the beginning of this chapter, I emphasize advertising as the revenue model that drives Google’s growth as a business- services ... awareness ofthebusiness forces competing in the background But business users who ignore consumer-search priorities court their own downfall Google’s Empowerment Model At the top of this chapter, ... controlled their costs and tracked their returns) In time, the advantages of eBay’s system got the attention of midsize brick-and-mortar stores, which now operate eBay outlets as an essential part of their...
... non-profit that advocates for affordable housing, retained Civic Economics to analyze the economic impactofthe 2006 commitment and to consider the prospective impactof another round of bonds ... of these costs, we elected to take a conservative approach b The costs of these supportive services are here treated as positive in terms of local economic impact There exists a strong body of ... 3.6 THE ECONOMIC IMPACTOF GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING MAY 2012 Map Civic Economics THE ECONOMIC IMPACTOF GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING THE ECONOMIC IMPACT...
... is the relevance ofthe education to the professional future of a person Universities need to strengthen the causality between an education and a professional future, and given the nature ofthe ... are “working in the trenches” of building the web Most ofthe people in this latter segment of responders came to the survey by invitation because they are on the email list ofthe Pew Internet ... other tech and science publications, said, The key challenge ofthe next five years—I say the because ofthe importance of education for the entire global labor force and the importance of...
... native ofthe same age and gender The overall fiscal effect of immigration is found positive, under the assumption that the age and fiscal characteristics of future immigrants resemble those ofthe ... over time due to the aging of populations In the following, we will apply the method of generational accounting in order to evaluate the fiscal impactof immigrants in Austria The method has been ... that is, the present value of their taxes paid less their benefits received over their lifetime For previous applications of generational accounting on the estimation of immigrants’ fiscal impacts...
... sense, since in either case the economic impact on the state and, thus, the size ofthe state's economy, is the same After all, the source oftheimpact is the new job (an expansion ofthe economic ... 1) The Economic Impactofthe University of Northern Iowa on the State of Iowa Cedar Falls, IA: Department of Economics, The University of Northern Iowa Butler, T E (1980) An Estimate ofthe ... for the position: one is a graduate of a local university and the other is a lifetime resident of another state According to the skill-base approach, if the firm hired the local graduate, then the...
... incurred as a result of its use The designations employed and the presentation ofthe material in this overview not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part ofthe World Health ... society and the private sector with key economic insights needed to help reduce the growing burden of NCDs: • A global analysis ofthe economic impactof NCDs by the World Economic Forum and the Harvard ... The content of this report stems from the work published in two separate reports, one led by the World Economic Forum and the Harvard School of Public Health, and the other developed by the...
... estimates ofthe number of cases in the category (‘n’) and the average cost for that category The product is the total cost (eg the wage rate for lost earnings multiplied by the average number of days ... (effects) of two or more courses of action Deadweight loss: is the loss of consumer and producer surplus, as a result ofthe imposition of a distortion to the equilibrium (society preferred) level of ... the first study that established the prevalence of chronic pain in a general sample ofthe Australian adult population, and one ofthe largest reported in the literature (Blyth et al, 2001) The...
... published on the responsibility ofthe Secretary-General ofthe OECD The opinions expressed and arguments employed herein not necessarily reflect the official views ofthe Organisation or ofthe governments ... and magnitude They are of concern to governments because of (i) the negative impact that they can have on innovation, (ii) the threat they pose to the welfare of consumers and (iii) the substantial ... resources that they channel to criminal networks, organised crime and other groups that disrupt and corrupt society They are of concern to business because oftheimpact that they have on (i)...
... quantified the direct impactof ConnectKentucky as the intervening factor in Kentucky Additionally, the paper extrapolates this impact to other states to quantify the potential national impactof pending ... ConnectKentucky impact on adoption Applying the growth rate ofthe nation to the starting point in the KY time series demonstrates that had Kentucky performed similarly to the rest ofthe country in terms of ... estimate the direct availability economic impact for Kentuckians ofthe increased growth in broadband adoption It then extrapolates from these results to estimate the potential economic impact to the...
... structure ofthe Global Insights model, it likely understates the negative impactof military spending relative to other models The next section of this paper describes the key projections ofthe Global ... Budget Office produce its own projections ofthe economic impactof a sustained increase in defense spending The Economic Impactofthe Iraq War and Higher Military Spending Introduction The Iraq ... model Other models will show somewhat different projections, but it is unlikely that the direction ofthe long-term impact on any ofthe key variables will be different In fact, because ofthe structure...