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Shedding Light on the Doing Business Index: a Machine Learning Approach

Business Systems Research Journal
Volume 10 (2019): Issue 2 (September 2019)
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/bsrj-2019-019 | Journal eISSN: 1847-9375 | Journal ISSN: 1847-8344
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Language: English
Page range: 73 - 84
Submitted on: Apr 20, 2018
Accepted on: Nov 12, 2018
Published on: Sep 16, 2019
Published by: IRENET - Society for Advancing Innovation and Research in Economy
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 2 times per year
Keywords:
CIDI methodology,
Doing Business Index,
international business,
machine learning algorithms
Related subjects:
Business and economics,
Business management,
Management, organization, corporate governance,
Business management, other,
Mathematics and statistics for economists,
Mathematics

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