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Selim, Hassan M. "Content Evaluation Criteria for General Websites." International Journal of Online Marketing 2, no. 3 (July 2012): 21–38. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/ijom.2012070102.
Presently almost anyone can publish a website. The interest in using the Web as a competitive weapon by individuals, businesses, and governments is increasing as well. Little has addressed the applicability and implementation of several published website evaluation criteria. This work is an attempt to develop a comprehensive set of evaluation criteria for general websites in line with international standards for website design. The proposed evaluation criteria are used to analyze the top 10 websites in UAE in order to measure their compliance with the developed criteria. The proposed criteria can be used as a benchmark of website quality and compliance.
Kochar, L. S., and J. L. Throne. "Thermoforming Multilayer Sheet; I: General Criteria." Journal of Plastic Film & Sheeting 5, no. 3 (July 1989): 186–208. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/875608798900500308.
Shipman, S. "General Criteria for Evaluating Social Programs." American Journal of Evaluation 10, no. 1 (February 1, 1989): 20–26. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/109821408901000104.
Cotton, Philip, and John Benson. "Quality criteria for general practice teaching." Education for Primary Care 24, no. 3 (January 2013): 156–57. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14739879.2013.11494165.
Bărbatu, Camelia, and Daniel Breaz. "Univalence Criteria for some General Integral Operators." Analele Universitatii "Ovidius" Constanta - Seria Matematica 29, no. 1 (March 1, 2021): 37–52. http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/auom-2021-0003.
Abstract The main object of this paper is to extend the univalent condition for two general integral operators. A number of known univalent condition would follow upon specializing the parameters involved in our main results.
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Bǎrbatu, Camelia, and Daniel Breaz. "Univalence criteria for a general integral operator." Filomat 34, no. 7 (2020): 2225–34. http://dx.doi.org/10.2298/fil2007225b.
For some classes of analytic functions f and 1 in the open unit disk U, we consider the general integral operatorMn, that was introduced in a recent work [2] and we obtain new conditions of univalence for this integral operator. The key tools in the proofs of our results are the Pascu?s and the Pescar?s univalence criteria. Some corollaries of the main results are also considered. Relevant connections of the results presented here with various other known results are briefly indicated.
Dissertations / Theses on the topic "General criteria":
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Radhi, Hazim Esmaeel. "Robust multi-criteria optimisation of welded joints." Thesis, University of Huddersfield, 2014. http://eprints.hud.ac.uk/id/eprint/23726/.
Civilisation has depended on welded structures to facilitate production and improve the quality of life. Welds are used to create infrastructure upon which we rely, such as transportation, oil and gas piping, shipbuilding, bridges and buildings, and to produce the equipment that makes all of this happen. In short, the joining of two metals through welding has immensely contributed to our society. A critical factor in the strength of welded joints is the geometry of the joints, and for this reason a robust optimisation of geometrical parameters of welded joints has been conducted in order to establish the optimum and most robust design in the presence of variation amongst geometrical parameters. A parametric finite element analysis, using Python script, has been performed with the objective to investigate the effect of the welded joint parameters on the stress concentration factors under tensile and bending load. The results indicate that the parametric model, which is generated by Python script, can be used in a wide range of welded geometry, and has the capacity to reduce the time of computation. Additionally, an experimental study, including the geometrical identification of the welded joints, tensile test, hardness test and fatigue, has also been performed. In order to select the best optimisation algorithms, different optimisation algorithms and performance metrics with various types of problem were examined in this study. The results from this part show the accuracy of Circumscription Metric (CM) in comparison to Pair wise Metric (PW) - which is used widely in optimisation studies. Furthermore, the results show that the Fast Multi-objective Optimisation Algorithm (FMOGA-II) outperformed other optimisation algorithms used during this study. In this study, a new methodology for selecting the most robust designs from within the Pareto set has been developed. Finally, a traditional and robust optimisation of a butt welded joint has been performed by establishing a link between an optimisation software package and parametric finite element, the results of which show the ability of this approach to extract the robust optimal designs from the Pareto front.
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Cinelli, Marco. "Advancing sustainable nanotechnology with multiple criteria decision aiding." Thesis, University of Warwick, 2016. http://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/86095/.
Nanotechnology is currently emerging as the next industrial revolution. It enables the production of goods (i.e. nanoproducts, NPs) with enhanced functionalities, which have nonetheless caused mounting concerns about the potential implications they can have on the environment, economy and society. This thesis employs Multiple Criteria Decision Aiding (MCDA), one form of decision support, to aid the sustainable development of nanotechnology. The first original contribution of this doctoral research is the development of a framework of sustainability assessment criteria for NPs, through a three-phase procedure based on the MCDA process, including a literature review, a pilot and a main survey. It lead to a comprehensive framework of 68 criteria, ranked according to their relative importance, allocated to six main domain areas: (i) economic performance; (ii) environmental impacts; (iii) environmental risk assessment; (iv) human health risk assessment; (v) social implications; and (vi) technical performance. All the criteria are reliable and can be used in real case studies to increase the knowledge about the sustainability of NPs. The second original contribution presented in this thesis is a robust model (DRSA-based model) based on green chemistry principles implementation for the classification of synthesis processes of nanomaterials in preference-ordered classes. This tool was developed through knowledge elicitation techniques based on coconstructive MCDA with the collaboration of two experts (the decision makers) in synthesis of nanomaterials. The robustness of the ensuing model was assessed (and confirmed) by means of another model developed ad hoc (ELECTRE-based model), structured on an MCDA method implementing a stochastic multiple criteria classification strategy. The results confirm that MCDA is an effective decision support approach to foster sustainable development of nanotechnology, providing that the analysts who apply it take these considerations into account. They must ensure that (1) multidisciplinary teams are created to perform comprehensive and credible sustainability evaluations; (2) problem structuring and model construction are as important as (if not more important) than the results (i.e. decision recommendations) themselves; (3) identification of the appropriate MCDA method depends on the problem at hand and not vice-versa; and (4) the credibility of the decision recommendations is subject to the preferences of the decision-makers. If these considerations are accounted for, the possibility of advancing nanotechnology on a sustainable path is very concrete and realistic.
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Torrijo, Ximena Fuentes. "The criteria of equitable utilization of international watercourses in general international law." Thesis, University of Oxford, 1998. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.312747.
Botelho, Tiago dos Santos. "Angel diversity : studying the decision making criteria." Thesis, University of Glasgow, 2017. http://theses.gla.ac.uk/8083/.
Business angels are widely acknowledged as being a key source of risk finance for growth-oriented enterprises. Their importance has become even more significant since the onset of the financial crisis. Research on business angels goes back some 30 years, focusing primarily on two themes: (i) their characteristics and (ii) the investment process. It has become clear that business angels are not a homogeneous population. Various studies have sought to develop typologies of business angels based on their personal characteristics, competence, motivations, investment approach and types of investment made. However, this stream of research remains limited and has not progressed beyond establishing typologies. Moreover, the possibility that typologies are dynamic, with angels shifting between categories over time remains largely unexplored. Neither has it been considered how different types of business angels approach the process of making investment decisions or managing the post-investment relationship. The aim of this research is to further develop this line of research on angel typologies to explore differences between types of angel investors in terms of their approach to investment, looking in particular, at their decision-making criteria. This dissertation starts by questioning the methodologies used in research on business angel decision making. In particular, how comparable are results that arise from different methodologies. Using a sample of 51 business angels (21 gatekeepers and 30 individual investors), the findings indicate that the results are methodologically dependent. The next stage used data collected through an online survey with 472 investment decisions made by 238 angel investors. These data were used in the subsequent analysis. Firstly, a two-step cluster analysis procedure was conducted to cluster the investment decisions by the criteria weights. Three clusters were identified. The investment experience and the level of influence of others are both helpful in explaining the differences across groups. Secondly, the cluster membership was used to evaluate if angel investors change their investment criteria. A logistic model was developed. The results indicate that the likelihood of a business angel’s change the investment criteria depend on three key areas: investment specific area (ISA), angel specific area (ASA) and group specific area (GSA).
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Gosnell, Elizabeth Sutton. "Criteria for Treatment of Children Under General Anesthesia by Pediatric Dentists and Parents." The Ohio State University, 2011. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1307403525.
Heyder, Jakob. "Hierarchical Temporal Memory Software Agent : In the light of general artificial intelligence criteria." Thesis, Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för datavetenskap och medieteknik (DM), 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-75868.
Artificial general intelligence is not well defined, but attempts such as the recent listof “Ingredients for building machines that think and learn like humans” are a startingpoint for building a system considered as such [1]. Numenta is attempting to lead thenew era of machine intelligence with their research to re-engineer principles of theneocortex. It is to be explored how the ingredients are in line with the design princi-ples of their algorithms. Inspired by Deep Minds commentary about an autonomy-ingredient, this project created a combination of Numentas Hierarchical TemporalMemory theory and Temporal Difference learning to solve simple tasks defined in abrowser environment. An open source software, based on Numentas intelligent com-puting platform NUPIC and Open AIs framework Universe, was developed to allowfurther research of HTM based agents on customized browser tasks. The analysisand evaluation of the results show that the agent is capable of learning simple tasksand there is potential for generalization inherent to sparse representations. However,they also reveal the infancy of the algorithms, not capable of learning dynamic com-plex problems, and that much future research is needed to explore if they can createscalable solutions towards a more general intelligent system.
In this study, we propose two biobjective mathematical models based on
PROMETHEE V method for project selection problems. We develop an interactive
approach (ib-PROMETHEE V) including data mining techniques to solve the first
proposed mathematical model. For the second model, we propose NSGA-II with
constraint handling method. We also develop a Preference Based Interactive
Multiobjective Genetic Algorithm (IMGA) to solve the second proposed
mathematical model. We test the performance of NSGA-II with constraint handling
method and IMGA on randomly generated test problems.
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Keser, Burak. "An Interactive Approach For Multi-criteria Sorting Problems." Master's thesis, METU, 2005. http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/12606066/index.pdf.
This study is concerned with a sorting problem the placement of alternatives into preference classes in the existence of multiple criteria. An interactive model is developed to address the problem, assuming that the decision maker has an underlying utility function which is linear. A recent methodology, Even-Swaps, which is based on value tradeoff is utilized in the model for both making an estimation of the underlying utility function and generating possible dominance among the alternatives on which it is performed. Convex combinations, dominance relations, weight space reduction, Even-Swaps and direct decision maker placements are utilized to place alternatives in preference classes. The proposed algorithm is experimented with randomly generated alternative sets having different characteristics.
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Deshpande, Vaibhav Prakashrao. "General screening criteria for shale gas reservoirs and production data analysis of Barnett shale." [College Station, Tex. : Texas A&M University, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/ETD-TAMU-2357.
Davies, Christopher Stuart. "Augmenting competence : an investigation of criteria which may enhance podiatry education." Thesis, University of Huddersfield, 2004. http://eprints.hud.ac.uk/id/eprint/7765/.
In 2001, the Quality Assurance Agency (QAA), in consultation with the professional body for Podiatry in the U. K., the Society of Chiropodists and Podiatrists (SoCAP), issued a list of benchmark statements that could be expected of new graduate podiatrists. This provided a list of threshold competences expected of students prior to achieving independent practitioner status. These statements are essentially outcomes based judgements based on the students' performance. Evidence within the literature searches suggests that the achievement of competences alone is not enough on which to base such quality judgements and it would follow that the measurement of the quality of podiatry education is therefore incomplete. This study sought to identify a complementary set of statements to supplement the QAA benchmark statement in the education of podiatrists. The pathway leaders of the schools of podiatry from the U. K., Australia, South Africa and New Zealand were asked to cooperate in the formation of a set of criteria that they felt could be considered as being appropriate. This included the subject areas taken from the literature originating in medical education, namely the staff, the resources, the students themselves and the pathway as a whole, each considered as key considerations. The outcome of these discussions served to form a more inclusive set of criteria that may be included to complete the quality circle of standards of podiatry education and hopefully these will be debated further at a later stage for consideration in tandem with the existing competence statements. The study employed an action research methodology and the data was collected in cycles from the participants. Initially a request was made to the professional body for details of any existing guidelines regarding such statements. This was followed using questionnaires, then semi-structured interviews involving the pathway leaders. A list of 32 criteria was distilled from the two rounds of data collection. These were subjected to Likert scale attitude measures, to create the final list of 28 criteria that were agreed by all participants to influence the education of podiatrists. These criteria were sent to the professional body for further debate, to make them aware of a potential weakness in the measurement of the quality of education for podiatrists. It is hoped that further discussions will include all or some of these findings to supplement the existing benchmark initiatives. It may or may not be considered to be appropriate at a later stage to widen the debate to include other groups such as the NHS managers (as employers) and the students (as consumers). The initial feedback from the Director Of Education of SoCAP, the professional body in the UK was positive, in that the potential value of such data was recognised. The response interpreted that the data satisfied the need for the collection of qualitative information, which could be used to balance and support the quantitative data, on which the QAA and professional body had determined the outcome- based benchmark statements.
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research. General site suitability criteria for nuclear power stations. Washington, DC: U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research, 1992.
Burgot, Gwenola, and Jean-Louis Burgot. "Criteria of Purity." In General Analytical Chemistry, 499–505. Boca Raton: CRC Press, 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.1201/9781003189688-49.
Budzyński, Piotr, Zenon Jabłoński, Il Bong Jung, and Jan Stochel. "Subnormality: General Criteria." In Lecture Notes in Mathematics, 33–55. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-74039-3_3.
Bard, J. P. "General Chronological Criteria." In Petrology and Structural Geology, 49–53. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands, 1986. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-4640-8_3.
Holz, Michael, Klaus-Peter Podewski, and Karsten Steffens. "General criteria and their applications." In Injective Choice Functions, 33–97. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 1987. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/bfb0072631.
Liu, Zhengtao. "General Introduction to Water Quality Criteria." In Water Quality Criteria Green Book of China, 1–15. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands, 2015. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-7270-9_1.
Durand, V. Mark. "Diagnostic criteria and epidemiology." In Autism spectrum disorder: A clinical guide for general practitioners., 17–36. Washington: American Psychological Association, 2014. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/14283-001.
Borglin, Anders, and Hans Keiding. "Measures of Curvature and General Efficiency Criteria." In Lecture Notes in Economics and Mathematical Systems, 65–85. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 1986. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-02478-2_5.
Pap, Zsigmond, István Majzik, and András Pataricza. "Checking General Safety Criteria on UML Statecharts." In Computer Safety, Reliability and Security, 46–55. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2001. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/3-540-45416-0_5.
Theil, Henri. "International Inequalities and General Criteria for Development AID." In Advanced Studies in Theoretical and Applied Econometrics, 811–35. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands, 1992. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-2408-9_15.
Conference papers on the topic "General criteria":
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BARRADAS CARDOSO, J. "GENERAL REPORT – OPTIMAL DESIGN CRITERIA." In Proceedings of the Third International Conference. PUBLISHED BY IMPERIAL COLLEGE PRESS AND DISTRIBUTED BY WORLD SCIENTIFIC PUBLISHING CO., 2000. http://dx.doi.org/10.1142/9781848160095_0069.
Dobra, Andreea. "General classification of robots. Size criteria." In 2014 23rd International Conference on Robotics in Alpe-Adria-Danube Region (RAAD). IEEE, 2014. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/raad.2014.7002249.
Batlle, Carlos, and Julian Barquin. "Emission rights allocation criteria." In 2007 IEEE Power Engineering Society General Meeting. IEEE, 2007. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/pes.2007.386174.
Lampropoulos, Ioannis, Wil L. Kling, Paul P. J. van den Bosch, Paulo F. Ribeiro, and Jan van den Berg. "Criteria for demand response systems." In 2013 IEEE Power & Energy Society General Meeting. IEEE, 2013. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/pesmg.2013.6672716.
Madayag, A. F., and John W. Olcott. "Criteria for General Aviation Fuel Systems Crashworthiness." In General Aviation Aircraft Meeting and Exposition. 400 Commonwealth Drive, Warrendale, PA, United States: SAE International, 1989. http://dx.doi.org/10.4271/891016.
Marcus, Jeffrey H. "Dummy and Injury Criteria for Aircraft Crashworthiness." In General, Corporate & Regional Aviation Meeting & Exposition. 400 Commonwealth Drive, Warrendale, PA, United States: SAE International, 1995. http://dx.doi.org/10.4271/951167.
Lankarani, H. M., P. Kishore, A. Murthy, V. Gowdy, and R. DeWeese. "Compliance Criteria for Side Facing Aircraft Seats." In General, Corporate & Regional Aviation Meeting & Exposition. 400 Commonwealth Drive, Warrendale, PA, United States: SAE International, 1999. http://dx.doi.org/10.4271/1999-01-1598.
Karki, R., P. Hu, and R. Billinton. "Adequacy criteria and methods for wind power transmission planning." In Energy Society General Meeting (PES). IEEE, 2009. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/pes.2009.5275810.
Niu, Yu, Brian J. d'Auriol, and Sungyoung Lee. "General Criteria-Based Clustering Method for Sensor Network." In 2011 International Conference on Network Computing and Information Security (NCIS). IEEE, 2011. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/ncis.2011.153.
Wei, Bin, and Tennyson Chen. Criteria for Evaluating General Database Migration Tools. Research Triangle Park, NC: RTI Press, October 2012. http://dx.doi.org/10.3768/rtipress.2012.op.0009.1210.
BLACK, D. M. Canister storage building compliance assessment DOE Order 6430.1A, General Design Criteria. Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI), August 1999. http://dx.doi.org/10.2172/797724.
Peterson, Donna, Nici Rosario, and Anthony Aretz. General Criteria to Evaluate Students' Performance in Dealing with Ill-Defined Problems. Fort Belvoir, VA: Defense Technical Information Center, October 1998. http://dx.doi.org/10.21236/ada367208.
Thompson, Beavers, and Han. L51544 Criteria to Stop Active Pit Growth. Chantilly, Virginia: Pipeline Research Council International, Inc. (PRCI), January 1987. http://dx.doi.org/10.55274/r0010282.
The purpose of this research program was to determine the requirement to stop active pitting and compare that to the requirement to stop general corrosion and prevent pit initiation. This report examines the cathodic protection requirement to stop active pitting in buried natural gas transmission lines and compare it to the cathodic protection requirement to stop general corrosion and further prevent pit initiation. During the two-year period of this research program, two different pit geometries were examined: (1) a small diameter pit of 10 mils in diameter and approximately 10 mils deep which had less than five mils of active pit growth prior to cathodic polarization, and (2) large diameter pits of 1/2-inch in diameter which had approximately 50 mils of pit growth prior to cathodic polarization. Statistical analyses were used to determine whether pit growth continued during the cathodic polarization portion of the experiment or whether the active pit growth was stopped.
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Neudecker, Denise, Jeremy Lloyd Conlin, Mark Girard Gray, Austin Paul McCartney, Donald Kent Parsons, and Morgan Curtis White. General Guidelines on Criteria for Adoption or Rejection of Evaluated Libraries and Data by the Nuclear Data Team. Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI), April 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.2172/1352395.
Farias, Ana Rita, Jerónimo Sôro, Joana Cabral, Leonor Pereira da Costa, Maria José Ferreira, Ana Loureiro, and Vitor Hugo. Systematic Review on Digital Literacy Predictors. INPLASY - International Platform of Registered Systematic Review and Meta-analysis Protocols, January 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.37766/inplasy2023.1.0053.
Review question / Objective: What are the predictors of digital literacy in the general population? Condition being studied: This review's objective is to pinpoint and assess the factors that predict digital literacy in the general public. Eligibility criteria: Primary, correlational or experimental studies with a focus on digital literacy, published in English.
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GOLDMANN, L. H. SNF project's MCO compliance assessment with DOE ''general design criteria,'' order 6430.1A and ''SNF project MCO additional NRC requirements,'' HNF-SD-SNF-DB-005. Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI), May 1999. http://dx.doi.org/10.2172/782300.
Horlick, Jeffrey. National Voluntary Laboratory Accreditation Program (NVLAP) information technology security testing. Gaithersburg, MD: National Institute of Standards and Technology, 2005. http://dx.doi.org/10.6028/nist.hb.150-20-2005.
NIST Handbook 150-20, NVLAP Information Technology Security Testing: Common Criteria, presents the technical requirements and guidance for the accreditation of laboratories under the NVLAP Common Criteria Testing LAP. The 2005 edition incorporates changes resulting from the release of the newest editions of ISO/IEC 17025, General requirements for the competence of testing and calibration laboratories, and NIST Handbook 150, as well as editorial improvements. The 2005 edition of NIST Handbook 150-20 supersedes and replaces all previous editions
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Luan, Sisi, Wenke Cheng, Chenglong Wang, Hongjian Gong, and Jianbo Zhou. Impact of glucagon-like peptide 1 analogs on cognitive function among patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus. INPLASY - International Platform of Registered Systematic Review and Meta-analysis Protocols, June 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.37766/inplasy2022.6.0015.
Review question / Objective: Diabetes is an independent risk factor for cognitive impairment. Little is known regarding the neuroprotective effects of glucagon-like peptide 1 (GLP-1) analogs on type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM).Here, the study aim to assess the impact of GLP-1 on general cognition function among patients with T2DM. Eligibility criteria: Inclusion criteria were as follows: (1) an original article was recently published in English, (2) the population included subjects diagnosed with diabetes at baseline, (3) GLP-1 analogs is a single formulation rather than a fixed dose combination, (4) GLP-1 analogs were compared with no GLP-1 use or placebo or self-control before treatment, (5) the duration of antidiabetic agent use was 12 weeks or more, and (6) it provided quantitative measures of general cognitive function assessed by MMSE or MoCA. Exclusion criteria were as follows: (1) the publication was a review, case report, animal study, or letter to the editor, (2) the study did not clearly define clinical outcomes, (3) the authors could not provide valid data after being contacted, (4) duplicated data.
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Šiljak, Dženita. The Impact of the Introduction of the Euro in Croatia. Külügyi és Külgazdasági Intézet, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.47683/kkielemzesek.ke-2022.43.
Croatia, the newest member of the European Union, is set to introduce the euro as its currency in January 2023. Although it was announced that Croatia had fulfilled the Maastricht criteria for monetary union membership in May 2022, the country did not meet the criterion on the general government debt rate. This paper analyses Croatia’s readiness to join the euro area beyond meeting the Maastricht criteria. While monetary union membership has its positive sides, by joining, a country loses one of the most important tools of managing its economy – monetary policy. If the economy is strong and competitive enough, with efficient institutions and stable fiscal policy, the loss of monetary policy can be mitigated. However, Croatia’s decision to join the euro area is hasty, as if the country just wanted to join a prestigious club. This lack of preparedness could have major negative effects on one of the least competitive economies in the EU.
