Purpose: The aim of this paper is to examine investors' economic and social profiles in renewable energy sources with the help of widely used investment rating indicators, such as Net Present Value, Internal Grade of Performance and Profitability Index. Design/methodology/approach: The study...

Purpose: The aim of this paper is to examine investors' economic and social profiles in renewable energy sources with the help of widely used investment rating indicators, such as Net Present Value, Internal Grade of Performance and Profitability Index. Design/methodology/approach: The study...

EU power market design has been focused on facilitating trading between countries and for this has defined interfaces for market participants and TSOs between countries. The operation of power systems and markets within countries was not the focus of these developments. This may have contributed...

The present paper investigates the effect of certain economic factors on the competitiveness of Greek Wine Enterprises and Unions of Agricultural Cooperatives (UACs). Data on 41 wineries and 10 UACs of Greece was collected for a period of three years (2004-2006). Financial analysis results were...

The objective of the present paper is to examine the effect of certain economic factors on the competitiveness of the Greek meat processing enterprises. The meat sector went through significant changes over the last ten years affecting the structure of the entire industry. Competitiveness will...

The existence of an appropriate institutional framework pertaining to the financial system in agriculture, that will support efficient financial mediation, reduce transaction costs, and facilitate the farmers’ access to loaned capital on favourable terms, is considered to be an essential step...

The present paper aims to study the application of new standard of food safety: ISO 22000:2005 in the catering industry. At the beginning the study made a comparison between ISO 22000 with the HACCP system and the ISO 9000:2000 standard, in order to identify their similarities and differences,...