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The Shingo Prize for Operational Excellence: Rewarding World-Class Practices
Chakravorty, Satya S.; Atwater, J. Bryan; Herbert, James I. - 2008
Established in 1988, the Shingo Prize for Operational Excellence recognises organisations in the USA, Mexico and Canada …
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Determinants of the Relations between Transitory Earnings and CEO Cash Compensation in the USA
Asthana, Sharad; Ye, Zhongxia Shelly - 2007
effect). This study has practical implications for regulators, corporations and investors, both in the USA and abroad. …
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A study of outsourcing of premedia services to India by US companies
Nayak, Rahul P. - 2009
Offshore outsourcing continues to gain prominence as the printing industrystrides into the future. With different segments of the industry looking at reducingcosts and, in exchange providing value-added services, more companies turntowards outsourcing services offshore as a solution. Although it...
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Geysers Unit 18
Finney, John P. - 2006
The geothermal user's viewpoint in this case is somewhat unique. San Diego Gas & Electric Company, by virtue of its activity in geothermal exploration and development since 1972, is in a position to be considered not only a user of geothermal, but a producer as well through the activities of its...
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1996-2004 Trends in the Single-Family Housing Market: Spatial Analysis of the Residential Sector
Anderson, Dave M.; Elliott, Douglas B. - 2008
This report provides a detailed geographic analysis of two specific topics affecting the residential sector. First, we performed an analysis of new construction market trends using annual building permit data. We report summarized tables and national maps to help illustrate market conditions....
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Characterizing emerging industrial technologies in energy models
Laitner, John A.; Worrell, Ernst; Galitsky, Christina; … - 2008
Conservation supply curves are a common tool in economic analysis. As such, they provide an important opportunity to include a non-linear representation of technology and technological change in economy-wide models. Because supply curves are closely related to production isoquants, we explore...
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Evaluating state markets for residential wind systems: Results from an economic and policy analysis tool
Edwards, Jennifer L.; Wiser, Ryan; Bolinger, Mark; … - 2009
The market for small wind systems in the United States, often defined as systems less than or equal to 100 kW that produce power on the customer side of the meter, is small but growing steadily. The installed capacity of domestic small wind systems in 2002 was reportedly 15-18 MW, though the...
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Comparison of Australian and US Cost-Benefit Approaches to MEPS
McMahon, James E. - 2008
efficiency; each program is thus subject to specific constraints. The market and policy contexts are different, with the USA … cases, however, the experience of the USA--using more extensive data sets and more detailed analysis--suggests possible …, but the USA has statistical surveys that permit a more detailed analysis. Australia uses average values, while the US uses …
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Intergenerational transfers and the social discount rate
Howarth, R.B.; Norgaard, R.B. - 2008
This paper investigates the relationship between intergenerational asset transfers and the choice of the discount rate for use in cost-benefit analysis in a model of a competitive overlapping generations economy constrained by a socially managed exhaustible resource. Provided that there are no...
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Property Tax Assessments as a Finance Vehicle for Residential PV Installations: Opportunities and Potential Limitations
Bolinger, Mark A; Bolinger, Mark - 2008
Readily accessible credit has often been cited as a necessary ingredient to open up the market for residential photovoltaic (PV) systems. Though financing does not reduce the high up-front cost of PV, by spreading that cost over some portion of the system's life, financing can certainly make PV...
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