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Basic finance made accessible in Excel 2007: "The Big 5, Plus 2"
Sugden, Stephen; Miller, David - 2010
The basic principles and equations are developed for elementary finance, based on the concept of compound interest. The five quantities of interest in such problems are present value, future value, amount of periodic payment, number of periods and the rate of interest per period. We consider...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009441779
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Basic Finance Made Accessible in Excel 2007: "The Big 5, Plus 2"
Sugden, Stephen; Miller, David - 2011
The basic principles and equations are developed for elementary finance, based on the concept of compound interest. The five quantities of interest in such problems are present value, future value, amount of periodic payment, number of periods and the rate of interest per period. We consider...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009441814
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Electric Avenue: Two Case Studies on the Economic Feasibility of the Electrification of Transportation (Solar Charging Stations in CA & University Buses in NC)
Kolomeets-Darovsky, Daniel B. - 2010
these kinds of alternative solutions. Two types of solutions are considered: (1) solar charging stations for plug-in hybrid … buses for Duke University. The Financial Feasibility Model (FFM) for solar charging stations in California shows there are …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009475437
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The Growth of Solar Concentrator Photovoltaic Markets in the Southwest US
Connor, Sean - 2008
Worldwide solar photovoltaic (PV) markets have grown at an average rate at 38% over the past ten years. While … polysilicon flat panel PV modules have traditionally dominated the overall solar market, a range of different solar energy … conversion technologies are starting to gain market share. One such class of solar technologies, concentrator photovoltaics (CPV …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009475444
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Predictive Analysis of Global Renewable Energy and Infrastructure Growth in Developed, Developing and Emerging Markets
Nolan, Mike; Naftel, Jackson IV; Reaves, Patrick - 2011
, China and Germany have created a favorable economic and policy environment for solar investment; however, given the global … nature of the industry and current uncertainty in the marketplace, we do not recommend investing in solar at this time.2. Due …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009475621
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Mapping and modeling of oil and gas relational data objects for warehouse development and efficient data mining
Nimmagadda, Shastri; Dreher, Heinz - 2006
Oil and gas industries archive volumes of heterogeneous data. These companies, by virtue of their diverse operations, comprise of complicated organizational structure. The nature of organizational set-up with several operational units, often results with communication barriers among operational...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009434920
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Modelling rail track deterioration and maintenance: current practices and future needs
Ferreira, Luis; Murray, Martin H. - 1997
As commercialisation and privatisation of railway systems reach the political agendas in a number of countries, including Australia, the separation of infrastructure from operating business dictates that track costs need to be shared on an equitable basis. There is also a world-wide trend...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009437487
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Modelling urban public transit users' route choice behaviour: review and outlook
Liu, Yulin; Bunker, Jonathan M.; Ferreira, Luis - 2009
This paper reviews the main development of approaches to modelling urban public transit users’ route choice behaviour … outlook into the possible future directions of modelling transit users’ route choice behaviour. Based on the comparison with … the road area. Particularly, in light of the recent advancement of modelling motorists’ complex road route choice …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009437980
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A Bayesian approach to financial model calibration, uncertainty measures and optimal hedging
Gupta, Alok; Reisinger, Christoph - 2010
In this thesis we address problems associated with financial modelling from a Bayesian point of view. Specifically, we …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009441418
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Destructive leadership in family businesses: Modelling social exchange between generations
Robinson, David; Harvey, Michael G.; Yupitun, Mark - 2009
The purpose of this article is to address the effects of social exchange, in particular leadership communication, between the current leader of a family business and the prospective future leader when one is the parent and the other, a next-generation offspring. In light of previous literature...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009441716