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In this paper, we analyze the reason behind the use of foreign ownership restrictions on inward Foreign Direct … effect of the host government's welfare preference on the optimal foreign ownership restriction. Since the analytical … economic factors but also political factors play an important role in the determination of the foreign ownership restrictions. …
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This paper examines host governments' motivation for restricting ownership shares of multinational firms(MNFs) in … firm-specific advantage. In contrast, a joint venture (JV) partner might observe this surplus depending on its ownership … share. The host government can alleviate its informational constraints by using ownership restrictions to force a JV. This …
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This study investigates whether managerial share ownership serves to enhance or detract from firm performance in listed … companies in Thailand. The convergence-of-interest hypothesis asserts that firm value increases as management ownership rises … hypothesis, which suggests the excessive insider ownership has negative impact on corporate performance. The results of this …
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This paper describes the elements of Fluor Hanford's successful privatization of a major support services function. The privatization has accelerated the closure of the Department of Energy's Hanford Site by streamlining operations and using the realized cost savings to maintain the accelerated...
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This presentation uses a vehicle simulator and economics model called the Battery Ownership Model to examine the …
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Because the Mexican government has encouraged investment in Mexico by increasing the percentage of ownership of a …
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countries a sense of ownership of the idea. More importantly, establishing support for sustainable development as a main goal …
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This publication examines developments in the operations of the major US e energy-producing companies on a corporate level, by major line of business, by major function within each line of business, and by geographic area. In 1996, 24 companies filed Form EIA-28. The analysis and data presented...
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windpower industry, with project-finance taking the lead more recently. Although private ownership using project-finance is … still the most popular form of windpower development, alternative approaches to ownership and financing are becoming more …) through power purchase agreements (PPAs). In these utility-ownership arrangements, the wind turbine equipment vendor …
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accrue only in a ''build'' situation. In particular, possible economic advantages of public utility ownership include: (1 … assess the levelized cost of electricity under four supply options: (1) public utility ownership of new geothermal capacity …, (2) public utility ownership of new wind capacity, (3) a PPA for new geothermal capacity, and (4) a PPA for new wind …
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