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Decade of ITQ Management in Icelandic Fisheries: Consolidation Without Consensus
Eythorsson, Einar - 2000
companies has lately been accelerating. Along with a general liberalisation of the economic policy in Iceland, there seems to be …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009468327
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Theory and Practice of ITQ's in Iceland; Privatisation of Common Fisheries Resources
Eythorsson, Einar - 1995
, but now it is possible to study how the system works in real settings. Two countries, New Zealand and Iceland, have … adopted ITQ's as an overall fisheries management system on a national level. In Iceland, fish quotas were made transferable …-regime. In Iceland the demand for quotas is influenced by unemployment and lack of alternative sources of income for fishermen …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009468403
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Creating Institutions for Survival Games Against Nature in Premodern Iceland
Eggertsson, Thráinn - 1994
"We are concerned here with the creation of non-market institutions for reducing the cost of risk in poor agrarian societies that operate at low levels of technology without the benefits of insurance, credit and other intertemporal markets. 1 Institutions, the formal and informal rules that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009468491
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A theory for optimal monitoring of marine reserves
Gerber, L. R.; Beger, M.; McCarthy, M. A.; Possingham, H. P. - 2005
Monitoring of marine reserves has traditionally focused on the task of rejecting the null hypothesis that marine reserves have no impact on the population and community structure of harvested populations. We consider the role of monitoring of marine reserves to gain information needed for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009447944
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The Structure and Contributions of Relational Contracts: Theory and Evidence from Oil and Gas Unit Operating Agreements
Libecap, Gary D.; Smith, James L. - 1997
"This paper provides new theoretical clarification and empirical evidence about relational contracts written for the exploitation of oil and gas reservoirs in the United States and Canada. To mitigate common pool losses, oil fields often are developed under unit operating agreements. These...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009468353
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Customer management strategies using internet commerce in the Australian energy industry
Maher, Peter; Steane, Peter; Dufour, Yvon - 2007
The application and performance of Internet Commerce (IC) strategy has become a critical success factor in an industry characterised by volatile change and transformational upheaval. This article presents research examining how IC has been applied in Australian electricity utilities from a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009475251
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EU free market rules: strategic options for transition economies.
Yeoh, Peter - 2006
Purpose – This article seeks to examine the strategic options open to transition economies in Central and Eastern Europe in the face of intense competition in two highly sensitive economic sectors within the EU. Design/methodology/approach – This exploratory paper makes use of cross-country...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009458960
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Organizational Adoption Models for Early ASP Technology Stages. Adoption and Diffusion of Application Service Providing (ASP) in the Electric Utility Sector.
Fuchs, Susanne - 2005
Application Service Providing (ASP) is a recently emerged software delivery model under which an Application Service Provider hosts, manages and delivers software as a service to customers via the Internet or a private network. The ASP model offers benefits from cost savings, specialized...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009480890
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New analysis techniques for estimating impacts of federal appliance efficiency standards
McMahon, James E. - 2008
Impacts of U.S. appliance and equipment standards have been described previously. Since 2000, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has updated standards for clothes washers, water heaters, and residential central air conditioners and heat pumps. A revised estimate of the aggregate impacts of all...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009435423
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Naval Undersea Warfare Center Division Newport utilities metering, Phase 1
Carroll, D.M. - 2008
, Rhode Island (NUWC). The purpose of the report was to review options for metering electricity and steam used in the NUWC …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009435469