This research is about the problem of identifying key factors for corporate recovery of electric utilities in New Zealand and the Philippines. Its primary objective is to learn from the experiences of three regulated government utilities and one small private distributor that are involved in the...

This dissertation uses recently developed empirical methodologies for the studyof multi-unit auctions to test the impacts of Financial Transmission Rights (FTRs)on the competitiveness of restructured electricity markets. FTRs are a special typeof financial option that hedge against volatility in...

This dissertation assesses the evolving structure and performance of the electricity supply industry (ESI) in Queensland following the restructuring and deregulation process undertaken in 1997 and 1998 respectively. This microeconomic reform process essentially replaced a vertically integrated...

There is a growing concern over our reliance on conventional electricity sources and their long-term environmental, climate change, and security of supply implications, and much hope is vested in the ability of future technological progress to tackle these issues. However, informed academic...

Studies of small firm growth are no longer short in supply. On the contrary, as demonstrated by recent reviews, dozens and dozens of empirical research studies on this topic can be compiled. This does not necessarily mean that we know everything we want to know about small firm growth. In fact,...

The relationship between urban design and economic activity is seldom studied throughempirical studies with a large number of cases due, in part, to the implicit and intangiblenature of design. This study was intended to understand, analyze, and evaluate thecomplex relationship between the...

Instructional evaluation is essential for assessing the effectiveness of learning events. In today's economy, corporations are under great pressure to reduce expenses, and training budgets often feel the effects. The closure of in-house training programs, combined with the reduction of training...

To conclude, if the political risk theoretically means anything, it means thinking about thefuture role of Nation-States, of culture, history and geography and market forces in theshaping of the international economic order. In considering the political risks in theirstrategies, MNCs as the...

An algorithm is presented for constructing from the adjacency matrix of a digraph the matrix of its simple n -sequences. In this matrix, the i, j entry, i ≠ j , gives the number of paths of length n from a point v i to a point v j ; the diagonal entry i, i gives the number of cycles of length...