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Accelerating the Adoption of Second-Tier Reach Standards forApplicable Appliance Products in China
Lin, Jiang; Fridley, David - 2008
The minimum energy efficiency standards program for household appliances in China was initiated in 1989. Since 1996 …, CLASP and its implementing partner, LBNL, have assisted China in developing 11 minimum energy performance standards (MEPS … (under development). Before 2003, China's traditional approach to standards development involved small increases in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009435539
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A prefeasibility study of energy resource options in Hainan, China
Hill, L.J.; Russell, M.; Barron, W.F.; LaRocco, P.; Shen, Z. - 2008
This study identifies a strategy that (1) provides future energy services for Hainan in the least environmentally degrading way, (2) eliminates the need to build significant amounts of new fossil-fueled, electric generating capacity, saving capital to invest in other development projects, (3)...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009435877
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A prefeasibility study of energy resource options in Hainan, China
Hill, L.J.; Russell, M.; Barron, W.F.; LaRocco, P.; Shen, Z. - 2008
This study identifies a strategy that (1) provides future energy services for Hainan in the least environmentally degrading way, (2) eliminates the need to build significant amounts of new fossil-fueled, electric generating capacity, saving capital to invest in other development projects, (3)...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009436245
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Effect of market structure on international coal trade
Kolstad, C.D.; Abbey, D.S. - 2009
examine monopoly (South Africa) and duopoly (South Africa, Australia) with a competitive fringe (US, Canada, Poland, China and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009437106
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Carbon mitigation potential and costs of forestry options in Brazil, China, India, Indonesia, Mexico, the Philippines and Tanzania
Sathaye, J.; Makundi, W.; Andrasko, K.; Boer, R.; … - 2009
This paper summarizes studies of carbon (C) mitigation potential and costs of about 40 forestry options in seven developing countries. Each study uses the same methodological approach - Comprehensive Mitigation Assessment Process (COMAP) - to estimate the above parameters between 2000 and 2030....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009437412
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Why Are the First Day Returns of China’s IPOs So High?
Ma, S. - 2005
returns of China’s IPOs are most likely generated from on-market overpricing. Government intervention, market speculation …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009457414
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Auditor Failure and Market Reactions: Evidence from China
Asthana, Sharad C.; Sami, Heibatollah; Ye, Zhongxia Shelly - 2009
Zhongtianqin, the largest Chinese auditor in 2000, collapsed in 2001 owing to its audit failure. This study examines how the market reacted to the audit scandal in the Chinese institutional setting. Chinese investors are entitled to recover their investment losses from auditors owing to audit...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009459071
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Can Brazilian firms survive the Chinese challenge: Effects of globalization on markets, strategies, and performance
Akhter, Syed; Barcellos, Paulo Fernando Pinto - 2011
Purpose ? The purpose of this paper is to apply the structure-conduct-performance theory and the strategic fit concept to examine the effects of globalization on markets, strategies, and performance of business-to-consumer firms in Brazil.Design/methodology/approach ? The paper takes a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009484492
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Motivations for US Foreign Direct Investment
Buoninfante, Christina - 2009
extent US firms continue to invest into China and India. I first correlate the agricultural, industrial, and service sectors … in the United States with those of China and India. I find that there is a positive relationship between the correlation …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009463628