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Strategy, profits & ethics: Beyond the work of miles

Galbreath, Jeremy - 2006

corporate strategists for maximizing profits. However, with few exceptions, the ethicality of various profit making strategies … making strategies widely discussed in the literature. Our results reveal that strategy approaches for making profits based on … approach to making profits should come under the careful scrutiny of an ethical lens, such as one described in this paper. …

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An analysis of heating fuel market behavior, 1989--1990

2008

make it possible to weigh the impact of revenue gains in December and January on overall profits over the two winter … manipulation behind December's rising prices Did these, or other, factors permit suppliers to realize excessive profits What …

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Sharing the savings to promote energy efficiency

Eto, J.; Destribats, A.; Schultz, D. - 2008

Shared-savings incentives offer a new way for regulated utilities to improve earnings by encouraging customer energy efficiency. Benefits of cost-effective energy efficiency measures can be shared explicitly among customers participating in an utility demand-side management (DSM) program, all...

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Evaluating the potential impact of transmission constraints on the operation of a competitive electricity market in Illinois.

Cirillo, R.; Thimmapuram, P.; Veselka, T.; Koritarov, V.; … - Decision and Information Sciences; Univ. of Illinois - 2008

analysis becomes: 'Can a company, acting on its own, raise electricity prices and increase its profits?' It should be noted …

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Are You Saved? HIM, an Intranet-based Expert System Reduces Fatality Risk

Crofts, Von David; Simpson, Wayne Winger; Hopkins, … - 2009

, ADA, and more. For businesses, non-compliance can quickly evaporate profits. For humans, mistakes can seriously affect …

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The Potential Economic Impact of Electricity Restructuring in the State of Oklahoma: Phase I Report

Hadley, SW - 2008

Because of the recent experiences of several states undergoing restructuring (e.g., higher prices, greater volatility, lower reliability), concerns have been raised in states currently considering restructuring as to whether their systems are equally vulnerable. Factors such as local generation...

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The Potential Economic Impact of Electricity Restructuring in the State of Oklahoma: Phase II Report

Hadley, SW - 2008

very high profits. Average prices to customers could be 5% to 25% higher than regulated rates (Figure S-1). If the coal and …

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Geothermal probabilistic cost model with an application to a geothermal reservoir at Heber, California

Orren, L.H.; Ziman, G.M.; Jones, S.C. - 2007

A financial accounting model that incorporates physical and institutional uncertainties has been developed for geothermal projects. Among the uncertainties it can handle are well depth, flow rate, fluid temperature, and permit and construction times. The outputs of the model are cumulative...

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Factors that affect electric-utility stranded commitments

Hirst, E.; Hadley, S.; Baxter, L. - 2009

Estimates of stranded commitments for U.S. investor-owned utilities range widely, with many falling in the range of $100 to $200 billion. These potential losses exist because some utility-owned power plants, long-term power-purchase contracts and fuel-supply contracts, regulatory assets, and...

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Amplifying Real Estate Value through Energy&WaterManagement: From ESCO to 'Energy Services Partner'

Mills, Evan - 2008

The energy service company (ESCO) business model could become significantly more effective by integrating the energy-efficiency purveyor and their capital into the underlying building ownership and operation partnership, rather than the current model in which the ESCO remains an outsider with...

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