Purpose This study aims to analyze stock market reactions to layoff announcements in the renewable energy sector. The … global renewable energy sector and most of the producers of wind and solar energy equipment are struggling. While changes in … the regulation and in the promotion of energy production from renewable sources reduced the attractiveness of these …

private ownership by presenting three public governance models and comparing them in the light of waterworks performance … governance models used in the Finnish water sector. Empirical evidence was collected mainly through interviewing Finnish … the most common public governance models. Reforming waterworks organised as municipal units into municipal …

participation to new change agents. Practical implications Restructuring of governance is an essential prerequisite in effecting …Purpose This paper aims to examine the role of “restructuring” in confronting the challenges facing contemporary high … emphasises the role of planning and governance in effecting change. Design/methodology/approach Informed by a literature review …

competitive algorithm (ICA-ANN) and ANN to predict the energy consumption for land leveling. Design/methodology/approach Using ANN … compressibility factor, specific gravity, moisture content, slope, sand per cent and soil swelling index on energy consumption were …-fill volume (V), had the highest sensitivity on the output parameters, including labor energy, fuel energy, total machinery cost …

). In this context, the purpose of this paper is to study the energy status in Qatar. More specifically, Qatar energy supply … side is studied through the CPDP. In an effort to decrease the energy consumption by raising the efficiency of the CPDP (at … the supply side), and conserving energy at the demand side, primarily energy footprint is performed. Design …

of environmental governance relating to energy development in the Arctic region. Findings – This paper demonstrates the … necessity of improving the current governance patterns, as the author believes that energy development will have both positive … resources will contribute to the global energy mix in the decades to come and the impacts of the governance regime to Arctic and …

presented, which deals with the impact of organizational restructuring on health and approaches to limit its health impact …