efficiency in different countries and under alternative policy approaches. The key findings are as follows. First, strong scale … subsidisation was also evident in a survey of thirty-one payment systems. Second, the minimalist approach was more efficiency … enhancing than the competitive and public service policy alternatives, due to higher cost-reducing effects, stronger private …

conditions of continuous improvement methods and techniques of organization and management within the unit. Cost and cost … features such as multiple facets to facilitate continuous improvement towards business unit. Cost awareness represents a … activities costs are only a facet of cost accountancy. Managers are also concerned with the future of costs, their level lying on …

joint cost function, we ascertained the productive efficiency of the Spanish airport network. Through this work, we found …This paper attempts to analyse the productive efficiency of the airport industry. The analysis was carried out using … the neoclassical approach of dual cost function. A translog joint cost function was used. Its flexibility enabled us to …

We investigate the impacts of electricity market restructuring on fuel efficiency, utilization and, new to this area …, cost of coal purchases among coal-fired power plants using a panel data set from 1991 to 2005. Our study focuses … without. Our analysis finds that restructuring led to: (1) a two percent improvement in fuel efficiency for IOs, (2) a ten …

very important. The quality of electricity supply service largely determines the efficiency of electricity consumption and … economic parameters of the user. In this respect, knowing the influence of power quality on the cost is of particular interest …

competitiveness and profitability of the company. Applying the standard cost in single cost model is a viable business solutions of … intensive activities and then cost reduction opportunities. New methods of management cost excess the accounting and economics … scope Current economic situation requires this work and converts the cost information into the main tool of insurance …

75–100MW are described. Module performance (efficiency and warranty), and manufacturing costs will be summarized and …

semiconductor and electrical devices, efficiency, reliability and cost which would foster various research groups and industries … losses is established to evaluate the efficiency of the system. The power loss calculation presented in this paper has taken … relation is adopted to calculate the reliability of the system by considering temperature as a covariate. And finally, a cost …

/power, efficiency, lifespan, cycle life, self-discharge rates, capital energy/power costs, scale, application, technical maturity as …