Keyword: economics

Found 2641 papers in total
Developing an economic cost model for quantifying supply chain costs
2012,
Supply Chain Management (SCM) has become a very powerful tool for any...
Measuring performance, development and growth when restricting flexibility
2013,
In industries with heterogeneous firms and fast‐changing productivity, it is...
Further model‐based estimates of US total manufacturing production capital and technology, 1949–2005
2013,
Production capital and technology (i.e., total factor productivity) in US...
Regulation and cost efficiency in the European railways industry
2013,
The objective of this article is to analyze European railways’ incentives to...
Environmental externalities and regulation constrained cost productivity growth in the US electric utility industry
2013,
This paper examines whether having to comply with Phase 1 of Title IV of the 1990...
Bunker consumption optimization methods in shipping: A critical review and extensions
2013,
It is crucial nowadays for shipping companies to reduce bunker consumption while...
A methodology to evaluate the competitiveness of electric
                    delivery trucks
2013,
This paper examines the competitiveness of the latest generation of electric delivery...
The impact of lead time reliability in freight transport: A
                    logistics assessment of transport economics findings
2013,
This paper considers speed and reliability, measured by the average and variance of...
Going beyond best technology and lowest price: on renewable energy investors’ preference for service‐driven business models
2012,
Renewable energy is becoming increasingly important for economies in many countries....
Overcoming obstacles against effective solar lighting interventions in South Asia
2012,
Basing on our devised World Bank’s ‘Design Principles’ for effective...
If diversification is good, why don't countries diversify more? The political economy of diversification in resource‐rich countries
2012,
For resource‐rich countries, diversification is claimed to represent a strategy...
Whole systems appraisal of a UK Building Integrated Photovoltaic (BIPV) system: Energy, environmental, and economic evaluations
2012,
Energy analysis, environmental life‐cycle assessment (LCA) and economic...
Development trends in the Azerbaijan oil and gas sector: Achievements and challenges
2012,
This article is study of Azerbaijan oil and gas industry. It illustrates the business...
The willingness of farmers to engage with bioenergy and woody biomass production: A regional case study from Cumbria
2012,
In this paper we explore the willingness of Cumbrian farmers to switch land use from...
Assessing the impact of forward trading, retail liberalization, and white certificates on the Italian wholesale electricity prices
2012,
How do policy actions affect the dynamics of deregulated electricity prices? We...
Explaining crude oil prices using fundamental measures
2012,
Oil is the world's most important commodity, and improving the understanding of...
Experience curve analysis on South Korean nuclear technology and comparative analysis with South Korean renewable technologies
2012,
Increasing awareness on environmental damage and climate change has induced many...
On the electrical two‐part tariff–The Brazilian perspective
2012,
This paper discusses, in terms of Brazil's situation, the use of a nonlinear pricing...
Coal consumption and economic growth in China
2012,
The aim of this paper is to re‐examine the relationship between coal...
Environmental and economic performance of heating systems for energy‐efficient dwellings: Case of passive and low‐energy single‐family houses
2012,
In order to reduce the energy consumption of the building stock, a major trend is to...
Retailers' risk management and vertical arrangements in electricity markets
2012,
The failure of the asset‐light retailer's organizational model is indicative of...
Does financial development increase energy consumption? The role of industrialization and urbanization in Tunisia
2012,
This paper assesses the relationship among energy consumption, financial development,...
Is the price effect on fuel consumption symmetric? Some evidence from an empirical study
2012,
We generally consider that the price elasticity of the energy demand is quite small....
Measuring global gasoline and diesel price and income elasticities
2012,
Price and income elasticities of transport fuel demand have numerous applications....
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