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Conservation potential of compact fluorescent lamps in India and Brazil
Gadgil, A.; Martino Jannuzzi, G. de - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, SP - 2008
electrical energy and peak demand in India and Brazil. Using very conservative assumptions, we find that the cost of conserved … of avoided peak installed capacity is 6 and 9.5 times less than the cost of new installed capacity for India and Brazil … national savings of the order of US $1.2 million per day for India and US $2.5 million per day for Brazil are reached in 10 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009436308
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The changing structure of the international commercial nuclear power reactor industry
Forsberg, C.W.; Hill, L.J.; Reich, W.J.; Rowan, W.J. - 2008
The objective of this report is to provide an understanding of the international commercial nuclear power industry today and how the industry is evolving. This industry includes reactor vendors, product lines, and utility customers. The evolving structure of the international nuclear power...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009436031
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Industry initiatives in impact mitigation
Metz, W.C. - 2008
The author concludes that mitigation is the focus of conflicting opinions regarding responsibility, strategy, and effort. There are no hard, fast, or tried and true rules for company involvement in mitigation efforts. Each mitigation effort must be tailored and negotiated to match the unique...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009437176
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United States -- Mexican joint ventures: A case history approach
Moore, N.L.; Chidester, R.J.; Hughes, K.R.; Fowler, R.A. - 2008
Because the Mexican government has encouraged investment in Mexico by increasing the percentage of ownership of a Mexican business that a US company can hold, joint ventures are more attractive now than they had been in the past. This study provides preliminary information for US renewable...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009435543
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The political economy of water and sanitation in developing countries : cross-country evidence and a case study on Colombia
Krause, Matthias - 2007
countries. The present study investigates the role of governance for mastering this challenge. The motivation for choosing this … influence of governance, the study works out those political and sectoral institutions that are essential for the provision of … on Colombia finds some evidence that low-quality governance of sub-national governments compromises the internal …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009468517
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The effect of national culture on service provision
Alajmi, S - 2011
PurposeThis research is to investigate the effect of national culture on service provision. Hence, the researcher aims Firstly to investigate the differences in national culture between any two different countries share some attributes like language, religion or geographic location. Secondly, it...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009465410
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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....
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The economics of road safety: an international perspective
McManus, W. - 2007
estimates the number of lives that could be saved in China and India as functions of the rate of improvement in fatalities per …
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Development and Gender Inequality ; Development and Gender Inequality
Lamanna, Francesca - 2013
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Planning for creativity and innovation in a global city: Sydney's Information Technology clusters in the context of the 2005 metropolitan strategy
Pritchard, Bill; Searle, Glen - 2009
is argued that the urbanisation economies of Sydney are more important than the localisation economies of the IT sector …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009448745