Purpose – The paper attempts to highlight and discuss the limitations of the current discourse around the role of hydrogen‐based energy in a more sustainable future. Design/methodology/approach – The paper draws upon preliminary findings from qualitative fieldwork in three case studies....

In the scope of a recently launched European Research Project, a team of experts from public laboratories and TSO is in charge of defining the concepts and methodological approaches to design and analyse the technical and economic feasibility of future HVDC grids. This work aims at identifying,...

Psychische Belastung stellt sowohl für die Praxis als auch für die Wissenschaft eine aktuelle Herausforderung dar. Einerseits zeigen Veröffentlichungen, dass der Sprachgebrauch und das Verständnis der Einwirkungen und Auswirkungen des Belastungs-Beanspruchungs-Konzeptes – trotz DIN EN ISO...

This dissertation is based on the hypothesis that a third dimension, namely investmenttime horizon, can add value to the more conventional two-dimensional methodologyof assessing the relative risk and return attributes of various assets and portfolios inorder to enhance investment decisions.This...

Risk analysis as an effective tool for planning and controlling cost and schedule has not been fully utilized in the construction industry, especially in projects implemented in the developing world. Planning techniques used in developing countries tend to be less sophisticated in prediction of...

This research examines the cross-section of expected returns in the UK stock marketfor the period January 1969-December 2001, with particular reference to the role ofrisk adjustments and the pricing of characteristic factors.This study has three empirical parts. This first part of the empirical...

We explore the link between portfolio home bias and consumption risk sharing among Italian regions using household-level information on consumption, income and portfolio holdings. Since equity fundsare typically diversified at the national or international level, we use data on equity fund...

Mr Mug's mother tells him that investing in the stock market is a risky way to earn money.

Volatility modelling is a key issue for the finance industry from an academic and practitioner perspective. This is understandable given the importance that volatility plays in risk management and the development of accurate risk measures in a univariate or multivariate framework. To illustrate,...

In the analysis of time series of blackouts a powerlaw dependency of blackout size with respect to frequency hasbeen observed. It has been hypothesized that this behaviour is theresult of the power system operating near critical points. Modelshave been created in order to analyze this type of...