Information on operating costs can enable potential buyers to purchase more fuelefficient vehicles. We test this hypothesis with a randomised controlled trial in a developing country, Nepal, using personalised information provision on a unique webbased platform. We find that receiving...

Information on operating costs can enable potential buyers to purchase more fuelefficient vehicles. We test this hypothesis with a randomised controlled trial in a developing country, Nepal, using personalised information provision on a unique webbased platform. We find that receiving...

Governments worldwide reacted swiftly to the global financial crisis by tougher regulations. This paper investigates the impacts of the regulatory environment on operating costs using panel data of 2,200 German banks over the timeframe from 1999 to 2014. We estimate cost functions with and...

The aim of the present study was to assess the possibility of use economic analysis to compare selected filter beds used in water treatment plant. There were considered selected masses which are commonly used for removal iron and manganese from the groundwater. Water purification with these...

The aim of the present study was to assess the possibility of use economic analysis to compare selected filter beds used in water treatment plant. There were considered selected masses which are commonly used for removal iron and manganese from the groundwater. Water purification with these...

In conditions of prolonged economic crisis, trade profitability can be only to a certain extent improved by an increase in selling prices. Opportunities are by far better with cost reduction. For this purpose, it is necessary to manage costs more efficiently, primarily to have adequate system of...

In a challenging economic environment for 2012, characterised by a 0.6% drop in Eurozone GDP, the French largest banking groups benefited from the stabilisation of markets following decisive actions by the European Central Bank (ECB) introducing Very Long Term Refinancing Operation (VLTRO) and...

The following essay is for examining cost of use of real estate in a portfolio of an exemplary housing company. Here, the data initially is assigned to individual cost elements and taking into age groups. Then determined using the data, the actual amount of operating costs (as part of the life...

Приводится анализ энергетической эффективности семейного дома. Сравниваются пять вариантов дома – стандартные, низкоэнергетический и пассивный – с точки...

Cointegration techniques are applied to a model of induced innovation based on the two-stage Constant Elasticity of Substitution (CES) production function. This approach results in direct tests of the inducement hypothesis, which are applied to agricultural data for the United Kingdom from 1953...

The paper presents a model of an integration system for operations and cost data designed for the needs of process controlling in agricultural enterprises, with special emphasis on logistics processes. The proposed model constituted the basis for the development of an IT tool to be used in the...

Сформулировано экономическое содержание институциональной матрицы. Выделены этапы формирования матрицы рынка в России на основе критерия степени развития и...

A firm is competitive if it can produce high quality products and services and lower costs than its competitors and internationally. Ability to compete is to do better than firms in the same industry in terms of sales, market share and profitability, capacity to achieve its strategic conduct,...

from public funds, are part of The National and Multiannual Program of Establishment and Development of Technological and Business Incubators in Romania (2002-2012). This Program is coordinated by The Agency of Implementation of Projects and Programs for Small and Medium Enterprises...

In our paper we intend to explore the possibility of integrating the ABC method of cost calcula-tion with cash based value measure, i.e. the Cash Value Added. Our purpose is to develop an instrument for the management of productive companies that will allow them to administrate the proc-ess of...

Die Kosten eines PPP-Vorhabens sind über den gesamten Lebenszyklus zu betrachten.Sie werden sowohl auftraggeberseitig als auch bieterseitig geplant. Die Gesamtinvestitionskostenwerden auf der Grundlage bekannter durchschnittlicher Kostenkalkuliert und anschließend an die Bedingungen des...

Die Immobilien als renditeorientierte Kapitalanlage haben in den letzten Jahren stark an Bedeutung gewonnen. Dementsprechend hat das Volumen an indirekt in Immobilien investiertem Kapital privater oder juristischer Personen in der Schweiz stark zugenommen. Belegt wird dies unter anderem an der...

This paper provides the results of an econometric analysis of the influences of airline characteristics on the average operating costs per aircraft movement. The analysis combines a comprehensive selection of airline-output variables, airline-fleet variables, and airline-market variables. The...

This paper focuses on dynamic financial modelling of recurring cash flow items in PPP projects inoperating stage and on risks associated with the volatility of these cash flows. As we concentrate onso-called government-pays schemes, only cash-outflows are considered, such as operating costs,...

Bei der näheren Betrachtung der Thematik von Life-Cycle-Kosten einer immobilie ist generell bekannt, dass die Betriebskosten während des gesamten Lebenszyklus eines Gebäudes die Investitionskosten um ein Mehrfaches übersteigen. In der Fachwelt spricht man davon, dass mit gezielten...

This paper focuses on dynamic financial modelling of recurring cash flow items in PPP projects in operating stage and on risks associated with the volatility of these cash flows. As we concentrate on so-called government-pays schemes, only cash-outflows are considered, such as operating costs,...

Optimism bias is a consistent feature associated with truck toll forecasts, à la Standard & Poor’s and the NCHRP synthesis reports. Given the persistent problem, two major sources of this bias are explored. In particular, the ignorance of operating cost as a demand-side factor and lack of...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to apply a numerical simulation of stochastic processes to the problem of real estate investment appraisal. Design/methodology/approach – These uncertain operating costs are integrated into an enhanced dynamic simulation. To model the dynamics in the...

This paper presents an empirical analysis of the operational efficiency of microfinance institutions. Using a cross section of 750 microfinance institutions operating in Asia, Latin America and Sub-Saharan Africa, the analysis shows that operating costs and efficiency are negatively related....

In this note we describe an iterative procedure of how to estimate unit costs per leg of a public service obligation (PSO) route network if certain data is publicly available. The aim of this approach is to make judgments in benchmarking and in regulation if revenues, costs and profits (or...

Mining projects are complex businesses that demand constant risk assessment. This is because several kinds of uncertainties influence the value of a mine project, typically. These uncertainties may be classified as exploration uncertainties, economic uncertainties and engineering uncertainties....

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to assess the effectiveness of operational property asset management in Scottish Councils and the extent to which this achieves best value. Appropriate criteria for evaluating asset management effectiveness include the effective use of capital resources,...