Essays about: "alternative investment strategies"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 44 essays containing the words alternative investment strategies.

1. 21. If we buy your vehicles, can we produce our own fuel? : An early assessment method for the market expansion of biomethane solutions

   University essay from Linköpings universitet/Industriell miljöteknik

   Author : Axel Lindfors; Sofie Lärkhammar; [2017]
   Keywords : biomethane; system analysis; multi-criteria approach; early assessment method; early assessment tool; heavy-duty vehicle;

   Abstract : Biomethane made from the anaerobic digestion of organic waste can provide several economic and environmental benefits such as: the valorisation of waste products, increased resource efficiency, increased retention of nutrients through recycling of biogas digestate (Banks, et al., 2011), reduction of greenhouse gas emissions (Börjesson, et al. READ MORE

3. 22. Capacity dimensioning of operations capacity in manufacturing companies

   University essay from Högskolan i Jönköping/IHH, Företagsekonomi

   Author : Kristina Sollander; Lisa Hedvall; [2016]
   Keywords : Capacity dimensioning; Sales and Operations Planning; Capacity strategy; Capacity management; Responsiveness; Efficiency;

   Abstract : Purpose:To investigate how managers work with capacity dimensioning and what the main challenges are in order to balance efficiency and responsiveness in the continuous operations, as well as investigate what patterns and trends that can be identified within the capacity dimensioning approach. Methodology:A multiple case study was conducted including 14 manufacturing companies. READ MORE

4. 23. Investment appraisal in the public sector : Incorporating flexibility and environmental effects

   University essay from Mittuniversitetet/Avdelningen för informations- och kommunikationssystem

   Author : Nils Lindvall; [2015]
   Keywords : Real options; multi-criteria analysis; investment appraisal; public sector; project valuation; logistics park; intermodal transports.;

   Abstract : The public sector often invests in large projects in different sectors, such as education, health care and infrastructure. It can be argued that investment appraisal process in these projects should differ from conventional approaches due to the complex interests the public sector holds, which often implies that several aspects need to be considered. READ MORE

5. 24. A Sheep in Wolf's Clothing? A Comparative Analysis of Alternative Mutual Funds and Hedge Funds

   University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för finansiell ekonomi

   Author : Paolo Frazzarin; Jorge Lobo Martin; [2015]
   Keywords : Alternative Investments; Alternative Mutual Funds; 1940 Investment Company Act; Hedge Funds; Factor Analysis;

   Abstract : This paper analyzes to which extent alternative mutual funds emulate hedge fund strategies and what are the performance drivers for this category of funds. We use a two-step regression process for our analysis and find that alternative mutual funds differ from hedge funds on three main fronts: they fail to generate alpha, they do not share the same factor exposures, and their returns are impacted in a different way by fund-specific features. READ MORE

6. 25. Brazil Bolsa Familia Program: Analysing The Impact of The Conditionalities on School Enrolment, Health and Child Labor

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Sociologi

   Author : Chiedozie Franklin Otuonye; [2015]
   Keywords : Human capital; Inequality; Bolsa Familia Program; Poverty; Education; Children; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : Abstract With high poverty and inequality rate, the Government in Brazil have adopted several social assistance programs and strategies in the fight against the ever growing rate of poverty and inequality within it’s population since the 1990s. In recent years, the Bolsa Familia Program have been a major social assistance program in Brazil, and the program have affected more than 13 million poor households in their everyday life. READ MORE