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  1. 1. Integrating Energy Demand and Ability to Pay in the Design of Decentralised Energy Supply : A Case Study in Rural Nepal

    University essay from KTH/Skolan för industriell teknik och management (ITM)

    Author : Óscar Monés Pederzini; [2019]
    Keywords : ;

    Abstract : Access to electricity is essential for socioeconomic growth, especially in developing countries. However, over 1.1 billion people still do not have access to modern sources of energy. READ MORE

  3. 2. KPI Management within an IT Consultancy Firm: A Single Case Study about Business Control at PdB

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Graduate School

    Author : Jessica Evebring; Viktor Paulsson; [2018-08-01]
    Keywords : IT Consultancy Firms; Business Control; Balanced Scorecard; Performance Indicators; KPIs; Benchmarking; Service and Knowledge Companies;

    Abstract : Knowledge is becoming a basis for growing wealth, where successful firms produce and spread new knowledge, which result in new technologies and products. A lot of knowledge is provided by the IT industry, which is an industry that lately has been subject for high competition where for instance many large-volume tasks have been offshored to India. READ MORE

  4. 3. Healthcare Reform: A Microcosm and Exploration of New Public Management in China

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Baoyue Zhang; [2015]
    Keywords : New public management NPM ; public-private partnership PPP ; new institutional economics NIE ; cost efficiency; resource allocation.; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : The NPM is considered as an efficacious way to improve effectiveness and efficiency in management control of public health for its market-driven and market-driving characteristics. Theoretically, it is a hybrid of economics and business management in public management. READ MORE

  5. 4. Investment advice during inflationary periods with high asset price inflation : Preserve value and realize best return by investing in the right asset classes during periods of uncontrolled inflation and economical instability.

    University essay from Blekinge Tekniska Högskola/Sektionen för management

    Author : Daniel Wardzynski; [2011]
    Keywords : Federal Reserve; Fed; Inflation; Monetarism; Money; Milton Friedman; Ludwig von Mises; Irving Fisher; John Maynard Keynes; Ben Bernanke; S P 500; SPX; Precious Metals; Gold; Silver; XAU; HUI; Gold Mining; Investment Strategy; Quantitative Easing; QE; Asset Price Inflation;

    Abstract : For the past few years, the world has gone through a global financial crisis, and is still on a quite unstable road to a sustainable economic future. While the governments are trying to cope with a stable inflation rate, investors grow weary and are looking more into precious metals. READ MORE

  6. 5. Purchasing practice in SMEs : Practical impressions about the purchasing activities of small and medium sized enterprises in the manufacturing industry

    University essay from IHH, Centre of Logistics and Supply Chain Management

    Author : Stephanie Kulik; [2010]
    Keywords : SMEs; Purchasing Performance; Buyer-Supplier Relationship; Strategic Purchasing; Manufacturing Industry;

    Abstract : Small and medium sized companies are important to the European economy and considered as the true backbone of the European economy, being primarily responsi-ble for wealth and economic growth. Further, the purchasing function of small and medium sized companies had become more and more important to firms within the creating of competitive advantages. READ MORE