Essays about: "Brent"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 20 essays containing the word Brent.

  1. 16. Påverkan av ett strategiskt miljöbeslut : en konfliktstudie av Shell och Greenpeace

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Economics

    Author : Elin Brännström; [2011]
    Keywords : Brent Spar; Greenpeace; intressent; företagsansvar; intressentmodell;

    Abstract : Companies around the globe all have one thing in common; they are surrounded by individuals or groups of individuals that can influence the company in one way or another. These individuals and groups of individuals are called stakeholders. READ MORE

  3. 17. CO2 Emissions Allowances. Modeling the Price Dynamics in the EU Emission Trading System

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Lucia Duguleana; Lena Iulia Dumitrache; [2010]
    Keywords : Emissions Allowances; Carbon Credits; Energy Variables; Weather Variables; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : The aim of this paper is to characterize the daily price fundamentals of European Union Allowances (EUAs) traded in the EU Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) during the period September 2005 - February 2010. We use GARCH model in order to account for changes in volatility. We split our analysis into two periods according to the two phases of the ETS. READ MORE

  4. 18. An empirical evaluation of Value at Risk

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Martin Gustafsson; Caroline Lundberg; [2009-01-30T09:53:45Z]
    Keywords : Value at Risk; return characteristics; historical simulation; moving average; GARCH; normal distribution; Brentoil; OMXs30; Swedish treasurybills;

    Abstract : In light of the recent financial crisis, risk management has become a very current issue. One of the most intuitive and comprehendible risk measures is Value at Risk (VaR). VaR puts a monetary value on the risk that arises from holding an asset and is defined as the “the worst loss over a target horizon with a given level of confidence”. READ MORE

  5. 19. Transforming the Brute : On the Ethical Acceptability of Creating Painless Animals

    University essay from Centrum för tillämpad etik

    Author : Brent Mittelstadt; [2009]
    Keywords : transforming; brute; nociception; pain; genetic; engineering; manipulation; modification; modify; gene; genes; bernard; rollin; animal; microencephalic; lumps; decerebrate; aml; amls; painless; painlessness; integrity; dignity; rights; companionship; telos; alteration; biomedicine; biomedical; experiment; experimentation; agriculture; farm; suffering; distress; capacity; bioethics; ethics; applied; mice; scn9a; nav1.7; gene; therapy; germ; line;

    Abstract : Transforming the Brute addresses the ethical acceptability of creating painless animals for usage in biomedical experimentation.  In recent decades the possibility of creating genetically decerebrate animals or AMLs for human ends has been discussed in scientific, academic, and corporate communities. READ MORE

  6. 20. Power Estimation of High Speed Bit-Parallel Adders

    University essay from Institutionen för systemteknik

    Author : Anders Åslund; [2004]
    Keywords : Electronics; Power simulations; Pipelining; Adder; Ripple carry; Conditional sum; Brent-Kung; Kogge-Stone; Parallel prefix; VHDL; DSP; Elektronik;

    Abstract : Fast addition is essential in many DSP algorithms. Various structures have been introduced to speed up the time critical carry propagation. For high throughput applications, however, it may be necessary to introduce pipelining. READ MORE