Essays about: "modern theory of cost"

Showing result 26 - 30 of 38 essays containing the words modern theory of cost.

  1. 26. Why do members join indigenous informal financial institutions - RoSCAs? : an empirical evidence from equbs in Ethiopia

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Economics

    Author : Bisrat Agegnehu; [2012]
    Keywords : RoSCA; Equb; financial motive; social motive; transaction cost; big size;

    Abstract : Cooperation among human societies can be traced back to the ancient times when people started to live together. There are evidences showing that ancient civilizations had practiced cooperation among themselves from cooperative farming to establishing informal saving and loan associations (www, Umanitoba, 2011). READ MORE

  3. 27. Value-Cost Appraisal of Wind Energy Applying Portfolio Analysis

    University essay from Institutionen för kultur, energi och miljö

    Author : Oliver Moran; [2012]
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    Abstract : To meet electricity demand, electric utilities develop portfolio strategies for generation, transmission, and distributions systems. Portfolio strategies combine different assets in a portfolio (getting the average returns from the assets) but the risk or in other words the variability of these returns is expected to cancel each other out, since one asset is likely to be up when another is down. READ MORE

  4. 28. Cost allocation as a part of the control package -a comparison between theory and practice

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Markus Eriksson; Moa Estmalm; [2011-06-22]
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    Abstract : Background: An increase in global competition and the rapid technological change over the last 40 years have led to an expansion in the use of both financial and nonfinancial information in organizations. Positive and early input from controllers often leads to a more carefully prepared product. READ MORE

  5. 29. Modern Stereo Correspondence Algorithms : Investigation and Evaluation

    University essay from Informationskodning

    Author : Anders Olofsson; [2010]
    Keywords : stereo correspondence; stereo matching; cost function; cost aggregation; image segmentation; plane fitting; RANSAC; graph cuts; belief propagation; disparity; depth estimation;

    Abstract : Many different approaches have been taken towards solving the stereo correspondence problem and great progress has been made within the field during the last decade. This is mainly thanks to newly evolved global optimization techniques and better ways to compute pixel dissimilarity between views. READ MORE

  6. 30. Strategic Environmental Assessment Pre-Study of That Luang Marsh : For Sustainable Development in Vientiane Capital, Lao PDR

    University essay from KTH/Industriell ekologi

    Author : Fredrik Olsson; [2010]
    Keywords : That Luang Marsh; Laos; urban wetland; Strategic Environmental Assessment; SEA; wastewater treatment; Vientiane; sustainable development; flood control; WATER Project; New Town Development Project; constructed wetland; That Luang Marsh; Laos; urbana våtmarksområden; Strategic Environmental Assessment; SEA; strategisk miljöbedömning; vattenrening; Vientiane; hållbar utveckling; översvämningsskydd; WATER Project; New Town Development Project; konstgjorda våtmarker;

    Abstract : IntroductionLao People Democratic Republic (Lao PDR / Laos) has a population of 5.8 million people and is today one of the least developed countries in Asia. That Luang Marsh (TLM) is the largest remaining urban wetland (2000 hectare) in Vientiane Capital, which historically has supplied wildlife and local people with several eco-services. READ MORE