Microeconomic Policy Environment – An Analytical Guide for Managers

A Guide for Program Managers

poor nutrition at school age. It brings together a consortium of countries, donor organisations and centres of academic excellence to design and test strategies to improve the health and education of school-age children. The Partnership has international agency support from UNDP, WHO, UNICEF, The World Bank and British DFID, and is sustained through support from participating governments, the R...

A Concise Guide for Managers

Microeconomic Policy and Technological Change

My assigned topic is the question: Can policymakers spur or deter technological change? The question is to be addressed from a micro perspective, by examining policies regarding research and development (R&D), patents, and competition. Since there is no point in keeping the reader in suspense, I shall argue that government policy plays a major role in influencing the rate of technological chang...

An Analytical Model for Innovating Localization Policy

The concept of a “localization policy” (local content) is a tool often used to support industrial growth with the domestic market. The localization policy has supported the heavy electro-mechanical industry in Taiwan for years, with bolstered research and development (R&D) and technological transfer approaches. The industry now can develop products to compete with international brands. The entr...

Guide for Energy and Plant Managers

Annually, breweries in the United States spend over $200 million on energy. Energy consumption is equal to 3 – 8% of the production costs of beer, making energy efficiency improvement an important way to reduce costs, especially in times of high energy price volatility. After a summary of the beer making process and energy use, we examine energy efficiency opportunities available for breweries....