Since 2001, the membrane industry has made significant strides in reverse osmosis technology, especially in seawater reverse osmosis. Hydranautics has been in the forefront of this development. Four years ago, SWC3 was the leading seawater membrane in the industry with a capacity of 5900 gpd and 99.7% average sodium chloride rejection at standard test conditions. Today, the SWC5 leads the indus...

This paper tests for changes in firms' production and pricing decisions in four industries in which firms have sharply increased their financial leverage. The analysis of product price and quantity data show that industry product market decisions are associated with capital structure. In three industries, output is negatively associated with the average industry debt ratio. In the one industry ...

Despite the growing importance of privatization in economic reform programs, little is known about its empirical effects on wages. Using individual-level data from Mexico, I estimate the effects of privatization on industry wages in four cases: the commercial airlines, Teléfonos de México, Siderúrgica Mexicana, and the commercial banks. I find that: (1) privatization is associated with statisti...

China’s heating industry is a coal-fired industry with serious environmental issues. CO2 emissions from the heating industry accounted for an average 6.1% of China’s carbon emissions during 1985–2010. The potential for reducing emissions in China’s heating industry is evaluated by co-integration analysis and scenario analysis. The results demonstrate that there is a long-run equilibrium relatio...

Olav Sorenson Is it more difficult to start a new business in an emerging industry or in a mature one? The density dependent model of organizational ecology argues that the age of the industry itself is irrelevant. The number of firms currently occupying the market niche determines the competitive structure of the industry. Nevertheless, population-level learning predicts historical asymmetry i...

This article analyzes the organizational model of the dental health industry. The main organizational leaders in this industry are the professional cooperatives and group dental insurance companies. The theoretical basis of the article is the organizational theory developed by Di Maggio and Powell. The dental health industry consists of a great number of small and very dynamic companies, howeve...

Seed industry is an important basic industry in agricultural, an emerging industry as well. However, the new varieties are driving force and providing source for seed industry development. How extending the new varieties to the most appropriate place are important issues that seed industry needs to address. East of North China as an example, the county for the evaluation unit, on the basis of a...

Introduction The tourism industry in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) is projected to grow at an average rate of 5%, one of the highest rates globally (UNWTO, 2006). Despite this phenomenal projection, benefits accruing from the tourism industry have failed to translate to significant socio-economic development especially at the local levels and the involvement of local communities has been minimal (Kh...

This workshopoutlines the progress that has been made on the TAUS Dynamic Quality Framework (DQF) in the past year and introduces the TAUS Quality Dashboard where all stakeholders in the global translation services can monitor their performance using industry-shared metrics and benchmark themselves against industry average productivity and quality. The TAUS DQF integration with translation tool...