This paper presents the user-friendly plug-andcharge mechanism defined in the ISO/IEC 15118 standard which enables an automatic authentication, authorisation, and billing procedure during the charging process of an electric vehicle. The various certificates, their application in a public key infrastructure as well as the interplay with a clearing house are explained – illustrated using the Germ...

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The NCEC project was a joint venture between China and Europe to deliver Internet-based distance education in China. The project was proposed in 1995, sponsored by the European Union since 1998, and finally completed in 2002. This paper shows how the NCEC project was planned and developed, and the importance of its role in the history of Internet application development in China.

Often entrepreneurs and investors agree to governance mechanisms that resemble joint control – neither agent has dominant control of the firm, and corporate decisions unspecified in the initial contract are made only with the approval of both agents. This contradicts theoretical predictions that joint control is suboptimal, except under some limited circumstances. I develop a theoretical model ...

islamic venture capital is one of the new methods of islamic finance which despite gaining approval of many professionals about its special advantages and efficiency, it has not been adequately considered by islamic finance experts. hence, most studies conducted so far have only introduced mudharabah and musharakah for financing in the process of islamic venture capital while it is possible to ...

Venture capital companies play an important role in the economy of countries and greatly influences economic and employment growth. VC is the provision of capital for companies and entrepreneurs that is prone to leaping and growing value and, of course, a lot of risk. However, the volume of venture capital in our country is far less than the economic capacity. Many of analysts consider having n...

Introduction: Patient's response to drug brand is a comprehensive physiological and psychological effect which might impact the compliance and efficacy of drugs. Whether the therapeutic outcome altered on patients with brand response after they experience drug switch is not clear. Methods: 459 outpatients with mild-to-moderate depression were divided into the imported (joint venture) drug group...

ii PREFACE This study is a result of a successful joint-venture with my adviser Prof. Dr. Muhittin Gökmen. I am thankful to him for his continuous assistance on preparing this project. Special thanks to the assistants of the Computer Vision Laboratory for their steady support and help in many topics related with the project.

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Edith Penrose was one of the first scholars to point out that firms may need to rely on research joint ventures (RJVs) to acquire access to resources that can help them achieve and sustain a competitive advantage. We estimate an econometric model of the propensity of firms to disclose their intension to engage in RJVs, in order to explain the recent precipitous decline in RJVs filed with the U....