Distribution of distributed generation resources in distribution systems has several advantages, including reducing losses, improving voltage profiles, reducing pollution, and increasing system reliability. However, one of the most important points regarding the placement of these resources in distribution networks is economic issues and the return on investment and the increase in profits from...

This study examines for-profit conversion of the U.S. nursing home sector, focusing on the growth of for-profit chains and the possible decline of independent nonprofit facilities. We take advantage of a natural experiment that occurred during the 1990s, in which for-profit chains and non-profit facilities competed in local markets throughout the country. We address a series of questions concer...

The thesis posits that analytical studies relating to knowledge based industries (especially social media) as rent seeking organization must be revisited. Proponents of cognitive capitalism, especially Autonomist Marxists attribute sources of revenue in knowledge based industries to “rent seeking behavior” departing from Marx’s labor theory of value. Industrial production process requires capit...

The Balanced Scorecard offers a previously unrecognized benefit: a new way of looking at the traditional organizational structure of cost and profit centers. Every unit, by contributing to effective strategy execution, has the opportunity to support and create profit. This capability has important implications for specifying objectives and evaluating the performance of all organizational units....

the present study is an attempt towards remodeling cost, revenue and profit relationship within the network process. the previous models of data envelopment analysis (dea) have been too general in their scope and focused on the input and the output within a black box system, therefore they have not been able to measure various phases simultaneously within a network system. by using these models...

At many circumstances, in heat exchange processes several exchangers were used with different cost laws due to their pressure ratings, materials of construction and exchange3r types. In such circumstances traditional methods of pinch technology can not be led to minimum total annual cost may cause some other disadvantages like more complexity or higher maintenance. In this research work a n...

the main objective of this study was to determine the economical level of inputs applied in production of sugar beet by eglid region farmers. therefore data set was obtained from 55 farmers through interview and completing questionnaire. the farmers were selected based on a two-stage random sampling method.  marginal productivity of inputs was studied using cobb –douglasand transendental produc...