Less is more when it comes to eating healthy and the same can be said of alternating current (AC) voltage inside industrial plants. By using active voltage regulation which incorporates voltage monitoring at the load, an industrial facility can save energy and better protect their equipment and systems. In the early spring of 2007, Plum Creek Timber Company (Plum Creek), Flathead Electric Coope...

An increasing number of organizations are involved in the development of strategic information systems for effective linkages with their suppliers, customers, and other channel partners involved in transportation, distribution, warehousing and maintenance activities. An efficient inter-organizational inventory management system based on data mining techniques is a significant step in this direc...

This article addresses the supply and pricing of backup power to be provided by local distribution companies to industrial self-generators. Optimal self-generation investment and backup power contracting strategies for self-generators are characterized. The paper characterizes welfare-optimal pricing and second-best pricing for a local distribution company (Disco). The paper shows that optimal ...

Dividends distribution of Chinese listed companies is irregular, and the level of dividends can’t match that of earnings persistence. This paper empirically investigates the relationship between dividends distribution, including payout policy and level of cash dividends, and earnings persistence. Different from current literature, this paper is the first to investigate the relationship between ...

Research summary: This paper studies the coordination burden for firms that pursue variety as their main product strategy. We propose that product variety magnifies the tension between scale economies in production and scope economies in distribution, giving rise to complex sourcing relationships. Sourcing complexity worsens performance and poses a dilemma for organization design: A hierarchica...

It is clear that Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) are the most common type of business among other types businesses, but being able to register as a Limited Liability Company legal entity by far popular form in Indonesia. As result, Law Number 11 2020 concerning Job Creation was passed with aim improving climate creating widest possible employment opportunities. This regulation stipu...

In this paper, after a systematic presentation of the theoretical background European Union regulation, we examine Hungarian regulation and legal practice (using websites five listed companies Budapest Stock Exchange Corporate Governance Recommendations) in connection with identification shareholders by company, verifiability exercise shareholder's rights, remuneration policy reporting public c...