This paper reviews both theoretical and empirical studies of financial transmission rights (FTRs) in the major U.S. wholesale power markets and provides a simple illustrative two-stage model to study the competitive behaviors of electricity generators (wholesale power sellers) and load serving entities (LSEs)(wholesale power buyers) and the welfare effects of FTRs in the restructuring U.S. whol...

Breweries in the United States spend annually 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. ...

The challenge for organizations is to provide a professional development program for senior executives that will prepare them for the strategic level of management and leadership. Executive education has been an evolving process. It has been moving away from the normal pedagogical styles of the traditional classroom to the andragogical styles appropriate for adult learners. Andragogical methodo...

Introduction This report from the Center for Competitive Analysis (CCA) of the University of Missouri is intended to provide basic background information about the Lithography and Commercial Printing (LCP) industry. This industry is designated Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) code 2752, which includes most of the items in North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) codes 32311...

Since their first occurrence in 2008, a rapid increase of new psychoactive substances (NPS) on the recreational drug market has been observed. One class NPS are synthetic opioids, which poses health risk due to high affinity and potency most these compounds for opioid receptors. Four receptor subtypes known, mü-opioid (MOR), delta-opioid (DOR), kappa-opioid (KOR) nociceptin receptor, G protein-...