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Showing 1 to 20 of 25 for “"Cost Competitiveness"”.
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A Monte Carlo Analysis of Cost Competitiveness of Chinese and U.S. Fine Chemical Exports to Europe Under Europe’s Energy Crisis
… study examined how energy, labor, and logistics costs interacted to shape the cost competitiveness of U.S. and Chinese fine chemical exports to Europe, using a Monte Carlo simulation parameterized with historical data from 2015-2023, to provide a probabilistic forecast of competitive outcomes. …
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Is cost competitiveness a prerequisite for growth? : application of the theory of comparative advantage in understanding developing countries' export growth in Asia
… that countries benefit from trade even without cost competitiveness and that what matters is the difference between efficiencies at which a country can produce different goods and services within its economy. In reality, however, a significant proportion of trade seems to occur based on cost …
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Evaluation of the PV technology for rural electrification improvement : China market focus
… to individual houses or towns. Third, the cost competitiveness of PV with low labor cost and scale of business is achieved. However, low income of rural population and low level of awareness are barrier to implement PV system in rural region. To solve the issues Chinese government …
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Identifying supply chain strategies of firms with best supply chain performance
… now not only needs to operate at a lower cost to compete, it must also develop its own core competencies to distinguish itself from competitors and stand out in the market. The focus has now moved towards improving operational efficiency to stay competitive. Supply Chain is one of the …
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Advanced anaerobic treatment for energy recovery and improved process economics in the management of biorefinery wastewaters
… offered by bioenergy development requires cost competitiveness of biofuels and their coproducts. This study set out to improve biorefinery process economics and enable more robust techno-economic analyses (TEAs) through a focused analysis and evaluation of the wastewater treatment process …
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Supply chain design and site selection for the expansion of international manufacturing capacity
… use of three types of analysis: 1) A single-site cost analysis of material and inventory flow to an international site; 2) A global manufacturing capacity plan to serve regional markets; and, 3) An evaluation of qualitative risk factors affecting potential site selection. The single-site model …
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Conversion of Switchgrass into Functional Carbon Materials and Food Emulsifiers
… However, the process is limited due to the high-cost and immature technologies. Therefore, the overall goal of this study is to convert switchgrass into high-value and large-volume commodity products, such as hard carbon and natural emulsifier, to increase the economic gain. First, we designed a …
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Decision support tool for costing of the pultrusion process
… is governed by engineering constraints and cost competitiveness. A brief discussion of the process variables and engineering constraints is presented in the first chapter. To analyze the latter and to identify cost centers in production more readily, a computerized cost model was developed. …
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Predictive Modeling for Assessing the Reliability of Bypass Diodes in Photovoltaic Modules
… of PV modules directly impacts the Levelized Cost of Energy (LCOE), which is a metric for cost competitiveness of any energy technology. Further reduction in LCOE of PV through assured long term reliability is necessary in order to facilitate widespread use of solar energy without the need for …
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Long range planning of manufacturing footprint
… facilities a firm deploys can impact a firm's cost competitiveness if implemented incorrectly because of the large capital expenditures and time horizons involved. Boston Scientific, a medical device manufacturer, recognizes the importance of operations strategy in achieving competitive success …
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Plant location strategies in a global network
… involves the development of a simplified cost model. This exposes the current cost competitiveness of the sites under consideration. The sites are also evaluated under a variety of scenarios to determine their performance under future variance in exchange rates. The second analytical …
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The randomized server problem
… point in order to "serve" this request. The cost of this service is the distance between the points where the server "resided" before the service and after the service. A k-server algorithm A must decide which server should be moved at each step. The goal of A is to minimize the total service …
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Prospects for plug-in hybrid electric vehicles in the United States : a general equilibrium analysis
… States over the next century, depending on the cost-competitiveness of the vehicle, the relative cost of refined fuels and electricity, and the existence of an economy-wide carbon emissions constraint. Using a computable general equilibrium model, I evaluated the potential for the PHEV to enter …
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The competitive potential of high-temperature superconductors for power transmission
… thesis examines the competitive potential, on a cost-performance basis, of high-temperature superconductors as compared to conventional transmission lines. Toward this end, a broad survey of the literature on high-temperature superconducting (HTS) cables and tapes was performed. An analysis of …
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Low cost manufacturing of light trapping features on multi-crystalline silicon solar cells : jet etching method and cost analysis
… study was conducted in order to determine low cost methods to improve the light trapping ability of multi-crystalline solar cells. We focused our work on improving current wet etching methods to achieve the desired light trapping features which consists in micro-scale trenches with parabolic …
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Very High Speed Coherent Passive Optical Networks
… for next generation PON. Improving the cost competitiveness of coherent PON is achieved by simplifying receivers and transmitters. The asymmetry of the PON network, with many optical network units (ONUs) and a single optical line terminal (OLT), offers up ways in which the complexity can …
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Structural Local Authority Collaboration in the Netherlands
… to adding value and less uncertainty for lower cost, aimed at local authorities, which underpins the concept of structural collaboration.<br/>This study contributes to a deeper and more meaningful understanding of the long-term and structural benefits of structural procurement collaboration for …
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Fostering the delivery of wind power: an evaluation of the performance of policy instruments in three European Union member states.
… energy policies are built on three pillars: cost competitiveness, security of energy supply, and environmental responsibility. This has brought about the integration of renewable energy sources into national systems with the deployment of policy instruments to make renewable energy sources …
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A pathway to decarbonised energy
… pumped hydro, electric vehicles and heat pumps. Costs of solar photovoltaics and wind have been reducing rapidly over the past decade and this trend is likely to continue in the foreseeable future. This provides opportunities for accelerated large-scale deployment of solar and wind around the …
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A pathway to decarbonised energy
… pumped hydro, electric vehicles and heat pumps. Costs of solar photovoltaics and wind have been reducing rapidly over the past decade and this trend is likely to continue in the foreseeable future. This provides opportunities for accelerated large-scale deployment of solar and wind around the …
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