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Showing 1 to 16 of 16 for “"Supply risk"”.
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Firm's Optimal Resource Portfolio under Consumer Choice, and Supply and Demand Risks
… firm under a consumer choice model with supply and demand risks. The firm sells two products that are vertically differentiated, and has the option to invest in both dedicated and flexible resources. Our objective is to understand the effectiveness of the two hedging mechanisms, resource …
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Trading natural gas in the Asia Pacific: Theory and evidence
Some vital factors concerning supply risk, new trading players, price deregulation and market power pose continuing debates about the development of the gas trade in the Asia Pacific. This thesis presents several novel numerical models to analyse how these issues affect the gas markets. The …
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Assessing byproduct mining and metal recycling as indicators of material criticality
… A quantitative and detailed investigation for supply risk indicators is necessary to further understand the risk associated with specific materials. This thesis investigates two aspects related to material criticality: 1) the status of a metal being produced as a byproduct; 2) The market impact …
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Greenhouse Gas Optimization Across a Multi-Echelon Manufacturing and Distribution Network
… industrial emissions are attributable to the supply chain and will need to be drastically reduced to meet emission goals set forth by the United Nations Paris Agreement. Possibilities including renewable energy technologies for manufacturing and sustainable vehicles for transportation already …
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Įmonių priklausomybės nuo globalių tiekėjų rizikų valdymas /
… of this work is to determine the importance of risk management when companies are dependent on the functionality of global suppliers. This final bachelor’s thesis consists of three main parts: 1) analysis of scientific literature, 2) analysis and discussion of research methodology and research …
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Characterization of the CRM occurrences in ore deposits of Sardinia
… last decades concerns have increased about the supply for specific elements and minerals, essential to high-end industrial applications and for the green-technologies transition. Starting from 2017, and updated to 2020, the European Commission defined a list of elements, namely the Critical Raw …
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Recycling neodymium-iron-boron magnet alloy by direct sulfation with SO₂ gas
… as MRI machines or electric cars. Due to the supply risk associated with these magnet alloys, investigating a recycling method for neodymium from electronic waste has become critical. However, there are some challenging aspects associated with these rare earth magnets when producing an …
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Biorefinery feedstock availability and price variability : case study of the Peace River region, Alberta
… of this research was to quantify feedstock supply risk over the lifetime of an agricultural residue-based (straw and chaff) biorefinery and to determine the range of delivered prices. The Peace River region of Alberta was used as a case study for analysis, with a geographic information …
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Assessing the criticality of germanium as a by-product
… production is currently nowhere near its supply potential, many sources cite germanium, a by-product material produced primarily from zinc and coal, as a critical metal. Current methods for assessing criticality include frameworks that rely on geopolitical risk metrics, geological …
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Enhancing the design and procurement of single-use assemblies in biomanufacturing by implementing modular specifications
… bid on each design, increasing commercial risk. Finally, each Amgen site must maintain required inventory levels of its specific assemblies, with few opportunities to optimize safety stock between facilities. The goal of this project is to evaluate the hypothesis that increasing the usage …
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The reconfiguration of the global supply chains of critical materials: behaviours and outcomes in the cobalt sector
Why are contemporary raw material supply chains structured as they are? This dissertation explores what shapes the supply chains of ‘critical materials’, metals and minerals which are of high economic importance and are at risk of supply shortage. The research focusses on cobalt, a metal mined …
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Modelling electricity price risk for the valuation of power contingent claims : the case of Nord Pool
… to be determined by the fundamental rules of Supply and Demand, which brought a substitution from Supply Risk pre-regulation, to Price risk, thus increasing the necessity of hedging using derivatives such as futures and options and therefore brought the issue of pricing these derivatives into …
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Integrating Critical Raw Materials into Energy System Optimization Models: Approaches for More Informed Energy System Planning
L'abstract è presente nell'allegato / the abstract is in the attachment
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Recovery of rare earth elements (REE) from waste printed circuit boards (WPCBs) through heterotrophic bioleaching
… gaining attention as these elements are at high supply risk, and the environmental impacts of mining them are of concern. Global REE recycling rates remain below 1%. Waste printed circuit boards (WPCBs) represent a valuable source of critical materials (e.g., Cu, Au, REE). However, the recovery …
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Mine to Table: Technology and Policy Strategies for Sustainable Mineral Supply Chains in the Low-Carbon Energy Transition
… and recycling components of mineral supply chains. We consider unit processes and environmental impacts to establish the material processing improvements and policy mechanisms most capable of supplying the low-carbon energy transition and limiting environmental impacts. There are …
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Essays in asset prices and macroeconomics
… an endogenously determination of housing supply, in combination with consumer's preference for housing services, the model also delivers a series of regularities about housing variables (risk premium, volatility and auto-correlation). In addition to, the model generates a more significant …