Desalination 223 (2008) 448–456 Water desalination cost literature: review and assessment Ioannis C. Karagiannis*‚ Petros G. Soldatos Agricultural University of Athens‚ Department of Agricultural Economics & Rural Development‚ 75 Iera Odos Street‚ GR 11855 Athens‚ Greece Tel. +30 210 5294769; Fax +30 210 5294776; email: i.karagiannis@aua.gr Received 21 December 2006; accepted 28 February 2007 Abstract As water resources are rapidly being exhausted‚ more and more interest is paid to the desalination
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Science and Engineering‚ City University of Hong Kong‚ Kowloon‚ Hong Kong. Accepted 3 February‚ 2010 1 Cross-cultural management is often regarded as one of the disciplines in international management focusing on cultural encounters between what are perceived as well-defined and homogeneous entities: the organization and the nation-state and offering tools to handle cultural differences seen as sources of conflict or miscommunication. Hence‚ there is a pressing need to understand the cultural
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1. The chief economist for Argus Corporation‚ a large appliance manufacturer‚ estimated the firm’s short-run cost function for vacuum cleaners using an average variable cost function of the form. AVC= a + bQ+ cQ^2 (the 2 is suppose to be exponent) Where AVC=dollars per vacuum cleaner and Q=number of vacuum cleaners produced each month. Total fixed cost each month is $180‚000. The following results were obtained: Dependent Variable:AVC R-Square
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Open University of Malaysia WORKPLACE ENVIRONMENT AND ITS IMPACT ON EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE A study submitted to Project Management Department in Saudi Aramco BY Nowier Mohammed Al-Anzi Open University of Malaysia 2009 i Open University of Malaysia WORKPLACE ENVIRONMENT AND ITS IMPACT ON EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE A study submitted to Project Management Department in Saudi Aramco Nowier Mohammed Al-Anzi 51060418 Project Paper Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirement for the Degree of
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What Is the Real Cost Of Employee Turnover The employee turnover rate and the retention of skilled employees is a major problem businesses face. "Conservative estimates put the cost of replacing a lost employee at 25 percent of the annual compensation amount. For the typical full time employee who earns $38‚481 and receives $50‚025 in total compensation‚ the total cost of turnover would amount to $12‚506 per employee." This being the case employee turnover is a major cost and can significantly
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“What’s Your Major?” At a young age‚ we’re always asked “What do you want to be when you grow up?” My answer at first was to be a social worker. As time passed and I got older that same question was asked again but this time my answer wasn’t a social worker but a cop. Every time that one question was asked‚ my answer would change maybe it was because of the situation I was in and the help I would get from the police‚ social worker‚ and teachers it made me admire them. Time once again went by and
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Everyday Applications What is your EQ? Lucas Ward 1. Imagine you’re on an airplane and it suddenly begins rolling dramatically from side to side. What would you do? (It would not be rolling. It would be pitching from side to side) answer- c. a little of A and B. 2. Imagine that you expect to earn an A in a course you are taking‚ but you get a C on your midterm exam. What would you do? Answer- A. Develop a specific plan to improve your grade‚ and resolve
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"Social Media and its Affect on Your Brain" Social Media sites such as Facebook‚ MySpace‚ and Twitter are popular worldwide‚ but studies show that they may be affecting your brain in ways you didn ’t know. Studies have linked excessive social media usuage to increased spending‚ overeating‚ low self-esteem and much more. The popularity of social networking sites has rapidly increased over the past few years. Social networks provide many kinds of services and benfits to its users like helping them
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We already know that following are the important cost concepts related to the production process of a firm: • Fixed Cost • Varibale Cost • Average Cost • Marginal Cost please refer to following page Introduction to Cost Concepts to understand various cost concepts in detail. Here we will briefly state again the meaning of above stated cost concepts for better understanding of the module on short run cost analysis. Fixed Cost is that cost which does not change (that is either goes up or
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their operations into cost or profit centers. It is a management and strategic decision for companies to decide which divisions should be cost centers and which ones should be profit centers. . A cost center may actually provide services that could generate a profit if they were offered on the open market. But in most corporate environments‚ cost centers are not expected to generate a profit and operation costs are treated as overhead. Departments that are typically cost centers include information
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