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University of California: Berkeley, California: Berkeley is the oldest of the UC campuses and serves as the flagship of California's public university system. The Associated Students of the University of California ASUC wanted to deploy a renewable energy system, but needed a way to finance it. In a virtually unanimous vote, the students and Graduate...; Tags: Telecom & Utilities, PowerLight Corp., University of California, solar energy, renewable energy, California, finance, benefit, environment; Case studies
The Commercial Dissemination of Photovoltaic Systems in Kenya: The commercial market for solar photovoltaic PV home systems has been active in Kenya for over 10 years. Over 80,000 solar home systems SHSs have been sold, providing power to over 1% of the rural population of roughly 25 million people. The total installed capacity is over two megawatts MWp,...; Tags: Manufacturing, University of California, photovoltaics, power supply; Case studies
Metasys Is the Cornerstone of Massive University of California System University: More and more, facility managers and operators are finding solutions to their specialized efficiency and cost-reduction needs by linking diverse equipment through their building automation systems. When the facilities design and construction team at the University of California, San Diego UCSD started planning to upgrade and expand their control system,...; Tags: Johnson Controls Inc., University of California; Case studies
A Naturalistic Approach To The Theory Of The Firm: The Role Of Cooperation And Cultural Evolution: One reason why firms exist, this paper argues, is because they are suitable organizations within which cooperative production systems based on human social predispositions can evolve. In addition, paper shows how an entrepreneur - given these predispositions - can shape human behavior within a firm. To illustrate these processes, paper...; Tags: theory, performance; White papers 2007-05-01
Explaining Cross-Country Productivity Differences In Retailing: In poor countries, measured productivity of the retail sector tends to be much lower than in the U.S. I present evidence that this productivity gap is largely accounted for by the limited presence of "Modern" retailers, such as supermarkets and hypermarkets, in poor countries. Modern retailers in poor countries are...; Tags: Retail, retail company, developing country, income, U.S., car; White papers 2007-03-20

FDI And The Composition Of Tasks: Evidence From Linked Employer-Employee Data: Theories of offshoring stress that it generates international trade in tasks and as such affects the composition of tasks performed at home. Detailed information is used about the employees at German multinationals to analyze how the firms' foreign activities affect the demand for different types of tasks. The effect on...; Tags: worker, foreign direct investment, theory; White papers 2007-03-09
Visual Prototyping Of Audio Applications: This paper describes an architecture that enables visual prototyping of real-time audio applications and plugins. Visual prototyping means that a developer can build a working application, including user interface and processing core, just by assembling elements together and changing their properties in a visual way. The paper addresses the problem...; Tags: user interface, design pattern, plug-in; White papers 2007-03-01
Human Resources And Benefits Briefing: How prepared do you feel for your retirement? Watch for a new planning tool, coming soon, that will help you see the big picture and make plans for a secure retirement. California Casualty, through its A+ Auto & Home Insurance Program recently introduced Identity Theft Resolution Service, a new benefit...; Tags: Benefits, University of California, identity theft, benefit, Human Resources, tool; White papers 2007-02-01
Human Capital, Bankruptcy And Capital Structure: We derive a firm's optimal capital structure and managerial compensation contract when employees are averse to bearing their own human capital risk, while equity holders can diversify this risk away. In the presence of corporate taxes, our model delivers optimal debt levels consistent with those observed in practice. It also...; Tags: Capital structures, Benefits, University of California, leverage, capital structure, human capital, bankruptcy, compensation, equity, tax; White papers 2006-12-05
Considerations In Change Management Related To Technology: The authors describe the complexity of social processes for implementing technological change. Once a new technology is available, information about its availability and benefits must be made available to the community of users, with opportunities to try the innovations and find them worthwhile, despite organizational resistances. The authors reviewed the...; Tags: Leadership, University of California, innovation, change management, benefit; White papers 2006-08-09
Insurance Underwriter or Financial Development Fund: What Role for Reserve Pooling in Latin America?: This paper explores two routes through which the pooling of reserves through FLAR could enhance stability and welfare in Latin America. First, the reserve pool could be used for emergency lending in response to sudden stops. Insofar as the incidence of sudden stops differs across countries, pooling would allow the...; Tags: University of California, reserve, Latin America, insurance; White papers 2006-07-01
Bounded Rationality in Pricing Under State Dependent Demand: Do Firms Look Ahead? How Far Ahead?: The authors propose an empirical procedure to investigate the pricing behavior of manufacturers and retailers in the presence of state dependent demand. Rather than assuming that firms are perfectly forward looking and accordingly solving for dynamic equilibria that would arise in the presence of state dependence, the authors systematically evaluate...; Tags: Pricing, Marketing research, University of California, pricing strategy; White papers 2006-07-01
The Highs And Lows Of Revenue Forecasting: The Fiscal Responsibility Laws FRL being implemented around the world inevitably involve a tradeoff between fiscal discipline and flexibility. Accurate, unbiased revenue forecasts mitigate this tradeoff by helping policymakers facing stricter anti-deficit laws avoid emergency cuts and helping to realistically assess feasibility of expenditure commitments in countries with more flexible...; Tags: Operational accounting, revenue forecast, tradeoff, revenue; White papers 2006-07-01
Productivity, Criticality And Pleasure: A study of the so-called New Media Arts and in HCI is a fascinating microcosmic case of the problem of the two cultures. HCI and Digital Media Arts are approximately the same age and utilize similar technologies, yet the intellectual, philosophical and theoretical traditions from which they arise are starkly...; Tags: University of California, digital media, motivation; White papers 2006-04-22
Integrated Supply Chain Design Models: Optimization models, especially nonlinear optimization models, have been widely used to solve integrated supply chain design problems. In integrated supply chain design, the decision maker needs to take into consideration inventory costs and distribution costs when the number and locations of the facilities are determined. The objective is to minimize...; Tags: Supply chain management (SCM), University of California, supply chain, survey; White papers 2006-02-01
Applying Robust Methods to Operational Risk Modeling: In 2001, the Basel Committee of the Bank of International Settlements BIS released new regulatory guidelines on operational risk that have been finalized in 2004, BIS (2004). Since then, the financial industry has been directing substantial effort into developing qualitative and quantitative framework for the operational risk management. Several books...; Tags: Research & Development, Strategy, Financial services, University of California, regulatory guideline, modeling, Basel II, risk management, Sarbanes-Oxley Act, bank, technique, financial, industry; White papers 2005-12-31
New Product Development in a Global Knowledge Network: The Notebook PC Industry: The design and development of notebook computers illustrates the use of global knowledge networks to extend the innovative capabilities of a firm. By looking closely at the product development process in one industry, we are able to understand better how global knowledge networks can be organized, how knowledge work is...; Tags: Notebooks, Strategy, Product marketing, University of California, notebook computer, product development process, knowledge, New Product Development, notebook, product development, industry, computer; White papers 2005-12-15
Adaptive SubchipMultipath Resolving For Wireless Location Systems: Reliable positioning of cellular users in a mobile environment requires accurate resolving of overlapping multipath components. However, this task is difficult due to fast channel fading conditions and data ill-conditioning, which limit the performance of least-squares-based techniques. This paper develops two overlapping multipath resolving methods adaptive and nonadaptive, and shows...; Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Performance management, technique, positioning, performance, mobile, wireless; White papers 2005-12-08
Contractual Versus Generic Outsourcing: The Role of Proximity: This paper explores the relationship between proximity of buyers and sellers and the organizational form of outsourcing. Outsourcing can be "Contractual" in which suppliers undertake specific investments or involve "Generic" market transactions. Proximity expands the variety of products sourced through contracts abroad rather than at home, but the range of...; Tags: University of California, outsourcing, workforce, supplier; White papers 2005-12-01
Heterogeneous Risk and Initial Wealth in Promotion Contests: This paper examines promotion contests in which the agents are heterogeneous in risk-aversion. It shows that agents that are less risk-averse have a higher probability of success. A corollary to this result shows that when absolute risk aversion is decreasing in wealth, wealthier agents have a higher probability of promotion....; Tags: Real estate, University of California, agent; White papers 2005-11-14