Il mercato nazionale e locale per l'energia. Il servizio al consumatore finale quale ultimo step di un'unica filiera

2009 ◽  
pp. 153-163
Author(s):  
Barbara Antonioli
Keyword(s):  
Value Chain ◽  
Price Competition ◽  
Local Level ◽  
Energy Market ◽  
Local Market ◽  
End User ◽  
Regulatory Policies ◽  
Real Price ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Critical Aspects

- The reorganization of the energy market, together with an increase in the mobility of resources and the evolution of supply, have reduced borders between national and local market, and both regulatory policies and players' strategies have to consider these renewed environment. The goal of this paper is to make some considerations about the dimension and the interactions between national and locals, up-stream and downstream energy markets, both in terms of value chain phases regulation and of the impact on firms' organization and on the industry as a whole. We want to highlight evident problems of coordination of different rules, the necessity to define a clear national industrial policy (not fragmented at local level), as well as the relevance of the end user prices regulation for liberalized market. In particular, this kind of regulation seems to represent a key point of the current discussion between operators and the energy Authority. The end users price regulation present some critical aspects related to its (contested) limited contribution to a real price competition but, on the other side, had to be considered as a strong protection for domestic customers, as well as a way to reduce information asymmetry.Key words: Energy, competition, regulation.JEL classifications: H1, K2.Parole chiave: Energia, concorrenza, regolazione.

AFRICA’S RENAISSANCE AND POTENTIAL IN THE LEATHER SECTOR WITH REFLECTION TO THE GLOBAL PERFORMANCE

2015 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-17 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mwinyihija M.
Keyword(s):  
Value Chain ◽  
Small And Medium Enterprises ◽  
Middle Level ◽  
Individual Member ◽  
Socioeconomic Indicators ◽  
Value Add ◽  
Medium Enterprises ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Productivity And Competitiveness ◽  
Critical Aspects

Africa’s renaissance is inevitable and rapidly emerging as a reality in tandem with the continent’s continued exploration of its natural resources in a more sustained way than previously done. Currently, the clarion call is to value add, avoid plundering and involve its population through the SME’s to adapt modern methods of entrepreneurship. During the study, critical aspects that are envisaged to trigger the growth and development of Africa, included the entry of major countries of the continent into the global emerging markets such as MINT (Mexico, Indonesia, Nigeria and Turkey) and BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa). For the leather sector, certain socioeconomic indicators such as the youthful participation in the value chain, ownership status, literacy levels and acquired experiences are all contributing to a vibrant sector. It was observed that these indicators if well aligned with individual member states of African Union Commission and structured than productivity and competitiveness of leather products will be attained. As such, ease of either foreign direct investment, local recapitalization and development of the SME’s could become feasible. Indeed, with the emergence of over 300 million youth at middle level income level is construed to start building on the impact of the continents purchasing power. Therefore, Africa needs to respond by address on development of ICT, develop affordable financial support to provide stimulus packages to SME’s (Small and Medium Enterprises) to transform, improve on inter and intra trade to optimize on unexplored synergies and enhance mobility of persons with in Africa as preamble to Africa’s renaissance.

scholarly journals The Impact of Attacks in LEM and Prevention Measures Based on Forecasting and Trust Models

Processes ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 314
Author(s):  
Rui Andrade ◽  
Isabel Praça ◽  
Sinan Wannous ◽  
Sergio Ramos
Keyword(s):  
Renewable Energy Sources ◽  
Trust Model ◽  
Energy Market ◽  
Local Market ◽  
Local Energy ◽  
Multi Agent System ◽  
Security Mechanism ◽  
Agent System ◽  
Multi Agent ◽  
The Impact

In recent years Local Energy Markets (LEM) have emerged as an innovative and versatile energy trade solution. They bring benefits when renewable energy sources are used and are more flexible for consumers. There are, however, security concerns that put the feasibility of the local energy market at risk. One of these security challenges is the integrity of data in the smart-grid that supports the local market. In this article the LEM and the types of attacks that can have a negative impact on it are presented, and a security mechanism based on a trust model is proposed. A case study is elaborated using a multi-agent system called Local Energy Market Multi-Agent System (LEMMAS), capable of simulating the LEM and testing the proposed security mechanism.

scholarly journals The Socio-Economics Dynamics at Distribution of Small Scale Bananas Comodity in West Java

2017 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Fasih Vidiastuti Sholihah ◽  
Rilus A. Kinseng ◽  
Satyawan Sunito
Keyword(s):  
Value Chain ◽  
Price Competition ◽  
Market Access ◽  
Local Level ◽  
Direct Access ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
West Java ◽  
Farmer Groups ◽  
Relationship Capital ◽  
Cooperation Relationship

<p>ABSTRACT<br />The pattern of the commercial banana farm rise the socio-economic dynamics in the value chain banana distribution. In West Java, the exposure to market information make banana farmers get access to the market directly but they have to encounter a domination of big seller (Bandar). This study aimed to analize the types of value chain and the relationships among the actors. This research was conducted in Cugenang, Cianjur, West Java by using qualitative methods of case approach. The results showed seven types of value chain in the banana distribution among the farmers to the consumer which realization the cooperation relationship of information flow, production inputs, and finance. The chain was build based on kinship, relationship farmer groups, relationship capital, and direct access to the market. Farmers related to middlemen for sorting and packing bananas, while relations with Bandar done by middlemen in capital bond. Farmer groups member had relationship with marketers group (BPK) which do grading the quality of bananas. Relations with capital loans bonding between farmer-middleman-Bandar made value chain grew longer and farmers increasingly passive in determining the price. Competition occured between sections of middlemen at the local level because of the dominance Bandar who controlled the market access. BPK independently sell commodities had compete with Bandar who has a network of cooperation in the middleman.<br />Keywords: actor, competition, coorperation, market, value chain</p><p>ABSTRAK<br />Pola pertanian pisang yang komersil memunculkan dinamika hubungan sosial-ekonomi dalam rantai nilai pendistribusian pisang. Di Jawa Barat, terbukanya informasi mengenai pasar membuat petani pisang mendapatkan akses langsung ke pasar namun masih terdapat dominasi penguasa modal besar. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengidentifikasi jenis-jenis value chain (rantai nilai) dan relasi antar aktor pada sistem rantai nilai dalam pemasaran komoditas pisang. Penelitian ini menggunakan desain metode kualitatif yaitu studi kasus di Kecamatan Cugenang, Cianjur, Jawa Barat. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan terdapat tujuh tipe value chain pada distribusi pisang antara petani sampai ke konsumen akhir yang merupakan perwujudan relasi kerjasama aliran informasi, input produksi, dan keuangan. Rantai tersebut dibangun berdasarkan hubungan kekerabatan, hubungan kelompok tani, hubungan permodalan, dan akses langsung ke pasar. Petani berelasi dengan tengkulak dalam hal sortir dan packing, sedangkan relasi dengan Bandar dilakukan oleh tengkulak dengan ikatan modal. Kelompok tani yang masih aktif menjalin relasi dengan bagian pemasar kelompok (BPK) yang melakukan grading kualitas pisang. Relasi ikatan pinjaman modal antara petani-tengkulak-bandar menjadikan rantai nilai semakin panjang dan petani semakin pasif dalam menentukan harga. Persaingan terjadi antar bagian tengkulak pada tingkat lokal daerah karena dominasi akses pasar luar dikuasai oleh Bandar pisang. BPK yang menjual komoditasnya secara mandiri harus bersaing dengan dominasi Bandar yang memiliki jaringan kerjasama di tengkulak.<br />Kata kunci: aktor, kerjasama, persaingan, relasi, value chain</p>

Ibrahim – the cassava starch processor

2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-26
Author(s):  
Eugene Agboifo Ohu
Keyword(s):  
Value Chain ◽  
Cassava Starch ◽  
End Users ◽  
Executive Education ◽  
Local Market ◽  
End User ◽  
Investment Bank ◽  
Cassava Flour ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Local Farmers

Subject area AgriBusiness entrepreneurship Study level/applicability Post-graduate and executive education classes in agribusiness: MBA, Executive Education programmes for senior managers; entrepreneurial studies and workshops for SMEs. Case overview This case study is centred on Ibrahim, a businessman in Tanzania, who decided to start a business to process and sell cassava starch flour. Following a market survey, he realized that the demand for cassava starch surpassed the supply and planned to bridge this gap. To realize his business idea, he applied for and received a loan from an investment bank (Tanzania Investment bank), with which he bought processing machines and some acres of land for the cultivation of the crop. Unfortunately, he encountered a major setback because the sub-standard processing machine he bought stopped working after one week. He could neither repair his equipment nor buy new ones because the bank refused to extend his loan facility. Ibrahim was also having problems meeting a huge international and local demand for his cassava because of inadequate supply of cassava by local farmers. Expected learning outcomes This paper aims to understand the entire cassava value chain, which is made up of three major players: growers, processors and end-users; to understand the business case for opting to focus on one of the three areas, what arguments could be given for being a grower, a processor or an end-user; to understand that there are different types of end-user products: cassava starch flour, high-quality cassava flour, both of which can come from an intermediate product called “grates”; to understand the reason for the paradox, that there is (potentially) a high demand for cassava flour locally, and yet these end-users are not yet willing to patronize the local market because supply is low, and supply is low, not because farmers cannot produce more, but simply because they are not processing more – why is this?; to understand that the “processing” stage seem to be the rate-limiting-stage in the cassava starch production value chain – how can this process be improved?; to understand the case for aggregating local farmers into cooperatives to produce enough cassava roots to feed the need of industrial processors, and aggregators can also collect and pre-process into “grates” before selling to industrial processing companies; and to understand the importance of locating processing plants close to the farms. Supplementary materials Teaching notes are available for educators only. Please contact your library to gain login details or email [email protected] to request teaching notes. Subject code CSS 3: Entrepreneurship.

scholarly journals The impact of modern management accounting techniques in evaluating the financial performance of Iraqi companies

2017 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 619
Author(s):  
Suad Adnan Noman
Keyword(s):  
Financial Performance ◽  
Value Chain ◽  
Performance Indicators ◽  
Management Accounting ◽  
Local Market ◽  
Managerial Accounting ◽  
Modern Management ◽  
Quality Costs ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
The Impact

The goal of current research to study and analyze management accounting tools in terms of concept and species, as well as the definition of the financial performance of economic units, and to highlight the importance of modern management accounting tools as a system of information serves the company researched management in determining the direction by seeking to produce and deliver a product that contribute to it all value chain activities in the company conveyed to quality desired the customer at a price that accept and be prepared to pay compared to the various presentations offered by competitors existing in the local market, has focused problematic research on the impact of managerial accounting tools to improve the financial performance indicators, which included research in his theoretical most modern management accounting tools, the modalities of the financial performance of economic units of measure, the General Company for the manufacture of batteries chosen as one of the formations and the Ministry of industry as a sample to the research, the research sample for the years (2012 - 2016) of the sections of planning and production data were collected from the company, were analyzed according to modern trends of management accounting has been reached Find a set of results, most notably the results of the analysis of indicators of the company research sample a significant reduction in the actual production levels for the annual energies planned levels during the period from 2012 until the end of 2016, while bypassing the actual defective on the allowable ratio in the stages of the production process all of the battery liquid ratios, this has led to a rise in the total actual costs of production, especially of them low-quality costs (represented by the failure of internal and external failure costs).

scholarly journals GLOBALIZATION, STRENGTHENING OF INDONESIAN LOCAL MARKET CHARACTER AS CONSEQUENCES AND REALITY OF OPEN ECONOMIC SYSTEM

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 11-16
Author(s):  
Didin Fatihudin
Keyword(s):  
Economic System ◽  
Production Efficiency ◽  
Development Economic ◽  
Local Market ◽  
Goods And Services ◽  
Regulatory Policies ◽  
Market Expansion ◽  
Resource Wealth ◽  
Natural Resource Wealth ◽  
The Impact

Purpose of Study: Globalization impacts of advances in science, technology and information. Any country in the world including Indonesia can not avoid globalization. There is no time limit, space and territory. There is a pull of two concepts of economic development. Economic growth (Capitalism) or welfare economy (Socialism), or a mixture of both (mixs). Indonesia adheres to the mix. Natural resource wealth is not enough. More important is the quality and character of Indonesia’s strong human resources. Methodology: The growth of goods and services, there are three aspects of character change to improve the welfare of the Indonesian nation; (1) the number of literacy (education); (2) life expectancy (health), and (3) ability of purchasing power (income). Government development and regulatory policies; (1) allocation; (2) distribution; And (3) stabilization is intended solely for income distribution and reducing economic disparities. Result: Exploitation and exploration of production factors, production efficiency, capitalization of capital and market expansion is the impact of globalization. Globalization and the strengthening of local market traits are indications of the consequences of Indonesia’s open economic system. Implications/Applications: The impact of the economic crisis lies not on globalization itself, but lies in the Indonesian national identity itself in addressing Globalization.

A Macroeconomic Analysis of Agricultural Sector in Nigeria

2019 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 18-25
Author(s):  
Isah Funtua Abubakar ◽  
Umar Bambale Ibrahim
Keyword(s):  
Value Chain ◽  
Crop Production ◽  
Agricultural Sector ◽  
Time Series Data ◽  
Tourism Industry ◽  
Series Data ◽  
Size Analysis ◽  
The Real ◽  
Real Gdp ◽  
The Impact

This paper attempts to study the Nigerian agriculture industry as a panacea to growth as well as an anchor to the diversification agenda of the present government. To do this, the time series data of the four agriculture subsectors of crop production, livestock, forestry and fishery were analysed as stimulus to the Real GDP from 1981-2016 in order to explicate the individual contributions of the subsectors to the RGDP in order to guide the policy thrust on diversification. Using the Johansen approach to cointegration, all the variables were found to be cointegrated. With the exception of the forestry subsector, all the three subsectors were seen to have impacted on the real GDP at varying degrees during the time under review. The crop production subsector has the highest impact, however, taking size-by-size analysis, the livestock subsector could be of much importance due to its ability to retain its value chain and high investment returns particularly in poultry. Therefore, it is recommended that, the government should intensify efforts to retain the value chain in the crop production subsector, in order to harness its potentials optimally through the encouragement of the establishment of agriculture cottage industries. Secondly, the livestock subsector is found to be the most rapidly growing and commercialized subsector. Therefore, it should be the prime subsector to hinge the diversification agenda naturally. Lastly, the tourism industry which is a source through which the impact of the subsector is channeled to the GDP should be developed, in order to improve the impact of such channel to GDP with the sole objective to resuscitate the forestry subsector.

Impact of Elected Women Representatives of Panchayati Raj in Physical and Financial and Business Assets Development of Rural Women: A Study among the Rural Women’s of Tiruvannamalai District, Tamil Nadu[1]

2017 ◽  
Vol 4 (24) ◽  
Author(s):  
Kalaichelvi Sivaraman ◽  
Rengasamy Stalin
Keyword(s):  
Rural Women ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Direct Democracy ◽  
Tamil Nadu ◽  
Local Level ◽  
Rural And Urban Areas ◽  
The Government ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Panchayati Raj

This research paper is the part of Research Project entitled “Impact of Elected Women Representatives in the Life and Livelihood of the Women in Rural Areas: With Special Reference to Tiruvannamalai District, Tamil Nadu” funded by University of Madras under UGC-UPE Scheme.The 73rd and 74th amendments of the Constitution of India were made by the government to strengthen the position of women and to create a local-level legal foundation for direct democracy for women in both rural and urban areas. The representation for women in local bodies through reservation policies amendment in Constitution of India has stimulated the political participation of women in rural areas. However, when it’s comes to the argument of whether the women reservation in Panchayati Raj helps or benefits to the life and livelihood development of women as a group? The answer is hypothetical because the studies related to the impact of women representatives of Panchayati Raj in the life and livelihood development of women was very less. Therefore, to fill the gap in existing literature, the present study was conducted among the rural women of Tiruvannamalai district to assess the impact of elected women representatives in the physical and financial and business development of the women in rural areas. The findings revealed that during the last five years because of the women representation in their village Panjayati Raj, the Physical Asset of the rural women were increased or developed moderately (55.8%) and Highly (23.4%) and the Financial and Business Asset of the rural women were increased or developed moderately (60.4%) and Highly (18.7%).

Corruption and Political Order

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hazel Gray
Keyword(s):  
Public Finance ◽  
Local Level ◽  
Economic Transformation ◽  
Political Order ◽  
Capital Flight ◽  
The Political ◽  
Political Actors ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Political Settlement ◽  
The Way

This chapter contrasts the way that the political settlement in both countries shaped the pattern of redistribution, reform, and corruption within public finance and the implications that this had for economic transformation. Differences in the impact of corruption on economic transformation can be explained by the way that their political settlements generated distinct patterns of competition and collaboration between economic and political actors. In Vietnam corrupt activities led to investments that were frequently not productive; however, the greater financial discipline imposed by lower-level organizations led to a higher degree of investment overall in Vietnam that supported a more rapid economic transformation under liberalization than in Tanzania. Individuals or small factional networks within the VCP at the local level were, therefore, probably less able to engage in forms of corruption that simply led to capital flight as happened in Tanzania, where local level organizations were significantly weaker.

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