...Management for Energy Efficiency Projects in Developing Countries 1 Paul Kleindorfer * * The Paul Dubrule Chaired Professor of Sustainable D evelopment, Distinguished Research Professor at INSEAD Social Innovation Centre, Boule vard de Constance, 77305 Fontainebleau , France and Anheuser-Busch Professor Emeritus of Man age ment Science and Publi c Pol icy, The Wharton School of the Universi ty of Pennsylvani a Ph: +33 (0) 1 60 72 91 28 Email: paul.kleindorfe r@insead.edu A working paper in the INSEAD Working Paper Series is intended as a means whe reby a faculty researcher's thoughts and findings may be communi ca ted to interested readers. The paper should be considered preliminary in nature and may require re vi sion. Printed at INSEAD, Fontainebleau, France. K indly do not reproduce or circulate without permission. 1 Paper prepared for the UNIDO Project “If industrial energy efficiency pays, why is it no t happening?” Risk Management for EE Projects (V3) 15/3/2010 2 Risk Management for Energy Efficiency Projects in D eveloping Countries Abstract/Summary The present paper addresses risk management fundame ntals for energy efficiency (EE) projects in developing countries. The starting point for th is paper is that there are many profitable EE projects in nearly every industrial enterprise that are simply not implemented. Four problems are often identified as the culprits for failing to harvest such projects: 1) lack...
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...9-609-066 REV: MARCH 4, 2010 STEFAN THOMKE BARBARA FEINBERG De esign Th hinking and I Innovation at Apple Th hink different. — Apple Advertising Slogan, 1997 e 7–2002 By the beginnin of March 2010, weeks after the dramatic debut of its iPad, A y ng Apple’s share price remai ined in the US$ 200 range, where it had hovered for more than f six month U d for hs—signaling solid g financ strength and future gr cial a rowth prospec as world e cts economies, an businesses continued t reel nd s, to from the worst rec cession since the Great De epression. Wit a market c th capitalization of nearly US 200 S$ billion and annual sales appro n oaching $50 b billion, Apple was now w e worth more t than the indu ustrial giant General Elec ctric and exce eeded the val of Sony C lue Corporation b a factor of five, even th by hough both f firms had larg revenue b ger bases. All the more amazin ngly, a scant 12 years earlie when Steve Jobs er, e return to Apple, the company share pric had hovere around $5 and the futur was uncert ned , y’s ce ed re tain at best. J Jobs, after all had already been fired fr l, y rom the firm he co-founde almost a d ed decade earlier and r, he wa coming bac when the c as ck company was nearly writte off. Even s through th difficult pe s en so, hat eriod, the co commitme to produc design and development had stayed a ore ent ct t alive. Sin being fou nce unded in 197 Apple has been consid 76, s dered a leading designer and integrat of tor computer hardwa and softw...
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...not related Lars Løkke had worked in Anders Fo gh d, e ogh’s governm ment, first as interior and h health minis ster and then as minister of finance. A he formed a new gove As d ernment, Lars Løkke soug to s ght develop a set of long-term economic and social plans that would keep Denma internatio l ark onally competitive, despite its large pu ublic sector an costly welf nd fare spending However, s g. short-term rea action to the worldwide economic do e ownturn dom minated policy discussions. A long-stan y . nding debate about joinin the Eurozo was given new saliency when the European Ce ng one n entral Bank lowered its ra on ate “refin nancing opera ations,” which provided liq h quidity to the Eurozone, ju days befor Lars Løkke took e ust re e office. Denmark was a member of the Europ w r pean Union but had retain its own cu ned urrency, the k krone. Likew wise, plans for rmulated a year ago to ex xpand the Dan nish workforc by looseni labor rule and ce ing es reduc cing welfare benefits had b b become unpop pular as unem mployment in ncreased. An nders Fogh Rasmussen had left a mixed legacy. Denm d d mark benefite from a balanced govern ed nment budge little publi debt, and lo unemploy et, ic ow yment. But its internationa reputation had suffered from s al d contro oversies over immigration. As the lo r ongest ruling Liberal Part (Venstre) prime minist in g ty ter mode Danish hi ern istory, Ander Fogh had led a centerrs -right coalitio governme that developed on ent strict immigration...
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...Disclaimer for the Skill Gap Report: NSDC engaged IMaCS (ICRA Management Consulting Services Limited) to prepare this report, which is based on independent research and analysis done by IMaCS. This report is not based or derived from any other report or research paper. Any similarity with any other paper may purely be a co-incidence. All rights reserved. All copyright in this report and related works is solely and exclusively owned by NSDC. The same may not be reproduced, wholly or in part in any material form (including photocopying or storing it in any medium by electronic means and whether or not transiently or incidentally to some other use of this presentation), modified or in any manner communicated to any third party except with the written approval of NSDC. This report is for information purposes only. While due care has been taken during the compilation of this report to ensure that the information is accurate to the best of IMaCSs’ and NSDC’s knowledge and belief, the content is not to be construed in any manner whatsoever as a substitute for professional advice. IMaCS and NSDC neither recommend nor endorse any specific products or services that may have been mentioned in this report and nor do they assume any liability or responsibility for the outcome of decisions taken as a result of any reliance placed in this report. Neither IMaCS nor NSDC shall be liable for any direct or indirect damages that may arise due to any act or omission on the part of the user due to...
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...Mittal Akhil Gupta Chua Sock Koong N. Kumar Ajay Lal Craig Ehrlich Pulak Prasad Rakesh Bharti Mittal Tan Yong Choo Evan Mervyn Davies Rajan Bharti Mittal Hui Weng Cheong Nikesh Arora Salim Ahmed Salim Tsun-yan Hsieh Manoj Kohli Table of contents Corporate information Performance at a glance rformance Chairman's message airman's CEO (International) & JMD's message O (Internation onal) on CEO (India & South Asia)'s message O (India dia Corporate social responsibility rporate po Directors' report rectors' e Management discussio & analysis nage agement discussion ssio ssion Report on corporate governance governance port ver ve Secretarial audit report report cretarial o Standalone financial stateme with Aud ors' report Auditors' ndalone a statements ments me e uditors r Consolidated financial statements with Auditors' report nsolidated financial statements w i nt with t 2 3 4 6 8 10 0 1 14 24 30 47 48 103 1 Bharti Airtel Annual Report 2010-11 Corporate information Board of directors Mr. Sunil Bharti Mittal Chairman & Managing Director Mr. Manoj Kohli CEO (International) & Joint Managing Director Non-executive directors Mr. Ajay Lal Mr. Akhil Gupta Ms. Chua Sock Koong Mr. Craig Ehrlich Lord Evan Mervyn Davies Mr. Hui Weng Cheong Mr. N. Kumar Mr. Nikesh Arora Mr. Pulak Prasad Mr. Rajan Bharti Mittal Mr. Rakesh Bharti Mittal H.E. Dr. Salim Ahmed Salim Ms. Tan Yong Choo Mr. Tsun-yan Hsieh Website http://www.airtel.com Registered...
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