Fit for planning? An evaluation of the application of development viability appraisal models in the UK planning system

The aim of this paper is to critically examine the application of development appraisal to viability assessment in the planning system. This evaluation is of development appraisal models in general and also their use in particular applications associated with estimating planning obligation capacity. The paper is organised into four themes: · The context and conceptual basis for development viability appraisal · A review of development viability appraisal methods · A discussion of selected key inputs into a development viability appraisal · A discussion of the applications of development viability appraisals in the planning system It is assumed that readers are familiar with the basic models and information needs of development viability appraisal rather than at the cutting edge of practice and/or academ

Fit for Planning? An Evaluation of the Application of Development Viability Appraisal Models in the UK Planning System

The aim of this paper is to critically examine the application of development appraisal to viability assessment in the planning system. This evaluation is of development appraisal models in general and also their use in particular applications associated with estimating planning obligation capacity. The paper is organised into four themes: · The context and conceptual basis for development viability appraisal · A review of development viability appraisal methods · A discussion of selected key inputs into a development viability appraisal · A discussion of the applications of development viability appraisals in the planning system. It is assumed that readers are familiar with the basic models and information needs of development viability appraisal rather than at the cutting edge of practice and/or academe.

The Distribution Function: at the Heart of managing Cultural-Product Industries

Cultural industries (music, publishing, movies, television) faced similar trends in recent years : growing importance of distribution, raising costs in promotion, concentrating demand on fewer products, restructuring value added chain. Internet was considered, at a given time, as a lever to promote diversity and to support an expanding creation ; on a contrary, its development contributed to increase concentration and give more importance to prescription and distribution portals. Our communication aims at analyzing precisely the role of distributors in the chain value of cultural industries : aggregating demand, prescribing cultural goods to consumers, contractor for producers. We study distribution comparing more specifically three models of cultural industries : book publishing, movie theaters and television. These models provide with a conceptual framework considering distribution as a network structure. They help to report trends at stake in cultural industries : mass distribution and dematerialization, transforming business models...distribution

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The Market Reaction to Legal Shocks and Their Antidotes: Lessons from the Sovereign Debt Market

In October 2000 a hedge fund holding an unpaid debt claim won an enormous victory against the debtor, the Republic of Peru, through an opportunistic interpretation of the common pari passu clause by a Brussels court. This development was met by charges from policy makers and practitioners that the court\u27s decision (its novel interpretation of the pari passu clause) would lead to a dramatic increase in the risks of holdout litigation faced by sovereign debtors. Over the ensuing years, multiple reform solutions were proposed including the revision of certain contractual terms, the filing of amicus briefs in a key case, and the imposition of an international bankruptcy regime for sovereigns. The question, looking back, that this Article empirically investigates is whether the capital markets actually perceived a significant increase in risk at the time of the October 2000 Brussels court decision. Equally important is whether markets discriminate among competing versions of the pari passu clause based on their relative risks for holdouts. And, to the extent the markets did react to the increase in legal risk, did any of the antidotes that were implemented to reduce the supposed increased holdout risk work? We offer evidence that bond prices did respond to this legal shock, that markets do discriminate based on the relative holdout risk posed by differing forms of the pari passu clause, and provide surprising evidence regarding the efficacy of the government-sponsored antidote, the advent of collective action clauses

The Unimportance of Being Efficient: An Economic Analysis of Stock Market Pricing and Securities Regulation

Part I of this article describes how perceptions that market efficiency is an important regulatory objective have influenced the development of securities law. For illustration, Part I examines the role of market efficiency goals in recent debates on the scope of insider trading liability, on trading in stock index futures, and on mandatory disclosure of merger negotiations. Part II then evaluates the notion that more efficient stock markets necessarily produce more optimal resource allocation. A closer look at the economic consequences of stock prices suggests that the principal function of stock prices is not resource allocation but rather the redistribution of wealth among investors. Consequently, more efficient public stock markets may contribute little to allocative efficiency., Part III presents reasons why legal rules designed to improve market efficiency may, on the whole, produce social losses. It concludes that enhancing market efficiency should not be a goal of securities regulation and describes significant policy changes that would follow from the abandonment of efficiency as a goal

The value of nonlinear control theory in investigating the underlying dynamics and resilience of a grocery supply chain

In an empirical context, a method to use nonlinear control theory in the dynamic analysis of supply chain resilience is developed and tested. The method utilises block diagram development, transfer function formulation, describing function representation of nonlinearities and simulation. Using both ‘shock’ or step response and ‘filter’ or frequency response lenses, a system dynamics model is created to analyse the resilience performance of a distribution centre replenishment system at a large grocery retailer. Potential risks for the retailer’s resilience performance include the possibility of a mismatch between supply and demand, as well as serving the store inefficiently and causing on-shelf stock-outs. Thus, resilience is determined by investigating the dynamic behaviour of stock and shipment responses. The method allows insights into the nonlinear system control structures that would not be evident using simulation alone, including a better understanding of the influence of control parameters on dynamic behaviour, the identification of inventory offsets potentially leading to ‘drift’, the impact of nonlinearities on supply chain performance and the minimisation of simulation experiments

A Statistical Based Model to Manage Perishable Goods Within a Cold Supply Chain

Cold chain management, the management of a temperature sensitive supply chain, has its own particular set of logistical challenges and issues when compared to a non-temperature sensitive supply chain. Current supply chain management techniques and tools that are utilized today in industry do not take this unique set of challenges into account. This thesis will focus on how using a model that has been built upon the theories of statistical process control techniques that does take the challenges into account, when monitoring and evaluating in-transit shipment of perishable goods throughout the cold supply chain, can assist in continuously improving the cold supply chain, accomplishing the ultimate goal for every perishables retailer, delivering cheaper, better, and fast moving products, that are not only safe but top quality products to happy end customers world-wide. The goal of this thesis is to educate individuals involved in cold supply chain management in the deficiencies of the current techniques used in industry to manage a supply chain and how a new statistically based process improvement model, which takes in account the perishable nature of cold supply chain products, can assist in the cold supply chain management and improvement process. For this expanding market, optimizing the increasing volumes of temperature-sensitive material flow through the cold supply chain is not only needed but required due to the fact that the current state of the management of the cold supply chain is negatively affecting product quality and all financial bottom lines in the food industry. In addition, new and emerging pressures, stricter guidelines on quality control, improved methods and technologies for transporting perishable goods, plus tougher food safety and public health regulations, have compounded the need for cold supply chain management tools and models that aid in making cold supply chain improvements. The logistical handling of perishable food products and the quality of a cold supply chain has gained new attention since poor cold chain management can result in billions and billions of dollars of wasted perishable products for businesses. Beef patties, for example, which have a quality standard of -10oF, if delivered at -6oF will be dehydrated, may now have a different cooking time than that recommended on the package, a deteriorated taste and also be subject to bacterial growth. Consequently, the consignee could refuse the shipment, implement charge backs, suffer losses due to deteriorated product, litigate or find a different carrier. With more regulations being applied to a cold supply chain looming, businesses with a cold supply chain require tools and models that are currently unavailable to assist in managing the cold supply chain\u27s logistic practices and processes to ensure optimal outcome of such temperature sensitive goods ultimately improving bottom lines, which is especially important since most businesses who are involved in a cold supply chain run on razor thin profit margins. This thesis has been designed to help such mentioned individuals in their cold supply chain management via a statistically based proven cold supply chain model for continuous improvement

Landings, vol. 21, no. 4

Landings content emphasizes science, history, resource sustainability, economic development, and human interest stories related to Maine’s lobster industry. The newsletter emphasizes lobstering as a traditional, majority-European American lifeway with an economic and social heritage unique to the coast of Maine. The publication focuses how ongoing research to engage in sustainable, non-harmful, and non-wasteful commercial fishing practices benefit both the fishery and Maine\u27s coastal legacy. Maine Lobstermen’s Community Alliance (MLCA) started publication of Landings, a 24-page newsletter in January 2013 as the successor of the Maine Lobstermen’s Association (MLA) Newsletter. As of 2022, the MLCA published over 6,500 copies of the monthly newsletter for distribution by mail to all of Maine’s commercial lobstermen, Maine state government agency staff, Maine Legislators, members of Maine\u27s U.S. Congressional delegation, subscribers, and marine businesses. For more information, please visit the Maine Lobstermen’s Community Alliance (MLCA) website. Headlines in this issue include: More Maine Lobster Processing, More Value Maine Lobster MSC-Certified, Finally! Fishermen’s Forum Shows Heart of Maine\u27s Fishing Communities Sustainability and the Maine lobster fishery You call this a Maine lobster? A life that’s tough, but beautiful Global Climate Change and You: eMILT tells a tale of warmth Kristan Proter, Cutler Maine Lobster Takes Center State at Boston Seafood Show Jewelry from sea glass and silver Lobster Bycatch, Marketing and Alewives Debated at Legislature MLA Says No to Weakening Pesticide Rules MLA Tracks Marine Mammal Science Opening Groundfish Closed Areas Maine Dredging Projects US/Canadian Lobster Town Meeting TAA Update Panel Discusses Marketing and Profitability Maine Lobstermen’s Association 59th Annual Meeting Lobster science programs robust, despite budget woes River herring critical for vitality of Maine fisheries What can lobster shells do for you? Cozy Harbor Certified by the British Massachusetts Contemplates Sale of Lobster Tails NOAA to Conduct Survey’s in Penobscot Bay Next Month DMR Spring Trawling Survey Starts in May Lobster Tops List as Canada’s Most Valuable Seafood Export The Maine Lobstermen’s Community Alliance in Actio