SPS market analysis

A market analysis task included personal interviews by GE personnel and supplemental mail surveys to acquire statistical data and to identify and measure attitudes, reactions and intentions of prospective small solar thermal power systems (SPS) users. Over 500 firms were contacted, including three ownership classes of electric utilities, industrial firms in the top SIC codes for energy consumption, and design engineering firms. A market demand model was developed which utilizes the data base developed by personal interviews and surveys, and projected energy price and consumption data to perform sensitivity analyses and estimate potential markets for SPS

澳大利亚银行的全球债券筹资

近十年来，澳大利亚银行所筹集的资金中，有相当大的一部分来自境外市场。本文考察了这些筹资活动的不同方面，包括澳大利亚银行在境外市场是否能以低于境内市场的成本筹资，以及在境外市场筹资的澳大利亚银行相对于类似的境外机构，是否要支付一定的溢价。研究发现，在2001年以来的一段时期内，银行在国内市场和境外市场的平均发行成本相差无几。这表明银行有效地利用套利，缩小了国内市场和境外市场筹资成本的差别，从而能在一个使成本最高效化的市场上进行筹资。对澳大利亚银行和相似的美国金融机构的比较则显示，并没有证据证明澳大利亚银行在境外市场筹资时需支付溢价。译者单位：北京大学经济学院（100871

Self-similar approach to market analysis

A novel approach to analyzing time series generated by complex systems, such as markets, is presented. The basic idea of the approach is the {\it Law of Self-Similar Evolution}, according to which any complex system develops self-similarly. There always exist some internal laws governing the evolution of a system, say of a market, so that each of such systems possesses its own character regulating its behaviour. The problem is how to discover these hidden internal laws defining the system character. This problem can be solved by employing the {\it Self-Similar Approximation Theory}, which supplies the mathematical foundation for the Law of Self-Similar Evolution. In this report, the theoretical basis of the new approach to analyzing time series is formulated, with an accurate explanation of its principal points.Comment: Latex file, 17 pages, no figure

Market analysis for Acrean timbers

In the state of Acre (Brazil), keys of development are the valorization of natural resources, which include non-ligneous and timber products. The need to develop a sustainable wood industry lead to assess markets that can be targeted from Acre in an sustainable and economic way. The objective of this analysis is so to highlight the opportunities and the marketing strategies that are the most suitable from a timber business point of view, in the specific context of Acre. Care should be taken that all the conclusions that can be interpreted from this work are valid from a timber business point of view, but these market considerations don’t necessarily prevail on other considerations, such as social or political ones. From a general point of view, Acre State, despite its remote location, is not independent of the globalization process. This means that the market analysis is required to start from the world level markets, and has to deepen progressively down to national, regional and local levels, in order to correctly isolate which are the competitive advantages and disadvantages of the specific Acrean context.

National Market Analysis for Southwestern Herbs

Marketing,