Originally published in 1983, Broadman and Montgomery present an agenda for further research into deregulated natural gas markets by relating natural gas production, transmission and distribution with the economic function of contracts and local distribution companies. This work raises fundamental issues that could arise with the deregulation of the natural gas industry and outlines analytical methods that could be used to predict any problems that might arise and possible changes to policy. This title is of interest to students of Environmental Studies and professionals.

The electricity market has experienced enormous setbacks in delivering on the promise of deregulation. In theory, deregulating the electricity market would increase the efficiency of the industry by producing electricity at lower costs and passing those cost savings on to customers. As Electricity Deregulation shows, successful deregulation is possible, although it is by no means a hands-off process—in fact, it requires a substantial amount of design and regulatory oversight. This collection brings together leading experts from academia, government, and big business to discuss the lessons learned from experiences such as California's market meltdown as well as the ill-conceived policy choices that contributed to those failures. More importantly, the essays that comprise Electricity Deregulation offer a number of innovative prescriptions for the successful design of deregulated electricity markets. Written with economists and professionals associated with each of the network industries in mind, this comprehensive volume provides a timely and astute deliberation on the many risks and rewards of electricity deregulation.

Contains four papers which discuss deregulation of specific service industries and question the progress of and obstacles to regulatory reform.

This comprehensive text providing clear insight into the principles and practices of management with real-life examples and cases, now in its third edition, updates and revise chapters in lights of recent advances in the area. It discusses whole gamut of management beginning from its introduction, evolution, communication to the latest powerful and necessary tools such as QMS and Six Sigma, which are used to drive quality improvement in a company. KEY FEATURES • Case studies at the end of each chapter with related thought-provoking discussion questions. • Clearly labelled, self-explanatory diagrams and tables to support concept. • Review Questions, Chapter Summary, Glossary and List of Abbreviations. WHAT IS NEW TO THIS EDITION • Introduces strategies and issues of Corporate Respect and Corporate Social Responsibilities. • Incorporates a new chapter on ‘Six Sigma’ and revised chapters on Management and Society, TQM and QMS. • Includes several new case studies to give hands-on experience and professional orientation to the students. TARGET AUDIENCE • BBA/MBA • B.Com/M.Com