Thesis (M.Sc.)--University of Hong Kong, 1991. / Also available in print.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Wisconsin--Madison, 1970. / Typescript. Vita. eContent provider-neutral record in process. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Wisconsin--Madison, 1973. / Typescript. Vita. eContent provider-neutral record in process. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Delaware, 2006. / Principal faculty advisor: Young-Doo Wang, School of Urban Affairs & Public Policy. Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Kent State University, 2008. / Title from PDF t.p. (viewed Oct. 22, 2009). Advisor: Marvin Troutt. Keywords: manufacturing; spatial analysis; cluster; input-output; forward linkage; backward linkage; key sector; geostatistics; kriging; Kaldor's laws; spatial autocorrelation. Includes bibliographical references.

The deregulating electricity industry is a capital intensive and political sensitive industry (Pretorius, 1998:3). All the deregulation and privatisation incentives are, and continue to be hotly discussed topics by various stakeholders across the world. At the same time, the auditing profession has been the subject of scrutiny specifically after several corporate failures that noticeably include Enron Corporation, one of the world’s largest companies that operated in the deregulated electricity industry in the United States of America (hereafter referred to as the USA). As a result, the auditing profession has been reviewing many audit procedures and core aspects of the profession that has remained contentious issues over a number of years. This study is focussed at the definition and application of engagement risk within the auditing profession and aims to identify those factors present in the current deregulating electricity industry in South Africa that should be considered in the evaluation of engagement risk by the independent auditor. An error in the evaluation of engagement risk of a client can be, and is most likely to be a costly error. Settlement of legal claims may be very costly both in monetary terms and in damage to a firm’s reputation (Odendaal, 2002). Although most claims are successfully defended, the cost of defence is typically very high, including legal costs and the time of senior professionals. Odendaal (2002) refers to “the international liability crisis” as a rise in legal litigation and competition amongst auditing firms have lead auditors to progressively place greater reliance on the client acceptance stage as the first step in their risk control programme. This study continues to focus on engagement risk, specifically within the deregulating electricity industry in South Africa, an industry that is undergoing rapid change. The South African electricity supply industry is currently in the midst of a transition from a vertically integrated and regulated monopoly to an entity that will operated in a competitive market where retail customers will choose the suppliers of their electricity (South Africa, 2000). The old school of thought that considered electric utility power generation, transmission, and distribution a “natural monopoly” has given way to a new school of thought. There is a widespread view among legislators, regulators, industry analysts, and economists that the Electricity Supply Industry (hereafter referred to as the ESI) and Electricity Distribution Industry (hereafter referred to as the EDI) would be more efficient and economical in a competitive market (Energy Information Administration, 2000). The objective is the consolidation of the EDI into Regional Electricity Distributors (hereafter referred to as REDs), created from the distribution assets and operations owned by municipal local governments (Municipalities) and Eskom (Yelland, 2002). From a generation perspective, Eskom is expected to run out of excess generating power in 2006 (Eskom, 2003:57). This means that independent power producers (hereafter referred to as IPPs) are likely to be licensed in the next two years in order to meet South Africa's future electricity requirements. Eskom’s Transmission Group is likely to be the Independent System Operator (hereafter referred to as ISO), a not for profit state owned entity which effectively would manage the Southern African energy market, buying from Eskom and other electricity generators and selling to REDs and neighbouring countries at prices determined by a market pricing mechanism (NER, 2001). As a competitive market for electricity trading has not yet been established in southern Africa, a number of foreign electricity markets have been studied by entities such as the National Energy Regulator (hereafter referred to as the NER) in order to research best practice in formulating a draft energy-trading model for South Africa (NER, 2001). Accordingly this study also focuses on providing the auditor with and understanding of the current and future structure of the electricity industry as well as the regulatory framework and suggested developments. / Mr. A. van der Watt

Foreign ownership and control of major segments of the Canadian economy today, according to many prominent Canadians, present grave problems and offer grim forebodings as to the future ability of Canada to maintain its economic and political independence. In the press, on the political platform, in Parliament, in a Royal Commission Report, and in learned societies, the controversial debate rages with the participants constantly diagnosing the economy's present state of health and busily suggesting a host of remedies. Pre-occupation with the question of foreign ownership and control of the economy is not a twentieth century phenomenon alone. The mining industry of the West Kootenay and Boundary regions of British Columbia in the 1890's—which constituted a significant segment of the economy—was once believed to be almost entirely American owned and controlled, Judge Howay and Dr. Sage, historians, who studied the mining industry in British Columbia, concluded that it was only after 1897 or 1898 that American ownership and control were replaced as "British and Canadian capital began to come into the Kootenays in fairly large quantities." Professor Hansen declared that American activity was strongly in evidence in the mining industry after 1896. Professor Innis stated that the development of lode mining in the Kootenay was the result of the construction of a transcontinental railway which had been primarily designed to handle Pacific Coast traffic. In expanding and focussing the thesis of Professor Innis on the national scene, Professor Creighton insisted that the central objective of national policy after 1867 involved realizing a strong, varied and integrated transcontinental economy. The statements of these authorities have stimulated the present study. New and additional information now has been made available to help to measure the relative control of capital— coastal British Columbian, or interior British Columbian, or other Canadian, or British, or American—in the mining companies of the West Kootenay and Boundary regions, 1890 to 1900. Records pertaining to 1,306 mining companies which were organized and operating in the West Kootenay and Boundary areas at some time between 1890 and 1900 have been examined. Five hundred ten of these companies were either foreign registered or were extra-provincially registered or licensed companies. Information concerning them could only be obtained by examining the British Columbia Gazette and current mining journals. Usually the source of capital has been assumed to be identical with the area of incorporation and with the locale of the head office. Considerably more information is now available on the 762 incorporated companies in British Columbia. Annual returns containing names, and addresses of shareholders and directors and the value of stock held by them provided the means to determine the source of capital for most of these companies. The writer classified these names under the various sources or nationalities. He then determined the total value of stock held by each of these sources for the 762 locally incorporated companies. The source or nationality controlling the company could thus be frequently ascertained. To obtain this information, the writer examined the files of 2,174 companies whose records are preserved on microfilm. The source of capital of a company—if it could be determined—has been noted for the year in which the company was incorporated or registered. This practice has appeared to be satisfactory as examination of annual reports has shown a remarkable absence of transfer of capital control from one group to another. The study is then confined to an examination and comparison of the source of capital of mining companies as determined by the year of incorporation or registration. The thesis is an inductive one. In addition to the above assumptions, lack of sufficient and reliable evidence on the source of capital of 214 companies has caused these companies to be classed under the category of insufficient information. The financial operations and the reasons for the success of a few companies and the reasons for the failure of many companies are examined. Changes in the control and ownership of many of the more important corporations are noted. Important capitalists, promoters and political figures who played a prominent role in financing companies are noted. The basic patterns and trends in capital formation, 1890 to 1900, and in a more general fashion, the trends from 1901 to 1914 are traced. In the period before 1890, the few companies established after the completion of the transcontinental line of the Canadian Pacific Railway in 1885 are briefly described. In the 1890 to 1900 period, American owned companies declined relatively as Canadian and British owned companies increased, but there were always significant numbers of American companies. The Canadian companies played an active role as one of the main agents in stemming the pervasive American influences in the region. After 1898, as Canadian capital controlled a second east-west railway in the South Kootenay and Boundary country, and as Canadians owned the major smelter, the Canadian and British owned mining corporations assisted in integrating the regions into the new Canadian transcontinental economy. Within the eleven year period, 1890 to 1900, three subsidiary movements of capital flow occurred. The first two, from 1890 to 1894—chiefly to the Slocan,—and from 1895 to 1897— chiefly to Rossland—followed the basic pattern of the major movement with an initial heavier emphasis on American capital, and a later swing to Canadian and British capital. The last movement, from 1898 to 1900, followed a different course as there was no large early influx of American capital. It only became more prominent at the end of the movement. Consolidations of mining corporations paralleling consolidations in the other major industries of the Province characterized the period from 1901 to 1914. The Canadian owned Consolidated Mining and Smelting Company, a gargantuan concern by 1914, and even then almost synonymous with mining in the Kootenay, had expanded rapidly after its beginning in 1905. Its growth epitomized the era of consolidation before World War I. / Arts, Faculty of / History, Department of / Graduate

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Boston University / Statement of the Problem. - The major thesis is that cyclical sensitivity of New England Standard Metropolitan Areas is a function of any one or a combination of the following variables: 1. specialization in manufacturing industries as opposed to non-manufacturing industries, 2. specialization in durable goods industries as opposed to non-durable goods industries, 3. specialization in a few major "S.I.C. two-digit" manufacturing industries, 4. degree of transition in the structure of manufacturing [TRUNCATED]

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