PUBLIC DECISION GUIDES FOR WATER RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT IN WESTERN CANADA1

The concern of the paper is public river basin development in Western Canada. It attempts to set forth public decision guides and objectives in development of water resource policy. Operational formulations that are useful in public natural resource development and management are considered. Cet article traîte du développement des bassins fluviaux publiques au Canada Ouest. Les auteurs tâchenl de formuler les indications ?opinion publique el les objectifs qui peuvent servir de guides pour arriver à une politique pour le développement des ressources ?eau. Les formulations opérationnelles qui sont utiles dans le développemenl et le ménagement des ressources nalurelles publiques sont aussi considérées.     

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Using Limited Information to Support the Decision to Launch a New Product in the Fruit Juice Market: A Teaching Case Study

Fresh Juice Incorporated (FJI) is in the process of determining whether it should launch a new fruit juice, Genetically Enhanced (GE) Juice. The GE Juice meets consumers' demands for a tasty, nutritious product and it would be the first new juice product in the last fifteen years. Before FJI decides to launch GE Juice, it must analyze the uncertainty surrounding market size, market share, and price of GE Juice. Finally, if FJI decides to launch GE Juice, then they must decide if they will bottle the juice themselves or outsource this process. This case teaches students how to discuss the strategic implications of launching a new product and develop a net present value and financial feasibility simulation model given limited information.     

The Consumer Life Cycle

The field of consumer education needs conceptual frameworks to organize the growing body of existing knowledge and to point to needed research. The use of the familiar life cycle variable for this purpose is proposed. Generalizations, based upon a review of the literature, are offered about the characteristics, typical product and service purchases, marketplace concepts and knowledge, marketplace skills, typical marketplace problems and level of resources of different life cycle stage categories.     

Lessons from My School

This article presents analyses of the National Assessment Program – Literacy and Numeracy (NAPLAN) data and data on other indicators that are made available through the My School website. There are large differences across states and types of schools (independent, Catholic and government) in the Year 3 NAPLAN outcomes, though the differences across states tend to diminish as outcomes for later years of study are examined. Some schools are shown to consistently have academic outcomes better than their characteristics would otherwise indicate; conversely, other schools are shown to consistently have academic outcomes below the levels their characteristics would otherwise indicate. Few of these differences are statistically significant.