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    Cheltenham, UK : Edward Elgar Publishing
    ISBN: 9781035325252 , 9781789900118
    Language: English
    Pages: ix, 439 Seiten , Illustrationen, Diagramme, Karten
    Series Statement: Research handbooks in urban studies series
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    Keywords: Stadtplanung ; Komplexität ; City planning ; Stadtplanung ; Komplexität
    Abstract: Contents: Introduction to the handbook on cities and complexity / Juval Portugali -- Part I: Foundations -- 1. Cities, complexity and beyond / Juval Portugali -- 2. The emergence of complexity theories: An outline / Hermann Haken -- 3. City systems and complexity / Michael Batty -- 4. Major transitions in the story of urban complexity / Stephen Marshall and Nick Green -- Part II: Complexity theories of cities -- 5. Complexity: The evolution and planning of towns and cities / Peter M. Allen -- 6. Synergetic cities / Juval Portugali and Hermann Haken -- 7. Co-evolution as the secret of urban complexity / Denise Pumain -- 8. Fractal geometry for analyzing and modeling urban patterns and planning sustainable cities / Pierre Frankhauser -- 9. Scaling, fractals and the spatial complexity of cities / Yanguang Chen -- 10. Cybernetic cities: Designing and controlling adaptive and robust urban systems / Carlos Gershenson, Paolo Santi and Carlo Ratti --
    Abstract: Part III: Complexity, language and cities -- 11. New concepts in complexity theory arising from studies in the field of architecture: An overview of the four books of the nature of order with emphasis on the scientific problems which are raised / Christopher Alexander -- 12. The dialectic as driver of complexity in urban and social systems / Alan Penn -- Part IV: Modeling complex cities -- 13. Modelling car traffic in cities / Vincent Verbavatz and Marc Barthelemy -- 14. Studying the dynamics of urban traffic flows using percolation: A new methodology for real-time urban and transportation planning / Nimrod Serok, Orr Levy, Shlomo Havlin and Efrat Blumenfeld Lieberthal -- 15. The simple complex phenomenon of urban parking / Itzhak Benenson and Nir Fulman -- Part V: Complexity, planning and design -- 16. Complexity and uncertainty: Implications for urban planning / Stefano Moroni and Daniele Chiffi --
    Abstract: 17. Tailoring nudges to self-organising behavioural patterns in public space / Koen Bandsma, Ward S. Rauws and Gert de Roo -- 18. Evolutionary games in cities and urban planning / Sara Encarna.o, Fernando P. Santos, Francisco C. Santos, Margarida Pereira, Jorge M. Pacheco and Juval Portugali -- 19. Homo faber, homo ludens and the city: A sirnia view on urban planning and design / Juval Portugali Epilogue: cities and complexity in the time of COVID-19. / Hermann Haken, Juval Portugali, Michael Batty, Stephen Marshall, Nick Green, Peter M. Allen, Pierre Frankhauser, Carlos Gershenson, Alan Penn, Vincent Verbavatz, Marc Barthelemy, Daniele Chiffi, Stefano Moroni, Koen Bandsma, Ward S. Rauws and Gert de Roo -- Index
    Note: Includes bibliographical references and index
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  • 2
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    Northampton : Edward Elgar Publishing
    ISBN: 9781789900125
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (456 Seiten)
    Series Statement: Research handbooks in urban studies series
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    Keywords: Stadtplanung ; Komplexität ; City planning ; Electronic books ; Stadtplanung ; Komplexität
    Abstract: Contents: Introduction to the handbook on cities and complexity / Juval Portugali -- Part I: Foundations -- 1. Cities, complexity and beyond / Juval Portugali -- 2. The emergence of complexity theories: An outline / Hermann Haken -- 3. City systems and complexity / Michael Batty -- 4. Major transitions in the story of urban complexity / Stephen Marshall and Nick Green -- Part II: Complexity theories of cities -- 5. Complexity: The evolution and planning of towns and cities / Peter M. Allen -- 6. Synergetic cities / Juval Portugali and Hermann Haken -- 7. Co-evolution as the secret of urban complexity / Denise Pumain -- 8. Fractal geometry for analyzing and modeling urban patterns and planning sustainable cities / Pierre Frankhauser -- 9. Scaling, fractals and the spatial complexity of cities / Yanguang Chen -- 10. Cybernetic cities: Designing and controlling adaptive and robust urban systems / Carlos Gershenson, Paolo Santi and Carlo Ratti --
    Abstract: Part III: Complexity, language and cities -- 11. New concepts in complexity theory arising from studies in the field of architecture: An overview of the four books of the nature of order with emphasis on the scientific problems which are raised / Christopher Alexander -- 12. The dialectic as driver of complexity in urban and social systems / Alan Penn -- Part IV: Modeling complex cities -- 13. Modelling car traffic in cities / Vincent Verbavatz and Marc Barthelemy -- 14. Studying the dynamics of urban traffic flows using percolation: A new methodology for real-time urban and transportation planning / Nimrod Serok, Orr Levy, Shlomo Havlin and Efrat Blumenfeld Lieberthal -- 15. The simple complex phenomenon of urban parking / Itzhak Benenson and Nir Fulman -- Part V: Complexity, planning and design -- 16. Complexity and uncertainty: Implications for urban planning / Stefano Moroni and Daniele Chiffi --
    Abstract: 17. Tailoring nudges to self-organising behavioural patterns in public space / Koen Bandsma, Ward S. Rauws and Gert de Roo -- 18. Evolutionary games in cities and urban planning / Sara Encarna.o, Fernando P. Santos, Francisco C. Santos, Margarida Pereira, Jorge M. Pacheco and Juval Portugali -- 19. Homo faber, homo ludens and the city: A sirnia view on urban planning and design / Juval Portugali Epilogue: cities and complexity in the time of COVID-19. / Hermann Haken, Juval Portugali, Michael Batty, Stephen Marshall, Nick Green, Peter M. Allen, Pierre Frankhauser, Carlos Gershenson, Alan Penn, Vincent Verbavatz, Marc Barthelemy, Daniele Chiffi, Stefano Moroni, Koen Bandsma, Ward S. Rauws and Gert de Roo -- Index
    Note: Includes bibliographical references and index
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  • 3
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    Northampton, MA : Edward Elgar Pub
    ISBN: 9781784711740
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (576 p) , cm
    Series Statement: Edward Elgar E-Book Archive
    Series Statement: Research handbooks in business and management
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Handbook of employee commitment
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Handbook of employee commitment
    DDC: 658.314
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    Keywords: Mitarbeiterbindung ; Verhalten in Organisationen ; Personalführung ; Nationalkultur ; Wissenschaftliche Methode ; Employee loyalty ; Electronic books ; Mitarbeiter ; Unternehmen ; Soziale Bindung ; Mitarbeiter ; Organisationshandeln ; Commitment ; Führung
    Abstract: Introduction -- 1. Employee commitment: an introduction and roadmap / J.P. Meyer -- Part I Conceptualization of commitment -- 2. Commitment as a unidimensional construct / H.J. Klein and H. Park -- 3. Commitment as a multi-dimensional construct / N.J. Allen -- 4. Multiple foci of workplace commitments / T.E. Becker -- Part II related constructs -- 5. A motivational model of employee attachment to an organization / M. Gagné and J. Howard -- 6. Organizational commitment and employee engagement: 10 key questions / S.L. Albrecht and O.J. Dineen -- 7. Job embeddedness, employee commitment and related constructs / B.C. Holtom -- 8. Organizational identification / R. van Dick -- 9. Psychological contracts / S.D. Hansen and Y. Griep -- Part III foci of commitment -- 10. Occupational commitment / J.P. Meyer and J.A. Espinoza -- 11. Social commitments / C. Vandenberghe -- 12. The rise, decline, resurrection, and growth of union commitment research / P. Horsman, D.G. Gallaghar and E.K. Kelloway -- 13. Action commitments / J.P. Meyer and B.K. Anderson -- Part IV consequences of commitment -- 14. Employee turnover and absenteeism / I.R. Gellatly and L.M. Hedberg -- 15. Employee commitment and performance / D.J. Stanley and J.P. Meyer -- 16. Counterproductive work behavior / B. Marcus -- 17. Employee commitment and well-being / A.C. Chris, E.R. Maltin and J.P. Meyer -- 18. Affective consequences of workplace commitments / H.J. Klein and C.T. Brinsfield -- Part V drivers of commitment -- 19. Individual differences as causes of the development of commitment / M.E. Bergman and V.A. Jean -- 20. Person-environment fits as drivers of commitment / A.E.M. van Vianen, M.R.W. Hamstra and J. Koen -- 21. Strategic human resource management and organizational commitment / K. Jiang -- 22. Organizational leadership and employee commitment / M. Trivisonno and J. Barling -- 23. Employee empowerment and organizational commitment / H.K. Laschinger, E. Read and Z. Junhong -- 24. Perceived organizational support / F. Stinglhamber, G. Caesens, L. Clark and R. Eisenberger -- 25. Organizational justice and employee commitment: a review of contemporary research / D.R. Bobocel and F. Mu -- Part VI commitment across cultures -- 26. Understanding commitment across cultures / S.A. Wasti -- 27. Commitment in Europe / J. Felfe and J. Wombacher -- 28. Employee commitment in China / A. Newman and D. Wang -- 29. An examination of the social-institutional, cultural, and organizational antecedents of commitment in India / V.L. Dhir, N.L. Bremner and S. Datta -- 30. Commitment in the Middle East / A. Cohen -- 31. Organizational commitment: a Latin American soap opera / L.M. Arciniega -- Part VII methodological issues -- 32. A contemporary update on testing for measurement equivalence and invariance / R.J. Vandenberg and N.A. Morelli -- 33. Tracking change in commitment over time: the latent growth modeling approach / K. Bentein -- 34. Capturing the process of committing: design requirements for a temporal measurement instrument / W. van Olffen, O.N. Solinger and R.A. Roe -- 35. Person-centered research strategies in commitment research / A.J.S. Morin -- Part VIII conclusion -- 36. Employee commitment: a back and moving forward / J.P. Meyer.
    Abstract: A high level of employee commitment holds particular value for organizations owing to its impact on organizational effectiveness and employee well-being. This Handbook provides an up-to-date review of theory and research pertaining to employee commitment in the workplace, outlining its value for both employers and employees and identifying key factors in its development, maintenance or decline. Including chapters from leading theorists and researchers from around the world, this Handbook presents cumulated and cutting-edge research exploring what commitment is, the different forms it can take, and how it is distinct from related concepts such as employee engagement, work motivation, embeddedness, the psychological contract, and organizational identification. Examining topics such as high-commitment work systems, work attitudes and motivation, the Handbook provides integration with related literatures. Internationally applicable, sections also discuss the implications of culture differences for commitment and present the latest developments in research methods and analytic techniques that can be used to advance our understanding of commitment. Comprehensive and engaging, the Handbook of Employee Commitment is essential reading for commitment scholars and researchers interested in the latest developments in the field as well as for international scholars who will benefit from its guidance on how to approach research in unique cultures. It will also prove of prime interest to managers and management consultants with its wealth of suggestions to guide evidence-based practice
    Note: Contributors include: S.L. Albrecht, N.J. Allen, B.K. Anderson, L.M. Arciniega, J. Barling, T.E. Becker, K. Bentein, M.E. Bergman, D.R. Bobocel, N.L. Bremner, C.T. Brinsfield, G. Caisens, A.C. Chris, L. Clark, A. Cohen, S. Datta, V.L. Dhir, O.J. Dineen, R. Eisenberger, J.A. Espinoza, J. Felfe, M. Gagné, D.G. Gallagher, I.R. Gellatly, Y. Griep, S.D. Hansen, L.M. Hedberg, M.R.W. Hamstra, B.C. Holtom, P. Horsman, J. Howard, V.A. Jean, K. Jiang, Z. Junhong, E.K. Kelloway, H.J. Klein, J. Koen, E.R. Maltin, B. Marcus, J.P. Meyer, N.A. Morelli, A.J.S. Morin, F. Mu, A. Newman, H. Park, E. Read, R.A. Roe, O.N. Solinger, H. Spence Laschinger, D.J. Stanley, F. Stinglhamber, M. Trivisonno, R. Van Dick, W. Van Olffen, A.E.M. Van Vianen, R.J. Vandenberg, C. Vandenberghe, D. Wang, S.A. Wasti, J. Wombacher , Includes bibliographical references and index
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  • 4
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    Cheltenham : Edward Elgar Pub. Ltd
    ISBN: 9781784716387
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (1 v) , cm
    Series Statement: Edward Elgar E-Book Archive
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Migration and remittances
    DDC: 338.9/5
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    Keywords: Rücküberweisungen ; Wirkungsanalyse ; Entwicklungsländer ; Emigrant remittances ; Economic development ; Asia Economic conditions ; Asia Social conditions ; Asia Emigration and immigration ; Economic aspects ; Electronic books ; Electronic books ; Electronic books ; Electronic books ; Migration ; Kulturvermittlung ; Überweisung ; Entwicklungsländer
    Abstract: At a time when remittances are widely recognised as of growing importance for development in many countries, John Connell and Richard Brown present this comprehensive overview of the role of remittances in economic and social development. They investigate various topics including reflections on methodology, the motives and determinants of remittances, their socio-economic impacts, the particular role of community organisations and social remittances, and the broad social and cultural impacts of remittances. They pay special attention to small island and Central Asian states, where remittances are of particular significance and explore the recent historical evolution of remittances and the policy implications in both sending and receiving countries
    Abstract: Dilip Ratha, Sanket Mohapatra and Elina Scheja (2011), 'Impact of Migration on Economic and Social Development: A Review of Evidence and Emerging Issues' -- Hein de Haas (2006), 'Migration, Remittances and Regional Development in Southern Morocco' -- Richard P.C. Brown, Gareth Leeves and Prabha Prayaga (2014), 'Sharing Norm Pressures and Community Remittances: Evidence from a Natural Disaster in the Pacific Islands' -- Partha Deb, Cagla Okten and Una Okonkwo Osili (2010), 'Giving to Family versus Giving to the Community Within and Across Generations' -- Rafael Alarcón (2002), 'The Development of the Hometown Associations in the United States and the Use of Social Remittances in Mexico' -- Abdoulaye Kane (2010), 'Charity and Self-help. Migrants' Social Networks and Health Care in the Homeland' -- Jeffrey H. Cohen (2011), 'Migration, Remittances and Household Strategies' -- Russell King, Mirela Dalipaj and Nicola Mai (2006), 'Gendering Migration and Remittances: Evidence from London and Northern Albania' -- John Connell and Dennis Conway (2000), 'Migration and Remittances in Island Microstates: A Comparative Perspective on the South Pacific and the Caribbean' -- Dono Abdurazakova (2011), 'Social Impact of International Migration and Remittances in Central Asia' -- Hein de Haas (2005), 'International Migration, Remittances and Development: Myths and Facts' -- Jørgen Carling (2007), 'Interrogating Remittances: Core Questions for Deeper Insight and Better Policies' -- John Gibson, Geua Boe-Gibson, Halahingano Rohorua and David McKenzie (2007), 'Efficient Remittance Services for Development in the Pacific'
    Abstract: Recommended readings (Machine generated): Robert E.B. Lucas (2008), 'Reported and Informal Remittances: How Much? Who Sends? Who Benefits?' -- Nazli Choucri (1986), 'The Hidden Economy: A New View of Remittances in the Arab World' -- Mohammed El Qorchi, Samuel Munzele Maimbo and John F. Wilson (2003), 'Informal Funds Transfer Systems: An Analysis of the Informal Hawala System' -- Richard H. Adams, Jr. (2011), 'Evaluating the Economic Impact of International Remittances on Developing Countries Using Household Surveys: A Literature Review' -- Dean Yang (2011), 'Migrant Remittances' -- J. Edward Taylor (1999), 'The New Economics of Labour Migration and the Role of Remittances in the Migration Process' -- Ester Hernandez and Susan Bibler Coutin (2006), 'Remitting Subjects: Migrants, Money and States' -- Jørgen Carling and Kristian Hoelscher (2013), 'The Capacity and Desire to Remit: Comparing Local and Transnational Influences' -- Henry Rempel and Richard A. Lobdell (1978), 'The Role of Urban-to-Rural Remittances in Rural Development' -- Flore Gubert (2002), 'Do Migrants Insure Those who Stay Behind? Evidence from the Kayes Area (Western Mali)' -- Bénédicte de la Brière, Elisabeth Sadoulet, Alain de Janvry and Sylvie Lambert (2002), 'The Roles of Destination, Gender and Household Composition in Explaining Remittances: An Analysis for the Dominican Sierra' -- L. Le De, J.C. Gaillard and W. Friesen (2013), 'Remittances and Disaster: A Review' -- A.S. Oberai and H.K. Manmohan Singh (1980), 'Migration, Remittances and Rural Development. Findings of a Case Study in the Indian Punjab' -- Richard H. Adams, Jr. (1998), 'Remittances, Investment and Rural Asset Accumulation in Pakistan' -- Pablo Acosta, Pablo Fajnzylber and J. Humberto Lopez (2007), 'The Impact of Remittances on Poverty and Human Capital: Evidence from Latin American Household Surveys' -- Richard P.C. Brown, John Connell and Eliana V. Jimenez-Soto (2014), 'Migrants' Remittances, Poverty and Social Protection in the South Pacific: Fiji and Tonga' -- Richard H. Adams Jr. and John Page (2005), 'Do International Migration and Remittances Reduce Poverty in Developing Countries?' -- Robert Goldfarb, Oli Havrylyshyn and Stephen Mangum (1984), 'Can Remittances Compensate for Manpower Outflows: The Case of Philippine Physicians' -- Catalina Amuedo-Dorantes and Susan Pozo (2010), 'Accounting for Remittance and Migration Effects on Children's Schooling'
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  • 5
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    Northampton, Mass : E. Elgar Pub
    ISBN: 9781781007365
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xvi, 380 p)
    Series Statement: Edward Elgar E-Book Archive
    Series Statement: Advances in ecological economics series
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Serafy, Salah el, 1927 - Macroeconomics and the environment
    DDC: 338.9/27
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    Keywords: Umweltökonomische Gesamtrechnung ; Umweltökonomik ; Makroökonomik ; Environmental economics ; Natural resources Accounting ; Electronic books ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Wirtschaft ; Nachhaltigkeit ; Umweltökonomie ; Makroökonomisches Modell
    Abstract: pt. 1. Introduction -- pt. 2. Concepts of income and capital -- pt. 3. The user cost and its detractors -- pt. 4. Methodological tools -- pt. 5. Policy matters -- pt. 6. Conclusion.
    Abstract: Though scientists and environmentalists have long expressed concern over the rapid deterioration of the global environment, economists have largely failed to recognize the issues relevance to their field. Salah El Serafy argues for an increased focus on the economic aspects of environmental degradation, calling for a fundamental shift in how economists measure and discuss national income
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  • 6
    ISBN: 9780857930149
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xi, 250 p) , ill., port
    Series Statement: New horizons in the economics of sport
    Series Statement: Edward Elgar E-Book Archive
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als The economics of sport, health and happiness
    DDC: 338.47796
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    Keywords: Sport ; Sportpolitik ; Freizeitverhalten ; Zufriedenheit ; Gesundheit ; Industrieländer ; Well-being ; Sports Economic aspects ; Electronic books ; Konferenzschrift 2010 ; Sport ; Gesundheit ; Wohlbefinden ; Sportökonomie
    Abstract: Including an array of distinguished contributors, this novel book fills a gap in the literature by addressing an important, yet under-researched, issue in the field of sports economics. It places great emphasis on the notion that sport is a significant component for improving the happiness, health and well-being of citizens, communities and society as a whole. In so doing, it addresses whether, in an environment of increasing pressure on public spending, governments should continue to subsidize sporting activities at the expense of other public resources
    Abstract: 1. Participation in physical activity and health outcomes : evidence from the Canadian Community Health Survey / Jane E. Ruseski and Brad R. Humphreys -- 2. An economic analysis of the subjective health and well-being of physical activity / Paul Downward and Simona Rasciute -- 3. Physical activity and obesity in Spain : evidence from the Spanish National Health Survey / Jaume García Villar, Sonia Oreffice and Climent Quintana-Domeque -- 4. Does physical exercise affect demand for hospital services? : evidence from Canadian panel data / Nazmi Sari -- 5. Leisure sports participation in Switzerland / Michael Lechner -- 6. Do sporty people have access to higher job quality? / Charlotte Cabane -- 7. Team success, productivity and economic impact / Michael C. Davis and Christian M. End -- 8. Sports participation and happiness : evidence from US micro data / Haifang Huang and Brad R. Humphreys -- 9. Subjective well-being and engagement in sport : evidence from England / David Forrest and Ian G. McHale -- 10. High school sports and teenage births / Joseph Price and Daniel H. Simon -- 11. Physical activity and subjective well-being : an empirical analysis / Georgios Kavetsos -- 12. Sport opportunities and local well-being : is sport a local amenity? / Tim Pawlowski, Christoph Breuer and Jorge Leyva
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  • 7
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    Cheltenham : Edward Elgar Pub. Ltd
    ISBN: 9781784712990
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (1 v) , cm
    Series Statement: Elgar research reviews in economics
    Series Statement: Edward Elgar E-Book Archive
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als The economics of evaluation public programs
    DDC: 320.6
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    Keywords: Öffentliche Dienstleistung ; Öffentliche Ausgaben ; Öffentliche Investition ; Umweltpolitik ; Verkehrspolitik ; Infrastrukturpolitik ; IKT-Politik ; Gesundheitspolitik ; Öffentliche Güter ; Bewertung ; USA ; Political planning Evaluation ; Welfare economics ; Political planning Economic aspects ; Electronic books
    Abstract: This research collection illustrates the wide range of methodologies and methods available for the evaluation of public programs. All these methods address the benefits of the programs and most compare the benefits to costs, but the types of benefits and their measures vary greatly across the studies and across the different types of public programs. The key articles presented here explore these different approaches and offer many examples of actual evaluations of public programs across different public policy settings. Professor Link and Professor Scott have provided an authoritative original introduction, which elucidates this diversity of approaches and settings and challenges scholars to contemplate an evaluation in terms of its theoretical foundation
    Abstract: Barry Bozeman and Gordon Kingsley (1997), 'R&D Value Mapping: A New Approach to Case Study-Based Evaluation', Journal of Technology Transfer, 22 (2), 33-41 -- Zvi Griliches (1958), 'Research Costs and Social Returns: Hybrid Corn and Related Innovations', Journal of Political Economy, 66 (5), 419-31 -- David N. Bengston (1985), 'Economic Evaluation of Agricultural Research: An Assessment', Evaluation Review, 9 (3), June, 243-62 -- Irwin Feller and Jon P. Nelson (1999), 'The Microeconomics of Manufacturing Modernization Programs', Research Policy, 28, 807-18 -- Albert N. Link and John T. Scott (2006), 'An Economic Evaluation of the Baldrige National Quality Program', Economics of Innovation and New Technology, 15 (1), January, 83-100 -- Gideon Fishelson (1979), 'Measuring the Benefits from an Innovation: An Application to Energy', Energy Economics, 1 (1), January, 47-52 -- Michael Gallaher and K. Casey Delhotal (2005), 'Modeling the Impact of Technical Change on Emissions Abatement Investments in Developing Countries', Journal of Technology Transfer, 30 (1-2), 211-25 -- Robert William Fogel (1962), 'A Quantitative Approach to the Study of Railroads in American Economic Growth: A Report of Some Preliminary Findings', Journal of Economic History, XXII (2), June, 163-97 -- Ian W.H. Parry and Kenneth A. Small (2009), 'Should Urban Transit Subsidies be Reduced?', American Economic Review, 99 (3), 700-724 -- Gregory Tassey (2008), 'Modeling and Measuring the Economic Roles of Technology Infrastructure', Economics of Innovation and New Technology, 17 (7-8), 617-31 -- Laurence J. Kotlikoff, Kent Smetters and Jan Walliser (2007), 'Mitigating America's Demographic Dilemma by Pre-Funding Social Security', Journal of Monetary Economics, 54, 247-66 -- Michael P. Gallaher and Brent R. Rowe (2006), 'The Costs and Benefits of Transferring Technology Infrastructures Underlying Complex Standards: The Case of IPv6', Journal of Technology Transfer, 31 (5), 519-44 -- Albert N. Link and John T. Scott (2005), 'Evaluating Public Sector R&D Programs: The Advanced Technology Program's Investment in Wavelength References for Optical Fiber Communications', Journal of Technology Transfer, 30 (1-2), 241-51 -- David P. Leech and John T. Scott (2008), 'Intelligent Machine Technology and Productivity Growth', Economics of Innovation and New Technology, 17 (7-8), October, 679-89 -- Albert N. Link and John T. Scott (2001), 'Public/Private Partnerships: Stimulating Competition in a Dynamic Market', International Journal of Industrial Organization, 19 (5), 763-94 -- Burton A. Weisbrod (1981), 'Benefit-Cost Analysis of a Controlled Experiment: Treating the Mentally Ill', Journal of Human Resources, XVI (4), 523-48 -- Ted R. Miller, Maury S. Galbraith and Bruce A. Lawrence (1998), 'Costs and Benefits of a Community Sobriety Checkpoint Program', Journal of Studies on Alcohol, 59 (4), July, 462-8 -- Michael T. French, Kathryn E. McCollister, Stanley Sacks, Karen McKendrick and George De Leon (2002), 'Benefit-Cost Analysis of a Modified Therapeutic Community for Mentally Ill Chemical Abusers', Evaluation and Program Planning, 25 (2), 137-48 -- Bert M. Coursey and Albert N. Link (1998), 'Evaluating Technology-based Public Institutions: The Case of Radiopharmaceutical Standards Research at the National Institute of Standards and Technology', Research Evaluation, 7 (3), December, 147-57
    Abstract: Joshua T. Cohen, Peter J. Neumann and Milton C. Weinstein (2008), 'Does Preventive Care Save Money? Health Economics and the Presidential Candidates', New England Journal of Medicine, 358 (7), February 14, 661-3 and Supplementary Appendix, 1-5 -- Steven C. Deller (1990), 'An Application of a Test for Allocative Efficiency in the Local Public Sector', Regional Science and Urban Economics, 20, 395-406 -- Stephanie Riegg Cellini, Fernando Ferreira and Jesse Rothstein (2010), 'The Value of School Facility Investments: Evidence from a Dynamic Regression Discontinuity Design', Quarterly Journal of Economics, 125 (1), February, 215-61
    Abstract: Recommended readings (Machine generated): Banzhaf, H.S. (2009), 'Objective or multi-objective? Two historically competing visions of benefit-cost analysis', Land Economics, 85, 3-23. -- Bewley, T.F. (1981), 'A critique of Tiebout's theory of local public expenditures', Econometrica, 49, 713-40. -- Brueckner, J.K. (1979a), 'Property values, local public expenditure and economic efficiency', Journal of Public Economics, 11, 223-45. -- Brueckner, J.K. (1979b), 'Equilibrium in a system of communities with local public goods', Economic Letters, 2, 387-93. -- Brueckner, J.K. (1982), 'A test for allocative efficiency in the local public sector', Journal of Public Economics, 19, 311-21. -- Brueckner, J.K. (1983), 'Property value maximization and public sector efficiency', Journal of Urban Economics, 14, 1-15. -- Link, A.N. and J.T. Scott (1998), Public Accountability: Evaluating Technology-Based Public Institutions, Boston, MA: Kluwer Academic Publishers. -- Link, A.N. and J.T. Scott (2011), Public Goods, Public Gains: Calculating the Social Benefits of Public R&D, New York and Oxford: Oxford University Press. -- Mansfield , E., J. Rapoport, A. Romeo, S. Wagner, and G. Beardsley (1977), 'Social and private rates of return from industrial innovations', Quarterly Journal of Economics, 91, 221-40. -- Scott, J.T. (2009), 'Cost-benefit analysis for global public-private partnerships: an evaluation of the desirability of intergovernmental organizations entering into public-private partnerships', Journal of Technology Transfer, 34, 525-59. -- Sonstelie, J.C. and P.R. Portney (1978), 'Profit maximizing communities and the theory of local public expenditures', Journal of Urban Economics, 5, 263-77. -- Sonstelie, J.C. and P.R. Portney (1980), 'Gross rents and market values: testing the implications of Tiebout's hypothesis', Journal of Urban Economics, 7, 102-18. -- Tiebout, C. (1956), 'A pure theory of local public expenditures,' Journal of Political Economy, 64, 416-24. -- William J. Baumol (1968), 'On the Social Rate of Discount', American Economic Review, 58 (4), 788-802 -- Arthur Maass (1966), 'Benefit-Cost Analysis: Its Relevance to Public Investment Decisions', Quarterly Journal of Economics, 80 (2), May, 208-26 -- Amartya Sen (2000), 'The Discipline of Cost-Benefit Analysis', Journal of Legal Studies, XXIX (S2), June, 931-52 -- Luke Georghiou and David Roessner (2000), 'Evaluating Technology Programs: Tools and Methods', Research Policy, 29 (4-5), 657-78 -- Paul A. David, David Mowery and W. Edward Steinmueller (1992), 'Analysing the Economic Payoffs from Basic Research', Economics of Innovation and New Technology, 2 (1), 73-90 -- F. Narin and Kimberly S. Hamilton (1996), 'Bibliometric Performance Measures', Scientometrics, 36 (3), 293-310
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    Cheltenham, U.K : Edward Elgar
    ISBN: 9780857936394
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (ix, 555 p)
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Handbook of creative cities
    DDC: 307.76
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    Keywords: Stadtökonomik ; Stadtentwicklung ; Ballungsraum ; Kreativität ; Lebensqualität ; Welt ; Sustainable development ; City planning Handbooks, manuals, etc ; Urban renewal ; Stadt ; Kultur ; Kulturwirtschaft ; Stadtentwicklung ; Electronic books ; Cities and towns ; Creative thinking ; Urban policy ; Urban economics ; Sociology, Urban ; City planning ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Stadt ; Kultur ; Kulturwirtschaft ; Stadtentwicklung
    Abstract: With the publication of The Rise of the Creative Class by Richard Florida in 2002, the "creative city" became the new hot topic among urban policymakers, planners and economists. Florida has developed one of three path-breaking theories about the relationship between creative individuals and urban environments. The economist Åke E. Andersson and the psychologist Dean Simonton are the other members of this "creative troika". In the Handbook of Creative Cities, Florida, Andersson and Simonton appear in the same volume for the first time. The expert contributors in this timely Handbook extend their insights with a varied set of theoretical and empirical tools. The diversity of the contributions reflect the multidisciplinary nature of creative city theorizing, which encompasses urban economics, economic geography, social psychology, urban sociology, and urban planning. The stated policy implications are equally diverse, ranging from libertarian to social democratic visions of our shared creative and urban future
    Abstract: pt. 1. Foundations -- pt. 2. People -- pt. 3. Networks -- pt. 4. Planning -- pt. 5. Markets -- pt. 6. Visions
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    Cheltenham : Edward Elgar
    ISBN: 9780857930576
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xi, 439 p) , ill
    Edition: 2nd ed
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als A handbook of cultural economics
    DDC: 381/.457
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    Keywords: Kulturökonomik ; Theorie ; Welt ; Culture Economic aspects ; Arts Economic aspects ; Electronic books ; Culture ; Economic aspects ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Kulturwirtschaft ; Kulturindustrie ; Kunstökonomie ; Kulturmanagement
    Abstract: The second edition of this widely acclaimed and extensively cited collection of original contributions by specialist authors reflects changes in the field of cultural economics over the last eight years. Thoroughly revised chapters alongside new topics and contributors bring the Handbook up to date, taking into account new research, literature and the impact of new technologies in the creative industries
    Abstract: Application of welfare economics / William J. Baumol -- Art auctions / Orley Ashenfelter and Kathryn Graddy -- Art dealers / Olav Velthuis -- Art markets / Olav Velthuis -- Art prices / Dominique Sagot-Duvauroux -- Artistic freedom / Michael Rushton -- Artists' labour markets / Françoise Benhamou --Artists' rights / Michael Rushton -- Awards / Nachoem M. Wijnberg -- Baumol's cost disease / James Heilbrun -- Broadcasting / Glenn Withers and Katrina Alford -- Cinema / Samuel Cameron -- Contingent valuation / Tiziana Cuccia -- Copyright / William M. Landes -- Costs of production / Mervi Taalas -- Creative economy / Tyler Cowen -- Creative industries / Ruth Towse -- Creativity / Ruth Towse -- Criticism / Samuel Cameron -- Cultural capital / David Throsby --Cultural districts / Walter Santagata -- Cultural entrepreneurship / Mark Blaug and Ruth Towse -- Cultural statistics / David Throsby -- Cultural tourism / Lluís Bonet -- Cultural value / Jen D. Snowball -- Demand / Louis Lévy-Garboua and Claude Montmarquette -- Digitalization / Anders Henten and Reza Tadayoni -- Economic impact of the arts / Bruce A. Seaman -- Experience goods / Michael Hutter -- Festivals / Bruno S. Frey -- Globalization / Keith Acheson -- Heritage / Françoise Benhamou -- International trade / Günther G. Schulze -- The internet : culture for free / Joe͏̈lle Farchy -- The internet : economics / Fabrice Rochelandet -- Management of the arts / François Colbert -- Marketing the arts / François Colbert -- Media economics and regulation / Gillian Doyle -- Motion Pictures / Darlene C. Chisholm -- Museums / Víctor Fernández-Blanco and Juan Prieto-Rodríguez -- The music industry / Andrew E. Burke -- Non-profit organizations / Dick Netzer -- Opera and ballet / Ruth Towse -- Orchestras / William A. Luksetich. -- Participation / Charles M. Gray --Performance indicators / Giacomo Pignataro -- Performing arts / Ruth Towse -- Poverty and support for artists -- Hans Abbing -- Pricing the arts / Michael Rushton -- Principal-Agent analysis / Michele Trimarchi -- Public choice / Isidoro Mazza -- Public support / Bruno S. Frey -- Publishing / Christian Hjorth-Andersen -- Regulation / Ilde Rizzo -- Resale rights / Victor Ginsburgh -- Superstars / Günther G. Schulze -- Tax Concessions / John O'Hagan -- Television / Christopher Maule -- Theatre / Daniel Urrutiaguer -- Welfare economics / Mark Blaug
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    Northampton, Mass : Edward Elgar Pub
    ISBN: 9781781000724
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xvi, 262 p) , ill., maps
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als The great migration
    DDC: 307.72/40951
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    Keywords: 1980-2006 ; Binnenwanderung ; Arbeitsmobilität ; Regionale Lohnstruktur ; Arbeitsmarkt ; Stadt-Land-Beziehungen ; Indonesien ; China ; Rural-urban migration ; Rural-urban migration Government policy ; Rural-urban migration ; China ; Indonesien ; Regionale Mobilität ; Landflucht ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Electronic books ; Rural-urban migration Government policy ; China ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Aufsatzsammlung ; China ; Indonesien ; Regionale Mobilität ; Landflucht
    Abstract: This fascinating study compares and contrasts the immense internal migration movements in China and Indonesia. Over the next two decades, approximately two-thirds of the rural labour force is expected to migrate, transforming their respective societies from primarily rural to urban based
    Abstract: pt. I. China -- pt. II. Indonesia
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    Cheltenham : Edward Elgar
    ISBN: 9781849803564
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (x, 259 p) , ill., maps
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Urban poverty in China
    DDC: 362.50951091732
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    Keywords: Städtische Armut ; China ; Urban poor ; China ; Stadt ; Armut ; Electronic books ; China Social conditions 2000- ; Urban poor ; China ; China ; Stadt ; Armut
    Abstract: Urban poverty is an emerging problem. This book explores the household and neighbourhood factors that lead to both the generation and continuance of urban poverty in China. It is argued that the urban Chinese are not a homogenous social group, but combine laid-off workers and rural migrants, resulting in stark contrasts between migrant and workers' neighbourhoods and villages
    Abstract: China's new urban poverty : an introduction -- Poverty incidence and determinants -- Poverty groups : livelihood and trajectories -- Impoverished neighbourhoods -- Poverty dynamics : property rights perspective
    Note: Includes bibliographical references (p. 236-247) and index
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    ISBN: 9781849805223
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (ix, 373 p) , ill
    Series Statement: Industrial dynamics, entrepreneurship and innovation series
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Emerging clusters
    DDC: 338.9
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    Keywords: Regionales Cluster ; Räumliche Verteilung ; Unternehmenserfolg ; Wirtschaftswachstum ; Welt ; Business networks ; Economic development ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Cluster (Wirtschaft) ; Entstehung ; Regionale Wirtschaftsstruktur ; Unternehmensentwicklung ; Wachstum ; Electronic books ; Industrial clusters ; Economic development ; Konferenzschrift 2008 ; Regionale Wirtschaftsstruktur ; Unternehmensentwicklung ; Cluster
    Abstract: This book rigorously explores the critical, initial stage of cluster emergence in which the seeds for further growth are sown. Whether economic growth actually occurs, however, ultimately depends on various regional conditions and the processes in place
    Abstract: pt. 1. Accidents, path dependency and strategic action -- pt. 2. Institutions and endogenous dynamics -- pt. 3. Patterns of emergence and growth -- pt. 4. Cluster emergence and emergence of cluster politics
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    ISBN: 9781849806367
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xi, 423 p) , ill
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Food security in Africa
    DDC: 338.19676
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    Keywords: Ernährungssicherung ; Afrika ; Ostafrika ; Südliches Afrika ; Food security ; Food security ; Food supply ; Food supply ; Electronic books ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Afrika ; Ernährungssicherung ; Ernährungspolitik
    Abstract: Drawing on insights from theoretical applications, empirically based approaches and case study experience, this book contributes to the improved design and use of trade and related policy interventions in staple food markets
    Abstract: 1. Introduction / Jamie Morrison and Alexander Sarris -- 2. Trade, agriculture and optimal commercial policy in Eastern and Southern Africa / Edward F. Buffie -- 3. Smallholder market participation : concepts and evidence from Eastern and Southern Africa / Christopher B. Barrett -- 4. Governance and surplus distribution in commodity value chains in Africa / Johan F.M. Swinnen, Anneleen Vandeplas and Miet Maertens -- 5. Liberalizing trade under structural constraints in developing countries : a general equilibrium analysis of Tanzania / Piero Conforti and Alexander Sarris -- 6. Grain marketing policy at the crossroads : challenges for Eastern and Southern Africa / T.S. Jayne, Antony Chapoto and Jones Govereh -- 7. Unofficial cross-border trade in Eastern Africa / Peter D. Little -- 8. Regional trade and food security : recent evidence from Zambia / Paul A. Dorosh, Simon Dradri and Steven Haggblade -- 9. Maize trade and marketing policy interventions in Kenya / Joshua Ariga and T.S. Jayne -- 10. Assessment of maize trade and market policy interventions in Malawi / Ephraim W. Chirwa -- 11. Alternative staple food trade and market policy interventions : country-level assessment of South Africa / Lulama Ndibongo Traub and Ferdinand Meyer -- 12. Maize trade and marketing policy interventions in Tanzania / Andrew E. Temu, Appolinary Manyama and Anna A. Temu -- 13. Assessment of alternative maize trade and market policy interventions in Zambia / Jones Govereh, Antony Chapoto and T.S. Jayne -- 14. Trade and market policy interventions : a synthesis of insights from research on Eastern and Southern African grain markets / Jamie Morrison and Alexander Sarris
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    ISBN: 9781781007754
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xix, 315 p) , ill., maps
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Geography, structural change and economic development
    DDC: 338.9
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    Keywords: Wirtschaftsgeographie ; Strukturwandel ; Regionaler Strukturwandel ; Betriebliche Standortwahl ; Entwicklung ; Wirtschaftswachstum ; Theorie ; Welt ; Economic development ; Economic development Social aspects ; Electronic books ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Wirtschaftswachstum ; Wirtschaftsentwicklung ; Strukturwandel
    Abstract: The authors in this book regard the process of economic expansion as a non-homogeneous and multifaceted phenomenon which has deeply affected human welfare, and cultural, social and political change. The book is a bridge between the theorists (Rosenstein-Rodan, Lewis, Myrdal, and Hirschmann) who in the post-war period analyzed regional inequalities, structural change and dualism, and the modern literature on--economic growth. The latter has emphasized the existence of multiple equilibria, bifurcations and various types of dynamic complexity, and clarified the conditions for the emergence of phenomena such as cumulative causation, path dependence and hysteresis. These are the typical ingredients of structural change, economic development or underdevelopment
    Abstract: pt. 1. The impact of geographical factors : aspects of location and specialization -- pt. 2. The process of structural change and the role of dualism
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    ISBN: 9781849802239
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (vii, 246 pages) , illustrations, maps (some coloured)
    Series Statement: New horizons in environmental economics
    Series Statement: Edward Elgar E-Book Archive
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Mendelsohn, Robert O., 1952 - Climate change and agriculture
    DDC: 338.14091724
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    Keywords: Landwirtschaft ; Klimawandel ; Welt ; Entwicklungsländer ; Agriculture Economic aspects ; Agriculture Environmental aspects ; Climatic changes Environmental aspects ; Electronic books ; Afrika ; Lateinamerika ; Klimaänderung ; Landwirtschaft ; Landwirtschaftliches Einkommen ; Wettbewerbsvorteil ; Modellierung
    Abstract: Despite its great importance, there are surprisingly few economic studies of the impact of climate on agriculture and how agriculture can adapt under a variety of conditions. This book examines 22 countries across four continents, including both developed and developing economies. It provides both a good analytical basis for additional work and solid results for policy debate concerning income distributional effects such as abatement, adaptation, and equity
    Abstract: 1. Introduction -- 2. The role of climate in agricultural production -- 3. Literature review of economic impacts of climate change on agriculture -- 4. The Ricardian method -- 5. Modeling adaptation to climate change -- 6. Structural Ricardian models -- 7. Ricardian analyses of aggregate data -- 8. Ricardian models of individual farms -- 9. Adaptation studies -- 10. Structural Ricardian studies -- 11. Summary of results -- 12. Policy implications and future research needs
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    ISBN: 9781848447233 , 1444328581 , 184844723X , 1282238841 , 9781847207647 , 9781444328585 , 1847207642 , 9781282238848
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xvi, 358 p) , ill
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Corporate social responsibility in Europe
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    Keywords: Corporate Social Responsibility ; Nachhaltige Entwicklung ; Governance-Ansatz ; Industrie ; Bank ; Europa ; Industrial management ; Social responsibility of business ; Europa ; Electronic books ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Unternehmen ; Soziale Verantwortung ; Nachhaltigkeit ; Unternehmen ; Soziale Verantwortung ; Nachhaltigkeit
    Abstract: The acid test of corporate social responsibility (CSR) is simply this: does it lead to positive impacts on society and the environment or is it just rhetoric? And if it does lead to positive impacts, how can these be enhanced? This timely book tackles this cutting-edge challenge by presenting empirical findings from a range of surveys and in-depth case studies. These build on a new methodological and theoretical framework for assessing and explaining the sustainability impact of CSR
    Abstract: pt. 1. Analytical framework -- pt. 2. Mapping CSR : survey data on selected issues in four sectors -- pt. 3. Assessing and explaining the sustainability impact of CSR : case study findings -- pt. 4. CSR and public policy
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    ISBN: 9781848449381
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xxiv, 311 p) , ill
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Climate change and sustainable development
    DDC: 338.927
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    Keywords: Opschoor, Johannes B. ; 1989-2007 ; Klimawandel ; Umweltpolitik ; Nachhaltige Entwicklung ; Soziale Ungleichheit ; Armutsbekämpfung ; Welt ; Climatic changes ; Sustainable development ; Electronic books ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Klimaänderung ; Klimaschutz ; Nachhaltigkeit ; Armut ; Bekämpfung ; Klimaänderung ; Nachhaltigkeit
    Abstract: This unique book provides cutting-edge knowledge and analyses of the consequences that climate change will have for sustainable development and poverty reduction within the context of global development
    Abstract: 1. Polycentric systems as one approach to solving collective-action problems / Elinor Ostrom -- 2. An ecosystems services approach. : income, inequality and poverty / Kerry Turner and Brendan Fisher -- 3. Ecospace, humanspace and climate change / Ton Dietz -- 4. After us, the deluge? : the position of future generations of humankind in international environmental law / Nico Schrijver -- 5. A child rights perspective on climate change / Karin Arts -- 6. Climate change and development (cooperation) / Joyeeta Gupta -- 7. Environmental security, politics and markets / Bas de Gaay Fortman -- 8. Humans are the measure of all things : resource conflicts versus cooperation / Syed Mansoob Murshed -- 9. From climate refugees to climate conflict : who is taking the heat for global warming? / Betsy Hartmann -- 10. Rural poverty, cotton production and environmental degradation in Central Eurasia / Max Spoor -- 11. Spatializing development and environmental discourses : the case of sustainable development and globalization / Michael Bernard Kwesi Darkoh and Meleckidzedeck Khayesi -- 12. Digital dematerialization : economic mechanisms behind the net impact of ICT on materials use / Jeroen C.J.M. van den Bergh, Harmen Verbruggen and Vincent G.M. Linderhof -- 13. Ecological cities, illustrated by Chinese examples / Meine Pieter van Dijk -- 14. Green or mean : is biofuel production undermining food security? / Rob Vos
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    Cheltenham, Glos : Edward Elgar
    ISBN: 9781849802109
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xiii, 236 p) , ill
    Series Statement: Advances in ecological economics
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Hunt, Colin A. G. Carbon sinks and climate change
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    Keywords: Wald ; CO2-Speicherung ; Treibhausgas-Emissionen ; Klimaschutz ; Klimawandel ; Internationale Umweltpolitik ; Welt ; Forestry projects Environmental aspects ; Global warming ; Carbon sequestration ; Electronic books ; Wald ; Klimaänderung ; Kohlenstoff ; Kohlenstoffkreislauf ; Umweltzertifikathandel ; Rahmenübereinkommen der Vereinten Nationen über Klimaänderungen Kyoto-Protokoll 1997 Dezember 11
    Abstract: "Reforestation and avoiding deforestation are methods of harnessing nature to tackle global warming - the greatest challenge facing humankind. In this book, Colin Hunt deals comprehensively with the present and future role of forests in climate change policy and practice. The author provides signposts for the way ahead in climate change policy and offers practical examples of forestry's role in climate change mitigation in both developed and tropical developing countries. Chapters on measuring carbon in plantations, their biodiversity benefits and potential for biofuel production complement the analysis. He also discusses the potential for forestry in climate change policy in the United States and other countries where policies to limit greenhouse gas emissions have been foreshadowed. The author employs scientific and socio-economic analysis and lays bare the complexity of forestry markets. A review of the workings of carbon markets, based both on the Kyoto Protocol and voluntary participation, provides a foundation from which to explore forestry's role. Emphasis is placed on acknowledging how forests' idiosyncrasies affect the design of markets for sequestered carbon. The realization of forestry's potential in developed countries depends on the depth of cuts in greenhouse gas emissions, together with in-country rules on forestry. An increase in funding for carbon retention in tropical forests is an immediate imperative, but complexities dictate that the sources of finance will likely be dedicated funds rather than carbon markets."--Back cover
    Description / Table of Contents: The making of markets for carbon and the potential of forestry offsets -- Forestry in the Kyoto Protocol -- Forestry in voluntary carbon markets -- Biodiversity benefits of reforestation and avoiding deforestation -- Measuring the carbon in forest sinks -- Forests as a source of biofuels -- Forestry in the climate change policies of selected developed countries -- Policies for reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD).
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    Cheltenham, U.K : Edward Elgar
    ISBN: 9781848449367
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xx, 299 p) , ill
    Series Statement: IWR Maass-White series
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als The evolution of water resource planning and decision making
    DDC: 333.9100973
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    Keywords: 1800-2007 ; Natürliche Ressourcen ; Wasserversorgung ; Wasserwirtschaft ; Umweltmanagement ; Wirtschaftsgeschichte ; USA ; Water utilities ; Electronic books ; Aufsatzsammlung ; USA ; Wasserversorgung ; Nachhaltigkeit ; Projektplanung ; Geschichte ; USA ; Wasserversorgung ; Umweltökonomie ; Geschichte ; USA ; Wasserversorgung ; Management ; Geschichte
    Abstract: This broad review of the development of US water resource policy analysis and practice offers perspectives from several disciplines: law, economics, engineering, ecology and political science. The historical context provided goes back to the early 19th century, but the book concentrates on the past 60 years. A key feature is a discussion of the difficulty that has generally been encountered in bringing the disciplines of economics and ecology into collaboration in the water resource context
    Abstract: 1. Water resources planning : past, present and future / John J. Boland and Duane Baumann -- 2. A history of the United States water resources planning and development / Warren Viessman, Jr. -- Appendix 2.1 Evolution of public involvement in water planning / Jerome Delli Priscoli -- Appendix 2.2 Nebraska natural resource districts -- 3. The theory and practice of benefit-cost analysis / John J. Boland, Nicholas Flores and Charles W. Howe -- 4. Environmental issues and options in water resources planning and decision making / David H. Moreau and Daniel P. Loucks -- 5. On the collaboration of ecologists and economists / Clifford S. Russell and Mark Sagoff -- 6. Political decision making : real decisions in real political contexts / Peter Rogers, Lawrence MacDonnell and Peter Lydon -- Appendix 6.1 Overview of American law for allocation of water -- 7. Making the transition : moving water resources planning and management into the twenty-first century / Gerald E. Galloway
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    Cheltenham : Edward Elgar
    ISBN: 9781849801911
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (x, 307 p) , ill
    Series Statement: New horizons in environmental economics
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Governing the environment
    DDC: 363.7
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    Keywords: Umweltpolitik ; Umweltökonomik ; Umweltbelastung ; Umweltrecht ; Welt ; Environmental economics ; Environmental policy ; Umweltpolitk ; Umweltökonomie ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Electronic books ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Umweltpolitik ; Umweltökonomie ; Umweltpolitik ; Umweltökonomie ; Umweltrecht
    Abstract: This book examines how different countries define and address environmental issues, specifically in relation to intergovernmental relations: the creation of institutions, the assignment of powers, and the success of alternative solutions. It also investigates whether a systemic view of the environment has influenced the policy-making process. The broad perspective adopted includes a detailed analysis of seventeen countries in six continents by scholars from a range of disciplines - economics, political science, environmental science and law - thus producing novel material that moves away from the conventional treatment of decentralisation and the environment in economic literature
    Abstract: pt. 1. Institutions : alternative solutions to the problem of assigning powers over the environment -- pt. 2. Issues in environmental governance : the comparative advantage of different levels of government
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    Cheltenham : Edward Elgar
    ISBN: 9781848445987
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xi, 529 p) , ill., maps, plans
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Handbook of regional growth and development theories
    DDC: 338.9
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    Keywords: Regionalwissenschaft ; Regionales Wachstum ; Regionalentwicklung ; Entwicklung ; Innovation ; Wissenstransfer ; Regionales Cluster ; Agglomerationseffekt ; Entwicklungspolitik ; Theorie ; Welt ; Regional economics ; Regional economics Econometric models ; Economic development ; Electronic books ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Regionales Wirtschaftswachstum ; Regionalwirtschaft ; Wirtschaftsentwicklung
    Abstract: Regional economics - an established discipline for several decades - has gone through a rapid pace of change in the past decade and several new perspectives have emerged. At the same time the methodology has shown surprising development. This volume brings together contributions looking at new pathways in regional economics, written by many well-known international scholars. The most advanced theories, measurement methods and policy issues in regional growth are given in-depth treatment
    Abstract: Growth theories and space -- Development theories : regional production factors -- Development theories : innovation, knowledge and space -- Regional growth and development measurement methods -- Regional growth and development policies
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    ISBN: 9781848449435
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (ix, 151 p) , ill
    Series Statement: New horizons in regional science
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Stimson, Robert J. Leadership and institutions in regional endogenous development
    DDC: 307.1/4
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    Keywords: Regionalentwicklung ; Endogenes Wachstumsmodell ; Institutionenökonomik ; Endogenous growth (Economics) ; Development leadership ; Entrepreneurship ; Regional economics ; Financial institutions ; Electronic books ; Regionale Wirtschaftsentwicklung ; Institutionenökonomie
    Abstract: The authors of this comprehensive book provide a detailed rationale and original theory for the study of leadership and institutional factors, including entrepreneurship, in the growth and development of cities and regions. They demonstrate why leadership, institutions and entrepreneurship can - and indeed do - play a crucial enhancing role as key elements in the process of regional endogenous growth
    Abstract: pt. I. Developing a new conceptual model framework for endogenous regional economic growth and development : incorporating resource endowments and market fit, leadership, institutional factors and entrepreneurship -- pt. II. Examples of regional development initiatives involving leadership and institutional factors : case studies from North America, Europe and the Pacific Rim
    Note: Includes bibliographical references (p. 133-146) and index
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    ISBN: 9780857937148
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xvi, 259 p) , ill
    Series Statement: The Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei (FEEM) series on economics, the environment, and sustainable development
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Modelling sustainable development
    DDC: 338.94/07015195
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    Keywords: Nachhaltigkeit ; Nachhaltige Entwicklung ; Umweltpolitik ; Klimaschutz ; Klimawandel ; Ökonometrisches Modell ; Modellierung ; Welt ; Sustainable development Econometric models ; Electronic books ; Sustainable development ; Mathematical models ; Economic policy ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Klimaänderung ; Nachhaltigkeit ; Mathematisches Modell
    Abstract: This insightful book explores the issue of sustainable development in its more operative and applied sense. Although a great deal of research has addressed potential interpretations and definitions of sustainable development, much of this work is too abstract to offer policy-makers and researchers the feasible and effective guidelines they require. This book redresses the balance
    Abstract: pt. 1. Defining sustainability -- pt. 2. Issues in modelling sustainability -- pt. 3. Model descriptions -- pt. 4. Synthesis of TranSust
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (x, 184 pages) , illustrations
    Series Statement: INFER advances in economic research
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Integration and globalization
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    Keywords: 1980-2006 ; Globalisierung ; Internationale Wirtschaftsbeziehungen ; Wirtschaftsintegration ; Wirtschaftliche Konvergenz ; Industrieländer ; Entwicklungsländer ; International economic integration Congresses ; Globalization Congresses Economic aspects ; International economic integration ; Globalization Economic aspects ; Europe Congresses Economic integration ; Developing countries Congresses Economic integration ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Wirtschaftliche Integration ; Globalisierung
    Abstract: The main challenges the European Single Market is facing in the 21st century result from the enlargement to Central and Eastern Europe, the EMU, and the globalization of trade and investment that has aided the rise of competitive emerging markets. This state-of-the-art book provides fresh theoretical and empirical evidence on the challenges presented by integration and globalization for both developed and developing countries. The authors demonstrate how the European Single Market remains a work in progress with many critical issues still to be addressed. These include the rigidities in product and labor markets, the need for innovation and quality upgrading, and the rapid catch-up of new member countries. They go on to show how firms use the opportunities provided by integration and globalization to fragment their production processes internationally, which brings gains but also requires structural adjustment. The book also argues that global environmental coordination may be less detrimental to the growth prospects of developing countries than is commonly believed. Illustrating a number of methodologies, this book will be a great resource tool for postgraduates and undergraduates in the fields of international economics and business, as well as researchers and policy-makers
    Description / Table of Contents: Contents: Preface -- Part I: Overview -- 1. Integration and globalization: An overview / Helena Marques, Elias Soukiazis and Pedro Cerqueira -- Part II: European economies and integration -- 2. Challenges for the internal market in the 21st century / Fabienne Ilzkovitz, Adriaan Dierx, Viktoria Kovacs and Nuno Sousa -- 3. Testing nominal rigidities in an integrated economy: An application to Spain / Maria Ángeles Caraballo and Carlos Usabiaga -- 4. Innovation, competitiveness and growth: The case of central and eastern European countries / Eleonora Cavallaro and Marcella Mulino -- 5. Price convergence in the new EU member states: Selected aspects and implications / Václav Zd'árek -- Part III: Developing economies and globalization -- 6. Outsourcing: A story of metamorphosis / Soumodip Sarkar -- 7. International spillovers and learning by doing in a regionalized model of climate change: A post-kyoto analysis / Nicola Cantore -- 8. Assessing exchange rate pass-through in India during recent globalization / Sushanta Mallick and Helena Marques -- 9. A dynamic cge analysis of the eu-jordan fta: Welfare and policy implications / Omar Feraboli -- Index.
    Note: "The contributions in this volume result from the 6th Workshop in International Economics of the International Network for Economic Research (INFER), held at the University of Coimbra in June 2007."--Preface , Includes bibliographical references and index
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    ISBN: 9781035306152
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (304 pages)
    Series Statement: New horizons in regional science series
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Migration and human capital
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    Keywords: 1970-2005 ; Globalisierung ; Arbeitsmigranten ; Brain Drain ; Humankapital ; Welt ; Migration, Internal ; Emigration and immigration Economics aspects ; Emigration and immigration Political aspects ; Amerika ; Brain-Drain ; Humankapital ; Internationale Migration ; Intraragional ; Migration ; Wanderung ; Migration, Internal ; Emigration and immigration ; Human capital ; Konferenzschrift 2005 ; Konferenzschrift 2005 ; Migration ; Arbeitsmobilität ; Humankapital
    Abstract: Throughout the world, migration is an increasingly important and diverse component of population change, both at national and sub-national levels. Migration impacts on the distribution of knowledge and generates externalities and spillover effects. This book focuses on recent models and methods for analysing and forecasting migration, as well as on the basic trends, driving factors and institutional settings behind migration processes. Migration and Human Capital also looks at many current policy issues regarding migration, such as the creative class in metropolitan areas, the brain drain, regional diversity, population ageing, illegal immigration, ethnic networks and immigrant assimilation. With specific reference to Europe and North America, the book reviews and applies models of internal migration; analyses the spatial concentration of human capital; considers migration in a family context; and addresses the political economy of international migration. This book will be invaluable for researchers and policy makers in the fields of internal and international migration. It provides up-to-date readings for advanced courses that focus on migration and population change in a global context
    Description / Table of Contents: Contents: Preface -- Part I: Introduction and overview -- 1. Migration in a globalised world: A new paradigm / Jacques Poot, Brigitte Waldorf and Leo van Wissen -- Part II: Internal migration -- 2. Inter-regional migration modelling: A review / John Stillwell -- 3. In search of a modelling strategy for projecting internal migration in European countries / Leo van Wissen, Nicole van der Gaag, Phil Rees and John Stilwell -- 4. Internal migration between us states: A social network analysis / Gunther Maier and Michael Vyborny -- Part III: Human capital -- 5. Regional concentration of highly educated couples / Signe Jauhiainen -- 6. The emergence of a knowledge agglomeration: A spatial-temporal analysis of intellectual capital in Indiana / Brigitte Waldorf -- 7. Knowledge spillovers: Mobility of highly educated workers within the high technology sector in Finland / Kirsi Mukkala -- 8. Rural-urban income disparities among the highly educated / Audrey Muhlenkamp and Brigitte Waldorf -- Part IV: International migration -- 9. The impact of immigration on the employment of natives in regional labour markets: A meta-analysis / Simonetta Longhi, Peter Nijkamp and Jacques Poot -- 10. Ethnic network externalities and labour market integration / Thomas de Graaff, Cees Gorter, Henri L.F. de Groot and Peter Nijkamp -- 11. International economic integration and migration: The case of Romania / Daniela L. Constantin, Valentina Vasile, Diana Preda and Luminita Nicolescu -- 12. Migration policies, illegal immigration and the underground economy / Jesús Clemente, Gemma Larramona and Fernando Pueyo -- 13. Brain drains, brain gains and migration policies / Natasha T. Duncan -- Index.
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    ISBN: 9781781007631
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (viii, 234 p) , ill., maps
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Environmental protection in China
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    Keywords: 1998-2018 ; Landnutzung ; Landwirtschaft ; Forstwirtschaft ; Agrarpolitik ; Umweltpolitik ; China ; Agriculture Environmental aspects ; Land use, Rural Government policy ; Environmental policy ; China ; Umweltschutz ; Landnutzung ; Electronic books ; Aufsatzsammlung ; China ; Landwirtschaft ; Landnutzung ; Wirtschaftspolitik ; China ; Ackerbau ; Umweltpolitik
    Abstract: Faced with intensified environmental degradation and decreased agricultural land productivity, the Chinese government has sought policy interventions to reverse both of these negative trends. Among the policy instruments is the Conversion of Cropland to Forest and Grassland Program (CCFGP) that aims to change the pattern of agricultural land use in 25 provinces and autonomous regions across China. This book provides the most comprehensive assessment of the CCFGP undertaken to date. It allows the consideration of fundamental questions pertaining to the sustainability of the land use changes brought about by the CCFGP, its cost effectiveness and the prospects for policy evolution. Contributions from a wide range of economists and scientists in the book provide policymakers in the Chinese government with relevant information with which to pursue more effectively agro-environmental goals
    Abstract: 1. Agriculture and the environment / Jeff Bennett -- 2. Land-use management in China / Xuehong Wang, Hongyun Han and Jeff Bennett -- 3. The Conversion of Cropland to Forest and Grassland Program / Jeff Bennett ... [et al.] -- 4. Are farmers better off? / Chen Xie ... [et al.] -- 5. Economic efficiency impacts / Jeff Bennett ... [et al.] -- 6. Valuing run-off reductions / Jeff Bennett ... [et al.] -- 7. Non-market values of environmental changes / Xuehong Wang ... [et al.] -- 8. An overall assessment of the CCFGP and policy recommendations / Xuehong Wang ... [et al.] -- 9. The way ahead / Jeff Bennett and Xuehong Wang
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    ISBN: 9781848444898
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xxii, 323 p) , ill
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als The political economy of HIV/AIDS in developing countries
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    Keywords: Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights ; 1995-2005 ; Infektionskrankheit ; AIDS ; Arzneimittel ; Generika ; TRIPS ; Technologietransfer ; Gesundheitswesen ; Gesundheitspolitik ; Entwicklungsländer ; Public health ; Health services accessibility ; AIDS (Disease) Economic aspects ; Electronic books ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Entwicklungsländer ; Aidskranker ; Medizinische Versorgung ; Accord sur les aspects des droits de propriété intellectuelle qui touchent au commerce : 1994
    Abstract: The book is based on original data and field studies from Brazil, Thailand, India and Sub-Saharan Africa. Focusing on the issue of universal and free access to treatment (a goal now taken to heart by the international community), it assesses the progress made and presents a rigorous diagnosis of the obstacles that remain, especially the constraints imposed by TRIPS and the poor state of most public health systems in Southern countries. In so doing, the book renews our understanding of the political economy of HIV/AIDS in these vast regions, where it continues to spread with devastating social and economic consequences
    Note: Includes bibliographical references and index , New antiretroviral treatments and post-2005 TRIPS constraints : first moves toward IP flexibilization in developing countries , New trends in IP protection and health issues in FTA negotiations , Evolution of prices and quantities of ARV drugs in African countries: from emerging to strategic markets , The Brazilian experience of 'scaling-up' : a public policy approach , Technology transfer agreements and access to HIV/AIDS drugs : the Brazilian case , Scaling-up and reverse engineering : acquisition of industrial knowledge by copying drugs in Brazil , Compulsory licensing in the real world : the case of ARV drugs in Brazil , HIV prevalence estimates : the new deal in Sub-Saharan Africa since 2000 , 'Fragility' : a macro-dynamic motive to offer quick and general access to ART in LDC , Procurement policies, governance models and ARV availability in French-speaking African countries : an overview , The public health approach to antiretroviral treatment : the case of Cameroon , The cost of universal free access for treating HIV/AIDS in low-income countries : the case of Senegal , Implementing funding modalities for free access : the case for a 'purchasing fund system' to cover medical care for PLWHA
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    ISBN: 9781848444966
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xiv, 246 p)
    Series Statement: Services, economy, and innovation
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Djellal, Faridah Measuring and improving productivity in services
    DDC: 331.118
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    Keywords: Dienstleistungssektor ; Öffentlicher Dienst ; Produktivität ; Messung ; Theorie ; Industrial productivity ; Service industries ; Dienstleistungssektor ; Produktivität ; Electronic books ; Dienstleistungssektor ; Produktivität
    Abstract: The definition and measurement of productivity in services raises important conceptual, methodological and strategic problems. This book aims to provide a critical review of the main debates on productivity in the domain of services. The first part examines the theoretical consequences of services specificities on the concept of productivity and reviews the attempts to measure it. The second part is devoted to the main determinants of productivity growth and the strategies to increase productivity in service firms and organisations
    Abstract: pt. 1. Productivity : definitions and methods of measurement -- pt. 2. Productivity : determinants and strategies
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    ISBN: 9780857937131
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xvi, 332 p) , ill
    Series Statement: Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei (FEEM) series on economics, the environment and sustainable development
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Shareef, Riaz The economics of small island tourism
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    Keywords: Insel ; Kleinstaat ; Tourismusökonomie ; Nachfrage ; International ; Welt ; States, Small ; Islands ; Tourism ; Electronic books
    Abstract: This study forms an entirely new area of research on Small Island Tourism Economies (SITEs). It addresses the importance of uncertainty in monthly international tourist arrivals and country risk indicators to the macroeconomy
    Abstract: 1. Introduction -- 2. Salient features of small island tourism economies -- 3. A survey of empirical analysis in tourism demand -- 4. Economic profiles, tourism composition and trends in country risk in small island tourism economies -- 5. Models of symmetric and asymmetric conditional volatility : structure, asymptotic theory and applications to tourism demand -- 6. Modelling uncertainty in international tourist arrivals to Maldives -- 7. Modelling country risk and volatility in small island tourism economies -- 8. Conclusion
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    ISBN: 9781847209948
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xvi, 367 p) , ill
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    Series Statement: New horizons in regional science
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Creative cities, cultural clusters and local economic development
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    Keywords: Regionalwissenschaft ; Regionalentwicklung ; Stadtentwicklung ; Regionales Cluster ; Kultursektor ; Kreativsektor ; Innovation ; Welt ; Urban economics ; City planning Economic aspects ; Stadtplanung ; Wirtschaftliche Lage ; Electronic books ; Stadtwirtschaft ; Stadtplanung ; Wirtschaftliche Lage ; Stadt ; Innovation ; Kreativität ; Regionalwirtschaft ; Cluster
    Abstract: pt. 1. Cultural districts, cultural clusters and local economic development -- pt. 2. Knowledge, creative industries and local economic development.
    Abstract: This book analyses the economic development of cities from the 'cultural economy' and 'creative industry' perspectives, examining and differentiating them as two related but distinct segments of contemporary city economies. The authors argue that although they are normally conflated, the first is largely subsidized while the second is highly entrepreneurial hence they actually make very different kinds of contribution to a city's character, attractiveness and competitiveness
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    ISBN: 9781848445079
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xxii, 461 p) , ill
    Series Statement: Handbooks of research on clusters series 2
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Handbook of research on innovation and clusters
    DDC: 338.6042
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    Keywords: Hochtechnologie ; Regionales Cluster ; Clusteranalyse ; Innovation ; Entrepreneurship ; Industrial clusters Research ; Methodology ; High technology industries ; Industrial clusters ; Electronic books ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Spitzentechnologie ; Innovation ; Entrepreneurship ; Cluster
    Abstract: The role of innovations and clusters has increasingly dominated local and regional development policies in recent decades. This authoritative and accessible Handbook considers important aspects of high-tech clusters, analyses insightful cluster case studies, and provides a number of recommendations for cluster policies
    Abstract: pt. 1. Innovation, entrepreneurship and clustering of high-tech. firms -- pt. 2. Case studies -- pt. 3. Cluster policies
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    ISBN: 9781781007716
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xvi, 288 p) , ill
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Borrás, Susana Cluster policies in Europe
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    Keywords: Regionales Cluster ; Governance-Ansatz ; Europa ; Industrial clusters Government policy ; Electronic books ; Europa ; Cluster ; Regierung ; Wirtschaftspolitik
    Abstract: This book provides a systematic, comprehensive, and independent comparative study of cluster policies in Europe. It focuses upon one very important relationship that has so far been neglected in the literature, namely, the extent to which the complex dynamics of multi-level governance (MLG) are responding to the problems and challenges faced by clusters, in particular the extent to which MLG learns and supports cluster learning
    Abstract: 1. Cluster policies in Europe : governance and learning -- 2. Methodology -- 3. Cluster policy in Germany -- 4. Cluster policy in the United Kingdom -- 5. Cluster policy in Italy -- 6. Cluster policy in Slovenia -- 7. Cluster policy in the Czech Republic -- 8. Cluster policy in Romania -- 9. Comparative findings and conclusions
    Note: Includes bibliographical references (p. 269-282) and index
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    ISBN: 9781848442849
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xvi, 316 p) , ill
    Series Statement: Handbooks of research on clusters series 1
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Handbook of research on cluster theory
    DDC: 338.8/7
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    Keywords: Regionales Cluster ; Industrieregion ; Industrial clusters Research ; Methodology ; Industrial clusters ; Electronic books ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Cluster
    Abstract: Clusters have increasingly dominated local and regional development policies in recent decades and the growing intellectual and political interest for clusters and clustering is the prime motivation for this Handbook. Charlie Karlsson unites leading experts to present a thorough overview of economic cluster research
    Abstract: pt. 1. Agglomeration and cluster theory -- pt. 2. Cluster research methods -- pt. 3. Clusters in different spatial contexts -- pt. 4. Sectoral clusters
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    ISBN: 9781847205223
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xv, 489 p)
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Handbook of sustainable development
    DDC: 338.9/27
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    Keywords: Nachhaltige Entwicklung ; Generationengerechtigkeit ; Wachstumspolitik ; Welt ; Sustainable development ; Electronic books ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Nachhaltigkeit
    Abstract: This timely and important Handbook takes stock of progress made in our understanding of what sustainable development actually is and how it can be achieved. Twenty years on from the publication of the seminal Brundtland Report, it has become clear that formidable challenges confront policy makers who have publicly stated their commitment to the goal of sustainable development. The Handbook of Sustainable Development seeks to provide an account of the considerable progress made in fleshing out these issues
    Abstract: Introduction / Giles Atkinson, Simon Dietz and Eric Neumayer -- Ethics and sustainable development : an adaptive approach to environmental choice / Bryan G. Norton -- The capital approach to sustainability / Giovanni Ruta and Kirk Hamilton -- Sustainable development in ecological economics / Jeroen C. J. M. van den Bergh -- Ecological and social resilience / W. Neil Adger -- Benefit cost analysis and a safe minimum standard of conservation / Alan Randall -- Valuing the far-off future : discounting and its alternatives / Cameron Hepburn -- Population and sustainability / Geoffrey McNicoll -- Technological lock-in and the role of innovation / Timothy J. Foxon -- Distribution, sustainability and environmental policy / Geoffrey Heal and Bengt Kriström -- Environmental justice and sustainability / Julian Agyeman -- Vulnerability, poverty and sustaining well-being / W. Neil Adger and Alexandra Winkels -- The resource curse and sustainable development / Richard M. Auty -- -Structural change, poverty and natural resource degradation / Ramón López -- - Eonomic growth and the environment / Matthew A. Cole -- Sustainable consumption / Tim Jackson -- Environmental and resource accounting / Glenn-Marie Lange -- Genuine saving as an indicator of sustainability -- / Kirk Hamilton and Katharine Bolt -- Measuring sustainable economic welfare / Clive Hamilton -- Environmental space, material flow analysis and ecological footprinting / Ian Moffatt -- Sustainable cities and local sustainability / Yvonne Rydin -- Sustainable agriculture / Clement A. Tisdell -- Corporate sustainability : accountability or impossible dream? / Rob Gray and Jan Bebbington -- International environmental cooperation : the role of political feasibility / Camilla Bretteville Foyn -- Trade and sustainable development / Kevin P. Gallagher -- The international politics of sustainable development / John Vogler -- Financing for sustainable development / David Pearce
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    ISBN: 9781847204158
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xxxvii, 596 p)
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Handbook on the economics of happiness
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    Keywords: Zufriedenheit ; Lebensqualität ; Lebensstandard ; Soziale Lage ; Verhaltensökonomik ; Sozialpsychologie ; Nutzentheorie ; Economics Psychological aspects ; Happiness ; Electronic books ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Glück ; Wirtschaft
    Abstract: This book is a welcome consolidation and extension of the recent expanding debates on happiness and economics. Happiness and economics, as a new field for research, is now of pivotal interest particularly to welfare economists and psychologists. This Handbook provides an unprecedented forum for discussion of the economic issues relating to happiness. It reviews the more recent literature and offers the interested reader an insight into the vast scope of the field in terms of the theory, its applications and also experimental design. The Handbook also gives substantial indications as to the future direction of research in the field, with particular regard to policy applications and developing an economics of interpersonal relations which includes reciprocity and social interaction theory
    Abstract: pt. 1. Lessons from the past -- pt. 2. Understanding the paradox of happiness -- pt. 3. Relational goods -- pt. 4. Data and policies
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    ISBN: 9781847205391
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xv, 326 p) , ill
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Applied evolutionary economics and economic geography
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    Keywords: 1945-2005 ; Evolutionsökonomik ; Neue ökonomische Geographie ; Entrepreneurship ; Regionalplanung ; Regionalentwicklung ; Regionales Cluster ; Soziales Netzwerk ; Technischer Fortschritt ; Wissenstransfer ; Industrieländer ; Evolutionary economics Congresses ; Economic geography Congresses ; Electronic books ; Konferenzschrift ; Konferenzschrift 2005 ; Evolutorische Wirtschaft ; Wirtschaftsgeografie
    Abstract: pt. 1. Entrepreneurship -- pt. 2. Industrial dynamics -- pt. 3. Network analysis -- pt. 4. Spatial systems -- pt. 5. Planning.
    Abstract: Applied Evolutionary Economics and Economic Geography aims to further advance empirical methodologies in evolutionary economics, with a special emphasis on geography and firm location. It does so by bringing together a select group of leading scholars including economists, geographers and sociologists, all of whom share an interest in explaining the uneven distribution of economic activities in space and the historical processes that have produced these patterns
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    ISBN: 9781781009796
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (viii, 232 p) , ill
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Beyond food production
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    Keywords: Armut ; Landwirtschaft ; Entwicklungsländer ; Agriculture Economic aspects ; Agriculture and state ; Poverty ; Electronic books ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Entwicklungsländer ; Schwellenländer ; Armut ; Landwirtschaftsentwicklung ; Agrarproduktion
    Abstract: Synthesis and theoretical background -- Country case studies.
    Abstract: The importance of agricultural growth to poverty reduction is well known, but the specific channels through which the poor can take advantage of growth require further research. Beyond Food Production takes on this challenge, investigating four important channels: rural labor markets, farm incomes, food prices, and linkages to other economic sectors
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    ISBN: 9781847205537
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xiii, 301 p) , ill
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Rutten, Roel, 1971 - The learning region
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    Keywords: Regionalwissenschaft ; Regionalentwicklung ; Räumliche Verteilung ; Regionalpolitik ; Innovation ; Innovationsdiffusion ; Lernende Organisation ; Humankapital ; Sozialkapital ; Wettbewerbsvorteil ; Frankreich ; Italien ; USA ; EU-Staaten ; Regional economics ; Learning Economic aspects ; Social capital (Sociology) ; Space in economics ; Technological innovations Economic aspects ; Electronic books ; Lernen ; Regionale Wirtschaftsentwicklung ; Innovation
    Abstract: pt. 1. Foundations -- pt. 2. State of the art -- pt. 3. Future.
    Abstract: The aim of this book is to present a much-needed conceptualization of 'the learning region'. The editors scrutinize key concepts and issues surrounding this phenomenon, which are then discussed in the context of recent literature. This unique conceptualization of the learning region presents a state of the art exploration of theories. Leading scholars from across Europe, the USA and South Africa draw upon various disciplines to explain how regional actors perform regional learning
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xiii, 217 p) , ill
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Economic valuation of river systems
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    Keywords: Umweltschutz ; Umweltökonomik ; Fluss ; Gewässerschutz ; Umweltpolitik ; Zahlungsbereitschaftsanalyse ; Tourismusregion ; Agrochemikalie ; USA ; Stream restoration Case studies Economic aspects ; Watershed management Case studies Economic aspects ; Rivers Case studies Economic aspects ; Sustainable development Case studies ; Contingent valuation Case studies ; Electronic books ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Fluss ; Ökologie ; Umweltökonomie
    Abstract: 1. The role of biology and ecological engineering in watershed and river restoration -- 2. Codification, case studies, and methods for economic analysis of river systems -- 3. Estimating willingness to pay for additional protection of Ohio surface waters : contingent valuation of water quality -- 4. The economics of high-head dam removal in an ecological context : a case study of the Ballville Dam, Fremont, Ohio -- 5. The economics of low-head dam removal : a case study on the Salmon River in Fort Covington, New York -- 6. Economic analysis of infrastructure and water quality improvements in the Muskingum River Corridor -- 7. Economic analysis of water quality and recreational benefits of the Hocking River Valley -- 8. Effects of pesticide use and farming practices on water treatment costs in Maumee River Basin communities -- 9. Economic efficiency and distribution evaluation of dredging of toxic sediments and selected dam removal in the Mahoning River -- 10. An economic analysis of Lower Great Miami River segment improvements -- 11. The Cuyahoga River Valley initiative : framing, codification, and preliminary economic analysis in an urban river corridor -- 12. Overview, key findings, and approaches including benefit transfer for generalization of research results.
    Abstract: The book applies benefit-cost analysis and a wide array of non-market and distribution economic valuation methods in ecologic context to determine the pay-off and distribution impacts of various infrastructure and water quality improvements to eight river systems in the Great Lakes region of the US. The generally positive results have important implications for public policy and future research
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    ISBN: 9781847207081
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xvi, 478 p) , ill
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    Series Statement: New horizons in management series
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Research companion to the dysfunctional workplace
    DDC: 658.3/045
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    Keywords: Arbeitsbedingungen ; Unternehmenskultur ; Verhalten in Organisationen ; Betrieblicher Konflikt ; Arbeitsproduktivität ; Organisationsforschung ; Arbeitspsychologie ; Organizational behavior ; Conflict management ; Organizational effectiveness ; Corporate culture ; Arbeitswelt ; Arbeitspsychologie ; Konfliktregelung ; Organisationsverhalten ; Electronic books
    Abstract: pt. 1. Barriers to productive work -- pt. 2. Managing organizational mayhem.
    Abstract: A work exposing and exploring the phenomena of the dysfunctional workplace is long overdue. This fascinating book does just that, uncovering the subversiveness, counter-productive behaviour and unspoken 'issues' that managers struggle with on a daily basis
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    ISBN: 9781847204219
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (viii, 369 p) , ill
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    Series Statement: New horizons in regional science
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als New directions in economic geography
    DDC: 330.9
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    Keywords: 1986-2002 ; Wirtschaftsgeographie ; Neue ökonomische Geographie ; Faktormobilität ; Regionalentwicklung ; Transportkosten ; Industrie ; Auslandsinvestition ; Strukturpolitik ; EU-Staaten ; Economic geography ; EU ; Effizienz ; Internet ; Produktion ; Technik ; Transport ; Wirtschaftsgeographie ; Electronic books ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Wirtschaftsgeografie ; Wirtschaftsgeografie
    Abstract: New economic geography : some preliminaries / Bernard Fingleton -- Models of 'new economic geography' : factor mobility vs. vertical linkages / Gianmarco I.P. Ottaviano -- Testing the 'new economic geography' : a comparative analysis based on EU regional data / Bernard Fingleton -- From theory to estimation and back : the empirical relevance of new economic geography / Steven Brakman and Harry Garretsen -- Agglomeration and growth in NEG : a critical assessment / Fabio Cerina and Francesco Pigliaru -- Sinking the iceberg? : on the treatment of transport costs in new economic geography / Bernard Fingleton and Philip McCann -- Specialization and regional size / John Dewhurst and Philip McCann -- A non-parametric analysis of productivity, efficiency and technical change in EU regional manufacturing, 1986-2002 / Mark Roberts, John S.L. McCombie and Alvaro Angeriz -- A methodology for evaluating regional political economy / Paul Plummer and Eric Sheppard -- FDI : a difficult connection between theory and empirics / Anna Soci -- Agglomeration and internet exchange points : an exploration of the internet morphology / Alessio D'Ignazio and Emanuele Giovannetti -- Explaining the scarce returns of European structural policies from a new economic geography perspective / Andrés Rodriguez-Pose and Ugo Fratesi.
    Abstract: This important book explores original and alternative directions for economic geography following the revolution precipitated by the advent of so-called 'new economic geography' (NEG). Whilst, to some extent, the volume could be regarded as part of the inevitable creative destruction of NEG theory, it does promote the continuing role of theoretical and empirical contributions within spatial economic analysis, in which the rationale of scientific analysis and economic logic maintain a central place. With contributions from leading experts in the field, the book presents a comprehensive analysis of the extent to which NEG theory is supported in the real world. By exploring whether NEG theory can be effectively applied to provide practical insights, the authors highlight novel approaches, emerging trends, and promising new lines of enquiry in the wake of advances made by NEG
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    ISBN: 9781847206930
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (viii, 328 p) , ill
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    Series Statement: New horizons in regional science
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Regional knowledge economies
    DDC: 338.60941
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    Keywords: Hochtechnologie ; Informationstechnik ; Biotechnologie-Industrie ; Technischer Fortschritt ; Wissensmanagement ; Regionales Cluster ; Großbritannien ; Österreich ; High technology industries Location ; High technology industries Location ; Technological innovations ; Knowledge management ; Industrial clusters ; Biotechnologie ; Cluster ; Innovation ; Markt ; Regionalwirtschaft ; Wirtschaft ; globale Netzwerke ; wissensbasiert ; Electronic books ; Großbritannien ; Spitzentechnologie ; Wissensmanagement ; Regionalentwicklung ; Österreich ; Spitzentechnologie ; Wissensmanagement ; Regionalentwicklung
    Abstract: Introduction : aims of the book -- The emergent knowledge economy : concepts and evidence -- Knowledge-based sectors : key drivers of innovation and models of knowledge exchange -- Local clusters and global networks -- Varieties of business system and innovation -- Introduction to key research results -- UK ICT and biotechnology performance : the significance of collaboration and clustering -- Austrian catch-up in knowledge-based sectors : research exploitation, spatial clustering and knowledge links -- Comparing the cases and lessons for knowledge-based sector policy -- Reflections on the research and conclusions for policy.
    Abstract: This original and timely book presents the most comprehensive, empirically based analysis of clustering dynamics in the high-technology sector across liberal and co-ordinated market economies
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    ISBN: 9781781007587
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xxv, 340 p) , ill
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    Series Statement: Evaluating sustainable development
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Sustainable development in Europe
    DDC: 338.94/07
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    Keywords: Nachhaltige Entwicklung ; Umweltbewertung ; Umweltpolitik ; Bewertung ; Europa ; Sustainable development ; Electronic books ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Europa ; Nachhaltigkeit ; Europa ; Umweltpolitik ; Nachhaltigkeit ; Europa ; Umweltpolitik ; Nachhaltigkeit
    Abstract: pt. 1. Sustainable development : making the concept operational for evaluation -- pt. 2. Methods of evaluating SD -- pt. 3. National evaluation culture.
    Abstract: Evaluating sustainable development is becoming increasingly important in policy making, evaluation practice and the scientific world in general. However, at present, there is neither a generally accepted set of measures and evaluation methods, nor specific standards to be met. Sustainable Development in Europe addresses these issues and presents an important and concise analysis of state-of-the-art sustainable development evaluation policies, programmes and projects currently at work in Europe
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    ISBN: 9781847204332
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (vii, 171 p) , ill
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Kresl, Peter Karl, 1938 - Planning cities for the future
    DDC: 307.1/216094
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    Keywords: Stadtentwicklung ; Stadtökonomik ; EU-Staaten ; City planning ; Electronic books ; Europe Economic conditions 1945- ; Fallstudiensammlung ; Europäische Union ; Stadtplanung ; Stadtwirtschaft ; Wirtschaftsentwicklung ; Europäische Union ; Stadtplanung ; Stadtökonomie
    Abstract: 1. The urban context and the need for economic-strategic planning -- 2. The literature on urban competitiveness and strategic-economic planning -- 3. The economic and geographic analysis of urban competitiveness -- 4. The ten cities and their planning at the outset of the 1990s -- 5. How these planning initiatives fared during 1992-2005 -- 6. The ten cities and their planning for 2005-2015 -- 7. Lessons from the past and a look to the future.
    Abstract: Planning cities for the future links the study of urban economic competitiveness with urban planning and is able to ascertain the crucial factors for success in this area of public policy. These factors include effective governance, leadership and monitoring of performance. The author also reveals how economic turbulence--macro-economic stagnation, the emergence of competitors such as China and Central Europe and the introduction of the euro for example--all have distinct impacts on the economic development of cities. He also suggests that today's economic strengths may create tomorrow's social pathologies, a fact which city planners must always keep in mind. Peter Kresl's book offers examples of cities that got it right and others that did not
    Note: Includes bibliographical references (p. 159-165) and index
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    ISBN: 9781845428013
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xxii, 277 p) , ill
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Corona-Trevino, Leonel Building knowledge regions in North America
    DDC: 338.97/06
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    Keywords: Innovation ; Technologiepolitik ; Regionalökonomik ; Nordamerika ; Wissensmanagement ; Research parks ; Technology and state ; Technological innovations Economic aspects ; Electronic books ; Nordamerika ; Technische Innovation
    Abstract: Focusing on emerging technology regions of the US, Canada and Mexico, the authors provide an analysis of firms' innovative milieus in three contexts: national systems of innovation, knowledge regions and incubation mechanisms. An overview of the evolution of each region over the past quarter century is presented, along with an evaluation of the effectiveness of science parks and technology incubators in various regional and national environments
    Abstract: 1. The key elements of innovation infrastructure and the evolution of knowledge regions : a framework for analysis -- 2. US technology infrastructure and the development of regional innovation poles through incubation mechanisms -- 3. Canada's innovation poles and their role as technology incubation spaces -- 4. Mexico : the challenge to create regional innovative environments -- 5. Comparative analysis of the selected North American knowledge regions : lessons and conclusions
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    ISBN: 9781845428235
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (ix, 581 p) , ill , 24 cm
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    Series Statement: LEA's organization and management series
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Handbook of research in international human resource management
    DDC: 658.3
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    Keywords: Multinationales Unternehmen ; Personalmanagement ; Humankapital ; Personalentwicklung ; Übernahme ; Theorie ; Welt ; Wissensmanagement ; Gleichberechtigung ; Soziales Netzwerk ; International business enterprises Personnel management ; Electronic books ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Multinationales Unternehmen ; Personalentwicklung ; Humanvermögen ; Multinationales Unternehmen ; Humanvermögen ; Personalentwicklung
    Abstract: 'Handbook of Research in International Human Resource Management represents a welcome contribution of IHRM literature and will be required readings for both novices and veteran researchers.' - Dana B. Minbaeva, British Journal of Industrial Relations ' ... a rich array of contributors including some of the biggest names in the field.' - Roger Bell, Delta Intercultural Academy. In providing an insightful overview of a wide range of global human resource issues facing MNCs, this pathbreaking Handbook highlights emergent topics and new research findings that could shape the field of future IHRM research. Theoretical discussion of the variables and processes that affect IHRM policies and practices is provided by renowned contributors with widely differing academic backgrounds, paradigmatic orientations, and theoretical and methodological approaches. They explore extensive subject matter including: the importance of linking IHRM policies and activities to organizational strategy, staffing, performance management, leadership development, and diversity management, international assignment and mobility issues, the role of IHRM in the management of global teams and cross-border joint ventures, mergers and acquisitions. Illustrating that IHRM research is theoretically eclectic, and drawing upon a range of paradigms and perspectives, this cutting-edge Handbook will be invaluable to academics and practitioners with an interest in human resource management, industrial and employment relations, management and international business
    Abstract: pt. I. The role of international human resource management -- pt. II. Research on global staffing, performance management and leadership development -- pt. III. Research on international assignments -- pt. IV. Research on international teams, alliances, mergers and acquisitions -- pt. V. Theoretical perspectives on international human resource management
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    ISBN: 9781845425470
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xiv, 306 p) , ill
    Series Statement: Saint-Gobain Centre for Economic Studies series
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Aglietta, Michel, 1938 - Corporate governance adrift
    DDC: 658.4
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    Keywords: Corporate Governance ; Shareholder Value ; Unternehmensbewertung ; Corporate governance ; Corporations Valuation ; Electronic books ; Europa ; USA ; Corporate Governance ; Wirtschaftsdemokratie ; Unternehmensbewertung ; Unternehmenstheorie ; Shareholder-Value-Analyse ; Corporate Governance
    Abstract: Recent corporate governance scandals have brought to the fore the inherent contradictions of a capitalism dominated by financial markets. This challenging book by Michel Aglietta and Antoine Rebérioux argues that capitalism's basic premise--that companies must be managed in the sole interest of their shareholders--is incongruent with the current environment of liquid markets, profit-hungry investors and chronic financial instability. The authors advocate rather that a company should be managed as an institution where common objectives are developed for all stakeholders, and that this democratic principle should be extended to the management of collective savings to reduce macro-financial instability. These two conditions, they contend, could make contemporary capitalism a vehicle for social progress
    Abstract: 1. Finance-led capitalism : an inventory -- 2. A critique of the foundations of shareholder value -- 3. The convergence of the European model in question -- 4. Corporate governance regimes -- 5. Accounting, finance and the firm -- 6. The logics of finance -- 7. Financial crises and the economic cycle -- 8. Reinterpreting the financial scandals of the Enron era -- 9. In favour of economic democracy
    Note: Includes bibliographical references and index , Translated from the French
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    ISBN: 9781845425517
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xii, 242 p) , ill., maps
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Campari, João Santo The economics of deforestation in the Amazon
    DDC: 333.75/137/09811
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    Keywords: Entwaldung ; Amazonasgebiet ; Brasilien ; Deforestation ; Deforestation ; Deforestation Economic aspects ; Deforestation Economic aspects ; Electronic books ; Amazonastiefland ; Entwaldung
    Abstract: This provocative new book presents the results of twenty years of research on deforestation in the Amazon. By carefully observing the changing character of human settlements and their association with deforestation over such a prolonged period, the author is able to reject much of the "perceived wisdom". He skillfully dissects various models of deforestation and provides hard evidence on what is myth and what is reality
    Abstract: 1. Deforestation and its myths -- 2. Occupation, changing migration dynamics, and deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon -- 3. The political economy of frontier expansion and deforestation in the Amazon -- 4. Deforestation and the rules of land allocation -- 5. The Turnover hypothesis of Amazon deforestation : conceptual framework -- 6. Colonization projects : field work -- 7. Turnover on farming plots -- 8. Deforestation and land re-concentration in the Amazon frontier -- 9. Dispelling other myths about the Amazon -- 10. Policy implications and recommendations
    Note: Includes bibliographical references (p. 222-230) and index
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    ISBN: 9781845420536
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xvii, 398 p) , ill., maps
    Series Statement: New dimensions in networks
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    Parallel Title: Elektronische Reproduktion von Urban and regional transportation modeling
    DDC: 388.4/01/1
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    Keywords: Verkehrsplanung ; Stadtverkehr ; Regionalplanung ; Wirtschaftsmodell ; Theorie ; Welt ; Urban transportation Planning ; Regional planning ; Urban transportation Mathematical models ; Electronic books ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Stadtverkehr
    Abstract: Honoring David Boyce for his legendary contributions to the fields of transportation modeling and regional science, the chapters in this festschrift highlight and analyze state-of-the-art and state-of-the-practice methodologies and theories in transportation modeling, regional and urban planning
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    ISBN: 9781845420765
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xviii, 335 p) , ill
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    Parallel Title: Elektronische Reproduktion von The world's wine markets
    DDC: 382/.456632
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    Keywords: Weinbau ; Wein ; Markt ; Globalisierung ; Welt ; Globalization Case studies Economic aspects ; International trade Case studies ; Wine industry and globalization ; Electronic books ; Bibliografie ; Weinmarkt ; Globalisierung
    Abstract: This absorbing book examines the period of massive structural adjustment taking place in the wine industry. For many centuries wine was very much a European product. While that is still the case today--three-quarters of world wine production, consumption and trade involve Europe and most of the rest involves just a handful of New World countries settled by Europeans--the importance of exports from non-European countries has risen dramatically over the past decade
    Abstract: pt. 1. Overview -- pt. 2. The old world -- pt. 3. The new world -- pt. 4. Other emerging markets
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    ISBN: 9781845420628
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xii, 238 p) , ill
    Series Statement: New horizons in international business
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    Parallel Title: Elektronische Reproduktion von Multinational firms' location and the new economic geography
    DDC: 338.8/8
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    Keywords: Multinationales Unternehmen ; Standort ; Standortwahl ; International ; Wirtschaftsgeographie ; Economic geography Congresses ; International business enterprises Congresses ; Industrial location Congresses ; Electronic books ; Konferenzschrift ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Bibliografie ; Wirtschaftsgeografie ; Multinationales Unternehmen ; Standortpolitik ; Industriegeografie ; Standortpolitik ; Agglomeration ; Multinationales Unternehmen ; Direktinvestition ; Standort
    Abstract: This book analyses how foreign direct investors choose their locations, whilst exploring the forces which shape international economic geography. Although these two issues are, to some extent, inter-related, researchers have only recently acknowledged the similarity of economic geography and international business approaches to the empirical assessment of likely causes of the degree of spatial concentration observed in many modern industries
    Abstract: pt. 1. Agglomeration and multinationsl firms' location -- pt. 2. Home market effects, market size and location strategies
    Note: "This volume is the outcome of a workshop held in the University of Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne, on [sic] May 2002"--General introd , Includes bibliographical references and index
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    ISBN: 9781845423391
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xxx, 241 p) , ill., maps
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    Parallel Title: Elektronische Reproduktion von Regional economies as knowledge laboratories
    DDC: 338.9
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    Keywords: Regionalökonomik ; Wissen ; Regionales Cluster ; Wissenstransfer ; Theorie ; Welt ; Intellectual capital ; Regional economics ; Electronic books ; Bibliografie ; Regionalwirtschaft ; Regionalentwicklung ; Wissensmanagement ; Regionale Wirtschaftsentwicklung ; Standortfaktor ; Wissenschaft ; Beschäftigung
    Abstract: Today, the study of regions is central to academic analysis and policy deliberation on how to respond to the rise of the knowledge economy. Regional Economies as Knowledge Laboratories illustrates how newer types of regional analysis--utilising scientometrics, knowledge services measures and university networks, and concepts such as knowledge life cycles, experimental knowledge creation, and knowledge ethics--are leading to a perception that regional economies increasingly resemble knowledge laboratories
    Abstract: 1. Strategic adaptation to the knowledge economy in less favoured regions : a South Ostrobothnian University network as a case in point -- 2. Higher education and high intellectual unemployment : does education matter? : an interpretation and some critical perspectives -- 3. The geography of research collaboration : theoretical considerations and stylized facts in biotechnology in Europe and the United States -- 4. Knowledge intensive business services and regional development : consultancy in city regions in Norway -- 5. The cluster as a nexus of knowledge creation -- 6. Knowledge life cycles inside local economic systems -- 7. High-tech industry clustering rationales : the case of German biotechnology -- 8. Industry-science relationships as enhancing regional knowledge economies : a comparative perspective from Japan and the UK -- 9. Placing Ireland's transition to a knowledge economy within a global context -- 10. The spatial dimension of inter-firm learning : case study and conceptualization -- 11. Knowledge, values and territory : a case study -- 12. The "knowledge economy" : a critical view -- 13. Conclusions : regional economies as knowledge laboratories : theories, fashions and future steps
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    ISBN: 9781845423438
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xv, 268 p) , ill
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Grimsey, Darrin, 1966 - Public private partnerships
    Parallel Title: Elektronische Reproduktion von Grimsey, Darrin, 1966 - Public private partnerships
    DDC: 363.6/068/1
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    Keywords: Öffentlich-private Partnerschaft ; Infrastrukturinvestition ; Unternehmensfinanzierung ; Projektfinanzierung ; Welt ; Infrastructure (Economics) Management ; Public-private sector cooperation ; Risk management ; Economic development projects Finance ; Infrastrukturinvestition ; Electronic books ; Fallstudiensammlung ; Projektfinanzierung ; Risikomanagement ; Public Private Partnership ; Infrastrukturleistung ; Public Private Partnership ; Projektfinanzierung ; Risikomanagement ; Infrastrukturleistung
    Abstract: This path-breaking book considers the recent trend for governments to look increasingly to private sector finance, provided by private enterprises constructing and managing public infrastructure facilities in partnership with government bodies
    Abstract: 1. The nature of partnerships -- 2. The revolution in infrastructure -- 3. The origins of partnerships -- 4. Partnerships and conventional procurement of infrastructure -- 5. The structure of partnership agreements -- 6. Issues in public private partnerships -- 7. Risk management -- 8. The governance of partnerships -- 9. PPPs in emerging markets -- 10. An assessment
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    ISBN: 9781843769743
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xii, 392 p) , ill
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    Parallel Title: Elektronische Reproduktion von Local enterprises in the global economy
    DDC: 338.6/42
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    Keywords: KMU ; Produktionsstandort ; Corporate Governance ; Globalisierung ; Betriebliche Wertschöpfung ; Regionales Cluster ; Welt ; Small business ; Globalization Economic aspects ; Corporate governance ; Industrial location ; Small business Technological innovations ; Industrial concentration ; Brasilien Elektroindustrie Fallstudie Globalisierung Handel Industrie Industriezweig Italien Kraftfahrzeugindustrie Pakistan Spanien Standort Taiwan Weltwirtschaft ; Klein- und Mittelunternehmen ; Electronic books ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Europa ; Regionalwirtschaft ; Industrie ; Globalisierung ; Lateinamerika ; Asien ; Globalisierung ; Klein- und Mittelbetrieb ; Corporate Governance
    Abstract: This book opens a fresh chapter in the debate on local enterprise clusters and their strategies for upgrading in the global economy. The authors employ a novel conceptual framework in their research on industrial clusters in Europe, Latin America and Asia and provide new perspectives and insights for researchers and policymakers alike
    Abstract: 1. Globalized localities : introduction -- 2. Regions in the "world economic triangle" -- 3. Making sense of global standards -- 4. Governance in global value chains -- 5. The underground revolution in the Sinos Valley : a comparison of upgrading in global and national value chains -- 6. How globalization affects Italian industrial districts : the case of Brenta -- 7. Upgrading in the tile industry of Italy, Spain and brazil : insights from cluster and value chain analysis -- 8. Local upgrading strategies in response to global challenges : the surgical instrument cluster of Tuttlingen, Germany -- 9. Clustering and upgrading in global value chains : the Taiwanese personal computer industry -- 10. Global quality standards and technological upgrading in the Brazilian auto-components industry -- 11. The effect of global standards on local producers : a Pakistani case study -- 12. Paradoxes and ironies of locational policy in the new global economy -- 13. Chain governance and upgrading : taking stock
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    ISBN: 9781782544005
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xi, 199 pages) , map
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    Parallel Title: Elektronische Reproduktion von Becattini, Giacomo, 1927 - 2017 Industrial districts
    DDC: 338.6/042
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    Abstract: This remarkable book outlines the historical framework and the main concepts of the literature on industrial districts. It illustrates a new approach to the study of industrial development, based on well-known industrial districts analysis. Giacomo Becattini has written an authoritative volume which, starting with the theory of districts, explores key aspects of contemporary capitalism. The book concludes that industrial districts are not a provisory phenomenon but a variant of the capitalist mode of production, where financial relationships are relatively less important, and inter-human ones play an unusually important role. Such is the basis for their specific competitive advantage. Academics, politicians and students interested in local development and also industrial development will find much to learn in Industrial Districts, as will industrial geographers and historians of industry and of economic thought
    Description / Table of Contents: Contents: Foreword: An invitation to read by brian loasby -- Introduction -- Part I: From the 'sector' to the 'district' -- 1. From the industrial 'sector' to the industrial 'district': Some remarks on the conceptual foundations of industrial economics -- 2. The marshallian industrial district as a socioeconomic notion -- 3. The industrial district as a creative milieu -- 4. Local systems and global markets (with enzo rullani) -- 5. From marshallian to Italian 'industrial districts': A brief critical reconstruction -- 6. Measuring the 'district effect': Reflections on the literature (with Francesco musotti) -- Part II: Industrial districts and beyond -- 7. Thought and places in the works of carlo cattaneo -- 8. Industrial sectors and industrial districts: Tools for industrial analysis -- 9. The conditions of local development -- 10. Rural identities and globalisation (with luigi omodei zorini) -- Bibliography -- Index.
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    ISBN: 9781782542285
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (ix, 201 pages) , illustrations
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    Parallel Title: Elektronische Reproduktion von Coleman, William D., 1950 - Agriculture in the new global economy
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    Keywords: Landwirtschaft ; Globalisierung ; Agraraußenhandel ; Agriculture Economic aspects ; Globalization ; International trade ; Weltwirtschaft ; Globalisierung ; Landwirtschaft
    Abstract: Agriculture in the New Global Economy examines the extent to which the political economy of agriculture and the food chain is being transformed by globalisation. This book highlights the important changes that have taken place in the agriculture and food system with the spread of globalisation to this traditionally local sector. Structural change and emerging technologies have contributed to this transformation, which has extended to the political environment in which agriculture operates. The authors identify four paradigms that have characterised the governance of agriculture: a traditional dependent-agriculture paradigm; a neo-liberal competitive paradigm; a multifunctional paradigm; and an emergent globalised-production paradigm. The tensions among these paradigms are developed with reference to evidence from the United States and Canada, the EU, Australia, Japan and the Global South. The book analyses the controversy over genetic modification of foodcrops, developments in agricultural trade policy at the multilateral and regional levels, changing national food policy systems, and emerging global governance arrangements for the sector. Illustrating contemporary policy debates using both theoretical perspectives and empirical evidence, this book will appeal to academics, researchers and students specialising in political science, environmental studies, agricultural economics, management and food policy. The book will also be of interest to government practitioners in agriculture and environment departments as well as international organisations such as the EU, FAO and WTO
    Description / Table of Contents: Contents: Preface -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Economic globalisation: Changing patterns of trade, industry structure and farming -- 3. Technology and political resistance -- 4. The globalisation of ideas -- 5. Globalisation, regionalisation and trade rules -- 6. A transnational policy space: The actors -- 7. A transnational policy space: Structure -- References -- Index.
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xx, 278 pages) , illustrations
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    Keywords: Konglomerat ; Corporate Governance ; Wettbewerbspolitik ; Regulierung ; Südkorea ; Corporations Finance ; Corporate governance ; Corporations Government policy ; Competition ; Bibliografie ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Südkorea ; Konzern ; Wirtschaftsreform ; Mischkonzern ; Corporate Governance ; Geschichte 1997-2004 ; Südkorea ; Konzern ; Wirtschaftsreform ; Wettbewerbsfähigkeit ; Corporate Governance
    Abstract: The business environment of the chaebol (large corporations in Korea) has changed drastically since the outbreak of the 1997 Asian financial crisis. This book discusses the attempts of the Korean government to remedy structural weaknesses in the corporate sector by launching an aggressive chaebol reform package, supported by the IMF and other international agencies. Its main objective was to restore competitiveness in the corporate sector and to upgrade business conditions to that of international practices and standards. Competition and Corporate Governance in Korea critically reviews government policy towards the chaebol and provides a comprehensive investigation of the relationship between corporate governance and economic performance as well as the interaction of economic institutions with the chaebols' incentive structure and management behaviour. Policy implications based on objective and rigorous empirical analyses of data on the chaebol are also discussed. Notwithstanding the fact that the chaebol have already undergone considerable governance, capital, and business portfolio restructuring, this volume suggests a road map for further restructuring, and the creation of a new incentive structure to help strengthen chaebol competitiveness. This richly informative book will appeal to academics and researchers of industrial organization, economics and corporate reform as well as those involved in Asian studies
    Description / Table of Contents: Contents: Introduction -- Part I: Government and chaebols: Institutional perspectives -- 1. The chaebol, corporate policy and korea's development paradigm -- 2. An alternative perspective on government policy towards the chaebol in korea: Industrial policy, financial regulations and political democracy -- Part II: Corporate governance and chaebol reform -- 3. Corporate governance and chaebol reform in korea -- 4. The monitoring role of financial institutions in the korean corporate sector -- 5. Restructuring and corporate governance of the korean chaebol -- Part III: Chaebol restructuring policy and its evaluation -- 6. Chaebol restructuring revisited: A coasian perspective -- 7. Government-led restructuring of firms' excess capacity and its limits: Korean 'big deal' case -- Part IV: Chaebol business structure and survival strategies -- 8. The evolution and restructuring of diversified business groups in emerging markets: The lessons from chaebols in korea -- 9. Portfolio restructuring based on strategic relatedness between businesses: A suggestion for the chaebol -- Index.
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    ISBN: 9781781007990
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xiv, 327 p) , ill
    Series Statement: New horizons in entrepreneurship
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    Parallel Title: Elektronische Reproduktion von Shane, Scott Andrew, 1964 - A general theory of entrepreneurship
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    Abstract: In the first exhaustive treatment of the field in 20 years, Scott Shane extends the analysis of entrepreneurship by offering an overarching conceptual framework that explains the different parts of the entrepreneurial process - the opportunities, the people who pursue them, the skills and strategies used to organize and exploit opportunities, and the environmental conditions favorable to them - in a coherent way
    Abstract: 1. Introduction -- 2. The role of opportunities -- 3. The discovery of entrepreneurial opportunities -- 4. Individual differences and the decision to exploit -- 5. Psychological factors and the decision to exploit -- 6. Industry differences in entrepreneurial activity -- 7. The environmental context of entrepreneurship -- 8. Resource acquisition -- 9. Entrepreneurial strategy -- 10. The organizing process -- 11. Conclusions
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    ISBN: 9781781951217
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xxv, 319 p) , ill
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    Parallel Title: Elektronische Reproduktion von Urban and regional prosperity in a globalised new economy
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    Keywords: Regionalökonomik ; Stadtökonomik ; Globalisierung ; Theorie ; Welt ; Globalization Congresses ; Economic development Congresses ; Regional economics Congresses ; Electronic books ; Wisconsin Congresses Economic policy ; Konferenzschrift ; Globalisierung ; Regionalwirtschaft
    Abstract: There is currently a popular view that the world is undergoing profound changes in the fundamental relationships upon which it is organised. In particular, there is widespread talk of a 'globalised' economy, facilitated by and associated with 'new' technologies and practices. There is a further consensus that within this 'globalised', 'new' economy, regionalisation in some form is important. The aim of this volume is to address these topical issues, presenting perspectives from which they can be analysed and exploring specific aspects in greater detail. The contributors provide a framework for understanding current trends, and suggest approaches that highlight appropriate ways forward in the context of both opportunities and dangers. In doing so, they discuss specific cases and explore detailed policy possibilities, including the prospect of stimulating change through multinational engagement and debate
    Abstract: 1. Economic 'prosperity' and 'globalisation' : an agenda and perspective -- 2. The problem of regional 'hollowing out' in Japan : lessons for regional industrial policy -- 3. Regional prosperity in a globalised economy : evidence from Mexico -- 4. Economic activity, market structure and public policy -- 5. Notes on labour market flexibility : questions for the new economy -- 6. Antitrust issues : global cartels, competition law and the new economy -- 7. Economic gains from regional concentration of business operations -- 8. Why do biotechnology firms cluster? : some possible explanations -- 9. Industrial clusters and districts in the new economy : some perspectives and cases -- 10. The global economy and manufacturing : the case of Wisconsin -- 11. Reflections on a university's role in regional economic development -- 12. International perspectives on the prosperity of a region : a personal reflection
    Note: Includes bibliographical references and index , Published in association with L'institute (Institute for Industrial Development Policy), Universities of Birmingham (UK), Ferrara (Italy) and Wisconsin-Milwaukee (USA) , This volume comprises papers that were requested from various authors ... at the First and Second L'Institute-Milwaukee Workshop on Urban and Regional Prosperity in a Globalised Economy
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    ISBN: 9781781950685
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (x, 262 p) , ill
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    Parallel Title: Elektronische Reproduktion von Fafchamps, Marcel Rural poverty, risk and development
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    Keywords: Ländliche Armut ; Ländliche Entwicklung ; Risiko ; Entwicklungsländer ; Rural development ; Rural poor ; Risk assessment ; Electronic books ; Bibliografie ; Armut ; Landwirtschaftsentwicklung ; Risikoanalyse ; Katastrophenrisiko ; Entwicklungsländer ; Armut ; Ländliche Entwicklung ; Risikoanalyse
    Abstract: This book investigates the relationships between rural poverty, risk, and development. Building upon the author's work in the area, it summarises the contributions of recent theoretical and empirical work to our understanding of how risk affects rural poverty levels in developing countries. In particular the book examines what we do and do not know about risk coping strategies among today's poor rural societies. Ways in which these strategies may be re-examined and improved by governments and international organisations are proposed
    Abstract: 1. Introduction -- 2. Risk and poverty -- 3. The risk coping strategies of the rural poor -- 4. The limits to risk coping -- 5. Risk and inequality -- 6. Risk and development -- 7. Conclusion
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    ISBN: 9781781950449
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xviii, 426 p) , ill
    Edition: 2nd ed
    Series Statement: Edward Elgar E-Book Archive
    Uniform Title: European industries
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    Parallel Title: Elektronische Reproduktion von Industries in Europe
    DDC: 338.094
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    Keywords: Branche ; Branchenentwicklung ; Landwirtschaft ; Energiewirtschaft ; Ernährungsindustrie ; Brauerei ; Pharmaindustrie ; Biotechnologie-Industrie ; Metallindustrie ; Kfz-Industrie ; Luftverkehr ; Finanzdienstleistung ; Unternehmensdienstleistung ; Rüstungsindustrie ; Tourismuswirtschaft ; Strukturpolitik ; EU-Staaten ; Industrial policy ; Industries ; Electronic books ; Europe Economic conditions 1945- ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Europa ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Branche ; Europa ; Industriepolitik ; Geschichte 1945-
    Abstract: This important book, a successor volume to European Industries, brings together a number of in-depth and authoritative studies of key European industries, providing fascinating insights into their nature and characteristics
    Abstract: 1. Industry in the EU : trends and policy issues -- 2. Agriculture -- 3. Energy -- 4. Food processing -- 5. Brewing -- 6. Pharmaceuticals -- 7. Biotechnology -- 8. Metals -- 9. Motor vehicles -- 10. Air transport -- 11. Financial services -- 12. Business services -- 13. Defence industries -- 14. Tourism
    Note: Includes bibliographical references and index , Rev. ed. of: European industries. 1993
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    ISBN: 9781781008003
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (512 p) , ill
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    Parallel Title: Elektronische Reproduktion von A handbook of cultural economics
    DDC: 338.4/77/003
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    Abstract: Several of the authors question the efficacy of copyright, which is increasingly regarded as benefiting multinational organisations rather than individual authors and performers. Others are less critical of copyright per se, but question its ability to meet the new challenges of a digital era. Some of the specific issues covered include: law and international transactions of copyrighted material; economic analysis of copyright and freedom of expression; music licensing in the digital age; the role of copyright in stimulating cultural development; internet distribution of copyright material; and the problems of licensing museum images
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    ISBN: 9781035304851
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xiii, 241 pages) , illustrations, maps
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    Parallel Title: Elektronische Reproduktion von From industrial districts to local development
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    Keywords: Industrieregion ; Kommunale Entwicklung ; Toskana ; Industrial districts ; Industrial policy ; Industrial organization ; Economic development ; Industrial districts Italy ; Tuscany ; Industrial policy Italy ; Industrial organization Italy ; Economic development ; Italien ; Toskana ; Industrie ; Klein- und Mittelbetrieb ; Regionale Wirtschaftsentwicklung ; Industrieregion ; Regionalwirtschaft
    Abstract: From Industrial Districts to Local Development introduces a set of papers representing the main contribution of the 'Florence school' to the recent literature on industrial districts. The authors illustrate that the revitalisation of the concept of industrial districts, returning to Alfred Marshall's nineteenth-century writings, is rooted in an unconventional interpretation of the economic development of Tuscany after the Second World War. Models of industrial organisation and empirical investigation of industrial tendencies are featured, and Alfred Marshall's concepts of the advantages of the geographical agglomeration of specialised small firms in industrial districts are reintroduced. The authors extend the analysis of purely economic effects of agglomeration, including social, cultural and institutional foundations of local development, and current case studies are presented. This book will appeal to scholars, lecturers and researchers focusing on industrial economics, development economics and economic geography. Its references to Italian political experiences will also be of interest to policymakers in both developed and developing countries
    Description / Table of Contents: Contents: Foreword / by Werner Sengenberger -- Introduction: An itinerary -- Part I: The development of tuscany: Industrial districts -- 1. Industrial districts in the development of tuscany -- 2. The 'tuscan model' and recent trends -- 3. The past in the present: Prato's people -- Part II: Inside the district: Clues for theoreticians -- 4. The governance of transactions in the industrial district: The 'commodity market' -- 5. The incentives to decentralised creativity in local systems of small firms -- 6. Trust, interlinking transactions and credit in the industrial district -- 7. On entrepreneurship, region and the constitution of scale and scope economies -- Part III: Towards local development -- 8. Local development in the experience of Italian industrial districts -- 9. Local governance and industrial districts' competitive advantage -- 10. The multiple paths of local development -- 11. Towards a geographical redefinition of the form of the state -- Index.
    Note: Includes bibliographical references and index
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    ISBN: 9781035304752
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (x, 362 pages) , illustrations
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    Parallel Title: Elektronische Reproduktion von Cooperation, networks and institutions in regional innovation systems
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    Keywords: Innovation ; Regionalökonomik ; Regionales Cluster ; Unternehmensnetzwerk ; Industrieforschung ; Regionalpolitik ; Wissenstransfer ; Theorie ; Welt ; Technological innovations Economic aspects ; Regional planning ; Regional economics ; Technology and state ; Research, Industrial ; Industrial promotion ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Unternehmenskooperation ; Innovationsförderung ; Netzwerk ; Regionalwirtschaft ; Kongress ; Technische Innovation ; Regionale Wirtschaftsentwicklung ; Innovation ; Kooperation
    Abstract: This book addresses the role of cooperation, networks and institutions in the context of regional innovation systems. It emphasises the importance of these factors in the emergence of local innovation systems, using detailed examples of clusters which have reached different stages of maturity. The authors address the topic from an empirical, theoretical and political perspective, and highlight the local mechanisms which are involved in the development of innovation systems. They offer a comprehensive overview of different approaches in the field and present numerous case studies which stress the influence of networks and local institutions. Significantly, they also introduce several new approaches to regional innovation systems, including contributions which explicitly discuss the design and potential of policy measures to promote regional development. The policy recommendations are based on sound theorising which, in turn, is based on extensive empirical research. This book is a valuable addition to a complex and growing literature which offers new perspectives and insights on cooperation, networks and institutions, and their role in the development of local systems of innovation. The combination of empirical, theoretical and policy-oriented approaches will ensure this book is essential reading for academics and policymakers in the fields of regional economics, innovation research and economic geography
    Description / Table of Contents: Contents: 1. Introduction: Towards a political perspective and unifying concept -- Part I. Theoretical approaches -- 2. Local culture and regional innovation networks: Some propositions -- 3. Entrepreneurial activities in a regional context -- 4. The role of trust and power in the institutional regulation of territorial business systems -- 5. Cognitive coordination, institutions and clusters: An exploratory discussion -- 6. Problems and solutions in knowledge transfer -- 7. learning pathologies in losing areas: towards a definition of the cognitive obstacles to local development -- 8. On the unit of analysis in the study of networks -- Part ii. Case studies -- 9. Is Nanjing's concentration of it companies an innovative cluster? -- 10. TV content production in media regions: the necessities and difficulties of public policy support for a project-based industry -- 11. How many networks in a local cluster? Textile machine production and innovation in Brescia -- 12. 'Lock-in' of regional clusters: the case of offshore engineering -- Part III. Policy implications -- 13. Entrepreneurship stimulation in regional innovation systems - public promotion of university-based start-ups in Germany -- 14. Cooperation and knowledge-pooling in clusters: Designing territorial competitiveness policies -- 15. policy measures to support the emergence of localised industrial clusters -- Index.
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    ISBN: 9781843765523
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xvi, 338 p) , ill
    Series Statement: New horizons in international business
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    Parallel Title: Elektronische Reproduktion von China and its regions
    DDC: 338.951
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    Keywords: Wirtschaftsreform ; Räumliche Verteilung ; Handelsliberalisierung ; Regionales Wachstum ; Räumliche Arbeitsteilung ; Auslandsinvestition ; Regionalentwicklung ; Humankapital ; Regionalökonomik ; Einkommensverteilung ; China ; Chinese provinces Congresses Economic conditions ; Electronic books ; China Congresses Economic conditions 1976-2000 ; China Congresses Economic policy 1976 ; China ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Konferenzschrift 1998 ; China ; Wirtschaftspolitik ; Wirtschaftsentwicklung ; Geschichte 1976-
    Abstract: In twenty years of reform in China, the key development has been the opening-up of the market to foreign trade and international investment. This increased economic openness has been accompanied by profound changes in both economic organisation and regional disparity. This comprehensive book focuses on the link between these economic reforms and the causes--and ultimately the implications--of regional inequalities in the most populous country in the world
    Abstract: 1. On the measurement of the openness of the Chinese economy -- 2. Social consequences of economic reform in China : an analysis of regional disparity in the transition period -- 3. Provincial economic growth in China : causes and consequences of regional differentiation -- 4. International trade and regional specialization in China -- 5. Productivity growth, catch-up and convergence in China's reforming economy -- 6. The impact of WTO accession on income disparity in China -- 7. Changes in income inequality in China's transition -- 8. Infant mortality and external openness in Chinese provinces -- 9. The regional distribution of foreign direct investment in China : the impact of human capital -- 10. Foreign direct investment, human capital and catching up : the Chinese case -- 11. Some observations on the ownership and regional aspects in financing the growth of China's rural enterprises -- 12. Exports and economic performance : evidence from a panel of Chinese enterprises -- 13. Real exchange rate and income disparity between urban and rural areas in China : a theoretic and econometric analysis
    Note: Includes bibliographical references and index , Papers presented at a symposium held on Oct. 22-23, 1998 at the Center for Studies and Research on International Development in France
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (x, 305 pages) , illustrations
    Series Statement: New horizons in environmental economics
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    Parallel Title: Elektronische Reproduktion von Controlling global warming
    DDC: 363.738/746
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    Keywords: Internationale Umweltpolitik ; Klimawandel ; Theorie ; Global warming Prevention ; Electronic books ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Erwärmung ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Treibhauseffekt ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Treibhauseffekt ; Umweltpolitik ; Klimaänderung ; Treibhauseffekt ; Erwärmung
    Abstract: In this exhaustive study, the authors break new ground by integrating cutting edge insights on global warming from three different perspectives: game theory, cost-effectiveness analysis and public choice. For each perspective the authors provide an overview of important results, discuss the theoretical consistency of the models and assumptions, highlight the practical problems which are not yet captured by theory and explore the different applications to the various problems encountered in global warming. They demonstrate how each perspective has its own merits and weaknesses, and advocate an integrated approach as the best way forward. They also propose a research agenda for the future which encompasses the three methods to create a powerful tool for the analysis and resolution of global pollution problems.
    Abstract: 1. Introduction -- 2. Game theory and international environmental cooperation : any practical application? -- 3. Economic impacts of carbon abatement strategies -- 4. On the political economy of international environmental agreements : some theoretical considerations and empirical findings -- 5. Interest group preference for instruments of environmental policy : an overview -- 6. Interest group preference for international emissions trading scheme -- 7. Conclusion
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    ISBN: 9781781008102
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xxi, 362 p) , ill
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    Parallel Title: Elektronische Reproduktion von Comparative environmental economic assessment
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    Abstract: Over the last decade, economists have increasingly recognized the role of meta-analysis and value transfer in synthesizing knowledge and efficiently exploiting the existing pool of knowledge. Comparative Environmental Economic Assessment explores the potential significance of using these techniques, particularly in environmental economics. Both meta-analysis and value transfer constitute major research tools which efficiently use knowledge previously acquired from other studies. The book focuses on the potential role and usefulness of these tools in environmental economic research, and goes on to address their validity, relevance and applicability
    Abstract: pt. 1. Meta-analysis and value transfer in economic research -- pt. 2. The methodology of comparative environmental economic assessment -- pt. 3. Case studies
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    ISBN: 9781781009802
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    Series Statement: Current issues in ecological economics
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    Parallel Title: Elektronische Reproduktion von Nature and agriculture in the European Union
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    Abstract: Nature and agriculture both shape the European countryside and one of the main challenges for the years to come will be to strengthen their interaction for the future development of rural areas. In this valuable and highly topical book, the authors demonstrate how economics and ecology can play a critical role in maintaining and sustaining this relationship. The book identifies the dilemmas facing European agriculture and explores their economic and ecological consequences. The authors believe a better understanding of these problems will be crucial in recognising the potential options for the future role of agriculture and nature policy and will guide the identification of suitable policy instruments
    Abstract: pt. 1. Methodology -- pt. 2. Cases on the interaction between agriculture and nature -- pt. 3. Mitigation and regulation -- pt. 4. Outlook
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    ISBN: 9781843767435
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xi, 281 p) , ill
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    Parallel Title: Elektronische Reproduktion von Biotechnology, agriculture and the developing world
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    Keywords: Grüne Gentechnik ; Technologietransfer ; Innovationsdiffusion ; Entwicklungsländer ; Agricultural biotechnology ; Agriculture Technology transfer ; Agrobiodiversity ; Electronic books ; Entwicklungsländer ; Landwirtschaftsentwicklung ; Biotechnologie ; Biodiversität
    Abstract: pt. 1. Setting the scene : the framework for considering biotechnology's impacts -- pt. 2. A case study on terminators : the impacts of biotechnologies on benefit distribution -- pt. 3. Biotechnology and biodiversity : the impacts of biotechnologies on conservation of genetic resource.
    Abstract: How will the industrial changes implicit within new biotechnologies affect modern agriculture? This book investigates these changes and provides an economic analysis of the industrial and distributional impacts of new biotechnologies, addressing in detail the significant consequences for developing countries
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    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xix, 385 pages) , illustrations, maps
    Series Statement: New horizons in environmental economics
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    Parallel Title: Elektronische Reproduktion von Environmental co-operation and institutional change
    DDC: 333.76/094
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    Keywords: Landwirtschaft ; Umweltschutz ; Agrargenossenschaft ; Agrarpolitik ; Institutioneller Wandel ; EU-Agrarpolitik ; Europa ; Agriculture Congresses Environmental aspects ; Agricultural ecology Congresses ; Agriculture and state Congresses ; Sustainable development Congresses ; Mitgliedsstaaten ; Umwelt ; Ökologie ; Internationaler Umweltschutz ; Internationale Kooperation ; Umweltschutz ; Maßnahme ; Ressourcenmanagement ; Völkerrechtlicher Vertrag ; Effektivität ; Beispiel ; Europäische Union EU-/EG-Länder ; Umwelt/Ökologie ; Landwirtschaft ; Internationaler Umweltschutz ; Internationale umweltpolitische Zusammenarbeit ; Umweltschutzmaßnahmen ; Ressourcenschutz ; Ressourcenmanagement ; Internationales Umweltschutzabkommen ; Effizienz/Effektivität ; Beispielhafte Fälle ; European Union EU-/EC countries ; Environment/ecology ; Agriculture ; International environmental protection ; International environment policy cooperation ; Environmental protection measures ; Resource protection ; Natural resources management ; International environmental agreements ; Efficiency/Efficacy ; Exemplary cases ; Landwirtschaftliche Nutzfläche Boden (Produktionsfaktor) ; Natur ; Wasser ; Wasserressourcen ; Pestizide ; Problemlösungskapazität internationaler Akteure ; Agricultural areas Land (factor of production) ; Nature ; Water ; Water resources ; Pesticides ; Problem solving capacity of international actors ; Konferenzschrift ; Europäische Union ; Landwirtschaft ; Umweltpolitik ; Nachhaltigkeit ; Kooperation
    Abstract: Although the history of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) is dominated by a process of centralisation, growing pressures to integrate agri-environmental problems into the CAP have revealed the need to embrace decentralised approaches in an efficient federal structure. Indeed, in recent years it has become increasingly evident that the agricultural sector must undergo fundamental changes in order to enter an era of sustainable development. The authors do not believe that this will be an easy process, not only because agricultural policies in Europe are dominated by specific interest groups, but primarily because integrating environmental aspects into the CAP requires difficult institutional change at different levels. Centralised decision making at the EU level has characterised recent agricultural policy and the authors argue that centralised and hierarchical governance structures may fail to produce adequate solutions if they are not linked to regional and more diverse institutional arrangements. They demonstrate how these new institutional arrangements should be designed and how this change can be organised. In particular, they highlight the need for cooperation, and the participation of farmers, as a strategy to cope with agri-environmental issues and resource management problems. Addressing the value of co-operative strategies to achieve sustainable development and cope with agri-environmental problems, this book will be of great interest to agricultural economists and those with an interest in ecological reforms of agricultural policies. It will also be particularly relevant to policymakers within EU nations, as well as policymakers within the countries of Eastern and Central Europe who will be amongst the first to be admitted to the EU in the next wave of expansion
    Description / Table of Contents: Contents: Preface -- Part I: Theoretical approaches and institutional foundations of environmental co-operation -- Part II: Designing and managing environmental co-operatives: The dutch experience -- Part III: Governance structures and learning processes for changing agricultural practices -- Part IV: Implementation of agri-environmental policies as an issue of collective action -- Part V: The role of co-operative arrangements in implementing environmental policies -- Part VI: Knowledge systems, stakeholders' interests and conflict resolution in protected areas -- Part VII: Promoting environmental protection by co-operative marketing of food products -- Index.
    Note: Includes bibliographical references and index
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    ISBN: 9781035303908
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xi, 250 pages) , illustrations
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    Parallel Title: Elektronische Reproduktion von The Asian economies in the twentieth century
    DDC: 330.95/043
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    Keywords: Wirtschaftswachstum ; Produktivität ; Asien ; Asia Economic conditions 20th century ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Asien ; Wirtschaft
    Abstract: The rapidly increasing importance of China, India, Indonesia, Japan, South Korea and Taiwan both in Asia and in the world economy, represents a trend that is set to continue into the 21st century. This book provides an authoritative assessment of the 20th century performance of these countries, and in particular the factors contributing to the acceleration of Asian growth in the latter part of the century. The contributors look at Asia within a global perspective and detailed comparisons are drawn with Australia and the USA. Contributions from leading experts offer a comprehensive review of the procedures necessary to establish valid international comparisons for countries with very different economic histories and levels of development. These include methods of growth performance measurement and techniques of growth accounting. The Asian Economies in the Twentieth Century will be an indispensable new tool for policy analysts, international agencies and academic researchers
    Description / Table of Contents: Contents: 1. Introduction: Measuring Asian performances -- 2. The international comparison of real product and productivity -- 3. International comparison of farm sector performance: Methodological options and empirics findings for Asia-Pacific economies, 1900-94 -- 4. A comparison of real output and productivity levels in australian and United States manufacturing, 1970-95 -- 5. Industrial output and labour productivity in China 1949-94: A reassessment -- 6. Twentieth century economic performance of India -- 7. Indonesia's growth performance in the twentieth century -- 8. The long-term performance of the Japanese economy -- 9. Realising growth potential: South Korea and Taiwan, 1960 to 1998 -- Index.
    Note: Includes bibliographical references and index
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    ISBN: 9781843768623
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (liii, 362 p) , ill
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    Parallel Title: Elektronische Reproduktion von Grafton, R. Quentin, 1962 - A dictionary of environmental economics, science, and policy
    DDC: 333.7/03
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    Keywords: Umweltökonomik ; Umwelt ; Ökologie ; Theorie ; Environmental sciences Dictionaries ; Environmental economics Dictionaries ; Electronic books ; Wörterbuch ; Umweltwissenschaften ; Umweltökonomie
    Abstract: This comprehensive Dictionary is an important reference tool for all those interested in environmental science and environmental studies. Written in a clear and accessible style, the dictionary includes over three thousand up-to-date entries, all accompanied by a detailed yet straightforward definition covering all aspects of the subject
    Abstract: Acknowledgements -- Preface -- Introduction -- Economics for the environment : a primer -- International environmental problems : a primer -- Environmental systems, dynamics and modeling : a primer -- Annotated references : a starting point -- Dictionary of environmental economics, science, and policy -- References -- Appendix 1 : Greek alphabet -- Appendix 2 : Roman numerals -- Appendix 3 : Système Internationale units -- Appendix 4 : prefixes of the Système Internationale (SI) -- Appendix 5 : common abbreviations -- Appendix 6 : geological time -- Appendix 7 : selected environmental treaties and conventions
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    ISBN: 9781782542643
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (ix, 257 pages) , illustrations
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    DDC: 337.5
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    Keywords: 30.09.1999 ; Multinationales Unternehmen ; Auslandsinvestition ; Internationale Wirtschaftsbeziehungen ; Asiatisch-pazifischer Raum ; Asien ; Australien ; Neuseeland ; Pazifischer Raum ; Ostasien Südostasien ; Australien ; Neuseeland ; Pazifischer Raum ; Internationale Wirtschaftsbeziehungen ; Außenwirtschaft ; Export ; Wirtschaftswachstum ; Direktinvestition ; Dänemark ; Vereinigte Staaten ; Japan ; Volksrepublik China ; Kleine und mittlere Unternehmen Marketing ; Internet ; Multinationales Unternehmen ; Taiwan ; Elektronikindustrie ; Bangladesch ; Urheberrecht ; Joint Venture ; International ; Hongkong ; Personalpolitik ; Management (funktional) ; Internationaler Vergleich/Ländervergleich ; East Asia Congresses Foreign economic relations ; Southeast Asia Congresses Foreign economic relations ; Pacific Area Congresses Foreign economic relations ; Australia Congresses Foreign economic relations ; New Zealand Congresses Foreign economic relations ; East Asia Foreign economic relations ; Congresses ; Konferenzschrift ; Ostasien ; Australien ; Neuseeland ; Außenwirtschaft
    Abstract: This timely book represents the latest research on a selection of key issues in international business in the Asia-Pacific region. In particular the contributors examine the internationalisation process, export expansion and performance, foreign direct investment and the management of international business relationships. More specifically, they analyse: * the growth patterns of Danish and US companies developing operations in the region * the impact of the internet, the competitiveness of the Australian wine industry, and the development and application of export performance measures * the factors influencing the location decisions of Japanese Multinational Enterprises (MNEs) and the investment risk perceptions of Australian MNEs * the multinational knowledge acquisition modes of Taiwanese electronics firms * the protection of intellectual property rights * the use of performance measures in international joint ventures * the human resource management practices of ethnic Chinese-owned enterprises compared to Anglo-American MNEs. This book will become a first point of reference for businesses in this region as well as scholars of international business and Asian studies
    Description / Table of Contents: Contents: Preface -- Part I. The internationalisation process -- Part II. Export expansion and performance -- Part III. Foreign direct investment issues -- Part IV. Managing international business relationships -- Index.
    Note: A selection of papers presented at the annual conference of the Australia-New Zealand Business Academy, held September 30-October 2, 1999, and hosted by the Australian Centre for International Business at the University of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia , Includes bibliographical references and index
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    ISBN: 9781035304066
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xi, 149 pages) , illustrations
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    Parallel Title: Elektronische Reproduktion von Steininger, Karl W., 1965 - International trade and transport
    DDC: 382
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    Keywords: Güterverkehr ; Außenwirtschaftstheorie ; Neue Außenhandelstheorie ; Regionalökonomik ; Transportkosten ; Umweltökonomik ; Theorie ; International trade ; Transportation ; Economic geography ; International trade ; Transportation ; Economic geography ; Weltwirtschaft ; Welthandel ; Transport ; Wirtschaftsgeografie
    Abstract: The spatial dimension of international trade theory has been neglected during most of its history. Trade barriers such as tariffs have been deemed more important. However, in an increasingly integrated world economy seeking to abolish tariffs, spatial considerations have gained in stature. On the way to fostering a spatial trade theory this book supplies a comprehensive analysis of all the different impacts of the inclusion of space and transport costs, covering orthodox trade theory, new trade theories, and economic geography. Karl Steininger also expands spatial analysis to cover spatial preferences and spatial discounting and catalogues the result of spatial production structure and environmental quality in a global economy. Finally, an empirical account is given of the trade and macro-implications of full cost pricing in transport
    Description / Table of Contents: Contents: 1. Introduction -- 2. The modelling of transport in international trade theory -- 3. Transport in traditional trade theory -- 4. Transport in new trade theories -- 5. Transport in economic geography -- 6. Foreign trade and spatial pReferences -- 7. Foreign trade and transport cost internationalization -- 8. Conclusions -- References -- Index.
    Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 135-143) and indexes
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    ISBN: 9781781952740
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xii, 281 p) , maps
    Series Statement: Edward Elgar E-Book Archive
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    Parallel Title: Elektronische Reproduktion von Sustainable forest management and global climate change
    DDC: 333.75/097
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    Keywords: Forest management Case studies ; Climatic changes Case studies ; Sustainable forestry Case studies ; Electronic books ; Fallstudiensammlung ; Amerika ; Forstwirtschaft ; Nachhaltigkeit ; Amerika ; Klimaänderung ; Forstwirtschaft
    Abstract: The UN Framework Convention on Climate Change recognises that, in the formulation of a global strategy for reducing global emissions of carbon (the main factor in global warming) forests could play an important role. This book highlights that role and demonstrates how the forests of the world may be harvested judiciously and sustainably. The authors argue that the forests are more than just a source of timber and wood; they discuss the role that forests play in reducing global warming, in preventing soil erosion and in helping to minimise the loss of biodiversity. Drawing on the expertise of contributors associated with the analysis of forests, this book is an in depth and fascinating discussion as well as a policy guide for the sustainable management of forests
    Abstract: pt. 1. Biophysical aspects of forestry and carbon management -- pt. 2. The economic valuation of forests : boreal and tropical case studies -- pt. 3. Forest policy : case studies from North, Central and South America
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    ISBN: 9781782542308
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xi, 340 pages) , illustrations
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    Parallel Title: Elektronische Reproduktion von The globalization of industry and innovation in Eastern Europe
    DDC: 338.947
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    Keywords: Industrie ; Innovation ; Wirtschaftliche Anpassung ; Internationaler Wettbewerb ; Osteuropa ; Industrial policy ; Structural adjustment (Economic policy) ; Europe, Eastern Economic policy 1989- ; Bibliografie ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Osteuropa ; Industrie ; Innovation ; Internationaler Wettbewerb ; Anpassung
    Abstract: In this important book, industrial and enterprise reform over the last decade in Eastern Europe is critically reviewed in light of increasing Eastern integration into the global economy. The authors argue for the further globalization of Eastern European enterprise networks as a condition for recovery and growth in the region. Empirical evidence is provided from five industrial sectors (car industry, telecommunication, shipbuilding, computers, software), including case studies and international comparisons
    Description / Table of Contents: Contents: 1. Introduction -- Part I: Conceptual framework -- 2. An evolutionary view of post-socialist restructuring -- 3. Enterprise reform and competition analysis in the post-socialist context -- Part II: Empirical analysis and case studies -- 4. The reemergence of the automotive industry in eastern Europe -- 5. Local, regional and global production networks -- 6. Eastern European shipbuilding's cruise towards world markets -- 7. Food processing in western and eastern Europe -- 8. Restructuring -- Of the telecommunications sector in the west and the east and the role of science and technology -- 9. Software -- 10. The eastern European computer industry -- 11. Restructuring the computer and software industries in Poland -- Part III: Summary and outlook -- 12. Main findings and perspectives for innovation policies in eastern Europe and the west -- Index.
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    ISBN: 9781035303922
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (x, 261 pages)
    Series Statement: Current issues in ecological economics
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    Parallel Title: Elektronische Reproduktion von Greening the accounts
    DDC: 339.3
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    Keywords: Umweltökonomische Gesamtrechnung ; Input-Output-Analyse ; Theorie ; Welt ; National income Case studies Accounting ; Sustainable development Case studies ; Environmental economics Case studies ; Environmental economics ; National income Accounting ; Case studies ; Sustainable development Case studies ; Environmental economics Case studies ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Umweltökonomische Gesamtrechnung ; Volkswirtschaftliche Gesamtrechnung ; Umweltökonomie ; Wirtschaftsentwicklung ; Nachhaltigkeit ; Umweltökonomie ; Umweltökonomische Gesamtrechnung
    Abstract: This path-breaking book shows how green accounting can be compatible with ecological economics and how it can contribute to the implementation of sustainability. It explores the history and methodology of green accounting and describes the state-of-the-art construction of green accounts in individual countries. The authors first provide an overview of the history of national accounting and its place in the debate concerning sustainability. In particular they address the social role that accounts play, the relationship of national accounts to economic traditions, and the relationship between green national accounts and ecological economics. They go on to describe issues related to the history of green accounts and the methodologies adopted, and discuss the Dutch experience with the NAMEA system, the use of input-output analysis in national accounting and the conceptual issues raised by green accounting. Finally, the authors show how green accounts are being constructed and used in various countries, by both national governments and corporate businesses. The book features new case studies of green national accounting in Europe, Africa and Canada, the UK experience in establishing green accounts and the process of greening business accounts. Greening the Accounts will be required reading for scholars of ecological economics, environmental studies and business and national accounting
    Description / Table of Contents: Contents: Preface -- 1. Introduction -- Part I: The history of national accounts -- 2. The social and political roles of national accounting -- 3. Roots of green accounting in the classical and neoclassical schools -- 4. Sustainability, ecological economics and green accounting -- Part II: Green accounting as a policy instrument -- 5. Indicators and accounts of sustainable development: The namea approach -- 6. Formal models and practical measurement for greening the accounts -- 7. The magic triangle of input-output tables -- 8. Alternative green accounting methodologies -- Part III: Uses of green accounting -- 9. Case studies: Uses of green accounting -- 10. Constructing green accounts -- 11. Corporate environmental accounting: Accounting for environmentally sustainable profits -- 12. Setting the agenda for green accounting in the 21st century -- Index.
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    ISBN: 9781035303502
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xiv, 354 pages) , illustrations
    Series Statement: New horizons in environmental economics
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    Parallel Title: Elektronische Reproduktion von Global environmental change and agriculture
    DDC: 338.1/4
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    Keywords: Klimawandel ; Umweltbelastung ; Welt ; Landwirtschaft ; Global environmental change ; Climatic changes ; Agriculture Environmental aspects ; Environmental auditing ; Bibliografie ; Landwirtschaftsentwicklung ; Klimaänderung
    Abstract: Global Environmental Change and Agriculture offers a comprehensive perspective on the causes, consequences and possible policy solutions for climatic change as we move into the twenty-first century. It assesses the impact of potential future global climate change on agriculture and the need to sustain agricultural growth for economic development. The book begins by examining the role of international research institutions in overcoming environmental constraints on sustainable agricultural growth and economic development. The authors then discuss how agricultural research systems may be restructured to respond to global environmental problems such as climate change and loss of genetic diversity. The discussion then extends to consider environmental accounting and indexing, to illustrate how environmental quality can be included formally in measures of national income, social welfare and sustainability. The third part of the book focuses on the effects of and policy responses to climate change. Chapters examine the effect of climate change on production, trade, land use patterns and livelihoods. They consider impacts on the distribution of income between developed and developing countries and between different social classes within the developing world, where agriculture remains a major economic activity. Authors take on an economy-wide perspective to draw lessons for agricultural, trade, land use and tax policy. This book will be of special interest to agricultural, development and environmental economists as well as policy analysts in government and at international agencies confronting practical problems of environmental and economic assessment
    Description / Table of Contents: Contents: 1. Introduction -- Part I: Global environmental change: Implications for agricultural research systems -- 2. Research systems for sustainable agricultural development -- 3. Agricultural diversity: Do we have the resources to meet future needs? -- Part II: Environmental accounting and Indexing -- 4. Environmental distortions and welfare consequences in a social accounting matrix framework -- 5. Environmental accounting and agriculture -- 6. Vulnerability of crops to climate change: A practical method of Indexing -- Part III: Climate change: Adaptation and mitigation -- 7. Assessing research on the impacts of climate change on agriculture -- 8. Climate change and agriculture: Effects on developing countries -- 9. Climate change, world agriculture and land use -- 10. Carbon abatement: Lessons from second-best economics.
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    ISBN: 9781035303731
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xiii, 259 pages) , illustrations
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    Parallel Title: Elektronische Reproduktion von Agriculture, trade, and the environment
    DDC: 338.1/84
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    Keywords: Landwirtschaft ; Umwelt ; Agrarproduktion ; Nachhaltige Entwicklung ; Handelsliberalisierung ; Agrarpolitik ; Welt ; EU-Staaten ; Agriculture and state ; Agriculture Economic aspects ; Sustainable agriculture ; Free trade ; Agriculture and state European Union countries ; Agriculture and state Environmental aspects ; European Union countries ; Konferenzschrift ; Europäische Union ; Agrarpolitik ; Agrarhandel ; Liberalisierung ; Landwirtschaft ; Umweltveränderung ; Nachhaltigkeit ; Europa ; Agrarpolitik ; Europa ; Landwirtschaft ; Umweltschutz ; Europa ; Landwirtschaft ; Nachhaltigkeit
    Abstract: This timely book focuses on the liberalization of agricultural policy and questions whether it is compatible with the goal of achieving economic and environmental sustainability in the European Union. It presents an invaluable contribution to the growing literature on the sustainability and policy aspects of trade liberalization, focusing on European agriculture. Agriculture, Trade and the Environment discusses quantitative methods for the assessment of agriculture-environment trade-offs for policy analysis at the firm, regional or national levels. It also presents the experience of countries in Europe, with particular regard to the impact of the reform of the Common Agricultural Policy and the repercussions of the Uruguay Round. Using a wide range of analytical and quantitative tools, country case studies examine agricultural areas in Austria, Scotland, Italy, Spain, Greece and Estonia. The authors then go on to look at future developments in an enlarged EU context. They conclude that efficient policies for environmental management in the EU need to be tailored to fit local conditions. Any attempt to impose uniform policies across a region as environmentally and economically diverse as Europe will have widely divergent and unintended consequences. This book will prove invaluable to academics and students with an interest in agricultural economics, environmental and ecological economics and the European Union
    Description / Table of Contents: Contents: Introduction -- 1. Comparative statics on a two-country, one-commodity, two-factor agricultural trade model with process-generated pollution -- 2. Quantifying agriculture-environment tradeoffs to assess environmental impacts of domestic and trade policies -- 3. Decomposing the effects of trade on the environment -- 4. Effects of cap reform on the environment in the European Union -- 5. Consistency between environmental and competitiveness objectives of agricultural policies -- 6. EU agriculture and the economics of vertically-related markets -- 7. Are support measures and external effects of agriculture linked together? -- 8. Principles for the provision of public goods from agriculture -- 9. The impact of the uruguay round on the agro-food sector and the rural environment it Italy -- 10. The common agricultural policy and the environment -- 11. The productivity of agrochemicals in greece -- 12. Agriculture and the environment in transition -- 13. European agriculture and the cap.
    Note: Revised papers selected from the international conference "European agricuture at the crossroads: competition and sustainability" hosted by the Dept. of Economics of the University of Crete, in Rethimno, 1996 , Includes bibliographical references and index
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    ISBN: 9781782541592
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xii, 254 pages) , illustrations
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
    Parallel Title: Elektronische Reproduktion von Environment, technology and economic growth
    DDC: 333.7
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    Keywords: Umweltökonomik ; Wirtschaftswachstum ; Technischer Fortschritt ; Lange Wellen ; Umweltökonomische Gesamtrechnung ; Theorie ; Welt ; Sustainable development ; Environmental economics ; Technology Economic aspects ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Wirtschaftsentwicklung ; Umweltökonomie ; Neue Technologie
    Abstract: At the end of the 20th century economists and policymakers face an unprecedented dual challenge: to avert ecological disaster and to end mass unemployment by accelerating and redirecting world economic growth. This major volume brings together contributions from environmental and technological economists. The first part discusses the ecological challenge to economists and policymakers and shows that both need a radical change in their approach. The second part discusses the institutional and legal changes which are necessary to address this challenge. The final part deals with the technological revolution, focusing on microelectronics and biotechnology, which is now transforming the world economy, and sets it in the context of long term fluctuations in economic growth and the relative stagnation since 1973. The protection of the environment, and economic growth with full employment are not necessarily opposed. On the contrary, as this volume demonstrates, what is required to return to full employment and more rapid growth is vigorous and concerted government action to give an 'eco-friendly' direction to technological and economic change
    Description / Table of Contents: Contents: Introduction: Ecology, technology and institutions / (A. Tylecote and J. van der Straaten) -- Part I: the ecological agenda for sustainable development -- Part II: the institutional agenda for sustainable development -- Part III: ecology, technology and long fluctuations in economic growth -- Index.
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    ISBN: 9781035303298
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xxv, 379 pages) , illustrations
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    Parallel Title: Elektronische Reproduktion von Ayres, Robert U., 1932 - Industrial ecology
    DDC: 658.7
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    Keywords: Industrial ecology ; Wirtschaftskreislauf ; Umweltschutz
    Abstract: Industrial Ecology is perhaps the first serious attempt to go beyond general statements regarding the desirability of 'clean technology' and to assess realistically and quantitatively the range of practicable possibilities for reducing materials extraction, consumption and waste. This major new book examines strategic options for reducing wastes and pollution and increasing the productivity of materials. Using an industrial ecology perspective, the authors analyse thirteen generic cases of material, beginning with four families of metals (aluminium, chromium, copper and zinc), several families of chemicals (phosphates and fluorine; suphur-based, nitrogen-based and chlorine-based), silicon and several different types of waste. Opportunities for creating 'industrial ecosystems' by deliberate design are discussed as well as the use of low-value by-products as feed stocks for useful products. In addition to surveying the technological possibilities, the authors also consider the public interest, institutional barriers and the range of possible alternatives that might be applicable. Environmental scientists, economists, practitioners and policy makers will welcome Industrial Ecology's integrated approach and the emphasis which it places on resource productivity, materials cycle optimization and waste minimization
    Description / Table of Contents: Contents: Acknowledgements -- 1. Introduction: Materials perspective -- 2. Resource perspective -- 3. Alumina, aluminum and gallium -- 4. Copper, cobalt, silver and arsenic -- 5. Chromium sources, uses and losses -- 6. Zinc and cadmium -- 7. Sulfur and sulfuric acid -- 8. Phosphorus, fluorine and gypsum -- 9. Nitrogen-based chemicals -- 10. The chlor-alkali sector -- 11. Electronic grade silicon (egs) for semiconductors -- 12. Post-consumer packaging wastes -- 13. Scrap tires -- 14. Coal ash: Sources and possible uses -- 15. On industrial ecosystems -- 16. Summary and conclusions -- References -- Indexes.
    Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 333-348) and indexes
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