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Theory and Practices on Innovating for Sustainable Development

Krozer, Yoram - 2016 - 1st ed. 2016

This book explains how income growth and better environmental qualities go hand in hand, and reviews the drivers and barriers to sustainable innovation on the basis of real-life cases. It discusses why innovation-based income growth reduces environmental impacts and how the huge global markets...

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Towards Global Sustainability : Issues, New Indicators and Economic Policy

Welfens, Paul J. J. - 2016 - 1st ed. 2016

This study develops a new indicator for national and global sustainability. The main components of the EIIW-vita indicator are: the share of renewable energy, the genuine savings rate, and the relative "green export" position of the respective countries; it is in line with OECD requirements on...

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Economics and Computation : An Introduction to Algorithmic Game Theory, Computational Social Choice, and Fair Division

2016 - 1st ed. 2016

This textbook connects three vibrant areas at the interface between economics and computer science: algorithmic game …

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Production Control Systems : A Guide to Enhance Performance of Pull Systems

Khojasteh, Yacob - 2016 - 1st ed. 2016

Selecting a suitable production control policy is a challenging task for managers because the superiority of one control over the other is controversial. This book analyzes pull production systems and provides a guideline to choose and implement a proper control policy in production processes....

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Chronic Regulatory Focus and Financial Decision-Making : Asset and Portfolio Allocation

Kumar, Navin - 2016 - 1st ed. 2016

In this book, the relationship between financial decision-making and chronic regulatory focus is explored to provide a better understanding of consumer decisions. Financial decisions are modelled on the basis of assets and portfolios sensitive to particular regulatory foci. Studies in the book...

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Manufacturing Exports from Indian States : Determinants and Policy Imperatives

Pradhan, Jaya Prakash - 2016 - 1st ed. 2016

This book investigates the less-explored dimensions of how industries in different Indian subnational spaces or states have responded to the growing phenomenon of internationalization. What factors have influenced firms participating in global business? Have state (both central and provincial)...

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Development in India : Micro and Macro Perspectives

2016

economy, and economics in general …

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Diversity of Managerial Perspectives from Inside China

2016 - 1st ed. 2016

This book includes research presented at the Global Chinese Management Studies Conferences held in Singapore between 2011 and 2014. It covers managerial themes from China that are associated with eco-labels, institutional changes in the context of governance, fusion accounting information,...

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Ecological Migration, Development and Transformation : A Study of Migration and Poverty Reduction in Ningxia

2016

After over 30 years of reform and opening up, China’s aggregate economic volume is now the second largest in the world. Over the past decade many provinces in the western region of China have implemented ecological migration projects of different scales, which have attracted considerable...

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Toward Balanced Growth with Economic Agglomeration : Empirical Studies of China's Urban-Rural and Interregional Development

Chen, Zhao - 2016

This book explains the relationships between equality and efficiency, as well as between government and market, in urban-rural and regional development by providing theoretical frameworks and empirical evidence. Urban-rural development in China is understood from a regional perspective, while...

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