Nach der Drei-Sektoren-Hypothese gewinnt der Dienstleistungssektor gegenüber dem primären und sekundären Sektor immer mehr an Bedeutung. Die Rolle des sekundären Sektors ist jedoch nicht zu vernachlässigen, weil die Industrieunternehmen mit unternehmensorientierten Dienstleistern immer...

We explore the relative ability of local economies to retain their long-run growth dynamics when faced by the destabilizing effects of major shocks. Taking annual wage series for nineteen U.K. towns over the historical period 1871–1906, we fit a spatial panel data model to 1871–1890 data and...

Il paper analizza la relazione tra mutamento socio-politico locale e sviluppo economico in seguito alle trasformazioni politiche che hanno investito il Veneto. La nostra attenzione è concentrata sulle trasformazioni di medio e breve periodo nel distretto industriale di Thiene. Per rispondere al...

In many countries inward foreign direct investment (FDI) typically concentrates in a few regions. However, there is little empirical evidence on whether spatially concentrated FDI boosts economic growth in other regions within the same country. We use a dataset that covers 96% of Chinese cities...

The analysis of regional differences in a share of service sector in employment was conducted in the study. The aim of research was to identify the most im-portant intra-sectoral determinants of labour engagement in the service sector at a level of voivodeships. Statistical methods such as...

There seems to be high interest in the question of food loss and food waste. The comments take up the article in Food Policy on “Total and per capita value of food loss in the United States”. It is argued that the methodology of calculating the food loss is questionable. Consequently, the...

There are few peer-reviewed or major published studies that estimate the total amount of food loss in developed countries and even fewer attempt to estimate the monetary value. We compiled estimates of the amount and value of food loss for more than 200 individual foods in the United States...

Reducing food losses and food waste is attracting growing public attention at the international, regional, and national levels, and is widely acknowledged to contribute to abating interlinked sustainability challenges such as food security, climate change, and water shortage. However, the...

Reducing food losses and food waste is attracting growing public attention at the international, regional, and national levels, and is widely acknowledged to contribute to abating interlinked sustainability challenges such as food security, climate change, and water shortage. However, the...