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Governance Infrastructure and U.S. Foreign Direct Investment
Globerman, Steven; Shapiro, Daniel - EconWPA - 2004
This paper examines the statistical importance of governance infrastructure as a determinant of U.S. foreign direct … investment. In broad terms, governance infrastructure represents attributes of legislation, regulation, and legal systems that … recipient is estimated. The results indicate that countries that fail to achieve a minimum threshold of effective governance are …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005119470
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Finding a path in the sustainability jungle. A framework for corporate action.
Seelos, Christian - EconWPA - 2005
Collective concerns about sustainable development and proposals about how to achieve sustainability have produced a … sustainability; and yet the lack of clear definitions has left a vacuum of corporate guidance. Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR …) has become a synonym for corporate action towards sustainability, but companies continue to struggle to understand how to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005062681
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Wertschaffendes Umweltmanagement. Keine Nachhaltigkeit ohne ökonomischen Erfolg. Kein ökonomischer Erfolg ohne Nachhaltigkeit
Figge, Frank - EconWPA - 2004
Die Studie „Wertschaffendes Umweltmanagement“ betrachtet den Zusammenhang zwischen Umweltaspekten und Unternehmenswert. Hierbei bezieht sie erstmals zwei unterschiedliche, sich ergänzende Bewertungsverfahren ein: Sie nimmt erstens das Konzept des Environmental Shareholder Value auf und...
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Impacts of Native Vegetation and Biodiversity Regulations
Commission, Productivity - EconWPA - 2004
Australian, state and territory regimes came under review for the Commission’s inquiry into native vegetation and biodiversity regulations. The Commission’s preliminary findings were released for public comment in December 2003. It found that the cost of farm regulations could be reduced if...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005556186
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Work arrangements on large capital city building projects
Commission, Productivity - EconWPA - 2002
The study examines the relationship between work arrangements and workplace performance on large capital building sites.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005135099
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Reform of Building Regulation
Commission, Productivity - EconWPA - 2005
performance of the building and construction industry. The Commission found that the Australian Building Codes Board has made …
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The environmental performance of commercial buildings
Commission, Productivity - EconWPA - 2001
Building and Construction Industries Action Agenda. …
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Das oeffentliche Auftragswesen im gesamtwirtschaftlichen Zusammenhang
Handler, Heinz - EconWPA - 2005
This paper, written in German language, deals with public procurement policies in the European Union in an overall economic context. Public sector contracts for goods and services make up about one sixth of Community GDP. Governments of all levels tend to rely on local firms when extenting...
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A short note on the prisoner’s dilemma as applied to public procurement
Abramo, Claudio Weber - EconWPA - 2003
The prisoner’s dilemma is sometimes invoked to describe the situation facing participants in tenders. Reasoning on the basis of the dilemma metaphor, it is contended that agreeing not to bribe public officials in order to win contracts (collaboration) leads to better outcomes than bribing...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005125994
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Prevention and detection in bribery-affected public procurement
Abramo, Claudio Weber - EconWPA - 2003
In environments where regulations are lax and controls function badly, cleanly participating in tenders is irrational. An increase in one single firm’s propensity to bribe induces the same behaviour upon the others (“bad apple effect”), and the likelihood of firms to bribe tends to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005408440