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The Green Entrepreneur: Visionary, Maverick or Opportunist?
Taylor, David W.; Walley, Liz E. E. - EconWPA - 2003
Given the importance of green entrepreneurs in the transition towards a truly sustainable society, this paper proposes … entrepreneurship (1998). The terms 'ethical maverick', 'ad hoc environpreneur', 'visionary champion' and 'innovative opportunist' are … ways to foster green entrepreneurship. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005561853
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005407755
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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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Latvia: Working Too Hard?
Hazans, Mihails - EconWPA - 2005
This paper provides an assessment of employment and working conditions in Latvia before and immediately after the EU accession. The issues addressed include self-employment, multiple jobs, fixed-term contracts, unreported wages, overtime, unsocial working hours, health and safety at work, social...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005076524
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Privatizing Profits of Bulgaria's State Enterprises, TRANSITION newsletter about transition economies, The World Bank, Vol. 6, No.3, March 1995.
Bogetic, Zeljko; Hillman, Arye - EconWPA - 2005
enterprises for private uses by state enteprise managers and insiders in Bulgaria during the period of early transition. …
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Do asymmetric terms of trade shocks affect private savings in a transition economy?
Chowdhury, Abdur R. - EconWPA - 2003
This paper examines whether terms of trade shocks have an asymmetric effect on private savings in transition economies …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005125030
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The Tax Base in Transition: The Case of Bulgaria, World Bank Policy Research Working Paper Series No. 1267 (March 1994), The World Bank.
Bogetic, Zeljko; Hillman, Arye - EconWPA - 2005
the transition from the socialist system. The paper explores issues in the design of tax bases and tax structures in the … transition and argues that transition economies would need to adopt a lower and simpler tax structure than the ones prevailing in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005125910
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Wage and Income Inequality in Slovenia, 1993-2002
Stanovnik, Tine; Verbic, Miroslav - EconWPA - 2005
This paper analyses the dynamics of wage and income inequality in Slovenia from 1993 to 2002, using two different data sources. The first is obtained by extracting relevant information on wage earners from the personal income tax (PIT) database and the second is obtained using published data on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005125991
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Output Changes and Inflationary Bias in Transition
Filer, Randall K.; Hanousek, Jan - EconWPA - 2001
Mismeasurement of inflation is likely to be more severe in a transition economy than in a more stable environment … real output and living standards during the transition may be a statistical artifact rather than a real phenomenon. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005126136