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Institutional economics and fisheries management : the case of Pacific tuna
Petersen, Elizabeth H. - 2006
providing an analysis of fisheries management in the context of new institutional economics …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851379
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MicroFranchising : creating wealth at the bottom of the pyramid
Fairbourne, Jason S. (contributor);  … - 2007
pyramid / Molly Hoyt and Eliot Jamison -- Microfranchise business models / Kirk Magleby -- Honey Care Africa / Farouk Jiwa … Services : rural telephone access for South Africa / Lisa Jones Christensen, Jennifer (Reck) Van Kirk and Brad Wood -- Scojo …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012419999
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Technological learning : a strategic imperative for firms in the developing world
Marcelle, Gillian M. - 2004
This book investigates how individual firms in developing countries undertake technological learning and capability building (TCB) efforts and explains why some developing country firms are world-class and others struggle with these important processes
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851391
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Ecological economics of the oceans and coasts
Patterson, M. G. (ed.); Glavovic, Bruce Christopher (ed.) - 2008
This timely book offers a fresh view on how oceans and coasts are, and should be, managed. The urgency of this issue is increasingly being recognized, as critical limits to the economic exploitation of our oceans and coasts are reached. The authors argue that ecological economics is in a unique...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014473997
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Shrimp farming and mangrove loss in Thailand
Suthawan Sathirathai (contributor);  … - 2004
Through in-depth case studies of local communities in four distinct coastal areas in Southern Thailand, the authors are able to assess objectively the underlying economic causes, and consequences, of mangrove deforestation due to the expansion of shrimp farms
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011850706
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Explorations in environmental and natural resource economics : essays in honor of Gardner M. Brown, Jr
Layton, David, F. (contributor);  … - 2006
Gardner M. Brown, Jr. has been a leading innovator in the development of environmental and natural resource economics. This book comprises essays written in his honor by some of the most distinguished economists working in this field
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011850806
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Valuing complex natural resource systems : the case of the Lagoon of Venice
Alberini, Anna (contributor);  … - 2006
In complex natural resource systems, modifications or disruptions tend to affect many and diverse components of the ecological system, settlements and groups of people. This book uses the Lagoon of Venice-- a unique natural resource, wildlife habitat, centre of cultural heritage and recreational...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851947
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Climate change and the economics of the world's fisheries : examples of small pelagic stocks
Barange, Manuel (contributor);  … - 2006
To date, research on the economic implications of climate change on fisheries has been both limited and fragmented. The …1. Global warming, small pelagic fisheries and risk / Ragnar Arnason -- 2. The collapse of the Norwegian herring … fisheries in the 1960s and 1970s : crisis, adaptation and recovery / Torbjørn Lorentzen and Rögnvaldur Hannesson -- 3. Sharing …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011852030
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Failing to compete : technology development and technology systems in Africa
Lall, Sanjaya - 2002
performance of Sub-Saharan Africa -- 3. Kenya -- 4. Tanzania -- 5. Uganda -- 6. Ghana -- 7. Zimbabwe. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012420099
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Regulating development : evidence from Africa and Latin America
Amann, Edmund (contributor) - 2006
Regulating Development examines the impact that regulation--good or bad--can have on the development of poorer societies. It opens with a succinct review of critical issues, including the implications of the spread of intellectual property rights legislation and the role of the World Trade...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851078