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Technological change and the environmental imperative : challenges to the copper industry
Brundenius, Claes (contributor) - 2003
the largest copper producer in the world / Claes Brundenius -- Technological change and the environmental imperative : the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011850878
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Globalization and the environment : risk assessment and the WTO
Kellow, Aynsley John (contributor);  … - 2001
One of the unforeseen consequences of the WTO agreements has been controversy over risk. This volume explores aspects of risk with special reference to the WTO, where national instruments to reduce risk may conflict with international trade rules. The book is divided into sections dealing with:...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851983
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The economics of pollution havens
Fullerton, Don (ed.) - 2006
A pollution haven may arise if environmental stringency differs between countries, when capital is mobile, and when …, how those flows affect pollution, prices, and incomes, and finally how all of these last considerations feed back into … pollution policies, how local environmental rules respond to those location decisions, and how trade liberalization affects the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014474011
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The economics and management of intellectual property : towards intellectual capitalism
Granstrand, Ove - 1999
emphasis is given to strategies for the acquisition and commercialization of new technologies, patent strategies and strategies …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014473743
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Academic entrepreneurship : university spinoffs and wealth creation
Shane, Scott Andrew - 2004
In this unique and timely volume, Scott Shane systematically explains the formation of university spinoff companies and their role in the commercialization of university technology and wealth creation in the United States and elsewhere. The importance of university spinoff activity is discussed...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851600
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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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Environmental costs and liberalization in European air transport : a welfare economic analysis
Schipper, Youdi - 2001
noise pollution and emissions, not to mention the reduction of profits that often accompany market liberalization. In the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014474091
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Green accounting in Europe : a comparative study, volume 2
Markandya, Anil (contributor);  … - 2005
Using spatially desegregated data on measures of pollution to derive economic damage estimates, the main purpose of the … caused by ambient air pollution and the cost of defensive expenditures. They also present the results of the analysis and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012420061
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The political economy of intellectual property rights
May, Christopher - 2010
), 'The Political Economy of the South Africa-United States Patent Dispute', Journal of World Intellectual Property, 2 (6 … and the European Communities in Comparative Perspective', Journal of World Intellectual Property, 9 (6), 629-53 -- Debora … J. Halbert (2007), 'The World Intellectual Property Organization: Past, Present and Future', Journal of the Copyright …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011852269
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Knowledge spillovers and knowledge management
Karlsson, Charlie (ed.); Flensburg, Per (ed.);  … - 2004
This book reveals the key importance, in terms of international competitiveness, of firms' capability to adapt to, and develop, new technologies. At the same time, the authors argue that the sheer complexity of emerging technologies is such that the knowledge involved in their creation is likely...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014474039