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The handbook of technology foresight : concepts and practice
Georghiou, Luke (ed.) - 2008
Foresight has emerged as a key instrument for the development and implementation of research and innovation policy. The main focus of activity has been at the national level. Governments have sought to set priorities, to build networks between science and industry and, in some cases, to change...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014473802
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The economic growth engine : how energy and work drive material prosperity
Ayres, Robert U. - 2009
The historic link between output (GDP) growth and employment has weakened. Since there is no quantitively verifiable economic theory to explain past growth, this unique book explores the fundamental relationship between thermodynamics (physical work) and economics
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011852051
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Global governance and the role of the EU : assessing the future balance of power
Villafranca, Antonio (contributor);  … - 2011
Three years after the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression, economic growth has resurfaced across the world …pt. 1. Heading to 2020 : a new world economic governance? -- pt. 2. Carving out a place for the EU …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011850619
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Distributional impacts of climate change and disasters : concepts and cases
Ruth, Matthias (ed.); Ibarrarán, María Eugenia (ed.) - 2009
Climate change tends to increase the frequency and intensity of weather-related disasters, which puts many people at risk. Economic, social and environmental impacts further increase vulnerability to disasters and tend to set back development, destroy livelihoods, and increase disparity...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851340
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Population aging and the generational economy : a global perspective
Lee, Ronald - 2011
Over coming decades, changes in population age structure will have profound implications for the macroeconomy, influencing economic growth, generational equity, human capital, saving and investment, and the sustainability of public and private transfer systems. How the future unfolds will depend...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851758
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The making of national economic forecasts
Klein, Lawrence Robert (contributor) - 2009
made. It explains how modern developments in information technology have made it possible to forecast frequently--at least … monthly but also weekly or bi-weekly--depending upon the perceived needs of potential forecast users and also on the … Korea / You Chan 'Kevin' Chung -- 9. Current quarter model for Turkey / Süleyman Özmucur -- 10. Estimation of the US …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851894
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Environmental taxation and climate change : achieving environmental sustainability through fiscal policy
Kreiser, Lawrence A. (contributor) - 2011
environmental taxation scholars from around the world, this timely volume covers a range of hotly debated subjects including carbon …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851949
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Terrorism and the international business environment : the security-business nexus
Suder, Gabriele G. S. (contributor) - 2004
operation studies -- pt. 4. Implications of crisis in a synergetic world …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011850897
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The new economics of outdoor recreation
Hanley, Nick (contributor); Wright, Robert E. (contributor);  … - 2003
group of authors covers real-world recreation management issues and applies economic understanding to these problems. An …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851998
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Tax compliance and tax morale : a theoretical and empirical analysis
Torgler, Benno - 2007
The question of why citizens pay their taxes has attracted increased attention in the tax compliance literature of late. In this book, Benno Torgler considers the evidence that suggests that enforcement efforts cannot fully explain the high degree of tax compliance within society. To attempt to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012420106