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Market-based instruments for environmental management : politics and institutions
Andersen, Mikael Skou (ed.); Sprenger, Rolf-Ulrich (ed.) - 2000
Market-based instruments are becoming the environmental management tool of choice and have provided a new perspective on the conventional wisdom about policy instruments. This book analyses the complexities of designing and implementing market-based instruments using case study experiences from...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014473815
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Designing international environmental agreements : incentive compatible strategies for cost-effective cooperation
Schmidt, Carsten - 2000
The international character of today's most pressing environmental problems has become a key challenge for environmental policy making. As regulation by a supranational authority is not a realistic option at present, policymakers have to rely on decentralized approaches to the management of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014473876
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Free to fail : creative destruction revisited
Mandele, Hugh C. van der - 2013
. Public organizations that fail are more often than not protected and allowed to continue even though their efficiency is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012420127
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The German state banks : global players in the international financial markets
Sinn, Hans-Werner - 1999
The German state banks - or Landesbanks - are not only some of the largest banks in Germany but are also a dominant force in the international banking sector. These state-owned banks enjoy special privileges and government support which have made them major players in the global arena of banking...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014473811
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The myth of Japanese efficiency : the world car industry in a globalizing age
Coffey, Dan - 2006
Introducing the myth of Japanese efficiency -- Wide selection : a myth encountered -- Production malapropisms : the BMW … totalizing myth : Japanese efficiency as a cultural fiction …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851708
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Organizational effectiveness
Cameron, Kim S. (contributor) - 2010
Effectiveness and Quality: The Second Generation'], in John Smart (ed) (ed.), Higher Education: Handbook of Theory and Research …: Harvard Business School Press, 133-58 -- Michael C. Jensen (2002), 'Value Maximization, Stakeholder Theory, and the Corporate …: McGraw-Hill, 47-77 -- Chris Argyris (1973), 'Personality and Organization Theory Revisited', Administrative Science Quarterly …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011852277
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Environmentally sustainable leadership : past, present, and future
Redekop, Benjamin W. - 2024
"Benjamin Redekop expertly presents a comprehensive overview of the rise and evolution of environmentally sustainable leadership from the early 19th century to the present day. Redekop not only assesses the approaches of various historical and contemporary leaders, but also provides a foundation...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014512181
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The economics of regulating road transport
Verhoef, Erik T. - 1996
explores welfare economic evaluations - in terms of efficiency as well as equity and social feasibility - of regulatory … issues of efficiency in the regulation of road transport and part three discusses the issue of equity and social feasibility … versus efficiency. This book will be of interest to students of environmental economics and transport economics and to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014473953
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The economics of standards : theory, evidence, policy
Blind, Knut - 2004
This book provides a comprehensive overview of the important topic of standards, which remains a vastly under-researched field of empirical inquiry. It presents a variety of interesting empirical analyses which reveal the driving forces and the economic impacts of standardization both in the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014474038
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Environment and industry in developing countries : assessing the adoption of environmentally sound technology
Luken, Ralph Andrew - 2007
1. Introduction -- 2. Decoupling of environmental pressure from industrial growth, 1990-2002 -- 3. Heuristic model of EST adoption -- 4. Brazil -- 5. China -- 6. India -- 7. Kenya -- 8. Thailand -- 9. Tunisia -- 10. Viet Nam -- 11. Zimbabwe -- 13. Eight-country assessment of factors influencing...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012420065