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Pricing in road transport : a multi-disciplinary perspective

Verhoef, E. T. (contributor) - 2008

Transport pricing is high on the political agenda throughout the world, but as the authors illustrate, governments seeking to implement this often face challenging questions and significant barriers. The associated policy and research questions cannot always be addressed adequately from a...

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Financing transportation networks

Levinson, David M. - 2002

Pollution, alternative fuels, congestion, intelligent transportation systems, and the shift from construction to maintenance all call for a reconsideration of the existing highway revenue mechanisms, especially the gas tax. David Levinson explores the fundamental theoretical basis of highway...

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Road congestion pricing in Europe : implications for the United States

Bae, Chang-Hee Christine (contributor); … - 2008

In February 2003, the London Congestion Charging Scheme was introduced and in 2006 a similar policy was introduced in Stockholm. In both cases automobile traffic entering the cordon declined by about 20 percent. This book evaluates these and other similar programs exploring their implications...

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The economics of regulating road transport

Verhoef, Erik T. - 1996

The regulation of road transport externalities - environmental pollution, noise annoyance, accidents and congestion - is one of the most important issues in contemporary transport policies. The Economics of Regulating Road Transport explores welfare economic evaluations - in terms of efficiency...

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A theory of local entrepreneurship in the knowledge economy

Julien, Pierre-André - 2007

pt. 1. Context : the knowledge economy and different dynamics -- pt. 2. The main actors : entrepreneurs, organizations and milieux : their capacity to develop knowledge -- pt. 3. The factors : information, networks and innovation : necessary and sufficient conditions for entrepreneurship -- pt....

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Business relating business : managing organisational relations and networks

Wilkinson, Ian F. - 2008

relations and networks. It develops the management and policy implications of adopting relationship and network perspectives and …

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Understanding the dynamics of a knowledge economy

Soete, Luc (contributor); Dolfsma, Wilfred (contributor) - 2006

inside a network, or the building of an epistemic community : the Telecom Valley case study / Nathalie Lazaric and Catherine …

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The network society : a cross-cultural perspective

Castells, Manuel (ed.) - 2004

to explore the patterns and dynamics of the network society in its cultural and institutional diversity. The book … contributors demonstrate that the network society is the new form of social organization in the Information age, replacing the …pt. 1. The theory of the network society -- pt. 2. The cultural and institutional diversity of the network society …

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Economics, evolution and the state : the governance of complexity

Dopfer, Kurt (contributor) - 2005

This book focuses on the emerging field of evolutionary economic policy, highlighting the interface between the state, markets, and the evolutionary complexity of modern economies. The contributors explore the possibilities and limitations of governance, and provide a unique platform for the...

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Spatial dynamics, networks and modelling

Reggiani, Aura (contributor); Nijkamp, Peter (contributor) - 2006

modelling the spatial economy, transport networks, industrial dynamics and regional systems. It is argued that modelling network … empirical analysis, this exciting volume offers promising and evolutionary perspectives on the modern spatial network society …

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