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Economic growth, material flows and the environment : new applications of structural decomposition analysis and physical input-output tables
Hoekstra, Rutger - 2005
Rutger Hoekstra examines the complex relationship between the monetary economy and the materials flows that are extracted and emitted by economic activities. These physical flows are responsible for many important environmental problems such as unsustainable resource depletion, waste production...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014473999
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Explaining the gender wage gap : the missing aspects of discrimination
Sielska, Alicja - 2023
"This timely book offers a fascinating contemporary analysis of research into the gender pay gap while also providing important nuanced observations. It illustrates the variant methodologies that have been employed by researchers who have attempted to elucidate this challenging topic. Explaining...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014437069
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Greening the accounts
Simon, Sandrine (ed.); Proops, John L. R. (ed.) - 2000
This path-breaking book shows how green accounting can be compatible with ecological economics and how it can contribute to the implementation of sustainability. It explores the history and methodology of green accounting and describes the state-of-the-art construction of green accounts in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014473833
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The economics of the digital society
Soete, Luc (contributor); Ter Weel, Bas (contributor) - 2005
1. Introduction and summary -- 2. World-wide-welfare : a micro-economic analysis of "The new economy" -- 3. Network formation, innovation and IT use -- 4. Adoption and diffusion of e-business and the role of network effects -- 5. Radio spectrum fees as determinants of market structure : the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012420088
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Labour market policy and unemployment : impact and process evaluations in selected European countries
Mosley, Hugh (contributor); Koning, Jaap de (contributor) - 2001
This book examines the effectiveness of active labour market policies and their contribution to the prevention of social exclusion. The evaluation studies reported in this volume focus on two aspects of active labour market policies that have been relatively neglected in previous research and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851438
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Entrepreneurship and the growth of firms
Davidsson, Per - 2006
In this book, three leading scholars have integrated some of their most important research in order to answer these questions on firm growth. The result is a volume that builds on studies of many thousands of firms in several different projects. It offers deep insights into the firm growth...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851464
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Technology and the future of European employment
Soete, Luc (contributor); Petit, Pascal (contributor) - 2001
What is the potential of the new information and communication technologies? This book assesses the relationship between technological change and employment in all its dimensions, focusing on contemporary economies in Europe. The authors discuss patterns of growth, and the type of employment...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011852125
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Environmental tax reform and the labour market : the double dividend in different labour market regimes
Kratena, Kurt - 2002
During the past decade the issue of a general welfare double dividend (an improvement in environmental quality combined with a positive welfare effect) triggered by a tax shift from labour to energy resources has been extensively debated. In this book, Kurt Kratena studies the employment effects...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014474167
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Catch-up and radical innovation in Chinese state-owned enterprises : exploring large infrastructure projects
Liu, Xielin; Wang, Xiao; Hu, Yimei - 2021
innovation systems in China -- 3. State Grid and user-driven innovation: the case of ultra-high voltage power transmission -- 4 …. TD-SCDMA, LTE-TDD, and China Mobile: catch-up and innovation in the Chinese telecommunications industry -- 5. China … demonstrate the innovation process of SOEs, the unique innovation model of China, as well as its advantages and disadvantages …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012487425
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China's global vision and actions : reactions to belt, road and beyond
Rimmer, Peter James - 2020
Contents: Preface: Beyond China, China, China -- PART I INTRODUCTION -- 1. Actions and Reactions -- PART II CHINA -- 2 …. From China's Logistics to China's Geologistics -- PART III THE SILK ROAD ECONOMIC BELT: LANDBRIDGES, ECONOMIC CORRIDORS AND … TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY MARITIME SILK ROAD: BLUE ECONOMIC PASSAGES, AN ECONOMIC CIRCLE AND SEAPORTS -- 5. China-Indian Ocean …
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