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Environmental regulation and competitive advantage : a study of packaging waste in the European supply chain
Hitchens, D. M. W. N.; Birnie, J. Esmond; Thompson, William - 2000
This study focuses in detail on the environmental compliance/competitiveness relationship with respect to the regulation of packaging waste. An important and innovative feature of the study is its emphasis on backward and forward linkages. An entire supply chain is considered: packaging...
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International handbook on the economics of integration : Volume II: Competition, spatial location of economic activity and financial issues
Jovanović, Miroslav N. (contributor) - 2011
practical world of international economic integration also provides a theoretical and analytical framework to the reader …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851171
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The global urban competitiveness report-- 2010
Ni, Pengfei; Kresl, Peter Karl - 2010
world. This one-of-a-kind annual resource draws on a wealth of data sources, all of which are described and assessed. Using … rankings -- 5. Which cities are the most competitive in the world? -- 6. What are the characteristics of global urban …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851105
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Handbook of research on entrepreneurship and regional development : national and regional perspectives
Fritsch, Michael (ed.) - 2011
Recent research has found pronounced differences in the level of entrepreneurship and new business formation across various regions and nations. This timely Handbook reveals that the development of new ventures as well as their effects on overall economic growth are strongly shaped by their...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011850876
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Knowledge intensive business services : organizational forms and national institutions
Grimshaw, Damian (contributor); Miozzo, Marcela (contributor) - 2006
This book focuses on the development of Knowledge Intensive Business Services (KIBS) and the associated market characteristics and organisational forms. It brings together reputed scholars from a mix of disciplines to explore the nature and evolution of a range of Knowledge Intensive Business...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851263
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Institutions, globalisation and empowerment
Sideras, Jörn (contributor);  … - 2006
This book argues that the capacity of a country to develop, and the levels of economic and social development achieved, depend more on the institutional parameters within which the development policies are implemented than on the policies themselves. It contends that forces of globalisation...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851432
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International handbook on the economics of corruption : Volume two
Rose-Ackerman, Susan (contributor);  … - 2011
A companion volume to the International Handbook on the Economics of Corruption published in 2006, the specially commissioned papers in Volume Two present some of the best policy-oriented research in the field. They stress the institutional roots of corruption and include new research on topics...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851728
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Institutions, innovation and growth : selected economic papers
Touffut, Jean-Philippe (contributor) - 2003
The first book in this important new series, under the general editorship of Nobel Laureate Robert Solow, Institutions, Innovation and Growth assembles a stellar cast of international contributors. Leading economists join the debate on innovation and economic growth, focussing on a broad...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851780
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Innovation and entrepreneurship
Audretsch, David B. (contributor); Falck, Oliver (contributor) - 2009
This comprehensive volume integrates pathbreaking and seminal scholarship from two interrelated fields - innovation and entrepreneurship - with the chapters providing a compelling link between the two. The editors seek to introduce and contextualize some of the most important research. Topics...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011852273
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Economic development : the critical role of competition law and policy
Fox, Eleanor M. - 2011
', World Competition, 32 (2), 249-70 -- Aditya Bhattacharjea (2008), 'India's New Competition Law: A Comparative Assessment …Competition law and policy is a topical and relevant field of research which has been analysed from both global and … scholars in economic development and in competition law. This encompasses the most up-to-date and rigorous methodologies of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011852316