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From government to governance: external influences on business risk management
Hutter, Bridget M.; Jones, Clive J - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2007
The influence of external organizations and pressures on business risk management practices has hitherto been examined through the influence of state regulatory regimes on businesses. This article concentrates on key socio-legal concerns about the influence of the law in social and economic...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011183326
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Social networks and technology adoption in Northern Mozambique
Bandiera, Oriana; Rasul, Imran - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2002
Despite their potentially strong impact on poverty, agricultural innovations are often adopted slowly. Using a unique household dataset on sunflower adoption in Mozambique, we analyse whether and how individual adoption decisions depend upon the choices of others in the same social networks....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010884493
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Trade, technology adoption and wage inequalities: theory and evidence
Bas, Maria - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2008
This paper develops a model of trade that features heterogeneous firms, technology choice and different types of skilled labor in a general equilibrium framework. Its main contribution is to explain the impact of trade integration on technology adoption and wage inequalities. It also provides...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010744963
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Pollution permits, strategic trading and dynamic technology adoption
Moreno-Bromberg, Santiago; Taschini, Luca - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2011
This paper analyzes the dynamic incentives for technology adoption under a transferable permits system, which allows for strategic trading on the permit market. Initially, firms can invest both in low-emitting production technologies and trade permits. In the model, technology adoption and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010745754
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Competing technologies in the database management systems market
Kretschmer, Tobias - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2006
In this paper, we study the dynamics of the market for Database Management Systems (DBMS), which is commonly assumed to possess network effects and where there is still some viable competition in our study period, 2000 – 2004. Specifically, we make use of a unique and detailed dataset on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010746425
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Temporary protection and technology adoption: evidence from the Napoleonic blockade
Juhász, Réka - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2014
This paper uses a natural experiment to assess whether temporary protection from trade with industrial leaders can foster development of infant industries in follower countries. Using a new dataset compiled from primary sources, I find that in the short-run regions (départements) in the French...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011126153
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Preserving natural capital in a world of uncertainty and scarce financial resources
Neumayer, Eric - London School of Economics (LSE) - 1998
Natural capital should be preserved because it exhibits features that distinguish it from all other kinds of capital. The notorious prevalence of risk, uncertainty and ignorance makes it difficult, however, to state which parts of it should be preserved. Some forms of natural capital are more...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010745428
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Like mixing oil and water?: the take up of sustainability in hard-to-reach places - an East Texas case study
Holman, Nancy - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2014
Following studies about the adoption of sustainability initiatives in both innovative and ordinary US cities, this … article offers a unique view of sustainability in hard-to-reach places where regulation and planning are viewed with suspicion …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011125917
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A social and ecological assessment of tropical land uses at multiple scales: the Sustainable amazon network
Gardner, Toby A.; Ferreira, J.; Barlow, J.; Lees, A. C.; … - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2013
partner organizations working to assess both social and ecological dimensions of land-use sustainability in eastern Brazilian … Amazonia. The research approach adopted by RAS offers three advantages for addressing land-use sustainability problems: (i) the … in most urgent need of attention, and in guiding improvements in land-use sustainability in Amazonia and elsewhere in the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011126417
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Climate change and sustainable welfare: an argument for the centrality of human needs
Gough, Ian - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2014
is critical for understanding sustainability. The capability approaches of Sen and Nussbaum are compared but argued to be …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011126528