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The evolution of a global network: a game of coalition formation
Chichilnisky, Graciela - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 1995
The paper explores the evolution of global networks. Examples include networks which process cross-border securities trades: CEDEL, Euroclear, and FITEL. I formalize a network market with many users: due to fixed costs the supply is downward slopping, and due to externalities the demand is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005621460
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Measuring Beliefs Supportive of Environmental Action and Inaction: A Reinterpretation of the Awareness of Consequences Scale
Ryan, Anthony M.; Spash, Clive L. - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010
The Value-Belief-Norm model assumes that egoistic, social-altruistic and biospheric value orientations causally influence how people cognitively structure beliefs regarding adverse environmental consequences. Empirical studies have administered the Awareness of Consequences (AC) scale to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008526983
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Tourism - Part of Sustainable Local Development
Avramescu, Tiberiu Cristian; Popescu, Ramona Florina - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008
Local development could be described as an attempt of global territorial development including economic, social, ultural, political aspects, encouraging the endogenous development -involving all human and financial means which contribute to it and assuring their convergence. It is a process...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005835779
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Investments in Modernization, Innovation and Gains in Productivity: Evidence from Firms in the Global Paper Industry
Ghosal, Vivek; Nair-Reichert, Usha - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2007
This paper examines the impact of investments in modernization and innovation on productivity in a sample of firms in … technology. We find that firms which made decisions to implement a greater number of investment transactions in modernization …’ decisions to undertake investments in modernization and various forms of incremental innovations appear to be critical for …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005836972
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Modernization of the agri-food sector of the Republic of Moldova in the context of international trade development
Stratan, Alexandru; Moroz, Victor; Ignat, Anatolie - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2014
The purpose of this paper is to identify opportunities for modernization of the agri-food sector of the Republic of … possible directions of the agro-food sector modernization in order to overcome external trade shocks were discussed. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011150765
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Mode of socio-economic development and occupational structure: the case of contemporary Russia
Anikin, Vasiliy - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
The given paper assumes the existence of a correlation between the occupational structure and the mode of social and economic development of a country. It is shown that the modern stage of development in advanced economies could be described by the post-industrial phase with (a) the specific...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011257847
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Motivation to Work in Russia: The Case of Protracted Transition from Noncompetitive to Competitive System
Anikin, Vasiliy - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
This paper aims to determine what challenges Russia faces upon transitioning to a competitive system. As a main characteristic of the labour force, the motivation to work is studied in terms of three dimensions: 1) the value of current work, 2) orientation to a potential job, and 3) aspirations...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011258271
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Does Modernization Improve Performance: Evidence from Indian Police
Kumar, Surender; Kumar, Sudesh - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
This paper aims to measure the role of police modernization scheme in its performance in crime repression. We use … ‘single stage’. We find that the police modernization scheme is helping the state police departments in enhancing their …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011259959
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Education, inequality, and development in a dual economy
Yuki, Kazuhiro - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012
In the post-WWII era, most developing economies had decent economic growth, but, with current growth trends, the great majority of them are unlikely to transform into developed economies in near future. In these economies, the dual economic structure, the coexistence of the modern/formal sector...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011261078
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Модернизация в мезоэкономическом контексте
Mosalev, Anton - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2014
Modernization as a platform for a possible innovative development of Russia's economy in general and in particular … modernization of economic activities and opportunities for innovative development agents on the mesoeconomics’ level. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011112043