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Strategic approaches to CO2 emissions : the case of the cement industry and of the chemical industry

Arjaliès, Diane Laure; Goubet, Cécile; Ponssard, … - 2014

The ability of companies to turn an environmental constraint into a source of strategic opportunities is a controversial topic in published research. The article, which is based on a comparative study of the CO2 emission reduction strategies implemented by the cement and chemical industries,...

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Achieving sustainable energy security : 2030 outlook for ASEAN, People Republic of China and India

Fan, Ying; Bhattacharyay, Biswanath - 2015

The rapid growth of ASEAN economies, the People's Republic of China and India (called ACI henceforth) - major drivers of Asia and the world economy - during the last five decades has caused significant strains on their scarce resources, particularly energy and contributed to serious problems of...

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The greener, the higher : labor demand of automotive firms during the green transformation

Fackler, Thomas; Falck, Oliver; Goldbeck, Moritz; Hans, … - 2024

We investigate differences in labor demand between German automotive firms specializing in green propulsion technology and those with a focus on combustion engines. To this end, we introduce a firm-level labor demand index based on the near-universe of online job postings and firms’ patent...

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Supply chain reliability and international economic growth : impacts of disruptions like COVID-19

Goel, Rajeev K.; Saunoris, James W.; Goel, Srishti S. - 2020

importance, formal research on the contribution of supply chain logistics, including the relative impacts across different … logistics dimensions, is less. The importance of supply chains has been recently been brought to the forefront in the wake of … examine the relative effects of the different aspects of supply chain logistics on economic growth. Placing the empirical …

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Inventory control and intermediation in global supply chains

Zhan, Qu; Raff, Horst; Schmitt, Nicolas - 2015

The paper develops a simple theoretical model of inventory control in global supply chains. It identifies a role for intermediaries in managing inventory, and shows that inserting an intermediary as an additional link in a supply chain is profitable when demand volatility is high. It also...

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Incentives through inventory control in supply chains

Zhan, Qu; Raff, Horst; Schmitt, Nicolas - 2017

The paper shows that taking inventory control out of the hands of competitive or exclusive retailers and assigning it to a manufacturer increases the value of a supply chain especially for goods whose demand is highly volatile. This is because doing so solves incentive distortions that arise...

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Characterizing the sustainability problem in an exhaustible resource model

Mitra, Tapan; Asheim, Geir B.; Buchholz, Wolfgang; … - 2012

The Dasgupta-Heal-Solow-Stiglitz model of capital accumulation and resource depletion poses the following sustainability problem: is it feasible to sustain indefinitely a level of consumption that is bounded away from zero? We provide a complete technological characterization of the...

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Will skyscrapers save the planet? : building height limits and urban greenhouse gas emissions

Borck, Rainald - 2014

This paper studies the effectiveness of building height limits as a policy to limit greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. It shows that building height limits lead to urban sprawl and higher emissions from commuting. On the other hand, aggregate housing consumption may decrease which reduces emissions...

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COP 21 and economic theory : taking stock

Tulkens, Henry - 2016

The texts of the COP 21 Decision and its Annex are scrutinized from the particular point of view of the extent to which economic theoretic concepts can be considered to inspire them. While this is shown to be partially the case in some of the intentions, the texts themselves contain more...

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Assessing the effects of climate policy on companies' greenhouse gas emissions

Montoya Gómez, Ana Maria; Zimmer, Markus - 2017 - September 4, 2017

We study the effect of climate policy on companies' greenhouse gas emissions using emissions data for the headquarters and subsidiaries of the world's biggest manufacturing, energy, and utility companies. Our results suggest that financial incentives and legal requirements to audit energy use...

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