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Exploring retailers' sensitivity to local sustainability policies

Quak, Quak, H.J.; de Koster, de Koster, M.B.M. - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), … - 2005

Local governments in Western Europe increasingly use city time-access regulations to improve social sustainibility. These regulations significantly influence the distribution process of retail chain organizations. This paper studies the impact of governmental timewindow pressure on retailers’...

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Structural transformation as determinant of growth in the best performing sub-Saharan African states

Andrzejczak, Katarzyna - 2017

Research background: Economic development in sub-Saharan Africa is of para-mount importance, yet it escapes most of the attempts to understand it better in the economic discourse and it remains a sensitive issue in politics, contradicting stake holders on national and international levels. The...

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Knowledge-based economy

Wilinski, Michal - 2016

development. This article aims is to show how the use of factors of knowledge and innovation by the economy affect its faster … knowledge and innovation impact on the economy and the extent to which contributed to its growth, which will be expressed by the …

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The Environmental Gains of Remanufacturing: Evidence from the Computer and Mobile Industry

Bloemhof-Ruwaard, Jacqueline Bloemhof; Quariguasi Frota … - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), … - 2009

Remanufacturing has long been perceived as an environmentally-friendly initiative. The question of how remanufacturing moderates the relation between environmental impact and economic returns is still unanswered, however. In this paper, we focus our attention on the electronics industry. In...

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Sustainable Passenger Transportation: Dynamic Ride-Sharing

Agatz, Agatz, N.A.H.; Erera, Erera, A.; Savelsbergh, … - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), … - 2010

Ride-share systems, which aim to bring together travelers with similar itineraries and time schedules, may provide significant societal and environmental benefits by reducing the number of cars used for personal travel and improving the utilization of available seat capacity. Effective and...

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Innovativeness as the determinant of the economic development in India. Indian economy in comparison with the world innovation leaders

Prystorm, Joanna - 2017

people are forcing economies and the functioning of these entities, constantly being innovative. Innovation is a kind of 'an … die' (Freeman, 1973). It is obvious, that aspect of innovations already tested since time immemorial, but innovation … of innovation in economic development, which confirms, among other things the fact that many institutions and government …

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Eco-innovations in the business practice of the companies traded on the Warsaw Stock Exchange - an overview of selected results

Janik, Bogna; Kolodziejczyk, Krzysztof - 2015

expenditure on eco-innovative activities as well as the instruments measuring the influence of eco-innovation. The analysis of the …

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The Conceptualization of an Innovative Business Model - the Case of a Technology Enterprise

Badzinska, Ewa - 2017

The complexity and dynamic changes of external conditions necessary for enterprises to function and increased competition in the local and global markets impose constant search for the most effective business model for the development of organizations. Its accurate identification and measurement...

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The 2012 Power Trading Agent Competition

Ketter, Ketter, W.; Collins, Collins, J.; Reddy, Reddy, P. - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), … - 2012

This is the specification for the Power Trading Agent Competition for 2012 (Power TAC 2012). Power TAC is a competitive simulation that models a “liberalized” retail electrical energy market, where competing business entities or “brokers” offer energy services to customers through tariff...

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Entrepreneurship, Economic Growth and Policy in Emerging Economies

Thurik, Roy - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), … - 2008

Entrepreneurship has emerged as an important element in the organization of economies. This emergence did not occur simultaneously in all developed countries. Differences in growth rates are often attributed to differences in the speed with which countries embrace entrepreneurial energy. This...

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