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The paper summarized some theories and facts related to Environment, Energy and Economics. This work paper provides some highlights about the theoretical issues and facts regarding to environmental pollutions and its effect on economy and the importance of relying on other source energy to...
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Countries may utilize a long coastline in relation to their landmass as a resource to develop their maritime economy …. This paper argues that ASEAN countries differ in utilizing their maritime potential. As a basis for further comparative … the maritime potential of nations, the state of their maritime industries, and the degree to which the maritime potential …
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Countries may utilize a long coastline in relation to their landmass as a resource to develop their maritime economy …. This paper argues that ASEAN countries differ in utilizing their maritime potential. As a basis for further comparative … the maritime potential of nations, the state of their maritime industries, and the degree to which the maritime potential …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009147684
This paper describes the methods used to construct an index to measure the maritime potential of nations. This … the landmass (Maritime Potential Index MPI) , (b) the maritime economy (MEI) and (c) the degree a nation or region has … utilized its maritime potential (OI). A timeseries of data from 2000 to 2005 for ASEAN states are used to develop the prototype …
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become a contested maritime space. Most works concentrate on conflicts and negotiations to resolve the ensuing issues. In …. The South China Sea is defined as "Mediterranean." By comparing it to other maritime spaces, like the Baltic and the …
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preceeding the First World War, were significantly constrained by shipping lines’ capacity considerations. The improvements had … of repeat crossings. Data gathered from transatlantic shipping sources quantify the evolution of travel accommodations …
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This study of the Italian wool-based textile industries (woollens, worsteds, and serges) seeks to examine its rise, expansion, and ultimate decline, over a period of five centuries (from ca. 1200 to ca. 1730) in the context of both international competition and economic conjoncture, in the...
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This paper analyzes the human capital training strategies adopted between the 1850s and 1930s by railroad companies in Mexico and Chile. These two countries enable one to contrast the different routes taken by the same type of firm, technology and labor force. A propos of this, we suggest that...
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Greenhouse gas reduction and energy consumption are becoming two important issues in both industrialized and developing countries, and policy makers are developing means to reduce total domestic energy use. We evaluate and compare the direct and the indirect energy consumption both in the...
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The Brazilian integration strategy has been focused on agreements based upon North-South and South-South negotiations. However, this kind of negotiations face serious troubles to be done. Consequently, the option of the internal economic integration might be more viable in terms of social...
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