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Contributions of the private sector to global biodiversity protection: case study of the fortune 500 companies

Bhattacharya, Tania Ray; Managi, Shunsuke - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012

This paper assesses the current activities of U.S. Fortune 500 companies with respect to global biodiversity protection … global biodiversity protection. Our findings show that although companies’ business profiles highly influence their decision …-making process regarding the adoption of biodiversity protection policies and measures, their revenue profiles are less influential …

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Carbon dioxide emissions and governance: A nonparametric analysis for the G-20

Halkos, George; Tzeremes, Nickolaos - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012

This paper applies nonparametric estimators to examine countries’ carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions and governance relationship. By using data for the time period 1996-2010 of the twenty largest economies (Group of twenty, G-20) the dynamics of the considered relationship are analyzed. Six...

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Methodology Features of green business development

Shumska, Svitlana; Stepanenko-Lypovyk, Bohdana - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012

A transition from the extensive type of economic development to sustainable should provide the minimization of the non-renewable natural resources use and effective use of renewable ones, improvement of environmental quality and increase of the state’s ecological security and lead to stable...

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Regional economic growth and environmental efficiency in greenhouse emissions: A conditional directional distance function approach

Halkos, George; Tzeremes, Nickolaos - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012

By using conditional directional distance functions this paper investigates the effect of regional economic growth on regions’ environmental efficiency in greenhouse gas emissions. A sample of ninety eight regions (NUTS 2 level) from Germany, France and the U.K. has been used and regional...

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КОНЦЕПТУАЛЬНІ ПІДХОДИ ДО ВИЗНАЧЕННЯ ПОНЯТТЯ "ЗЕЛЕНИЙ БІЗНЕС"

Stepanenko, Bohdana - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010

The term «green business» is defined. Theoretical and methodological principles of functioning of this type of activity are reflected. Basic aspects and main development stages of green business are marked out. The classification of green business enterprise is shown.

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Urban Density and Climate Change: A STIRPAT Analysis using City-level Data

Liddle, Brantley - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013

Two important, increasing trends for those concerned about climate change to consider are urbanization/the importance of cities and energy used in transport—particularly energy used to achieve personal mobility. While national urbanization levels are not a good indicator of urban transport...

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Eco-Innovation – Does Additional Engagement Lead to Additional Rewards?

Doran, Justin; Ryan, Geraldine - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2014

Purpose Eco-innovation is any form of product, process or organisational innovation that contributes towards sustainable development. Firms can eco-innovate in a variety of ways. In this paper we identify nine different eco-innovation activities - including such items as reducing material use...

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Economic growth and environmental efficiency: Evidence from U.S. regions

Halkos, George; Tzeremes, Nickolaos - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012

This paper proposes a conditional directional distance function model in order to examine the link between regional environmental efficiency and GDP per capita levels. As an illustrative example we apply our model to USA regional data revealing an inverted ‘U’ shape relationship between...

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Public sector transparency and countries’ environmental performance: A nonparametric analysis

Halkos, George; Tzeremes, Nickolaos - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012

Based on the theoretical background of the link between countries’ transparency and environmental policy our paper provides empirical evidence for a sample of 68 countries for the time period of 2001-2010. By assuming that countries’ transparency levels shape their environmental policy which...

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Impactos ambientais e regionais de cenários de crescimento da economia brasileira — 2002-2012

Guilhoto, Joaquim J. M.; Lopes, Ricardo Luis; Motta, … - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2002

This study simulates environmental effects with the inter-regional general equilibrium model Mibra assuming economic growth rates in a pessimist scenario of 2.3% a.a. and an optimist scenario of 4.4% a.a., both for the period 2002-2012. Using pollution intensity coefficients associated to...

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