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Inefficiency and Sustainability
Bazhanov, Andrei - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
This paper examines the effects of ignored inefficiencies on the reliability of sustainability indicators and … current utility change on investment. The analysis shows that, for sustainability in the presence of inefficiency, first …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011110991
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Economic Growth Elasticity of Structural Changes: Case of Thailand
durongkaveroj, wannaphong - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2014
Thailand's economic base was gradually shifted from agricultural-based to industrial and service country for the last 30 years. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of those structural changes on economic performance using Cochrane - Orcutt and Newey-West Model. For the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011112452
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Shadow economy revisited: logic, morality and intuition in corrupt practices and illegal channels
Orkodashvili, Mariam - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010
The aim of the paper is to analyze how corruption contributes to the spread of shadow economy and damages viable economic development of any country. The unfreedoms that are created under the conditions of illegal transactions and corrupt practices considerably limit the opportunities of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008596407
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El desarrollo socio-cultural de la sociedad de la información: Competencia o cooperación?
Krings, Bettina; Moniz, António - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2001
The results presented in this article are related to the field of investigation defined inside the European TSER project on "Information Society, Work and Generation of New Forms of Social Exclusion " (SOWING). The thematic center of the project is connected with the question of the relations...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005619561
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CONDITIONS OF INTER-FIRM CO-OPERATION IN A VIRTUAL ENTERPRISE CONCEPT : THE CASE OF AUTOMOTIVE SECTOR IN PORTUGAL
Moniz, António; Kovács, Ilona - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2000
One can assist to significant changes in the organisation of manufacturing systems during the last years. Lean production, network enterprise or the virtual enterprises are reference concepts of the re-organisation of manufacturing systems. Some authors mention a new enterprise paradigm, of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005623200
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The Economics of Climate Change and Science of Global Warming Debate:African Perspectives
Nwaobi, Godwin - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
hard-won gains and seriously undermine prospects for development. Using environmental impact and sustainability applied …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011259199
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The Solaria Syndrome: Social Capital in a Growing Hyper-technological Economy
Antoci, Angelo; Sabatini, Fabio; Sodini, Mauro - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010
We develop a dynamic model to analyze the sources and the evolution of social participation and social capital in a growing economy characterized by exogenous technical progress. Starting from the assumption that the well-being of agents basically depends on material and relational goods, we...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008490498
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From China with love: Effects of the Chinese economy on skill-biased technical change in the US
Chu, Angus C.; Cozzi, Guido; Furukawa, Yuichi - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012
In this study, we analyze the effects of labor shortage in China on the direction of innovation in the US by …-biased technical change. Therefore, rapid capital accumulation and labor shortage in China could lead to a rising skill premium in the … US. Calibrating the model to China-US data, we �find that a 1% decrease in unskilled labor (1% increase in capital) in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011259099
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Sustainable use of renewable resources, Chapter 2.1
Chichilnisky, Graciela; Beltratti, Andrea; Heal, Geoffrey - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 1998
We consider here optimal use patterns for renewable resources and address the problem of optimal use of renewable resources under a variety of assumptions both about the nature of the economy in which these resources are embedded and about the objective of that economy. Although we focus here on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005621841
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Problems Encountered during the Transition to Market Economy in Azerbaijan and Solution Attempts
Suleymanov, Elchin; Yusifov, Sabuhi - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2014
After re-gaining its independence on 18 October 1991, the Republic of Azerbaijan started the transformation to the market-based economy and the integration into the world economy. The country’s oil and natural gas reserves have been considered the main source for financing a range of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011114217