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An increasing proportion of greenhouse gas emissions is produced in urban areas in industrializing and developing countries. Recent research shows that per capita emissions in cities like Bangkok, Cape Town or Shanghai have already reached the level of cities like London, New York or Toronto....
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A large proportion of greenhouse gas emissions is produced in urban areas, particularly in high income countries. Cities are also vulnerable to the impacts of climate change, and particularly so in developing countries. Therefore, local climate policies for mitigation and adaptation have to play...
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In this paper, the need for financing through a bank loan is analyzed by integrating the resources in the causal chain: bank loan - jobs - consumption - taxes - local revenues - new sources of investment - local development. Bank credit is presented as an equally available resource for different...
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This study examines the short-run effects and dynamics of exogenous shocks to the regular budgets of the local authorities in Israel with emphasis on the reduction in government participation and taking into account the heterogeneity of the local authorities. To accomplish this, the study uses a...
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data set is used to study the impact of management turnover on a company’s performance. This study, in addition to … evidence that the sensitivity of CEO turnover to performance is weaker in state-controlled firms than in non-state firms, and … varies according to different subtypes of private ownership. We also demonstrate that the turnover–performance relationship …
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accounting field coverage of a certain reality , as desired and as there are not . Talking about the performance is natural to … ask the following questions : is there a dose of fiction in it ? , That the steps in obtaining and menţienerea performance …
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We examine the relation between corporate social performance and stock portfolios performances. Based on Kinder …, Lydenberg and Domini social performance ratings, the study constructs and evaluates different sets of equity portfolios that … differ in social performance. The high-ranked portfolios provide, in most cases, higher average returns than their low …
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compensation, football expenses and performance. We find that coach compensation is highly related to the coach’s past success … profitability and historical success. Results suggest that coach compensation has no measurable impact on performance. A coach … by 3.5% to 7.0%. Thus, the budget of an administrator is a better predictor of future performance than the coach’s salary. …
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researchers regarding the strength of the link between changes in transport time and business performance and the methods used to … have on the economic performance of transport consuming manufacturing companies. With the use of System Dynamics Modelling …
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Using quarterly financial statements and stock market data from 1982 to 2010 for the six largest Canadian chartered banks, this paper documents positive co-movement between Canadian banks’ capital buffer and business cycles. The adoption of Basel Accords and the balance sheet leverage cap...
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