This book examines the paradox that resource-rich countries often struggle to manage their resources in a way that will help their economies thrive. It looks at how a country's political regime and quality of governance can determine the degree to which it benefits - or suffers - from having...

Was rare Rohstoffe mit unserem Wohlstand zu tun haben -- Rohstoffe, die über unsere Zukunft entscheiden -- Deutschland am Rohstofftropf -- Woher die Rohstoffe der Zukunft kommen -- Was getan werden muss.

Unter Einbeziehung der Forschungsbereiche Kritikalitätsanalyse, Life Cycle Impact Assessment und Social Life Cycle Assessment entwickelt Christoph Kolotzek ein Modell zur Bewertung metallischer Rohstoffe und präsentiert einen Leitfaden zur Integration des Modells im unternehmerischen Kontext....

Bedingt durch das Wirtschaftswachstum bevölkerungsreicher Schwellenländer hat weltweit die Nachfrage nach mineralischen Rohstoffen stark zugenommen. Mehr als die Hälfte der Weltbevölkerung konkurriert dabei um dieselben Rohstoffe. Aufgrund einer mangelhaften Rohstoffplanungspolitik,...

Abstract -- Situation of Mineral Resources in China -- A Roadmap for Scientific & Technological Development of Solid Mineral Resources in China to 2050 -- Policies Required to Attain Objectives -- Conclusion

An exploration of the implications of mineral-led wealth and the opportunities that this creates for economic and social development. The book includes theoretical and policy analyses as well as micro level country case studies, including Norway, Chile, Indonesia, Nigeria and Botswana.

Part I: Introductory Matter -- 1.Utility and Demand -- 2.Elements of Production -- Part II: Models -- 3.Cournot I: Constant Returns -- 4.Cournot II: Returns to Scale and Stability -- Bertrand -- 6.Stackelberg -- 7.Hotelling Duopoly -- 8.Disequilibrium Trade and Pricing of Durable Commodities --...

The Second Edition of this book presents the state of the art in this important field. Marketing decision models constitute a core component of the marketing discipline and the area is changing rapidly, not only due to fundamental advances in methodology and model building, but also because of...

This volume presents advanced techniques to modeling markets, with a wide spectrum of topics, including advanced individual demand models, time series analysis, state space models, spatial models, structural models, mediation, models that specify competition and diffusion models. It is intended...

This handbook includes contributions related to optimization, pricing and valuation problems, risk modeling and decision making problems arising in global financial and commodity markets from the perspective of Operations Research and Management Science. The book is structured in three parts,...