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Lost horizons : the noncooperative management of an evolutionary biological system
Goeschl, Timo; Swanson, Timothy M. - 2002
This paper studies the interaction between two dynamic domains, (1) an evolutionary biological system ('the environment') whose behaviour determines the availability of a resource stock, and (2) an industry where access to the resource stock is determined by the outcome of a patent race. The...
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Contestation and resource bargaining in Zimbabwe : the minerals sector : prepared for the UNRISD project on Politics of Domestic Resource Mobilization for Social Development
Saunders, Richard - 2017
This paper explores the emergence and evolution of social contestation over mineral resources in Zimbabwe through three decades and successive models of state engagement around extractives, revenue mobilization and development planning. It investigates patterns of contestation and outcomes...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011793579
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High-value minerals and resource bargaining in a time of crisis : a case study on the diamond fields of Marange, Zimbabwe : prepared for the UNRISD project on Politics of Domestic...
Saunders, Richard - 2018
In 2006, the discovery of world-class deposits of alluvial diamonds in Marange District in eastern Zimbabwe offered important opportunities for the mobilization of significant revenues in a period of severe and worsening economic and social crisis. The new resources quickly became the subject of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011793581
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The evolution of the natural resource curse thesis : a critical literature survey
Badeeb, Ramez Abubakr; Hooi Hooi Lean; Clark, Jeremy - 2016
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Intellectual property rights, multinational firms and technology transfers
Biancini, Sara; Bombarda, Pamela - 2017
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011760070
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How distortive are turnover taxes? : evidence from replacing turnover tax with VAT
Xing, Jing; Bilicka, Katarzyna; Hou, Xipei - 2022
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Outsourcing, Market Structure and Elections
Bennedsen, Morten; Schultz, Christian - 2003
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Adaptive Contracting: The Trial-and-Error Approach to Outsourcing
Bennedsen, Morten; Schultz, Christian - 2003
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012142271
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Specialization, Outsourcing and Wages
Munch, Jakob Roland; Skaksen, Jan Rose - 2006
This paper studies the impact of outsourcing on individual wages. In contrast to the standard approach in the … literature, we focus on domestic outsourcing as well as foreign outsourcing. By using a simple theoretical model, we argue that …, if outsourcing is associated with specialization gains arising from an increase in the extent of the market for …
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Interacting agents and discrete choices in logistics outsourcing : a conceptual framework
Hensher, David A.; Chow, Garland - 1998
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