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Personal carbon trading and sustainable consumption: the art of the state

Doran, Peter - In: International Journal of Green Economics 3 (2009) 3/4, pp. 323-342

Anticipating a new prominence for the carbon market and lifestyle change in post-2012 implementation of ambitious carbon mitigation targets in OECD countries, including the UK, this paper draws on Foucauldian scholarship to support an argument that personal carbon trading (PCT) may be consistent...

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Sustainable development paths: investigating the roots of local policy responses to climate change

Burch, Sarah - In: Sustainable Development 19 (2011) 3, pp. 176-188

As the implications of a changing climate come into focus, attention must shift to effectively stimulating action in response to this dramatically pervasive phenomenon. Responses to climate change, however, are embedded in institutional procedures, technological pathways and cultural practices...

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Delivering sustainable public transport: The case of the Better Bus Area Fund

Song, Yena; Hickford, Adrian; Preston, John - In: Research in Transportation Economics 48 (2014) C, pp. 373-380

Transport for South Hampshire, a joint board responsible for transport planning for a conurbation of over one million people, successfully bid for the UK's Better Bus Area Fund. This will result in investments of £7.4 million over the period 2012 to 2014, of which £4.5 million will come from...

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The Urban Precariat, Neoliberalization, and the Soft Power of Humanitarian Design

Johnson, Cedric G. - In: Journal of Developing Societies 27 (2011) 3-4, pp. 445-475

This essay examines the humanitarian design movementâ€™s efforts to address the crushing need, social precarity, and ecological frailty that define global megacities. The aims and character of the humanitarian design movement have been shaped by both the ethical demands of antiglobalization...

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Informal Values and Formal Policies:A study of Japanese Technology Policy and Significance for India

Bhaduri, Saradindu; Chandra, Janashruti - eSocialSciences - 2008

understand how the various informal institutions (shared mental models) have influenced key dimensions of technology strategy … study, in contrast, focuses exclusively on technology policies by examining the White Papers on Science and Technology … (Kagakugijutsu Hakusho) published by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT). We then endeavour to …

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special issue: Bringing institutions into evolutionary growth theory

Nelson, Richard R. - In: Journal of Evolutionary Economics 12 (2002) 1, pp. 17-28

Classical economics was both evolutionary and institutional. With the rise of neoclassical economics, both the evolutionary and the institutional aspects were squeezed out of main line economic theory. The last quarter century has seen a rebirth of both traditions, but as minority intellectual...

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Why did the Breed Reactor Fail? - Swedish and international nuclear development in a cold war context

Fjaestad, Maja - Centre of Excellence for Science and Innovation … - 2009

This article discusses the visions about nuclear breeder reactors, plans set out in the aftermath of World War II. This seemed like the ideal solution for future energy, and even small countries, as Sweden, launched breeder reactor programs. The breeder reactor never reached industrial...

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СОЦИАЛЬНО-ЭКОНОМИЧЕСКИЕ УСЛОВИЯ УСКОРЕНИЯ ВОСПРОИЗВОДСТВЕННОГО ПРОЦЕССА В СЕЛЬСКОХОЗЯЙСТВЕННЫХ ПРЕДПРИЯТИЯХ

БОРЗОВ В.Н. - In: TERRA ECONOMICUS 9 (2011) 3, pp. 79-82

Проанализированы основные положения Доктрины продовольственной безопасности Российской Федерации. Обоснована необходимость развития...

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Institutional Changes, Technological Capabilities and Fish Exports from Uganda and the Gambia

Jaabi, Seeku A K; Rasiah, Rajah - In: Institutions and Economies (formerly known as … 6 (2014) 2, pp. 55-78

Most works on the importance of fish as an agricultural commodity and its contributions to economic growth are focused on the developed countries. While developing countries have enjoyed substantial technological adaptation and upgrading such as Chile, Vietnam and China, the accounts are still...

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РАЗВИТИЕ ТЕОРИИ ИННОВАЦИЙ В КОНТЕКСТЕ ИНСТИТУЦИОНАЛИЗМА

КАТИГРОБОВА О. - In: Вісник Киiвського … (2013) 3, pp. 39-42

В статье определено сущность теории инноваций, классифицировано направления ее развития, исследовано особенности эволюции инновационной теории в контексте...

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