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Diffusion of Sustainability Innovations around Lynedoch EcoVillage

Stüwe, Claudia - 2009

In form of a qualitative single case study this thesis examines what people from industrialized countries such as Germany can learn about sustainability from Lynedoch EcoVillage, South Africa, and the associated 'Sustainability Institute', a non-profit trust based at and operating from Lynedoch...

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The management structure for research in the RSA, with a proposed management model for medical faculties

Brink A.J.; Slabbert B.R. - 1985

Government accepts responsibility for stimulating and supporting research and development for the welfare of the entire community. Research is therefore a matter of serious concern which should be approached with the greatest degree of responsibility by those trained and qualified to engage in...

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INSTITUTIONAL AND LEGAL ORDER’S EFFECT ON ECONOMIC SITUATION OF THE GERMAN SECTOR OF SPORTS ENTERPRISES

GRABOWSKI, Artur - 2016

This article shows legal order in which German sports (football) enterprises exist. Due to the fact that German is the … both professional football leagues where licensing procedure corresponds to the assumed objectives set out by the League … the law relating to the operation of professional football leagues in Germany and the history of economic thought (in …

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Major League Baseball: America’s Recession-Proof Pastime

McDonnell, Mark - 2010

This project is a study which examines how attendance levels in Major League Baseball stadiums have been impacted by the current recession in the United States which began in October 2007. Research on attendance during past recessions has shown a strong relationship that during downtrends in the...

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Multiproject baselines for evaluation of electric power projects

Sathaye, Jayant; Murtishaw, Scott; Price, Lynn; … - 2008

Calculating greenhouse gas emissions reductions from climate change mitigation projects requires construction of a baseline that sets emissions levels that would have occurred without the project. This paper describes a standardized multiproject methodology for setting baselines, represented by...

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Effect of market structure on international coal trade

Kolstad, C.D.; Abbey, D.S. - 2009

This paper is concerned with the determinants of international steam-coal trade. Most work in projecting coal trade has been either qualitative (a consensus of experts) or, if quantitative, has been based on competitive spatial-equilibrium models. Unfortunately, the competitive model of trade...

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Demographic trends in Sub-Saharan Africa

van de Walle, Etienne; Kekovole, John - 1986

The study of demographic trends in sub-Saharan Africa though crucial in the assessment of the impact of population size and growth on the overall socio-economic development in the region, has received the least attention due to lack of reliable data for most of the countries. This paper focuses...

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Time Preference and Its Relationship with Age, Health, and Longevity Expectations

Chao, Li-wei; Szrek, Helena; Pereira, Nuno Sousa; … - 2007

Although theories in both evolutionary biology and economics predict that an individual’s health should be associated with the individual’s time preference, no prior study has been done to empirically support or refute such predictions. By collecting detailed measures of health, time...

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Neither Pirates nor Politicos: The Emergence of Venture Capital in Weak Institutional Environments

Lingelbach, David Charles - 2009

, government investors and private fund managers can then cooperate to fill the equity gap, creating the signal necessary for …

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Fiscal renaissance in a democratic South Africa

Ajam, Tania; Aron, Janine - 2007

South Africa has overcome adverse initial conditions to achieve a remarkable fiscaltransformation since the 1994 democratic elections, held amid uncertainty about its ability to maintain the rule of law and resist populist spending pressures. Constitutionally-based, durable and credible fiscal...

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