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FORECASTING ENERGY SUPPLY AND POLLUTION FROM THE OFFSHORE OIL AND GAS INDUSTRY
Managi, Shunsuke; Opaluch, James J.; Jin, Di; … - 2004
Sound energy and environmental policies require reliable forecasts of production and pollution, as well as supply response to policy actions. In this study, we describe a model for forecasting long-term production and pollution in the offshore oil and gas industry in the Gulf of Mexico under...
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Analysis of the implications of the USSR providing reprocessing and MOX fabrication services to other countries
2009
This brief analysis, which is based on unclassified sources, seeks to identify what some of the implications would be if the Soviets started to move actively to try to provide reprocessing and MOX fabrication services to the US and other countries. While information on Soviet intentions is...
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Das Volkskommissariat für Außenhandel und seine Nachfolgeorganisationen 1920- 1930
Heubaum, Regine - 2002
Die Dissertation untersucht am Beispiel des Volkskommissariates für Außenhandel die Entstehung der frühen Sowjetbürokratie und analysiert administrative und politische Prozesse, die der Herausbildung des Stalinismus vorangingen. Gegenstand der Untersuchung sind die Probleme des staatlich...
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Firms and industries in evolutionary economics: Lessons from Marshall, Young, Steindl and Penrose
Bloch, Harry - 2007
Evolutionary economists have tended to assess firms and industries separately, neglecting the role of their interaction … in the process of economic growth and development. We trace the separation of firms and industries to Marshall, whose … industries. Penrose avoids the industry concept by focussing on heterogeneous firms, while Young and Steindl develop mundane …
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A study to determine to what extent companies in South Africa are prepared to use corporate social responsibility as a developmental tool to alleviate poverty
Scholtz, Louise - 2009
The negative impact of poverty on development and security in South Africa has been exacerbated by high food prices. However, high food prices have also had a positive effect in that it galvanised civil society into coalescing and finally playing an activist role. Looking at the development of...
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Business counterintelligence : sustainable practice or passing fad?
Shear, Christopher James - 2009
Traditional information protection mechanisms are no longer adequately placed to effectivelydeal with the adversarial threats that have arisen as a result of the rise in importance ofknowledge for today’s organisations. Business counterintelligence appears to be a protectiveentity, which in...
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Salem Target Industry Analysis
Barnes, Emma; Braseth, Mark; Gonzalez, Kim; Hayes, Bryan - 2010
target industries and recommend steps to betterattract the target industries. The Community Planning Workshop (CPW …)evaluated four industries in this analysis: food processing, metalmanufacturing, biosciences, and renewable energy. The … opportunities in thebioscience and renewable energy industries. …
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Why, Where and With Whom Do You Link? The Nature and Motivations of Linkages Within and Outside an Italian Local System
Sacchetti, Silvia - 2009
Sacchetti S. Why, where and with whom do you link? The nature and motivations of linkages within and outside an Italian local system, Regional Studies. Building on the work of Richardson (1972) and on the need of firms to coordinate activities with others in search for related yet different...
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The Media and Communication Industries: A 21st Century Perspective
Albarran, Alan B. - 2010
The media and communication industries are experiencing unprecedented change and evolution in the 21st century. This … criteria: the markets in which they are engaged, the leaders in each of the respective industries, the economic potential of … these industries, and their continuing evolution and transforming processes. The paper argues that the media and …
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Smulkaus ir vidutinio verslo optimizavimas
Jakutis, Algirdastestas; Bandza, Marijus - 2006
Straipsnyje nagrinėjamos smulkaus ir vidutinio verslo (SVV) optimizavimo problemos. Pabrėžiama, kad SVV yra neatskiriama šalies ekonomikos dalis: padeda spręsti užimtumo problemas, diegia naujoves, aptarnauja didžiąsias įmones. Be to, visų pelno siekiančių įmonių pagrindinis...
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