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Innovation capacity and economic development: China and India
Fan, Peilei - 2008
Both China and India, the emerging giants in Asia, have achieved significant economic development in recent years …. China has enjoyed a high annual GDP growth rate of 10 per cent and India has achieved an annual GDP growth rate of 6 per … cent since 1981. Decomposing China and India’s GDP growth from 1981 to 2004 into the three factors’ contribution reveals …
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An economic assessment of biogas production and land use under the German renewable energy source act
Delzeit, Ruth; Britz, Wolfgang; Kreins, Peter - 2012
The Renewable Energy Source Act (EEG) promotes German biogas production in order to substitute fossil fuels, protect the environment, and prevent climate change. As a consequence, green maize production has increased significantly over the last years, causing negative environmental effects on...
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Hunger bekämpfen! Aber wie? Drei Thesen aus wirtschaftsethischer Sicht
Pies, Ingo - 2013
Dieser Artikel formuliert drei Thesen zur globalen Ernährungssicherheit: (1) Hunger ist ein moralisches Problem mit wirtschaftlichen und letztlich politischen Ursachen. (2) Kleinbauern verdienen Hilfe und Solidarität. Aber nicht deshalb, weil sie Kleinbauern, sondern weil sie Menschen sind,...
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Volkswirtschaftliche Bedeutung der biobasierten Wirtschaft in Deutschland
Efken, Josef; Banse, Martin; Rothe, Andrea; Dieter, Matthias - 2012
Das Thünen-Institut wurde vom Bundesministerium für Ernährung, Landwirtschaft und Verbraucherschutz (BMELV) gebeten, die volkswirtschaftliche Bedeutung der biobasierten Wirtschaft in Deutschland zu kalkulieren. Grundlage bildet die vom Bioökonomierat der Bundesregierung aufgestellte...
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Analysing bioenergy and land use competition in a coupled modelling system: The role of bioenergy in renewable energy policy in Germany
Delzeit, Ruth; Gömann, Horst; Holm-Müller, Karin; … - 2010
In the context of energy security and climate protection, biomass is given high importance. Nevertheless, land-use conflicts resulting from the cultivation of biomass and their economy-wide effects are yet to be fully understood. To shed light on this issue we link three distinctive models; a...
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An economic assessment of biogas production and land use under the German renewable energy source act
Delzeit, Ruth; Britz, Wolfgang - 2012
The Renewable Energy Source Act (EEG) promotes German biogas production in order to substitute fossil fuels, protect the environment, and prevent climate change. As a consequence, green maize production has increased significantly over the last years, causing negative environmental effects on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010286845
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Production and employment impacts of new technologies: analysis for biotechnology
Wydra, Sven - 2009
Biotechnology is often regarded as a key technology with high potential for far-reaching social, environmental and … economic impacts. Among others, the development and diffusion of biotechnology may have considerable economic effects on … production and employment. This paper analyzes the economic impacts of different diffusion paths of biotechnology in some major …
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Biotechnologie und Internationalisierung: Ergebnisse der Online-Befragung
Kranich, Jan - 2007
der Europäischen Union und die zunehmende wirtschaftlich-technologische Bedeutung der Schwellenländer, allen voran Indien …
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How general are general purpose technologies? Evidence from nano-, bio- and ICT-technologies in Finland
Nikulainen, Tuomo; Kulvik, Martti - 2009
concept. Information and communications technologies (ICT), biotechnology and nanotechnology are viewed as existing or … a GPT. Nanotechnology shows signs of being potentially widely applicable, but for biotechnology the channels of …
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