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Subordination of Shareholder Loans from a Legal and Economic Perspective
Gelter, Martin; Roth, Jürg - In: CESifo DICE Report 5 (2007) 2, pp. 40-47
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The Evaluation of European Social Fund Programmes in a New Framework of Multilevel Governance: The Italian Experience
Lion, Cristina; Martini, Paola; Volpi, Stefano - In: Regional Studies 38 (2004) 2, pp. 207-212
Lion C., Martini P. and Volpi S. (2004) The evaluation of European Social Fund programmes in a new framework of … experience in the evaluation of programmes co-financed by the European Social Fund (ESF) over the 2000-2006 period. The key focus … is to see if, and how, evaluation procedures in Italy have changed in the context of the recently created multilevel …
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Renovating dependency and self-reliance for participatory sustainable development
Grudens-Schuck, Nancy; Allen, Will; Hargrove, Tasha; … - In: Agriculture and Human Values 20 (2003) 1, pp. 53-64
Dependency stands for manygrievances and is generally considered asymptom of oppression. An opposing concept,offered as the preferred state, isself-reliance. Dependency and self-reliance arekey concepts in sustainable developmentprograms that feature participatory approaches.Some of the ways in...
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Sustainability, creativity, resilience: toward new development strategies of port areas through evaluation processes
Girard, Luigi Fusco - In: International Journal of Sustainable Development 13 (2010) 1/2, pp. 161-184
what conditions port areas can become an opportunity for the whole city development. Effective evaluation processes are …
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Top-down/bottom-up approach for developing sustainable development indicators for mining: application to the Arlit uranium mines (Niger)
Chamaret, Aurelie; O'Connor, Martin; Recoche, Gilles - In: International Journal of Sustainable Development 10 (2007) 1/2, pp. 161-174
Mineral extraction is related to complex sustainable-development issues that are subject to international and local controversies. Debates and decisions need to be based on objective and comparative elements. Defining strong indicators for assessing impacts and performances of mining sites thus...
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MES-DEA modelling for analysing anti-industrial pollution efficiency and its application in Anhui province of China
Liang, Liang; Wu, Desheng; Hua, Zhongsheng - In: International Journal of Global Energy Issues 22 (2004) 2/3/4, pp. 88-98
This paper chooses a Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) model for different areas to identify the difference in solving the industrial pollution problem by comparing their levels of efficiency. Generally, the industrial pollution problem calls for within-area treatments, although these affect areas...
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Ecological Footprint forecasting and estimating using neural networks and DEA
Wu, Dexiang; Liang, Liang - In: International Journal of Global Environmental Issues 9 (2009) 3, pp. 249-258
There is a growing consensus that social and economic sustainability depends on limited natural capital. Ecological Footprint (EF) provides an alternative tool to account for natural capital. This study presents two models to research Wuhan's natural capital: first using Genetic Algorithm Neural...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008461324
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Inovarea - cheia succesului economic la nivel regional in contextul dezvoltarii durabile
Hristea, Hristea , Anca Maria - Facultatea de Finante şi Banci, Universitatea Spiru Haret - 2009
In a world that is in a permanent change, in which the interdependencies between the states are more and more obvious and the rivalry and the inequalities between the nations deepen, one of the main objectives of the actual era wishes to be the growth of the competitivity and innovation degree...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008473534
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Green Buildings in Use: Post Occupancy Evaluations
Watson, Chris - Directorate for Education, Organisation de Coopération … - 2007
This article briefly describes users’ experiences of two “green” education buildings. It goes on to conclude that stakeholders’ negotiation of building performance is necessary to minimise environmental impact, just as it is necessary to achieve other aspects of building performance.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005045281
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Ecological Footprint forecasting and estimating using neural networks and DEA
Wu, Dexiang; Liang, Liang - In: International Journal of Global Environmental Issues 9 (2009) 3, pp. 249-258
There is a growing consensus that social and economic sustainability depends on limited natural capital. Ecological Footprint (EF) provides an alternative tool to account for natural capital. This study presents two models to research Wuhan's natural capital: first using Genetic Algorithm Neural...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005048940