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Public Procurement and Forest Governance: A German Case Study of Governmental Influences on Market-Driven Governance Systems

Albrecht, Moritz - In: Social Sciences 1 (2012) 1, pp. 4-23

for wood products in Germany and its influence on major forest certification systems and forest governance. Using an … governmental instruments and their influences on forest certification and governance are evaluated from a German perspective …. Acknowledging the market-driven aspects of forest certification systems, the paper highlights the often-neglected impacts of …

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Vor- und Nachteile des Meisterbriefs im Vergleich zu freiwilligen Qualifikationszertifikaten - Eine Analyse für das deutsche Handwerk

Lankau, Matthias; Müller, Klaus - 2017

Im Falle handwerklicher Produkte und Dienstleistungen des Baugewerbes handelt es sich um sogenannte Vertrauensgüter, da ein (Laien-)Kunde ihre Qualität auch nach dem Kauf meist nur schwer beurteilen kann. Ohne ein geeignetes Regulierungsinstrument birgt diese Asymmetrie in der Verteilung der...

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Analysing the interdependencies between the criteria of sustainable building rating systems

Hiete, Michael; Kuhlen, Anna; Schultmann, Frank - In: Construction Management and Economics 29 (2011) 4, pp. 323-328

Various building rating systems have been developed to assess the 'green' or sustainable performance of buildings. Most systems make use of hierarchical criteria systems to evaluate the buildings with respect to the different aspects of sustainability. Often, these criteria show complex...

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The role of a German multi-stakeholder standard for livestock products derived from non-GMO feed

Venus, Thomas J.; Drabik, Dušan; Wesseler, Justus - In: Food policy : economics planning and politics of food … 78 (2018), pp. 58-67

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Training for jobs of the future : improving access, certifying skills, and expanding apprenticeship

Lerman, Robert Irving; Loprest, Pamela J.; Kuehn, Daniel - 2020

certification and verification of skills. 3) Build a robust apprenticeship system that emphasizes learning by doing in a context …

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Does the euro increase FDI in the real estate industry? Evidence from the German case

Choi, Changkyu; Park, Kyungsun - In: Journal of European Real Estate Research 5 (2012) 1, pp. 88-100

Purpose – There have been many studies on the euro's impact on trade volume, foreign direct investment (FDI) and the integration of European financial markets. Previous research has tried to find empirical evidence for convergence of real estate securities markets. However, less attention has...

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E‐science and information services: a missing link in the context of digital libraries

Osswald, Achim - In: Online Information Review 32 (2008) 4, pp. 516-523

Purpose – This paper aims to analyse whether, and how far, library and information services (LIS) are involved in e‐Science and grid computing projects funded by authorities in the European Union and Germany. It explains and emphasises the relevance of LIS‐based information services and...

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Between Rules and Discretion: Thoughts on Ordo-liberalism

White, Jonathan - 2017

The paper examines how efforts to design a policy regime governed by rules may lead on the contrary to recurrent and far-reaching political discretion. Where re-orientations of policy are formally excluded, as in the ordo-liberal perspective, unforeseen situations will typically provoke...

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Left-behind regions in Poland, Germany, Czechia: Classification and electoral implications

Bernard, Josef; Refisch, Martin; Grzelak, Anna; … - 2025

Recently, the notion of left-behind places and regions has gained ground in academic debates on regional inequality and changing electoral landscapes. This paper proposes an approach to conceptualising and measuring regional "left-behindness" in three Central Eastern European countries that goes...

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Perspektiven der gesetzlichen Alterssicherung

Wagner, Gert G. - In: Credit and Capital Markets – Kredit und Kapital 48 (2015) 3, pp. 409-425

In diesem Beitrag werden ausgewählte grundsätzliche Probleme und Möglichkeiten, unter besonderer Berücksichtigung von Kapitaldeckung, der Alterssicherung in Deutschland und der europäischen Union diskutiert. Konkret eingegangen wird auf die Themen Beitragssatz, Rentenniveau, Altersarmut,...

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