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Blockchain technologies for commodity value chains: The solution for more sustainability?
Tröster, Bernhard - 2020
obstacles to extending sustainability in GVCs. …
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Konzepte und Wirkungen nachhaltigen Unternehmertums
Maaß, Frank; Chlosta, Simone; Icks, Annette; Welter, … - 2014
Sustainability aims at a responsible use of natural resources and the environment as well as at shaping corporate … relations and restructuring the constitution of the firm. As such, sustainability is commonly and successfully used by small …, medium as well as large enterprises. Enterprises that turn sustainability into a strategic business goal, going beyond legal …
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ESG in private equity and other alternative asset classes: What the industry has accomplished so far regarding environmental, social and governance matters
Hoellermann, Jens - 2020
Over the last years, the rise of sustainability and responsibility has drawn considerable attention by the entire … environmental, social, and governance matters cover all the sustainability and responsibility topics and what exactly shall be … for sustainability and responsibility will be shown followed by an analysis how environmental, social, and governance has …
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The Central European Manufacturin Core: What is Driving Regional Production Sharing?
Stehrer, Robert; Stöllinger, Roman - 2015
There is evidence that Europe's manufacturing activity is increasingly concentrated in a Central European (CE) core which the IMF in a recent publication also refers to as the German-Central European supply chain. This CE manufacturing core is dominated by Germany and in addition comprises...
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Global Value Chains: Implications for the Austrian economy
Kulmer, Veronika; Kernitzkyi, Michael; Köberl, Judith; … - 2015
This study focuses on the implications of rising global value chains (GVCs) on international trade and analysis the impacts on small open economies. Small open economies rely heavily on international trade and are highly integrated in global production networks but have so far been hardly...
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Globale Vernetzung, Kooperation und Wertschöpfung im Mittelstand
Holz, Michael; Nielen, Sebastian; Paschke, Max; … - 2016
Die vorliegende Studie untersucht mit Hilfe theoretischer Analysen und vertiefender Exper-teninterviews, welche Herausforderungen und Chancen für mittelständische Unternehmen mit der Mitwirkung in (globalen) Wertschöpfungsketten verbunden sind. In Wertschöpfungsketten mit hohem...
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Understanding the weakness in global trade - What is the new normal?
Cabrillac, Bruno; Al-Haschimi, Alexander; Babecká … - 2016
Global trade has been exceptionally weak over the past four years. While global trade grew at approximately twice the rate of GDP prior to the Great Recession, the ratio of global trade to GDP growth has declined to about unity since 2012. This paper assesses to what extent the change in the...
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Import promotion as an instrument of development cooperation: Lessons from European experiences for Austrian development cooperation
Grumiller, Jan; Raza, Werner G. - 2019
This briefing paper discusses import promotion agencies (IPOs) as a comparatively new instrument of development cooperation in Europe. The paper assesses the potential of import promotion agencies to promote exports from Low Income Countries (LICs) to High Income Countries (HICs). The...
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Implications of Value Creation and Capture in Global Value Chains – Lessons from 39 Grassroots Cases
Ali-Yrkkö, Jyrki; Rouvinen, Petri - 2013
This report summarizes 39 detailed ETLA case studies of global value chains (GVCs). The findings suggest that the value added in global value chains is less tied to their tangible aspects than what conventional wisdom suggests. Intangible aspects of GVCs tend to be more important, but their poor...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012037636
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Tulevaisuuden työmarkkinat
Kauhanen, Antti - 2014
Information and communications technology, global value chains, and population ageing are changing the structures of the labour market. These three factors affect the tasks carried out in Finland in the future and the division of labour between humans and computers. The changes are taking place...
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