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Mobilität und Tourismus, ein Überblick über die Entwicklung in Österreich

Molitor, Romain - In: Zeitschrift für Tourismuswissenschaft 11 (2019) 2, pp. 289-298

Zusammenfassung Mobilität und Tourismus hängen zusammen; insofern werden auch die Treibhausgas-Emissionen im Tourismus maßgeblich vom Verkehr verursacht, wobei das Ausmaß der Treibhausgas-Emissionen vom gewählten Verkehrsmittel bei der Anreise abhängt. Für die Anreise der...

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Porter's Hypothesis on Environmental Policy in an Oligopoly Model with Cost Asymmetry Caused by Innovation / Porter's Hypothese zur Umweltpolitik in einem Oligopol mit asymmetrisch...

Feess, Eberhard; Taistra, Gregor - In: Jahrbücher für Nationalökonomie und Statistik 220 (2000) 1, pp. 18-31

Umweltpolitik die internationale Konkurrenzfähigkeit der betroffenen Firmen erhöhen kann, in einem Zwei-Perioden-Modell mit Cournot …

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Sleeping Process Patents and Environmental Innovation / Umweltpolitik und schlafende Patente

Hübner, Marion - In: Jahrbücher für Nationalökonomie und Statistik 222 (2002) 6, pp. 706-718

Summary Using a duopoly model of a patent race, it is shown that a stricter environmental policy might increase the probability of a sleeping patent instead of encouraging environmental technological progress. Two scenarios are discussed. The first concerns the regulation of a firm that competes...

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A Simple Guide to Comparative Vigilance

Feldman, Allan M.; Singh, Ram - In: Asian Journal of Law and Economics 2 (2011) 3

In this paper we discuss a new tort liability rule, which we call super-symmetric comparative negligence and vigilance. When both injurer and victim in an accident are negligent, it provides for liability shares that depend on the degrees of negligence of the two parties, similar to the standard...

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Enforcement and Good Corporate Governance in Developing Countries and Transition Economies

Berglöf, Erik; Claessens, Stijn - In: World Bank Research Observer 21 (2006) 1, pp. 123-150

More than regulations, laws on the books, or voluntary codes, enforcement is key to creating an effective business environment and good corporate governance, at least in developing countries and transition economies. A framework is presented to help explain enforcement, the impact on corporate...

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Is Green Growth Good for the Poor?

Dercon, Stefan - In: World Bank Research Observer 29 (2014) 2, pp. 163-185

The developing world is experiencing substantial environmental change, and climate change is likely to accelerate these processes in the coming decades. Due to their initial poverty and their relatively high dependence on environmental capital for their livelihoods, the poor are likely to suffer...

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Accounting change in central government : The adoption of double entry bookkeeping at the Portuguese Royal Treasury (1761)

Gomes, Delfina; Carnegie, Garry D.; Lima Rodrigues, Lúcia - In: Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal 21 (2008) 8, pp. 1144-1184

, Portugal, on its establishment in 1761 and the factors contributing to this development. The Royal Treasury was the first … central government organization in Portugal to adopt double entry bookkeeping and was a crucial first step in the … institutionalization of accounting practices by means of coercive pressures and highlights for Portugal the importance of individual actors …

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Institutionalization and practice variation in the management control of a global/local setting

Cruz, Inês; Major, Maria; Scapens, Robert W. - In: Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal 22 (2009) 1, pp. 91-117

Purpose – The paper aims to look at a joint venture (JV) set up by a Portuguese company and a global corporation (GC) in the hospitality sector. The paper seeks to examine how, and why the JV's managers introduced variations in the management control (MC) rules and procedures in...

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Why do credit cooperatives disappear? : The determinants of Portuguese agricultural credit co‐operatives failure

Cabo, Paula; Rebelo, João - In: Agricultural Finance Review 72 (2012) 3, pp. 341-361

Purpose – The paper aims to identify “problematic” agricultural credit co‐operatives (CCAM) and to evaluate their risk of insolvency as a function of financial indicators, providing regulators and other stakeholders with a set of tools that would be predictive of future insolvency and...

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A benchmarking methodology for metalcasting industry

Ribeiro, Laura M.M.; Sarsfield Cabral, J.A. - In: Benchmarking: An International Journal 13 (2006) 1/2, pp. 23-35

competitiveness of the metalcasting industry in Portugal. Originality/value – This paper helps the development of benchmarking in the …

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