How are our societies being transformed by Internet and digital economics? This book provides an accessible introduction to the economics of the Internet and a comprehensive account of the mechanisms of the digital economy. Leading scholars examine the original economic and business models being...

Pour les auteurs, la nature est un ensemble de systèmes régulateurs comme l'eau ou le climat, mais qui est menacé par les modes de croissance actuels. Ils proposent de considérer ces systèmes comme un facteur de production naturel et d'aller vers une économie verte. Des exemples sont pris...

Un essai engagé dans lequel l'auteur met en lumière les enjeux de la conférence de Copenhague et propose des actions pour inciter l'économie mondiale à lutter contre le réchauffement climatique. La réduction des émissions de gaz à effet de serre, l'incitation au développement propre et...

Is, or should, healthcare be profitable? Over and above “private” health, does it have an effect on public health? Improved living conditions are sometimes considered to play a more important role in greater life expectancy than medicine. Even though this may have been true in the 19th...

ILO pub-WEP pub. Working paper, case studies of decision making regarding choice of technology in public enterprises (Petrobras in the fertilizer industry and Embraer in the aerospace industry) in Brazil - outlines business organization; considers the impact of state intervention and the...

ILO pub-WEP pub. Comparison of choice of technology, adaptation and technology transfer by public enterprises and private enterprises in India - based on sample survey of heavy industry (pumps and compressors), pharmaceutical industry and heavy electrical industry firms, compares organization...

Examines corporate change and restructuring in the chemical industry and analyses how industrial relations in this sector can be improved in the interests of both decent work and greater productivity.