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Wissens- und Innovationsgeographie in der Wirtschaftsförderung
Grundlagen für die Praxis
Language: German
Release Date: September 13, 2016
Das Buch ist als eine Einführung in das Themengebiet der Wissens- und Innovationsgeographie konzipiert. Entsprechend erfahren grundlegende Konzepte (Was ist Wissen? Welche Arten des räumlichen Wissenstransfers gibt es?) die größte Aufmerksamkeit. Nichtsdestotrotz enthält das Buch zahlreiche praktische...
by Felix Magg
Language: English
Release Date: July 25, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: July 25, 2011
Seminar paper from the year 2011 in the subject Economics - Case Scenarios, grade: 88 %, Edinburgh Napier University, language: English, abstract: One of the great economic debates of all times is whether trade liberalisation or rather protectionism promotes economic growth (Case, Fair and Oster,...
Economic Effects of Public Investment
An Emphasis on Marshallian and Monetary External Economies
Language: English
Release Date: December 22, 2016
This book shows the necessity of measuring the incidence-basis indirect economic effects of public investments. The essential argument can be traced back to H. Mohring versus J. Tinbergen, the conclusions of one contradicting those of the other. Their arguments are called, respectively, “transfer”...
Labor Transfer in Emerging Economies
A Perspective from China’s Reality to Theories
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2017
Based on new phenomena appearing in many emerging economies, this book presents a theoretical study on the economic influences of labor transfer from several aspects. In recent years, thanks to the continuous progress of social forms as well as science and technology, there are a large number of new...
Watts in the Desert
Pioneering Solar Farming in Australia's Outback
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2015
This unique book offers an introduction to the development of renewable energy in Australia in the early 2000s. Examining the rise of dispersed, embedded solar energy systems in Western Australia, it looks specifically at the Solex project in Carnarvon, WA, which pioneered the harvest of solar energy...
Locational Preferences of Entrepreneurs
Stated Preferences in The Netherlands and Germany
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
In this book, locational preferences of firms in The Netherlands and Germany are studied from a behavioural point of view. Stated preferences of entrepreneurs in each country are examined, using various types of statistical analysis. The influence of both firm and place characteristics is analysed....
Hazards and the Built Environment
Attaining Built-in Resilience
Language: English
Release Date: May 6, 2008
As a specialist in disaster preparation, you have huge responsibilities: a failure to prepare for natural and human-induced disasters costs lives and money. When a natural or human-induced disaster hits a built-up area the amount of damage it does will depend largely on the extent to which the built...
Transportation, Traffic Safety and Health — Prevention and Health
Third International Conference, Washington, U.S.A, 1997
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Rodney E. Slater Secretary of Transportation, U. S. Department of Transportation know many of you have traveled great distances to be here. I To me, that shows not only your dedication to the cause, but demonstrates how very important transportation safety is becoming throughout the world. So I am...
by Gilberto Seravalli
Language: English
Release Date: February 11, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: February 11, 2015
This book introduces the reader to local development economics and policy, with a special focus on the place-based paradigm that covers its justification, its difficulties and the types of public intervention that it suggests. The starting point for the analysis is that economic development in lagging...
The New Brazilian Economy
Dynamic Transitions into the Future
Language: English
Release Date: December 12, 2016
This edited collection provides a thorough historical, statistical, and institutional description of the current Brazilian economy and the previous economic structure from which it is emerging. The contributions explore the institutional economic and cultural forces shaping the current development...
Infrastructure and Safety in a Collaborative World
Road Traffic Safety
Language: English
Release Date: July 2, 2011
The book investigates how, and which, forgiving road environments (FOR) and self-explaining road measures (SER) will contribute to increasing road safety and also increase network efficiency on the road.
It presents both the general approach and the methodology for generating the possible...
Multicultural China
A Statistical Yearbook (2014)
Language: English
Release Date: July 29, 2014
With its easy-to-use format, this book provides a collection of annual data on China’s 56 ethnic groups. It is a resource book that profiles the demography, employment and wages, livelihood, agriculture, industry, education, science and technology, culture, sports, and public health for each of...
by Donald F. Norris
Language: English
Release Date: March 9, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: March 9, 2016
Metropolitan government and metropolitan governance have been ongoing issues for more than sixty years in the United States. Based on an extensive survey and a review of existing literature, this book offers a comprehensive overview of these debates. It discusses how the centrifugal forces in local...
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Language: English
Release Date: August 10, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: August 10, 2018
This contributed volume studies and explains the effect of agglomeration on a firm’s innovation and performance. It presents new cases as well as new topics within the agglomeration phenomenon, exploring also their role under the Great Recession. Beyond the analysis of regions or clusters, this...