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Springer Nature Switzerland AG The Post-Pandemic World: Sustainable Living on a
Book SynopsisThe Covid-19 pandemic is a repeating biophysical shock yet one for which our current socio-economic structure was not prepared. Climate change, scarcity, depletion of natural resources, and the inevitable transition to renewable energy are one time events. Taken together, they present an existential threat to human society. This book is a guide to navigating these megatrends, which confront us now but whose consequences will unfold over decades. By presenting clear options on the path to a renewable energy future, this book gives readers a broad perspective as well as detailed, well-illustrated examples to weigh in making decisions which will secure stability and prosperity for their families, their communities and their nations.Table of Contents
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG Macroeconomic Policy: Demystifying Monetary and
Book SynopsisThis book is an applications-oriented text designed for individuals who desire a hands-on approach to analyzing the effects of fiscal and monetary policies. Significantly updated for the fourth edition, the text provides an understanding of the global economy in the wake of the COVID crisis, discussing topics such as pandemic related supply and demand-side shocks, the role of Modern Monetary Theory (MMT) in financing COVID rescue plans, the effect of the US, India, Eurozone and China’s post-COVID economies on emerging and transitioning economies, and the resurgence of inflation. This edition includes deeper coverage on the issue of budget deficit sustainability and on trade wars, especially in a global context, and revisits the life cycles of speculative asset price (SAP) bubbles, especially in the housing markets and in SPACs. The fourth edition contains several brand-new cases and media articles that are carefully positioned to relate explicitly to theory, and to look ahead to and preempt global macro situations and polices in the years to come. MBA students and Executive MBA students who appreciate the importance of monetary and fiscal analysis will find this text to be right on target. Financial analysts and individual investors who need to strip away economic myths and jargon and systematically examine and understand the effects of macro policies on variables such as inflation, output, employment and interest rates, will also find the book extremely useful.Table of ContentsChapter 1. Introduction and Overview of the Fourth Edition.- Chapter 2. National Income Accounts.- Chapter 3. Budget Deficits, Trade Deficits and Global Capital Flows: The National Savings Identity.- Chapter 4. Aggregate Demand: Setting the Stage for Demand-Side Stabilization.- Chapter 5. Demand-Side Stabilization: Overheating, Hard Landing, and Everything in Between.- Chapter 6. Long-Term Interest Rates, the Yield Curve, and Hyperinflation.- Chapter 7. ISLM: The Engine Room.- Chapter 8. The Classical Model.- Chapter 9. The Keynesian Model.- Chapter 10. The Supply-Side Model and the New Economy.- Chapter 11. After Covid: MMT and other Major Global Macropolicy Issues.- Chapter 12. Central Banks and Monetary Policy.
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG Monetary Unions: Institutions and Policies
Book SynopsisThis textbook explains the notion of monetary union, highlighting the key concepts, procedures, and challenges involved. The book is organized in three parts. In the first part, the reader learns about monetary issues, like definitions and typology of monetary unions, rationale of monetary unions, monetary policy, monetary institutional matters. The second part is devoted to fiscal matters and the interplay between fiscal and monetary policies, such as deficits, transfers, public debt sustainability issues, fiscal policy, policy mix. The last part focuses on other distinct but related issues, necessary to complete the union: banking and fiscal unions, structural adjustments in a monetary union. It ends with a chapter on the fate of monetary unions: how they develop, mature and sometimes dissolve.The book addresses students at undergraduate and graduate level, interested in a better understanding of international macroeconomics and monetary unions, as well as policy-makers, practitioners and economists in central banks, ministries of economics, economic institutions and banks. Table of ContentsMonetary Issues: Monetary Unions: Between International Trade and National Sovereignty.- Why a Monetary Union?- Monetary Policy in a Monetary Union: Lessons from Simple Models.- Institutions and Monetary Policy.- Fiscal Issues: Government Deficits, Transfers and Debt.- Fiscal Policies in a Monetary Union.- The Policy Mix.- Toward an Ever Closer Union: Structural Adjustments and Reforms.- Fiscal Union.- Banking Union.- The Fate of a Monetary Union.- General Conclusion.
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG Questioning the Entrepreneurial State:
Book SynopsisThe 2008 financial crisis and the COVID-19 pandemic have made the authorities to increasingly turn inward and use ethnocentrism, protectionism, and top-down approaches to guide policy on trade, competition, and industrial development. The continuing aftereffects of such policies range from the rise and seeming success of authoritarian states, rise of populist and protectionist trends, and evolving academic agendas inspiring the reemergence of top-down industrial policies across the world. This open access edited volume contains contributions from over 30 scholars with expertise in economics, innovation, management, and economic history. The chapters offer unique theoretical and empirical contributions discussing topics such as how industrial policies affect risk, incentives, and information for investments. They also address the policy perspectives on new technologies such as AI and its implications for market entry, the role for independent entrepreneurship in increasingly regulated markets, and whether governments should focus on market interventions or institutional capacity-building. Questioning the Entrepreneurial State initiates a much sought-after debate on the notion of an Entrepreneurial State. It discusses the dangers of top-down approaches to industrial policy, examines lessons from such approaches for future policy design, and calls attention to the progress of open and contestable markets in a sound economy and society. “Creative destruction, innovation and entrepreneurship are at the core of economic growth. The government has a clear role, to provide the basic fabric of a dynamic society, but industrial policy and state-owned companies are the boulevard of broken dreams and unrealized visions. This important message is convincingly stated in Questioning the Entrepreneurial State.” Anders Borg, former Minister of Finance, Sweden “Misreading the dynamism of American entrepreneurship, European intellectuals and policy makers have embraced a dangerous fantasy: catching up requires constructing an entrepreneurial state. This book provides a vital antidote: The entrepreneur comes first: The state may support. It cannot lead.”Amar Bhidé, Thomas Schmidheiny Professor of International Business, Tufts University “This important new book subjects the emergence of the entrepreneurial state, which reflects a shift in the locus of entrepreneurship from the individual to the public sector, to the scrutiny of rigorous analysis. The resulting concerns, flaws and biases inherent in the entrepreneurial state exposed are both alarming and sobering. The skill and scholarly craftsmanship brought to bear in this crucial analysis is evident throughout the book, along with the even, but ultimately consequential thinking of the authors. A must read for researchers and thought leaders in business and policy." David Audtretsch, Distinguished Professor, Ameritech Chair of Economic Development, Indiana UniversityTrade Review“All three books provide important guideposts for organizing collective effort to develop the kinds of technologies needed to address the most important global problems of the twenty-first century. The academic credentials and scholarly perspectives of the contributors infuse Wennberg and Sandstro¨m’s edited volume with an analytical tone and comparative institutional lens that are very welcome in the conversation regarding how public policymakers should identify opportunities for encouraging innovation.” (Anita M. McGahan, Administrative Science Quarterly, October 31, 2023)“The book is written for both academics and policymakers, and it is written clearly without an assumption that readers possess a strong foundation of economic training. … Questioning the Entrepreneurial State is an excellent edited volume comprising thought provoking concerns about the viability of an entrepreneurial state. … After reading this edited volume, readers will learn not just the entrepreneurial state and criticisms, but will learn about a variety of topics on institutions, ecosystems, sustainability, and politics related to entrepreneurship and innovation.” (Christopher John Boudreaux, Journal of Evolutionary Economics, Vol. 32, 2022)Table of ContentsPart I: Introductory Chapter.- Introduction.- Part II: The Entrepreneurial State: Theoretical Perspectives.- The Entrepreneurial State and the Platform Economy.- An Effectual Analysis of Markets and States.- The Entrepreneurial State: An Ownership Competence Perspective.- Innovation Without Entrepreneurship: The Pipe Dream of Mission-Oriented Innovation Policy.- Part III: The Entrepreneurial State, Entrepreneurial Universities, and Startups.- Building Local Innovation Support Systems: Theory and Practice.- Reducing Higher Education Bureaucracy and Reclaiming the Entrepreneurial University.- Cultural Ideals in the Entrepreneurship Industry.- Evaluating Evaluations of Innovation Policy: Exploring Reliability, Methods, and Conflicts of Interest.- Do Targeted R&D Grants toward SMEs Increase Employment and Demand for High Human Capital Workers?.- Part IV: The Entrepreneurial State and Sustainability Transitions.- Third-Generation Innovation Policy: System Transformation or Reinforcing Business as Usual?.- Less from More: China Built Wind Power, but Gained Little Electricity.- The Failures of the Entrepreneurial State: Subsidies to Renewable Energies in Europe.- Directionality in Innovation Policy and the Ongoing Failure of Green Deals: Evidence from Biogas, Bio-ethanol, and Fossil-Free Steel.- Part V: From the Entrepreneurial State Towards Evidence-Based Innovation Policy.- Policy Instruments for High-Growth Enterprises.- Public-Steering and Private-Performing Sectors: Success and Failures in the Swedish Finance, Telecoms, and City Planning Sectors.- The Digital Platform Economy and the Entrepreneurial State: A European Dilemma.- Collaborative Innovation Blocs and Mission-Oriented Innovation Policy: An Ecosystem Perspective.
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG The Forum of Federations Handbook of Fiscal
Book SynopsisThis open access handbook compares fiscal federalism arrangements in eleven federal/ decentralized countries. Each chapter examines an individual country, laying out its constitutional design as relates to fiscal powers and the division of those powers between levels of government. Specifically, the analyses consider powers of taxation, spending, regulation, and more. Focusing on Australia, Brazil, Canada, Ethiopia, Germany, India, Italy, South Africa, Spain, Switzerland, and the United States, the contributors provide a fascinating account of how federal countries are confronting the traditional challenges of conflicts over division of fiscal powers while also coping with the ongoing challenges of globalization and citizen empowerment that arise from the information revolution. As a companion to the Forum of Federations Handbook of Federal Countries 2020, this volume considers how relationships and roles in different orders of government are being reshaped, and shows how local solutions inspired by global principles help strengthen government accountability and improve citizens’ quality of life.This is an open access book.Table of Contents1. Introduction/Principles of Fiscal Federalism - Jean-Francois Tremblay 2. Australia - Miranda Stewart3. Brazil – Fernando Antonio Rezende da Silva 4. Canada – Jean-Francois Tremblay5. Ethiopia - Sisay Senbeta6. Germany - Lars Feld7. India - VN Alok8. Italy – Elisabeth Alber, Alice Valdesalici9. Kenya – Mutakha Kangu10. South Africa – Ramos Mabugu 11. Spain - Julio Lopez-Laborda, Jorge Martinez-Vasquez, Carlos Monasterio12. Switzerland - Christoph Schaltegger, Lukas Schmid13. USA - Therese McGuire & Teresa Garcia-Milà14. Comparative Conclusions - Jean-Francois Tremblay
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Springer International Publishing AG The Political Economy of Geoeconomics: Europe in
Book SynopsisThis book brings together researchers from different analytical perspectives for the study of contemporary geoeconomics to create a broader and more useful catalogue of conceptual tools, empirical entry points, and case studies around the subject. The distinctive contribution this book offers is its firm rooting in International Political Economy and the hitherto under-researched geoeconomics dynamics of Europe. Many existing accounts of geoeconomics have been developed in International Relations and often reproduce some of the state-centric and static assumptions of the discipline. Recent scholarship furthermore tends to focus on the US-China rivalry, thus discounting the role of other global powers in shaping geoeconomics. As a first collective contribution to the topic in the field of International Political Economy, the book stands to become a major reference point in the field for the coming years. Interest in geoeconomics as well as in related concepts like weaponized interdependence or emerging new rivalries has been on the rise in recent years and will be one of the key research areas in the coming decade of transition and change in Europe and beyond. Chapters 1, 2 and 7 are available open access under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License via link.springer.com.Table of ContentsAcknowledgements List of Contributors List of Figures List of Tables Chapter 1. Geoeconomics in a changing global order Milan Babić, Adam D. Dixon, & Imogen T. Liu Chapter 2. Balancing dependence: The quest for autonomy and the rise of corporate geoeconomics Henrique Choer Moraes & Mikael Wigell Chapter 3. European Strategic Autonomy: New Agenda, Old Constraints Scott Lavery, Sean McDaniel, & Davide Schmid Chapter 4. European foreign policy think tanks and "strategic autonomy": making sense of EU's role in the world of geoeconomics Jaša Veselinovič Chapter 5. The EU as a Geoeconomic Actor? A review of recent European trade and investment policies Clara Weinhardt, Karsten Mau, & Jens Hillebrand Pohl Chapter 6. Geoeconomics and national production regimes: On German exportism and the integration of economic and security policy Kai Koddenbrock & Daniel Mertens Chapter 7. The geoeconomics of Chinese bank expansion into the European Union Paolo Balmas & Sabine Dörry Chapter 8. Moving forward: Understanding the geoeconomic decade of the 2020s Milan Babić, Adam D. Dixon, & Imogen T. Liu
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Springer International Publishing AG The COVID-19 Crisis and Entrepreneurship:
Book Synopsis2020 introduced a global pandemic that led to global economic, social, and regional lockdowns affecting public life in ways never been imagined before. This book takes a look at how researchers from fields encompassing economics and political science, along with thought leaders in business and economic policy, experienced the crises themselves as experts in their field, as well as from a personal viewpoint. Most importantly, however, it looks into the future how entrepreneurship and economic policies may change and positively influence the societies and the economy after the pandemic. Keeping in mind that, with climate change and the digital revolution, change was already around the corner and inevitable, renowned economic and policy experts are asked for their assessment of future roads and feasible economic policies. The book follows the chronology of the pandemic and focuses on leading researchers and thought leaders in public policy and business. An introduction to each chapter describes the context particular to the contributing author when the pandemic struck and their own reactions, experiences, and insights triggered by the emerging pandemic. Table of ContentsThe Journey: Navigating the COVID-19 Crisis.- Part I: The Future is Risky and Entrepreneurial.- Resilience Is the New Competitive.- Depths of Change: Ranging from Clubhouse to Game Changer.- Oxygenating Innovation? The Not-So-Brave New World of COVID-19?.- Part II: Economies Under Pressure: Challenges for the Future After the COVID-19 Crisis.- COVID-19, Schumpeter, and the Size of the Market.- COVID-19 Crisis: Modernization Push at the Macroeconomic and Firm Level, Providing for Not So Disparate Opportunities and Challenges for Majors and Start-Ups.- Entrepreneurship and Economic Resilience in Times of Crisis: Insights from the COVID-19 Pandemic.- Business Angel Investing During the COVID-19 Pandemic.- Part III: Reflecting on the Future of Entrepreneurship Research: Diversity and Impact After the COVID-19 Crisis.- Dreaming of a Different Future.- Editorial Quandaries During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Personal Exposé.- Part IV: Acting Under Uncertainty: Personal Perspectives from Sweden, Egypt and Germany.- My Experiences of the COVID-19 Pandemic So Far.- “Hibernating” in Cairo: COVID-19, as seen from Egypt.- COVID-19 Pandemic Lockdown: The Era of Connection and Creation.- Part V: The Educational Ecosystem for Entrepreneurship: Moving the Digital Way Forward After the COVID-19 Crisis.- Entrepreneurial Intention of Dutch Students During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Are Today’s Students Still Tomorrow’s Entrepreneurs?.- COVID-19: Entrepreneurial Universities and Academic Entrepreneurship.- Internationalization Meets Digitalization: Entrepreneurial Responses in Higher Education to the COVID-19 Pandemic.- The Silver Lining for Pandemic-Era International Education.- The COVID-19 Pandemic as a Catalyst for Digital Entrepreneurship Education: Reflections on a Rapid Transformation of an Educational Ecosystem.
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Springer International Publishing AG New Metropolitan Perspectives: Post COVID
Book SynopsisThe book aims to face the challenge of post-COVID-19 dynamics toward green and digital transition, between metropolitan and return to villages’ perspectives. It presents a multi-disciplinary scientific debate on the new frontiers of strategic and spatial planning, economic programs and decision support tools, within the urban–rural areas networks and the metropolitan cities. The book focuses on six topics: inner and marginalized areas local development to re-balance territorial inequalities; knowledge and innovation ecosystem for urban regeneration and resilience; metropolitan cities and territorial dynamics; rules, governance, economy, society; green buildings, post-carbon city and ecosystem services; infrastructures and spatial information systems; cultural heritage: conservation, enhancement and management. In addition, the book hosts a Special Section: Rhegion United Nations 2020-2030. The book will benefit all researchers, practitioners and policymakers interested in the issues applied to metropolitan cities and marginal areas. Table of ContentsThe Valuation of Unused Public Buildings in Support of Culture-led Inner Areas’ Small Villages NRRP Strategies: an application model in Southern Italy.- Hydrological drivers and effects of wildfire in Mediterranean rural and forest ecosystems: A mini review.- River transport in Calabrian rivers.- Green Transition Towards Sustainability. Design, architecture, production.- (Un)earth vulnerable Chile.- Fostering resilience in Inner Areas. The Sicani case study in Sicily.- Application of crowd sensing for sustainable management of smart cities.- Ecological transition and planning strategies.
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Springer International Publishing AG Sustainable Agriculture Policies for Human
Book SynopsisThis book deals with the important topic of policies for sustainable agriculture, since food insecurity is a growing concern for policy makers and will affect the quality of life and well-being of generations to come. The authors provide a theoretical background to the concept of sustainable agriculture including its recent developments; monitor the current state of sustainability in agriculture in different regions of the world; and evaluate current agricultural policies to propose new solutions. They show practical ways of sustainability measurement that could be applied to different regions. The book takes into account sustainability indicators based on economic, social and environmental aspects and discusses the trade-offs between these three dimensions. It also answers the question of whether current agricultural policies contribute to balancing between the goals of agriculture---that of not just providing food but of contributing to the greater good---and how policies differ and have evolved across the world. Finally, it puts together the best practices of sustainability for the use of policymakers. The book pays particular attention to least developed countries where hunger and malnutrition are high, but where productivity should not come at the expense of environmental and social goals. This book is of use to a wide readership of policy makers, professionals and academics in the social and environmental sciences interested in the improvement of human life through sustainable agricultural policy implementation. Table of ContentsPART I. APPROACHING SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE – CONCEPT AND MEASUREMENTChapter 1: Environmental dimension of sustainability in agriculture.Chapter 2: Socio-economic resilience in rural areas.Chapter 3: How sustainable is agriculture worldwide?PART II. EFFECTIVENESS OF CURRENT AGRICULTURAL POLICIES Chapter 4: Cost-effectiveness analysis of environmental policy in different regions of the world.Chapter 5: Trade-offs between environmental and socio-economic performance.PART III. EVOLUTION OF POLICY SCHEMES FOR SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE Chapter 6: Evolution of agri-environmental schemes worldwide.Chapter 7: Comparing EU, USA and China’s policy for sustainable agriculture.Chapter 8: Conclusions and recommendations
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Springer International Publishing AG Joan Robinson in Princely India
Book SynopsisThis book explores the early work and activities of Joan Robinson that focused on economic development within underdeveloped countries, in particular India before independence. By analysing the style of Robinson’s thinking and economic analysis, and based on the works of Indian contemporaries, parts of The British Crown and the Indian States previously unattributed to her are seen to exhibit her preoccupation with poverty, backwardness, unemployment, the population problem, international trade, and the role of the state. Through keeping in mind Robinson’s later work, the development of her ideas can be reflected upon, alongside critical perspectives. It also reveals the beginnings of her role as a public intellectual. This book aims to shed new light on Joan Robinson’s work on development and to provide insight to an overlooked part of her research. It will be relevant to students and researchers interested in the history of economic thought, development economics and economic history.Table of ContentsPart I. In the Land of Princes.- 1. An Unseemly Memsaab.- 2. A Tale of Two Robinsons.- 3. Discovering a Book.- 4. Austin Carries the Day.- Part II. Thinking Development: Then and Later.- 5. Precolonial Underdevelopment.- 6. Colonial Development.- 7. Is There a Common Thread?.- Part III. Transfer of Resources from Princely India to British India.- 8. Net Resource Outflow.- 9. Liabilities of the States.- 10. Revenue Contributions.- Part IV. The Drain, Backwardness and the State.- 11. The Drain and Backwardness.- 12. Role of the State.
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Springer International Publishing AG COVID-19 and Marginalisation of People and
Book SynopsisThis book examines how COVID-19 has often enhanced social and economic marginalisation in different places and societies around the world. It explores the reality that selective deglobalisation is occurring and over and above the human tragedy which has been experienced, many societies and economies have had to adapt to the new reality which they find themselves in. Governments have been challenged to improve health care and provide economic relief and stimulus packages to sectors as diverse as tourism and education which have had to develop new ways of coping. Resilience theory is drawn on to help explain some of the creative responses which we observe, while in other places deep-rooted concerns for the future are a stark reality. By describing how the pandemic has exacerbated pre-existing geographic, social and economic marginalisation, particularly for the most vulnerable places, societies and economic activities globally, this book provides insight into the impacts and implications across the world and reflects on the different experiences. Table of ContentsChapter 1. Introduction(Borna Fuerst-Bjeliš, Etienne Nel and Stanko Pelc).- Part I: COVID’s Global Impact and Marginalisation.- Chapter 2. COVID-19s Economic and Social Impact Globally(Borna Fuerst-Bjeliš, Etienne Nel and Stanko Pelc).- Part II: Social Impacts and Marginalisation.- Chapter 3. De-Marginalising Social-Democracy: The Recovery Of The Collectivity In Europe During Covid-19 Pandemic(Hugo Capellà i Miternique).- Chapter 4. COVID-19 Lockdown and Education: The Risk of Increasing Marginalisation - Distance-Education in Switzerland During the Spring 2020 Lockdown(Walter Leimgruber).- Chapter 5. Restrictions on Formal Education Due to the COVID-19 Pandemic and Their Effects on Growing Marginalisation in Argentina(Margarita Schmidt and Claudio Urra Coletti).- Chapter 6. Addressing Geographical Marginality During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Romania: Civil Society, Volunteerism, and Networking(Oana-Ramona Ilovan, Alexandra Ioana Ciupe and Csaba Horváth).- Chapter 7. The COVID-19 pandemic in Malaysia: Its impacts on the poor and migrant workers communities in urban areas.(Jamalunlaili Abdullah and Marlyana Azyyati Marzukhi).- Chapter 8. Marginality and Resilience Strategies in Coastal Fishing Villages during the COVID-19 Pandemic in the State of Yucatan, Mexico(José Manuel Crespo-Guerrero and Araceli Jiménez-Pelcastre).- Part III: Economic Impacts and Marginalisation.- Chapter 9. The COVID-19 pandemic and the enhanced marginalisation of marginal tourist destinations(Gabriel Camară).- Chapter 10. Exacerbating Marginalisation: COVID-19’s Impact on Peripheral, Tourism-Dependent Regions in New Zealand and Local Responses(Etienne Nel).- Chapter 11. The COVID-19 pandemic’s implications for tourism preferences in Croatia: potential new challenges for marginal areas(Borna Fuerst-Bjeliš and Ivan Šulc).- Chapter 12. The Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on Tourism in Romania in 2020 With Special Regard on Marginal Rural Areas(Raularian Rusu).- Chapter 13. Tourism and (De)Marginalisation: How to Minimise the Cost of COVID-19 in Porto(Ana Ferreira).- Part IV: COVID-19’s Impact on Movement and Globalisation.- Chapter 14. Spatial Diffusion of COVID-19: From Hyper-Connected Territories to Marginal Areas: the Case of Niassa, Mozambique(Paulo Nossa, Anabela Mota-Pinto, Alice Freia, Julio Masquete, Pedro Bem-Haja Fernanda Cravidão).- Chapter 15. Vietnam’s Global Market Integration During the Covidian Era : An Exploratory Analysis of the Pandemic’s Marginalising Effects on the Rural Poor(Antoine Beaulieu).- Part V: Conclusion.- Chapter 16. Some Conclusions About COVID-19's Impact on Marginality and Marginalisation(Borna Fuerst-Bjeliš, Etienne Nel and Stanko Pelc).
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Springer International Publishing AG Collected Works of Domenico Mario Nuti, Volume I:
Book SynopsisThis book, the first of two volumes, brings together the work of Domenico Mario Nuti to highlight his significant and varied contribution to economics. Bringing together works from across Nuti’s career, his distinctive intellectual framework is exemplified in relation to discussions on the drivers of economic growth and development, the most efficient economic system, the organisation of firms, and how economies should be managed. This volume gives particular attention to socialist economic systems, and the transition of former socialist countries to market economies. This book, through the inclusion of an introduction, aims to contextualise his ideas and illustrate their continued relevance. It will be of wide interest to students and researchers.Table of Contents1. The degree of monopoly in the Kaldor-Mirrlees growth model.- 2. Capitalism, socialism and steady growth.- 3. Introductory essay to V. K. Dmitriev.- 4. Michal Kalecki's contributions to the theory and practice of socialist planning.- 5. Kalecki and Keynes revisited.- 6. Socialism on earth.- 7. Hidden and repressed inflation in Soviet-type economies.- 8. Cycles in socialist economies.- 9. Feasible financial innovation under market socialism.- 10. On Tibor Liska’s entrepreneurial socialism.- 11. Market socialism: the model that might have been but never was.- 12. Stabilization and reform sequencing in the reform of Central Eastern Europe.- 13. Privatisation of socialist economies: general issues and the Polish case.- 14. Privatization of financial institutions.- 15. Economic inertia in the transitional economies of central eastern Europe.
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Springer International Publishing AG The Economics of Catalan Separatism
Book SynopsisThis book analyses the economic consequences of the regional government of Catalonia's challenge to democracy and the rule of law in Spain. This process, started in 2010, culminated in a coup d'état in the autumn of 2017. The book has three parts. First: The circumstances behind the challenge: economic structure, social and political aspects. Second: The economic impacts of the resulting huge political instability and social polarisation, and the downturn in GDP, investment, competitiveness, Barcelona's appeal, and flight of companies and banks to Madrid. Third: Independence would mean collapse of trade with the rest of Spain and the EU, expulsion from the eurozone, fall of GDP, plummeting tax revenue, soaring unemployment and, finally, conversion of this hypothetical new Catalonia into a failed, vassal and totalitarian state. This book is destined to be the foremost work of reference on the consequences of the separatist threat to Spain, including Catalonia's current decline.Table of ContentsChapter 1. Introduction.- Chapter 2. Contemporary Spain: Democratic and Decentralised.- Chapter 3. The Process Robs Us, Not Madrid.- Chapter 4. The Rebellion and the Separatist Coup.- Chapter 5. Geographical Dimension and Historical Perspective of Catalonia.- Chapter 6. Degree of Decentralisation in Spain and the Powers of the Autonomous Communities.- Chapter 7. Urban and Rural Catalonia.- Chapter 8. Catalonia, Spain, Europe and the World: The Multilevel Governance System.- Chapter 9. Integration and Disintegration: Secession of the European Regions?.- Chapter 10. Challenge, Labyrinth, Mirage, Enigma, Ghost, Fantasy, Illusion, Utopia, Nonsense, Madness, Stagnation, Malaise, Fever, Cancer, Lawsuit, Accident, Slip, Catastrophe, Crisis, Bonfire, Soufflé, Misfortune, Tragedy, Drama, Comedy, Farce, Trap, Twenty-first Century or Postmodern or Liquid Coup d’état, Revolt, Rebellion, Adventure, Problem, Question, Syndrome… (Separatist) Coup.- Chapter 11. The Separatist Regime: Propaganda, Neo-Language, Post-Truth, Alternative Facts, Fake News, Disinformation, Social Networks, Populism and Falsification of the Past, Present and Future.- Chapter 12. Language and Indoctrination in the Schoolroom.- Chapter 13. Structure of the Separatist Narrative.- Chapter 14. Spain, from a Model Transition to Democracy to Failed State?.- Chapter 15. Values and Qualities of Spain.- Chapter 16. Corruption, Embezzlement, Profligacy and the Bad Government of the Separatist Generalitat.- Chapter 17. Surveys on Separatism.- Chapter 18. Separatism and Economic Crisis.- Chapter 19. Constitutionalist and Separatist Votes and Deputies.- Chapter 20. Hate and Separatist Violence, or Common Sense and Harmony.- Chapter 21. Quality of Democracy in Catalonia.- Chapter 22. The Cost of the Separatist Challenge.- Chapter 23. Dynamics of Catalonia’s GDP under the Process.- Chapter 24. Collapse of the Competitiveness of Catalonia.- Chapter 25. The Fall in the Attractiveness of Barcelona.- Chapter 26. Regulatory and Fiscal Hell.- Chapter 27. Regulatory and Fiscal Hell.- Chapter 28. Barcelona and Madrid.- Chapter 29. Catalonia’s Trade with the Rest of Spain.- Chapter 30. The Fiscal Balances: Accounts and Tales.- Chapter 31. Social Security and Pensions.- Chapter 32. Flight of Companies, Capital and Bank Deposits.- Chapter 33. Collapse of Foreign Investment.- Chapter 34. Boycott of Catalan Goods and Services.- Chapter 35. The Budgets of the Separatist Generalita.- Chapter 36. Economic Policy of the Separatist Generalitat.- Chapter 37. The Cost of ‘Not Spain’.- Chapter 38. The Decline of Catalonia.- Chapter 39. Economic Consequences of a Hypothetical Secession.- Chapter 40. Impact of a Hypothetical Secession on Trade.- Chapter 41. Impact of a Hypothetical Secession on GDP.- Chapter 42. Impact of a Hypothetical Secession on Employment, Pensions, Health and Education, and on the Deficit and Debt.- Chapter 43. Impact of a Hypothetical Secession on the Financial System and on Spain.- Chapter 44. Brexit and Catexit.- Chapter 45. Fantasising About the ‘Viability’ of an ‘Independent’ ‘Catalonia’.- Chapter 46. From Tyrannical Mini-State to Dictatorial and Imperialist Vassal State.- Chapter 47. The ‘Industry’ of the Separatist Process: The ‘Business’ of Independence Is in the Separatist Challenge, Not in Independence Itself.- Chapter 48. Who—What—When—Where—Why—How on Catalan Secessionism?.- Chapter 49. Overcoming Catalan Separatism.- Chapter 50. As a Recap: Ten Questions and Answers About a Hypothetical Separation of Catalonia from the Rest of Spain./
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Springer International Publishing AG Gender, Internet Use, and Covid-19 in the Global
Book SynopsisThis book analyzes the use of the mobile Internet against the background of gender bias and Covid-19, currently two of the most important and pressing problems of the Global South. The book argues that the degree of benefits from this new technology depends heavily on the way it is actually used and that most new technologies are developed for the conditions prevailing in rich countries, where they tend to be quite easily adopted and used. In the Global South, by contrast, a paucity of digital skills and other factors make the potentially valuable benefits from the Internet much more difficult to derive. Using empirical data recently provided by the Groupe Speciale Mobile Association (GSMA), the book examines the existence and extent of the digital divide between males and females in mobile Internet use, which constitutes a new form of divide. It sheds light on the acute difficulty for first-time mobile Internet users in the Global South, and especially Sub-Saharan Africa, to learn the digital skills that are needed to use the said technology effectively, with a special focus on how these users acquire the required knowledge, without having undergone the process of learning by doing. The book further discusses the determinants of digital skills in the Global South, as well as major factors underlying the extent to which different users actually benefit from the mobile Internet, such as gender, location, age, and education. Finally, it investigates how womens' use of the Internet has been altered by the pandemic in the Global South.This book will appeal to students, researchers, and scholars of development economics and development studies, as well as policy-makers interested in a better understanding of the impact of gender bias and Covid-19 on mobile internet use in the Global South.Table of ContentsChapter 1. Introduction.- Chapter 2. First-Time Users of the Mobile Internet in the Global South.- Chapter 3. The Gender Digital Divide in Mobile Internet Use: Evidence, Explanations and Policy for the Global-South.- Chapter 4. Gender, Mobile Internet and COVID-19 in the Global South: Multiple Causalities.- Chapter 5. The Digital Use Divide Between Males and Females at Different Levels of Aggregation.
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Springer International Publishing AG New Challenges for Macroeconomic Policies:
Book SynopsisThis book examines the economic policies that will underpin the evolution of growth in industrialised economies in coming decades. The change in focus of policymakers away from short-term regulation and policies towards problems of structural change is discussed in relation to the Taylor rule and Fisher relationship. Both empirical observations and quantitative analyses are utilised to explore diverse but interrelating topics, including interest rates dynamics, macroeconomic equilibrium, economic vulnerability, poverty and inequality, environmental sustainability, and monetary and fiscal policies.This book aims to propose policies that can produce economic growth without compromising social stability and environmental balances. It will be of interest to researchers and policymakers working within economic development and policy. Table of Contents1. IntroductionPart I Growth, macroeconomic imbalances and sustainable development2. Is there any evidence of a deterioration of production capacities in the advanced economies?3. Hysteresis, inflation and secular stagnation4. New thinking of sustainable development and growthPart II Financial, monetary and fiscal policies5. Interest rates, financial markets and macroeconomics6. New challenges for monetary policy7. Fiscal policy issues8. Beyond mainstream macroeconomic9. Conclusion
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Springer International Publishing AG Migration and Integration in a Post-Pandemic
Book SynopsisAs the world emerges from the COVID-19 pandemic, this book explores current migration and integration challenges. Against the background of long-term migration trends, it asks whether the pandemic has changed the patterns observed, transformed the circumstances international migrants face at destination or whether the opportunities and challenges for integration have been altered. Twenty-four researchers have contributed to this volume with research attention on how COVID-19 has affected transnationalism and identity, labour market employment, and impacted the discrimination of migrants in a variety of ways. Loyalties and tensions created by the need to include also hesitant migrant groups in vaccination programmes are explored. The role of cosmopolitanism and welfare chauvinism in narratives on inward migrations flows, the stance of trade unions on migration, the complexities of implementing return policies, and the challenges faced by unaccompanied refugee youth from Afghanistan are also discussed.Table of ContentsIntroduction to Migration and Integration in a Post-pandemic World.The Shape of Things to Come: International Migration in the 21st X Century.New Perspectives on Migrant Transnationalism in the Pandemic Era.Cosmopolitanism and Welfare Chauvinism in Sweden.Binds and Bridges to Protection in Crisis: The Case of Unaccompanied Refugee Youth from Afghanistan in Sweden.The Tricky Thing of Implementing Migration Policies: Insights from Return Policies in Sweden.Migration, Trade Unions and the Re-making of Social Inclusion: The Case of Territorial Union Engagement in France, Italy and Spain.Swedish Trade Unions and Migration: Challenges and Responses.Unemployed Marginalised Immigrant Women: Work Integrating Social Enterprises as a Possible Solution.Skill Requirements and Employment of Immigrants in Swedish Hospitality.Ethnic Discrimination During the Covid-19 Pandemic.Model Minority and Honorary White? Structural and Individual Accounts on Being Asian in Sweden.Loyalty and Integration among Young Adults with Minority Backgrounds in Norway.Immigrant Integration and Vaccine Hesitancy among Somali Immigrants in Stockholm.Conclusion to Migration and Integration in a Post-pandemic World.
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Springer Geography of Happiness
Book SynopsisChapter 1. Happiness Geography: Defining the field (Eric Vaz).- Part I. Regional Challenges.- Chapter 2. A Spatial Analysis of the Instagram hashtag #happy: An assessment of Toronto (Eric Vaz).- Chapter 3. The subjective well-being in North Africa and the impacts on agriculture and urban land (Azzeddine Bellout).- Part II. Territorial Challenges.- Chapter 4. Researching quality of life in old age: some conceptual and methodological principles (Jose Sao Jose).- Chapter 5. Peripheral retail expansion: social implications and spatial inequalities The case of the Île-de-France region (André Torre).- Part III. Location Challenges.- Chapter 6. Sustainable Cities, Quality of Life and Mobility-Related Happiness (Karima Kourtit).- Chapter 7. Tourism, Climate Change and Wellbeing: The Products' Diversity as an Opportunity (Andre Samora-Arvela).- Chapter 8. Tourism, Senses and Well-being.
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Springer International Publishing AG Assessing Sustainability and Organizational
Book SynopsisThis book offers the first comprehensive report on the topic of organizational innovation and sustainability of urban regeneration from the public manager's perspective. Starting from a rich set of case studies on urban regeneration from the region of Apulia, in Italy, it develops a framework for measuring their sustainability performance. It proposes the use of indicators related to different aspects of the urban regeneration process, including the participations of stakeholders; land use and buildings; economy and jobs; transportation; environmental pollution; energy use; waste management; as well as open spaces and wildlife. This book offers extensive information to graduate students and researchers, and to authorities, developers, investors and stakeholders alike, involved in the design, planning and management, and sustainable development of urban spaces. It is expected to foster a better understanding of the level of organizational innovation and sustainability of urban regeneration projects and the role of governing bodies in their implementation.Table of ContentsUrban regeneration and sustainability.- Area-based urban regeneration.- Culture as driver of urban regeneration: the role of organisational aesthetics from design to social innovation model.- The determinants of sustainability of urban regeneration. An empirical analysis in the Apulian context.
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Springer International Publishing AG Assessing Sustainability and Organizational Innovation of Urban Regeneration Projects: Best Practices and Guidelines from the Apulia Region
Book SynopsisThis book offers the first comprehensive report on the topic of organizational innovation and sustainability of urban regeneration from the public manager's perspective. Starting from a rich set of case studies on urban regeneration from the region of Apulia, in Italy, it develops a framework for measuring their sustainability performance. It proposes the use of indicators related to different aspects of the urban regeneration process, including the participations of stakeholders; land use and buildings; economy and jobs; transportation; environmental pollution; energy use; waste management; as well as open spaces and wildlife. This book offers extensive information to graduate students and researchers, and to authorities, developers, investors and stakeholders alike, involved in the design, planning and management, and sustainable development of urban spaces. It is expected to foster a better understanding of the level of organizational innovation and sustainability of urban regeneration projects and the role of governing bodies in their implementation.Table of ContentsUrban regeneration and sustainability.- Area-based urban regeneration.- Culture as driver of urban regeneration: the role of organisational aesthetics from design to social innovation model.- The determinants of sustainability of urban regeneration. An empirical analysis in the Apulian context.
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Springer International Publishing AG Capitalism and Migration: The Rise of Hegemony in the World-System
Book SynopsisThis book explores the role of capital and labor migration in the expansion of the capitalist world-system. It presents comprehensive case studies on various historical periods of hegemony recognized by world-system theory: the Dutch hegemony (1625-1675), British hegemony (1815-1873), and US hegemony (1945-1970). Moreover, the book identifies an earlier period of economic dominance in Western Europe when merchant-bankers from Florence dominated the regional wool trade in the early thirteenth century. In these four intervals of dominance, i.e., from the medieval period to the late twentieth century, capital and labor migration formed the basis of capitalist development in the hegemonic core states as well as in peripheral regions under their economic and political influence. In turn, the book analyzes the migration patterns associated with the rise of hegemony from the perspectives of class relations between employers and workers, technological advances at the workplace, economic cycles, and state policies on labor migration. It concludes with a projection that heightened migration will continue to characterize the capitalist world system, especially as many poor and displaced populations in peripheral regions resort to migration for survival. Accordingly, it appeals to scholars in the fields of politics, sociology, history, anthropology, and economics who are interested in globalization and world-system analysis.Table of ContentsChapter 1. Migration and Hegemony in the World-System.- Chapter 2. Capital Migration and Florentine Dominance in the European Medieval Wool Industry.- Chapter 3. Migration and Dutch Capitalist Development.- Chapter 4. British Hegemony and Migration.- Chapter 5. Monopoly Capital, US Hegemony, and Migration.- Chapter 6. Migration and World-System Development
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Springer International Publishing AG Innovation and Regional Technological
Book SynopsisThis open access book explores the role of innovation in technological convergence processes in the EU regional space and shifts the focus from absolute and conditional income convergence to technological convergence and its determinants. Presenting new theoretical and empirical evidence on the determinants and trajectory of the EU region’s development and convergence, this book will appeal to scholars of economics and regional science, as well as practitioners and policymakers interested in the policy implications of regional technological convergence. The presented findings will also contribute to the development of the knowledge-based economy paradigm in the regional context.This is an open access book.Table of ContentsChapter 1. Introduction.- Chapter 2. Innovation and Regional Development.- Chapter 3. Regional Technological Convergence: Patterns and Determinants.- Chapter 4. Empirical Analysis of Technological Convergence in the European Regional Area.
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Springer International Publishing AG Co-Evolution of Symbolic Species in the Financial
Book SynopsisThis book offers a systemic understanding of the evolutionary model of financial markets and their place with broader political economic systems. Through examining the co-evolutionary process, where the interplay between financial markets and society is highlighted, insight is provided into the concepts of growth, development, preference, information, and price. After outlining these core concepts, they are applied to co-evolution within financial markets to illustrate the mechanics that underpin economic systems. Binomial and trinomial co-evolution is then discussed in relation to financial market variables, preference and price in terms of symbolic utility, and logical economic modelling structures.This book presents a new research methodology based on a logical to approach economics that looks beyond historical and empirical economic frameworks. It will be relevant to students, researchers, and policymakers interested in financial economics.Table of Contents1. Introductory Concepts – Causality and Intelligibility.2. Introductory Concepts – Growth, Development, Evolution.3. The Concept of Evolution – General Framework.4. The Concept of Co-Evolution – Theoretical Basis.5. Binomial Co-Evolution in the Financial Market.6. Information and Price as Symbolic Species.7. Trinomial Co-Evolution in the Financial Market.8. Logical Modelling of Trinomial Preference.
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Springer International Publishing AG Future Intelligence: The World in 2050 - Enabling
Book SynopsisThe first quarter of the 21st century introduced the world to rapid uncertainty, be it the social-political and financial crises, or pandemics, or the shaking up of well-established democracies with an increasing rise in populism. At the same time, the technological promise has taken off with automation, artificial intelligence, and nanotechnologies increasingly becoming an economic reality. This open-access book brings together experts of specific domains, through the windows of their experience, and in a crowdsourced fashion, to analyze these world developments to develop an overall view, a compelling case of what we should be prepared for, as we march towards 2050. Topics covered include the future of leadership, the future of solving global challenges, and designing a way of life in harmony with nature. Other topics include disruptive entrepreneurship, the relevance of geographical borders, game-changing future innovations, education, and networked learning, interplanetary travel, and communication. The book also places an importance on the role of empathy, mindfulness, presence, and sharing becoming the anchors for future decision-making by 2050. Of general interest to anyone eager to understand the future of the world, this book is particularly useful for planners, policymakers, strategists and entrepreneurs.Table of ContentsChapter 1. Introduction to the WORLD 50.0 MovementChapter 2. Future of Leadership Chapter 3. Future of Governments, Politics and Democracy Chapter 4. Future of Geopolitics Chapter 5. Future of Healthcare Chapter 6. Future of Energy Chapter 7. Future of Climate Change Chapter 8. Future of Transportation Chapter 9. Future of Communication and Interaction Chapter 10. Future of Sex and Gender Chapter 11. Future of Consumption Chapter 12. Future of Food Chapter 13. Future of Families Chapter 14. Future of Homes Chapter 15. Future of Work and Business Chapter 16. Future of Learning and Education Chapter 17. Future of Religion Chapter 18. Future of Entertainment Chapter 19. Resetting the Future: World 50.0 Annex I - What is your Future Intelligence (FQ)?
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Springer International Publishing AG Roadblocks to the Socialist Modernization Path
Book SynopsisThis open access book examines how different economic systems impacted the development of East Germany and Poland. Through comparing these countries while they were centrally planned socialist economies with the periods when they transitioned to capitalism, the inability of socialist economies to modernize effectively and produce sustained economic growth is highlighted. Particular attention is given the role of technological progress in economic growth, peculiar institutions, the creation and transfer of knowledge, and post-socialist transformations. The book presents a detailed analysis of the barriers to modernization and growth implied by Soviet-type state socialism and the differences and similarities between the transition of East Germany and Poland to capitalist market economies. It will be relevant to students and researchers interested in comparative systems and the political economy.Table of Contents1. Introduction.- 2. From East to West: Modernization efforts in the northern and western regions of Poland (1944-1989).- 3. The importance of technical progress for economic growth in the GDR .- 4. Inefficiency and intransparency in East German foreign trade.- 5. Historical Legacies of Regional Innovation Activity.- 6. Catching-up modernization: Synthetic fibre in the GDR and Poland.- 7. The re-allocation of entrepreneurial talent over the course of radical institutional change – an institutional perspective.- 8. When backwardness became an advantage: Stays abroad as birth assist in Polish transformation.- 9. Transfer of knowledge from the outside or self-learning? Key success criteria for setting-up enterprises in East Germany and Poland after 1989.- 10. GDR’s researchers catching up on their inclusion in international scientific communities.- 11. After 1989: Socialist elites and post-socialist transformations.
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Springer International Publishing AG Monumental London: From Roman Colony to Global
Book SynopsisThis book presents an original interpretation of the building history of London in terms of its evolving political economy. Each of the seven ages of the city from the Roman to the modern, are portrayed through their monumental buildings, concentrating in particular on their symbolic purpose as expressions of the status and authority of those who built them. The concluding synthesis explores how these successive layers of building can be seen to be a product of the evolving class structure, the changing distribution of wealth, and the shifting struggle for political power within the city and the nation. Although the focus is on London, the analysis is applicable to any urbanized economy at any stage of development. This book offers unique insight into London as a landscape of power and as a city that has assumed a succession of identities over the last two millennia. It will be relevant to students and researchers interested in urban economy, economic history, and the political economy.Table of Contents1. Hegemonic Building.- 2. Roman Colony.- 3. Feudal Bastion.- 4. Merchant Exchange.- 5. Dynastic Seat.- 6. Aristocratic Playground.- 7. Imperial Capital.- 8. Global City.- 9. Reconstructing London.
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Springer International Publishing AG Project Analysis in Developing Countries: Cost
Book SynopsisThis updated new edition explores the techniques used to assess the economic impact of projects in developing countries. Blending an academic understanding of economics and development with an accessible style and practical advice, the costs and benefits of investment projects, an important mechanism for economic development, are assessed to ensure that resource allocation is as productive as possible. New material has been added, particularly on the environmental impact of projects, the role of the discount rate in decision-taking, the application of techniques to estimate willingness to pay for benefit estimation and the quantification of health impacts.Although the basic techniques of project analysis were developed many decades ago, they remain highly relevant to address current concerns, such as population growth, urbanisation, pressure on physical infrastructure, inequality, and the climate crisis. This book aims to provide an accessible overview, drawn from extensive practical experience, of project analysis in developing countries. It will be relevant to students, researchers, and practitioners interested in development economics. Table of Contents1. Introduction.- 2. Main Features of Projects, Project Resource Statements and Financial Statements.- 3. Project Criteria and Differences between Financial and Economic Analysis.- 4. National Economic Returns and Use of Economic Prices.- 5. Comparing Alternative Approaches.- 6. Economic Analysis in a Domestic Price System.- 7. Non-Traded Outputs and Benefit Valuation.- 8. Valuation in Different Sectors.- 9. Economic Discount Rate.- 10. Uncertainty.- 11. Projects and Environmental Effects.- 12. Income Distribution Effects of Projects.- 13. Wider Economic Impacts of Projects.- 14. Limitations and Conclusions.
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Springer International Publishing AG The Palgrave International Handbook of Basic
Book SynopsisThis handbook brings together scholars from various disciplines and from around the world to examine the history, characteristics, effects, viability and implementation of basic income. The first edition of this book contributed a comprehensive treatment of multiple aspects of the basic income debate. This updated, expanded edition tackles new topics that are becoming increasingly prominent in the global debate. New chapters are devoted to recent research on the history of basic income; the development and peacemaking potential of basic income in conflict zones; municipal experiments in the United States; requirements for pilot projects and experiments; and the public health implications of basic income. Existing chapters on the implementation of basic income have also been substantially updated to take account of new research on microsimulation, land value tax, local currencies, and blockchain technology and cryptocurrency, along with new material on the increasing use of opinion polls and the difficulties related to that. New political and ethical perspectives on the role of trade unions and their increasing engagement with the basic income debate are also introduced, while the section on pilot projects and experiments has been updated to cover recent political developments. Fully updated to reflect new global developments in the basic income debate, this handbook will be of interest to researchers, teachers and research-oriented policymakers in a range of fields. Table of ContentsPart I: Introductory chapters.- Chapter 1: Introduction.- Chapter 2: The definition and characteristics of Basic Income.- Chapter 3: A short history of the Basic Income idea.- Part II: Some of the likely effects of Basic Income.- Chapter 4: Employment market effects of Basic Income.- Chapter 5: Social effects of Basic Income.- Chapter 6: The health case for Basic Income.- Chapter 7: Some effects of Basic Income on economic variables.- Chapter 8: Ecological effects of Basic Income.- Chapter 9: The gender effects of a Basic Income.- Chapter 10: Basic Income for development and peacebuilding in post-conflict settings.- Part III: The feasibility and implementation of Basic Income.- Chapter 11: Feasibility and implementation.- Chapter 12: Alternative funding methods.- Chapter 13: Analysis of the financial effects of Basic Income.- Chapter 14: Public opinion on Basic Income: What have we learnt so far?.- Chapter 15: Alternatives to Basic Income.- Part IV: Pilot projects and other experiments.- Chapter 16: The Negative Income Tax experiments of the 1970s.- Chapter 17: Citizen’s Basic Income in Brazil: The reality of pilot experiences.- Chapter 18: Basic Income by default: Lessons from Iran’s ‘cash subsidy’ programme.- Chapter 19: The Namibian Basic Income Grant Pilot.- Chapter 20: Pilots, evidence, and politics: The Basic Income debate in India.- Chapter 21: A primer on the Finnish Basic Income experiment: From design and implementation to evaluation and impact.- Chapter 22: A variety of experiments.- Chapter 23: Current and recent Basic Income and Guaranteed Income pilots in the United States.- Chapter 24: Problems with pilot projects.- Part V: Political and ethical perspectives.- Chapter 25: Libertarian perspectives on Basic Income.- Chapter 26: Socialist arguments for Basic Income.- Chapter 27: Neither left nor right.- Chapter 28: Trade unions and Basic Income.- Chapter 29: The ethics of Basic Income.- Part VI: Concluding chapter.- Chapter 30: Tentative conclusions.
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Springer International Publishing AG Investing in a Changing Climate: Navigating
Book SynopsisNet Zero is not enough. We have dithered so long about climate change that, by now, we would need to go to negative-emissions territory, well before 2050, to keep global warming under the iconic 1.5°C target. The national commitments made so far fall short of what is needed, and so do the investments envisioned. But even with the best of intentions, it is hard for policymakers and potential investors to discern where, in the profusion of initiatives and technologies, it would make sense to focus their attention and resources. This is where this book comes in. It offers a clear-eyed view of how far along the decarbonization path six key sectors of the economy are—namely energy, utilities, transportation, industry, buildings, and agriculture—and which areas and technologies within each sector are promising in terms of investments to advance the cause. Furthermore, a special chapter on Africa spotlights a continent that is simultaneously one of the worst affected by climate change, the most likely to see its greenhouse gas emissions increase—and the one with the greatest potential for solving the West's, and the world’s, energy transition and economic growth conundrum. As such, the book serves as a concise guide both to the state of the battle against global warming, and for investors, professionals, and policymakers to find their way through the maze of options.Table of ContentsChapter 1. Introduction.- Chapter 2. Watts Next? The Energy Pathway.- Chapter 3. The EU Utility Transition: Electrifying Times.- Chapter 4. Transportation: The Long and Winding Road.- Chapter 5. Greendustry.- Chapter 6. Construction and Buildings: Green Blueprints.- Chapter 7. Forestry, Agriculture, Food Chain, and Land Use: Greener Pastures.- Chapter 8. Africa Unbound.
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Palgrave Macmillan Economic Systems and Human Rights
Book SynopsisPart I: Reflections and theoretical contributions.- Chapter 1: A conversation with Noam Chomsky about limits and challenges in human rights: Smith's vile maxim.- Chapter 2: An intentional approach to human rights in economy: interest societies vs value societies.- Chapter 3: Some reflection ideas from the ancient roots about the link between Creativity and Freedom for modern societies.- Chapter 4: The birth of the Human Rights debate (18th century).- Chapter 5: Formation and transformation of economic systems: the conquest of rights and its impact on women.- Chapter 6: Meso-Economics: The Proper Dimension of Institutional Emergence and Cultural Development. A conceptual frame.- Chapter 7: In defense of Human Rights: searching for a viable kind of objectivity.- Chapter 8: The limits of neoliberal paradigm in order to implement peoples' right.- Chapter 9: Unleashing the Human Development through Prescriptive Analytics based on the principle of Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam.- Part II: On socio-economic practices and models for Human Rights and economic socialization.- Chapter 10: Criteria for Transforming the Economy. Human Dignity, Respect for Nature, Harmony with Life.- Chapter 11: Human Rights in Economic and Social Realms: Exploring the Synergies between the Capability Approach of Amartya Sen and the Perspective of Original Institutional Economics.- Chapter 12: Beyond the economic growth: from the sustainability's rhetoric to the Bioeconomics' effectiveness.- Chapter 13: Making Space for Social Justice.- Chapter 14: The impact of neoliberalism on the right to education: limits and proposals.- Chapter 15: UN 2030 Agenda, ESG criteria and Human Rights: the way of the Civil Economy.- Chapter 16: A critical reflection on corporate social responsibility: between communitarian ethics and business purpose.- Chapter 17: The Institutional participation role in economics systems for Human Rights.- Chapter 18: The experience of Cooperative clubs and houses of the people in Italy as places for developing social human rights.- Chapter 19: Last 20: The other vision of the world.- Chapter 20: The impact of economic financialization on Human Rights: some concepts and new socio-economic practices in order to build a universal economic socialization.- Chapter 21: Sustainability Reports and Latin America: The Challenges of Social and Environmental Balances in Development Process for Human Rights.- Chapter 22: Conclusions.
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Springer Creating the Sacred Landscape
Book SynopsisChapter 1. Introduction to Sacred Landscape, Pilgrimage and Ritual Practices (Darius Liutikas).- Chapter 2. Sacred Landscape and Sacred Buildings in Christianity (Darius Liutikas).- Chapter 3. The evolution of sacred and profane spaces within the built environment (Ruth Dowson).- Chapter 4. Sacred Landscape and transformations. Exploring cultural heritage in Italian cemeteries amidst contemporary tourism influences (Antonietta Ivona).- Chapter 5. Walking in the city within a religious context on the example of the Roman Catholic Church (Elzbieta Bilska-Wodecka).- Chapter 6. Understanding contemporary religious tourism through the lens of the experience economy approach (Justyna Liro).- Chapter 7. Strategic projects for reusing of abandoned religious heritage and their landscapes in Germany and Italy (Mariateresa Giammetti).- Chapter 8. “New” shrines in the pilgrimage space of Poland: Are they really “new” and are they really “shrines”? (Franciszek Mróz).- Chapter 9. Transformation of Sacred landscape through Rituals and Community Engagement: Case study of Velangkanni (A. Vinodan).- Chapter 10. Exploring the creation, use, and transformation of the West Hill Cemetery, Winchester, UK (Christina Welch).- Chapter 11. Pilgrimage promotes interreligious understanding: On the Swiss research project "Religion - Culture - Tourism“ (Christian Cebulj).- Chapter 12. Spiritual Tourism at Monastery Gardens. Representing and Communicating Monastery Gardens in Tourist Material (Harald Schwillus).- Chapter 13. Transcending the pain: the impact of new pilgrimage practices on the Camino de Santiago Landscapes (Inês Gusman).- Chapter 14. Csíksomlyó in Romania: one of the most important Catholic Pilgrimage in Central and Eastern Europe (Mara Popescu).- Chapter 15. Memories, Traditions, and Sacred Landscape: Pilgrimage and Religious Identity at Maha Shivaratri, Mauritius (Perunjodi Naidoo).
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Springer Economic Geography of Tourism
Book SynopsisChapter 1. Introducing a multidisciplinary context: tourism, economics and geography.- Part I. From Economic Geography to Tourism.- Chapter 2. Tourism Area Life Cycle, evolutionary tourism development and path dependence.- Chapter 3. Spatiality and temporality: tourism as a place and knowledge-based activity.- Chapter 4. Smart tourism and the co-creation of experiences: social networks and Big Data manipulation.- Chapter 5. Agglomeration, externalities and regional innovation systems.- Chapter 6. Smart specialization, tourism competitiveness, growth and resilience.- Chapter 7. New Economic Geography: cultural-creative economies and urban tourism.- Part II. From Tourism to Economic Geography.- Chapter 8. Experiential tourism, circular economy, gentrification and conflicts in cities.- Chapter 9. Fragile terrains: thematic routes, spacial integration of attractions and mediatized places.- Chapter 10. Transport, spatial mobility, sustainability and climate change.- Chapter 11. Tourism impacts on common spaces and resources: the quest for participatory governance.- Chapter 12. From (un)sustainable to regenerative tourism planning and management challenges.- Chapter 13. Closing Remarks and Outlook: futures for tourism in the spatial economy.
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De Gruyter A New Path: China’s Low-Carbon Plus Strategy
Book SynopsisIn September 2020, China announced that it would peak carbon dioxide emissions by 2030 and become carbon neutral by 2060. How and whether it can achieve the target is a matter of great concern to the international community. This is the first book to provide a comprehensive analysis of the underlying theory of "Low-Carbon Plus", in which "low carbon" is the core and "plus" represents the critical areas that will go through low-carbon transformation (including industry, agriculture, buildings, transportation, energy and consumption), and puts forward the most practical path for China to achieve carbon neutrality. Starting from the basic theory of the Low-Carbon Plus strategy, the book introduces the low-carbon development situation domestically and abroad, summarizes the essential experiences and inspirations, and outlines a roadmap for China to implement the strategy. While focusing on emission reduction in primary and secondary industries, this book strongly recommends the development of low-carbon finance and low-carbon consumption, which can facilitate the ultimate realization of the Low-Carbon Plus strategy. As a fruitful result of the research by China’s national think tank, Low-Carbon Plus is an emerging development model that complements economic development and forces technological innovation, institutional innovation, and mind shift, and it is expected to have a significant and far-reaching impact on global economic growth.
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de Gruyter A Deal They Cant Resist
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de Gruyter Democratic Turbulence in the United Kingdom
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de Gruyter Wirtschaftstheorie Und Wirtschaftspolitik Der
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de Gruyter MateriellTechnische Basis Sozialökonomische
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de Gruyter Wissenschaft Okonomie Fortschritt
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de Gruyter Queues and Point Processes
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de Gruyter Ökonomie Und Optimierung
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de Gruyter Industrialization in the Arab Countries of the
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Springer International Publishing AG Competition Law Enforcement in the BRICS and in
Book SynopsisThis contributed volume focuses on competition policy enforcement in BRICS and developing counties. It examines the role and application of economic analysis and evidence in law enforcement procedures, as well as their influence on competition authorities’ policy-making. The contributors also address topics such as recent developments in competition law and practice, institutional design, indicators of performance in enforcement, the incorporation of public interest concerns in Competition Authority objectives, procedural fairness, procurement procedures and compulsory licensing.Trade Review“The general theme of the book is the role of economic analysis and economic evidence in competition law enforcement, which has been stressed in the work of the international organizations … . the analysis of the specifics of the BRICS experience in competition enforcement, such as the one attempted in the present volume, will continue providing a valuable input to the international dialogue and co-operation14 in competition matters.” (Dr. Alexandr Svetlicinii, European Competition Law Review, Vol. 38 (4), 2017)Table of ContentsIntroduction.-1 The Institutional Design of Competition Authorities: Debates and Trends.- 2 New Indicators of Competition Law and Policy in 2013 for OECD and Non-OECD Countries.- 3 Cartel Damages to the Economy: An Assessment for Developing Countries.- 4 Public Enforcement of Antitrust Law in China: Perspective of Procedural Fairness.- 5 Antitrust and Compulsory Licensing in BRICS and Developing Countries.- 6 Procurement Procedures and Bid-Rigging in Brazil.- 7 The Nature and use of Economic Evidence in Competition Enforcement.- 8 Economic Analysis in Antitrust: the Case of Brazil.- 9 Economic Evidence in Competition Law Enforcement in India.- 10 Models of Monopoly in the Quarter-Century Development of Russian Competition Policy: Understanding Competition Analysis in the Abuse of Dominance Investigations.- 11 Economic Analysis in Competition Law Enforcement in Russia: Empirical Evidence Based on Data of Judicial Reviews.- 12 The Incorporation of the Public Interest in the Assessment of Prohibited Conduct: A Juggling Act?.- 13 Estimating the Benefits of Anti-Cartel Interventions: The Case of the South African Cement Cartel.- 14 A History of Collusion: The Persistence of Cartels in South Africa.- 15 Application of Hypothetical Monopoly Test (SSNIP) to the Brazilian Market of Ready-Made Meals and the Role of the Department of Economic Studies.
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Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden Finanzmarktpublika: Moralität, Krisen und
Book SynopsisDer Sammelband fragt nach den Konjunktionen von Finanzmarkt und den Krisen der modernen Gesellschaft, und zwar unter dem Aspekt von Öffentlichkeit beziehungsweise unterschiedlicher Finanzmarktpublika. Denn es sind insbesondere Öffentlichkeit und Publikumsstrukturen, in deren Wandel sich das Paradigmatische von Finanzmärkten für allgemeine Mechanismen der Integration, Kohäsion und Imagination moderner Gesellschaften zeigt. Finanzmarktpublika sind Szenerien der Konstitution der (Un-)Moralität der Finanzmärkte, Austragungsorte gesellschaftlicher und finanzökonomischer Krisen und zugleich Projektionsflächen nicht nur ökonomischer, sondern gesellschaftlicher Teilhabe. Solche Momente finanzmarktlicher Paradigmatizität werden auf der Grundlage konzeptioneller Überlegungen und empirischer Befunde zu Verhältnissen zwischen Operationsweisen von Finanzmärkten, der Konstitution von Öffentlichkeiten und der Strukturierung moderner Gesellschaften freigelegt und zur Diskussion gestellt.Table of ContentsFinanzmarktpublika und Moralität.- Finanzmarkt-, Gesellschafts- und Repräsentationskrisen.- Finanzmarktpublika und imaginierte Teilhabe.
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Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden Deutschland in der Finanzkrise: Chronologie der
Book SynopsisWann begann die Finanzkrise und was waren die Ursachen? Welche Maßnahmen ergriff die Bundesregierung für Finanzmärkte, Wirtschaft und andere Staaten? Welche Beziehungen bestehen zwischen den einzelnen Phasen der Krise? Wie hoch sind die wirklichen Belastungen für Deutschland? Das Buch gliedert und strukturiert die Abläufe seit 2007 übersichtlich und erstellt einen chronologischen Ablauf der wichtigsten Ereignisse. Damit schafft es Ordnung in die verwirrende Fülle von Ereignissen und Entscheidungen in den letzten Jahren. Vor dem Hintergrund der krisenhaften internationalen Erscheinungen beleuchtet es die Rolle der deutschen Politik und ihrer Anstrengungen in den größten Turbulenzen seit der Weltwirtschaftskrise der 1930er Jahre. Die Chronologie befasst sich sowohl mit den internationalen Ursachen als mit den deutschen Lösungsansätzen und bietet damit eine ganzheitliche Darstellung. Dabei beschränkt sie sich nicht auf eine Auflistung der Ereignisse, sondern ordnet die Entscheidungen in die politische Diskussion ein stellt Verbindungen zu den Akteuren in Deutschland und Europa her. In den Mittelpunkt rücken dabei auch kaum beachtete Risiken wie die Target-Salden, von denen ein enormes Gefahrenpotenzial für Deutschland ausgehen kann. Die hier vorliegende Analyse ist sowohl ein Einstieg für Studenten und Interessierte als auch ein kompaktes Kompendium für Beobachter der Finanzkrise, die ein Überblickswerk suchen. Es bietet darüber hinaus einen Abriss der vielfältigen Literatur, die zum Problemfeld Finanzkrise publiziert wurde.Table of ContentsEinleitung.- Chronologie der Finanzkrise seit 2007.- Die Bankenkrise 2007–2009; 2012.- Die Wirtschaftskrise von 2008–2010.- Die Schuldenkrise seit 2009.- Einfluss der Finanzkrise auf Politik und Wirtschaft.- Die Politik der Finanzkrise.- Die Ökonomie der Finanzkrise.- Zeitlinie.
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Campus Verlag The Limits of Choice: Saving Decisions and Basic
Book SynopsisIn The Limits of Choice, Sahra Wagenknecht examines household saving decisions and basic needs in Germany and the United States, based on official data from both countries from the 1950s to present day. Arguing against the hypothesis that assumes consumers optimize their consumption intertemporally based exclusively on their permanent or lifetime income, Wagenknecht proposes a rule of thumb according to which consumers will save if their current income exceeds basic expenditure, while they will demand credit when income can no longer meet basic needs.
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Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden Internationale Organisationen: Staatliche und
Book SynopsisDieses Lehrbuch gibt Dozentinnen und Dozenten sowie insbesondere Studierenden eines sozial-, geistes- oder rechtswissenschaftlichen Studiums einen detaillierten Einblick in das Thema internationale Organisationen. Der Text stellt Entstehung und Entwicklung, Ziele und Grundsätze, Organisationsstruktur und Finanzierung sowie Aktionsfelder von neun staatlichen (UNO, AU, ASEAN, EU, OAS, Europarat, NATO, OSZE, WTO) sowie acht nichtstaatlichen internationalen Organisationen (Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, Greenpeace, WWF, IKRK, Ärzte ohne Grenzen, CARE International, Oxfam) fundiert, übersichtlich und verständlich dar. Der Band eignet sich besonders als Nachschlagewerk, zur Vorbereitung auf Referate und Prüfungen sowie als Grundlage für Hausarbeiten und Abschlussarbeiten.Trade Review“… eine gute Übersicht über die Selbstdarstellung und -wahrnehmung der dargestellten Organisationen. Durch die klare und anschauliche Darstellung eignet das Buch sich sehr gut für die Lehre an Hochschulen. … Insgesamt ein sehr gutes Einführungsbuch in internationale Organisationen, vor allem für Studierende, und gleichzeitig ein Nachschlagewerk zu bedeutenden IGOs und NGOs.” (Frederic Krumbein, in: PVS Politische Vierteljahresschrift, Jg. 56, Heft 4, 2015)“... ein sehr nützliches Lehrbuch geschrieben, das einen wichtigenBereich der internationalen Politik mit der Darstellung sehr bedeutender internationaler Organisationen exemplarisch aufgreift und das zur Analyse weiterer anregt. Es ist faktenreich und findet die richtige Balance zwischen Überblick und detaillierter Darstellung. Für den Einstieg in das Thema sowie in die Genese und Funktionen der internationalen Organisationen ist es sehr hilfreich und lohnend.” (Thomas Jäger, in: facebook ZfAS Zeitschrift für Außen- und Sicherheitspolitik, facebook.com, 2016)Table of ContentsEinführung in internationale Organisationen.- IGOs in der Weltpolitik.- NGOs in der Weltpolitik.
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Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden Theorie und Empirie der Globalisierung:
Book SynopsisDieses Buch gibt Antworten auf häufig artikulierte, zentrale Fragen zum Thema Globalisierung: Was ist Globalisierung? Wie kann das Globalisierungsniveau gemessen werden? Wie hat sich die Globalisierung räumlich und zeitlich entwickelt? Wie kann Globalisierung theoretisch und empirisch erklärt werden? Der Autor gibt neue Antworten und weist verbreitete Ansichten zurück. Durch die aufgezeigte unzureichende Validität der gängigsten Globalisierungsindikatoren wird ein nicht unerheblicher Teil der Ergebnisse bestehender Forschungsliteratur in Frage gestellt. Gleichzeitig werden eine alternative Messmethode und ein neuer Globalisierungsindex eingeführt. Erstmals wird ein Globalisierungsmodell entwickelt, das theoretisch und empirisch konsistent ist und das für künftige Untersuchungen als Grundlage dienen kann. Gegenüber dem bisherigen Forschungsstand bietet es ein präziseres theoretisches Konzept, eine validere Messung und eine fundiertere Erklärung des Phänomens Globalisierung.Trade Review“... ein Buch, dessen Lektüre lohnt,um die Positionen eines Großteils der Globalisierungsdebatten der vergangenen zweieinhalb Jahrzehnte noch einmal Revue passieren zu lassen ...” (Prof. Dr. Mathias Albert, in: Soziologische Revue, Jg. 40, Heft 3, 2017)Table of ContentsGlobalisierungskonzept.- Theoretisches Modell zur Erklärung der Globalisierung.- Messung des Globalisierungsniveaus.- Deskription des Globalisierungsniveaus und seiner Entwicklung.- Prüfung des Modells zur Erklärung der Globalität.
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Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Nationen im Innovationswettlauf: Ökonomie und
Book SynopsisDas Buch zeigt die Zusammenhänge zwischen Innovationen bzw. Innovationsprozessen mit der Entwicklung moderner Volkswirtschaften. Untersucht werden die Faktoren und ihre Interaktionen, die für die Leistung der Innovationssysteme von Regionen oder ganzer Nationen verantwortlich sind. Dabei geht es um die Beiträge des Bildungssystems, der öffentlichen und privaten Forschungs- und Entwicklungsaktivitäten, von Unternehmen mit ihren Innovationsstrategien inklusive den staatlichen Rahmenbedingungen wie dem Schutz des geistigen Eigentums. Umsetzung und Diffusion von Innovationen werden unter anderem anhand von Unternehmensgründungen geprüft. Damit verbundene Innovationsnetzwerke entwickeln sich unter dem Druck und in der hohen Dynamik der Globalisierung weiter. Zusätzliche Kapitel behandeln politische Strategien von Nationen und Regionen, die sich im globalen Innovationswettbewerb behaupten wollen. Dabei werden aus polit-ökonomischer Sicht die Faktoren von Erfolg und Misserfolg im globalen Innovationswettbewerb der führenden Nationen in Europa mit den USA und den wichtigsten asiatischen Staaten verglichen und die künftige Entwicklung dieser Volkswirtschaften abgeschätzt. Mit einem Geleitwort von Prof. Dominique Foray.Table of ContentsInnovationen als treibende Kräfte für die Entwicklung von Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft.- Neuerungen in der Wirtschaft: Das Konzept „Innovation“, wirtschaftliche Dynamik und Innovationsprozesse in Netzwerken.- Erfindungen, Schutzstrategien und volkswirtschaftliche Auswirkungen.- Diffusion von Innovationen und Wissens und Technologietransfer.- Umsetzung von Innovationen über Neugründungen: Chancen und Herausforderungen.- Evolutionsökonomie: Krisen, institutioneller Wandel und die Bedeutung von Innovationen.- Innovationsnetzwerke, Regionen und Globalisierung.- Innovation: Herausforderung und Chance für die Beschäftigung.- Wettbewerbsfähigkeit über Innovationsleistungsfähigkeit (Indikatorik).- Von der Technologie- zur innovationsorientierten Wirtschaftspolitik.- Innovationsorientierte Wirtschaftspolitik.- Evaluation von innovationspolitischen Maßnahmen und Programmen.
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Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden Ehrbare Kaufleute: Eine philosophische
Book SynopsisEs gibt ohne Zweifel ehrlose Kaufleute, oder allgemeiner: ehrlose Manager. Also, scheint es, ist Manager-Sein eine Sache, und Ehrbar sein dagegen eine andere. Wenn es gut geht, kommen beide zusammen. Oft geht es eher nicht so gut. Dass es oft eher nicht so gut geht, soll im Buch nicht bestritten werden. Es wird aber dagegen argumentiert, dass Ehrbarkeit und Kaufmannschaft zwei voneinander unabhängige Dinge sind. Sie sind Eines, wenn auch in gewisser Weise trennbar. Sie sind Eines, insoweit die Ehrbarkeit zum Begriff des Kaufmanns gehört. Sie lassen sich trennen, insoweit nicht jeder wirkliche Kaufmann seinem Begriff entspricht. Vieles entspricht nicht seinem Begriff. Nobody is perfect.Table of ContentsGenealogisches.- Problem, Bedeutung und Ziel der Betrachtung.- „Vertrauen“ – epistemisch oder praktisch?.- In welchem Sinn „gut“ redundant ist, und in welchem nicht.- Die Sittlichkeit Ehrbarer Kaufleute.- Ethik und Betriebswirtschaftslehre.
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