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el mundo secreto de la FIFA: sobornos, manipulación de votos y escándalos con las entradas

El Libro secreto de la FIFA: sobornos, manipulación de votos y escándalos con las entradas", que recoge algunos de los capítulos más turbios del máximo organismo mundial futbolístico, la FIFA, y constata la corrupción de algunos altos cargos de esta entidad. Jennings, quien ha viajado ...

Future electricity technologies and systems

Where will our electricity come from in the future, and how will we use it? The UK is aiming for a 60% reduction of 1990 carbon dioxide emission levels by 2050, yet the electricity industry and patterns of electricity use must change radically if this ...

China shifts gears

automakers, oil, pollution, and development

Chinese production of automobiles rose from 42,000 cars per year in 1990 to 2.3 million in 2004; the number of passenger vehicles on the road doubled every two and a half years through the 1990s and continues to grow. In "China Shifts Gears ...

Oil in the twenty-first century

issues, challenges, and opportunities

Oil is hitting the headlines once again. The big increases in oil prices over the past two years are upsetting consumers and puzzling producers. The reasons are difficult to understand, since few people are familiar with the complex workings of the price regime for oil ...

Análisis de la actividad exportadora en la PYME española

relación con los resultados empresariales

SUMARIO: Introducción. Capítulo 1: la pequeña y mediana empresa (pyme) y su competitividad. Capítulo 2: la internacionalización de la pyme. Capítulo 3: investigación exploratoria # estudio de casos. Capítulo 4: investigación confirmatoria # encuesta sobre estrategias empresariales (esee). Conclusiones. Limitaciones. Bibliografía.

The emerging digital economy

entrepreneurship, clusters, and policy

The technology dynamics of the digital age continue to impact where industries and firms locate and cluster geographically. Some of the impacts and structural patterns are consistent with the old or Fordist economic era; some are not. Thus, the contributions provide a balanced view of ...

The movie business book

Drawing on the knowledge of a full spectrum of industry experts including producers, independent filmmakers, managers and financiers, the third international edition of "The Movie Business Book" offers a comprehensive, authoritative overview of the film industry. It features a preface written especially for the international ...

The economics of open source software development

Open Source Software (OSS) development appears to present a stark contrast to traditional production and innovation methods and an unlikely contestant in the marketplace. Some of the most striking features are that OSS development is based on contributions of volunteer programmers, that these programmers only ...

Patents and the measurement of international competitiveness

new data on the use of patents by Universities, small firms and individual inventors

This highly original book represents a major advance in the use of patents to compare countries# technological competitiveness. It tabulates and analyses 280,000 United States patents from countries across the world over a ten year period. Specifically, these patents were granted to #not-for-profit# entities ...

High-tech entrepreneurship

managing innovation variety and uncertainty

High-tech businesses form a crucial part of entrepreneurial activity - in some ways representing very typical examples of entrepreneurship, yet in some ways representing quite different challenges. The uncertainty in innovation and advanced technology makes it difficult to use conventional economic planning models, and also means ...

Digital broadcasting

policy and practice in the Americas, Europe and Japan

Digital television is transforming both broadcasting and, as a result of convergence, the larger world of communications. The impending analogue switch-off will have a major impact on households all over the developed world. Digital Broadcasting considers the effects of digital television on the availability, price ...

Open innovation

researching a new paradigm

"Open Innovation" describes an emergent model of innovation in which firms draw on research and development that may lie outside their own boundaries. In some cases, such as open source software, this research and development can take place in a non-proprietary manner. Henry Chesbrough and ...

National innovation, indicators and policy

This book takes stock of what is known about the process of innovation and its effects, and the policy interventions that influence both. It provides insights into future research required to support evidence-based policy-making and makes clear the need to take a systems approach to ...

Explotación comercial del corcho en la provincia de Badajoz

Siglo XIX. (Alburquerque y San Vicente de Alcántara). Documentos para la historia económica y social de Extremadura

El presente trabajo recopila una selección negocios jurídicos procedentes del Archivo Histórico Provincial de Badajoz que, en forma de contratos de venta o de arriendo, nos transporta al mundo de la explotación y comercialización del corcho partiendo de un nutrido corpus de documentos sobre las ...

La innovación que sí funciona

cómo gestionarla, medirla y obtener beneficio real de ella

Para competir de modo efectivo hay que innovar: no sólo una vez, sino constantemente, en todos los productos, servicios y áreas de funciones. Pero la innovación rentable no "ocurre" de manera espontánea. Debe ser gestionada, medida, ejecutada; y pocas empresas lo hacen bien. Este libro ...

Invisible engines

how software platforms drive innovation and transform industries

This work discusses how to harness the power of software platforms: what executives and entrepreneurs must know about how to use this technology to transform industries and how to develop the strategies that will create value and drive profits. Software platforms are the invisible engines ...

Solar revolution

the economic transformation of the global energy industry

An innovative analysis that shows how the shift to solar energy - in particular, the use of photovoltaic cells - is both economically advantageous and inevitable, and will rival the information and communication technologies revolution in its transformative effects. In "Solar Revolution", fund manager and former corporate ...

Innovation and incentives

Interest in intellectual property and other institutions that promote innovation exploded during the 1990s. "Innovation and Incentives" provides a clear and wide-ranging introduction to the economics of innovation, suitable for teaching at both the advanced undergraduate and graduate levels. It will also be useful to ...

Competencia y regulación

un análisis de la OPA de gas natural sobre Endesa

El estudio responde a un esfuerzo interdisciplinar, y está animado por el propósito de proporcionar una perspectiva académica al debate que se suscitó en España tras la OPA lanzada por Gas Natural sobre Endesa el 5 de septiembre de 2005. Los autores, a quienes une ...

Nanotecnología

nuevas promesas, nuevos peligros

Cuando la nanotecnología haya alcanzado un grado de desarrollo suficiente (más bien pronto que tarde) nada será como antes. En los próximos años, nuestras vidas se verán directamente afectadas por una revolución comparable a las tres o cuatro grandes revoluciones técnico- científicas que ha experimentado ...