Institutions in transition

land ownership, property rights and social conflict in China

The restructuring of socialist economies in the former Soviet Union, and East and Central Europe following the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 belong to the largest projects of social engineering ever undertaken. At once, policy-makers were confronted with fundamental questions such as whether ...

Trade negotiations in agriculture

a future common agenda for Brazil and Canada?

This first book in the new series 'Turning Points: Latin American Studies Occasional Papers' (a joint venture between the Latin American Research Centre and the University of Calgary Press) is the result of a conference immediately following the Cancun World Trade Organisation (WTO) Ministerial meeting ...

Mercados agroalimentarios y globalización

perspectivas para las producciones mediterráneas

Esta publicación es el resultado editorial de los trabajos realizados por un conjunto de expertos nacionales e internacionales, en el marco de la Acción Especial del Plan Nacional de I+D sobre "Los productos agroalimentarios mediterráneos ante los nuevos retos de la competencia", concedida en ...

Campo e industria

una relación difícil

La historia de los desencuentros y frustraciones de Argentina se relaciona, en buena medida, con la incapacidad para resolver intereses contrapuestos. Entre ellos los que suelen presentarse entre el campo y la industria. Pero no existe una Argentina viable sin agro o sin fábricas. Es ...

Climate trading

development of Greenhouse Gas market

Climate Trading covers issues related to greenhouse gas emissions trading markets, including the events that lead up to the adoption of the Kyoto protocol, the development of the market-based mechanisms under the Protocol, and the emerging domestic and international emissions trading and carbon credits markets ...

Economics of industrial ecology

meterials, structural change, and spatial scales

The use of economic modeling techniques in industrial ecology research provides distinct advantages over the customary approach, which focuses on the physical description of material flows. The thirteen chapters of Economics of Industrial Ecology integrate the natural science and technological dimensions of industrial ecology with ...

Estrategia e innovación de la PYME industrial en España

La complejidad y dinamismo del entorno empresarial hace necesario un profundo conocimiento de las organizaciones y de cuáles son las variables o factores que pueden considerarse claves para su éxito competitivo. Cómo conseguir posicionarse de forma competitiva en un determinado mercado y qué hacer para ...

Industrial clusters and inter-firm networks

This book provides a state-of-the-art overview of spatial industrial clusters and inter-firm networks. Given the prevailing political belief that clusters can be a major vehicle for economic development and growth, it is important to have a sound understanding of clusters and how they emerge, grow ...

The economics of technology diffusion and energy efficiency

Technological change plays a crucial role in realizing energy efficiency improvements and, therefore, in ameliorating the conflict between economic growth and environmental quality. However, the diffusion of new technologies can prove a costly and lengthy process, meaning that many firms do not invest in best-practice ...

The final energy crisis

This book explores the crisis in fossil fuels. Oil, gas and coal are precious resources that define modern life. Without them, mass-produced food and clothing, and international travel and cars, become rare or impossible. Yet our reliance on fossil fuels is responsible for massive environmental ...

Kellogg on biotechnology

thriving through integration

Biotechnology is the new capital. The many stakeholders in this revolution include scientists, technologists, managers, and venture capitalists; health care, agricultural, chemical, and pharmaceutical industries; law professionals and ethicists; public policymakers; and, finally, the society and individuals who are in the midst of all that ...

Europe's advantage

banks and small firms in Britain, France, Germany, and Italy since 1918

Since the mid-1970s, the 'rediscovery' of small firms and of the important role they have played in the economies of continental Europe have occupied a substantial part of the literature on the sources of economic competitiveness. In Britain, the relationship between banks and industry has ...

Energy

engine of evolution

Energy: Engine of Evolution is a book about evolution, energy and sustainable development. Since the origin of life, five energy revolutions have passed and Earth is again at the threshold of a new era. This highly practical book paves the way in the search for ...

The party's over

oil, war and the fate of industrial societies

The world is about to run out of cheap oil and change dramatically. Within the next few years, global production will peak. Thereafter, even if industrial societies begin to switch to alternative energy sources, they will have less net energy each year to do all ...

Galicia industrial

(c.1750-2005)

Las industrias de cualquier naturaleza, basan su funcionamiento en la tecnología disponible en cada momento. La Tecnología se puede definir como el proceso que utiliza los recursos científicos, materiales y humanos para elevar el nivel de vida. No cabe ninguna duda que la tecnología ha ...

The future of global oil production

facts, figures, trends and projections, by region

As the demand for oil and natural gas continues to increase, accurate forecasting of future production capabilities becomes increasingly important - and remains disturbingly out of reach. Though oil reserve data are published in such industry publications as "Oil & Gas Journal" and "World Oil", these data ...

Energy for rural livelihoods

a framework for sustainable decision making

Energy is vital to health, well being and economic survival. But the task of providing sustainable energy services to rural communities in developing countries is a complex one. Social priorities, environmental issues, financial constraints, gender differences, demographic characteristics, technical considerations and institutional frameworks all play ...

Organización productiva en la industria española del automóvil

se justifica el estudio de Lean Manufacturing en la industria del automóvil atendiendo a su importancia en la economía española y a su carácter pionero en la adopción de nuevas tecnologías organizativas de la producción. La incidencia de la industria del motor se plasma tanto ...

Política y financiación pública del teatro

países iberoamericanos en el contexto internacional: (antecedentes, instituciones y experiencias)

Esta obra supone la segunda entrega de un conjunto de tres publicaciones que tiene como objeto analizar la política y la financiación públicas en otros tantos sectores del mundo de la cultura y de las artes: el de la cinematografía, analizado en un primer libro ...

Energía y poder

la lucha por el control de la electricidad en el mundo

Estudio polémico de los procesos de privatización y desregulación de la industria eléctrica en Estados Unidos, el Reino Unido y Australia. La autora busca explicar cómo convencieron los grupos de interés a los gobiernos y diseñadores de políticas públicas de que la privatización era algo ...