Silicon Valley North

a high-tech cluster of innovation and entrepreneurship

The Silicon phenomenon was, is, and will be an extremely important phenomenon in the accelerated technological, scientific, and economic development of countries and regions. Silicon Valley North (SVN) is the high tech capital of Canada, the nation?s most developed and dynamic technology sector, which ...

Outsourcing of R&D in the pharmaceutical industry

from conceptualisation to implementation of the strategic sourcing process

This book examines the strategic aspects of outsourcing in relation to the firm. It provides a holistic view of the outsourcing process, starting with conceptualisation, through to implementation and management of the process. Although the book is based on a case study of the pharmaceutical ...

Time for a model change

re-engineering the global automotive industry

The automotive industry ranks among the most significant business phenomena of the 20th century and remains vitally important today, accounting for almost 11% of the GDP of North America, Europe and Japan and one in nine jobs. In economic and social terms alike, its products ...

Technology and human capital in historical perspective

One theme of this volume is whether the complementarity between technology and human capital is a recent phenomenon, or whether it can be traced through history. Different approaches to human capital as well as technology are applied, and besides historical surveys are total factor productivity ...

State-directed development

political power and industrialization in the global periphery

Why have some developing country states been more successful at facilitating industrialization than others? An answer to this question is developed by focusing both on patterns of state construction and intervention aimed at promoting industrialization. Four countries are analyzed in detail - South Korea, Brazil, India ...

Sustainable development and innovation in the energy sector

Almost every energy scenario assumes an enormous growth in the demand for energy in the coming decades. Meanwhile, at international conferences and other venues, the primary concern is massive reduction of greenhouse gas emissions, especially of the CO2 produced by fossil-fuel energy consumption. Experts also ...

The future of nuclear power

During the last century, nuclear power has been established as a reliable source of energy in the major industrialised countries. It has recently enjoyed a revival in attention and research due to the environmental concerns surrounding current conventional energy sources. Issues of regulation and safety ...

Achieving a sustainable global energy system

identifying possibilities using long-term energy scenarios

Sustainable development and global climate change have figured prominently in scientific analysis and international policymaking since the early 1990s. This book formulates technology strategies that will lead to environmentally sustainable energy systems, based on an analysis of global climate change issues using the concept of ...

Integrated renewable energy for rural communities

planning guidelines, technologies and applications

More than two billion people worldwide have currently no access to grid electricity or other efficient energy supply. This is one third of humanity and the majority live in rural areas. The productivity and health of these people are diminished by reliance on traditional fuels ...

Trade and energy

the gas and electricity sectors

Our consumption of electricity and gas is growing. Equally steady is the growth of transborder trade and the need for investment in both sectors. In view of these phenomena, the question as to the legal framework for such transactions arises. Which problems appear, where are ...

La economía del hidrógeno

la creación de la red energética mundial y la redistribución del poder en la Tierra

Cuando se agote el petróleo-La próxima gran revolución económica En La economía del hidrógeno, Jeremy Rifkin nos acompaña, en un viaje revelador, a otra gran era comercial de la historia. Rifkin prevé el nacimiento de una nueva economía basada en el hidrógeno, que cambiará radicalmente ...

Petroamérica vs. ALCA

conversaciones con Luis Bilbao

"Nosotros no hemos hecho ningún acuerdo con el Fondo Monetario Internacional, no hemos aceptado ninguna imposición de ningún centro de poder económico mundial; hemos aplicado nuestras medicinas, nuestros métodos; no hemos congelado salarios, todo lo contrario; no hemos dejado de pagar la deuda interna, hemos ...

Modeling software markets

empirical analysis, network simulations, and marketing implications

Petróleo y gas natural

industria, mercados y precios

La energía en el espacio euromediterráneo

La inversión directa extranjera en España en la década final del siglo XX

nuevas perspectivas

Estadística minera de España

año 2001

The economic dynamics of fuel cell technologies

Due to their environmental and efficiency characteristics fuel cells are promising technological solutions for many energy related applications (stationary power generation, vehicle propulsion, portable equipment). This book describes the economic dynamics of fuel cells by analyzing their diffusion perspectives as well as the strategic and ...

The future of oil as a energy resource

What is the future of oil as a primary source of energy? This question assumes paramount importance not only for the oil industry but also for oil-dependent economies, especially those in the Arabian Gulf region. Concerns about the diminishing prospects of oil arise from multiple ...

La moda, un tejido de injusticias

¿dónde queda el respeto a los derechos laborales?

Existe cierta unanimidad en ver las inversiones extranjeras en los países pobres como una buena vía para su desarrollo. Aún así muchas veces, estas inversiones no buscan más que un mayor beneficio de la empresa inversora a costa de ventajas fiscales y una mano de ...