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... The latter results are however mainly valid in the case where innovation is a private good, and thus where the incentives considered concern only the firm’s own gains from lower abatement costs [8]. In practice, however, ... See full document

... by technological advances that can affect industry architectures and modes of economic coordination (Dedrick et al, 2010; Gereffi et al, 2005; Jacobides et al, 2006; Sturgeon, ...such, technological ... See full document

... sectoral technological change that is more rapid in the skilled labour intensive sector than in other ...this technological change causes the favoured sector to expand, drawing resources out ... See full document

... In this paper we conduct the first comprehensive investigation of the impact of the EU ETS on low-carbon technological change in the first 5 years of the Scheme’s existence. The EU ETS offers a ... See full document

... The second step is the most challenging involving equations pertaining to the household’s optimisation problem, the equilibrium conditions in the assets and goods markets to calibrate the rate of time preference ... See full document

... Energy system transition research has been experimenting with the integration of qualitative and quantitative analysis due to the increased articulation it provides. Current approaches tend to be heavily biased by ... See full document

... Environmental Programme (UNEP) states in a recent report that reducing lower-atmospheric BC in Scandinavia, America, and Russia could reduce the melting of Arctic ice by as much as 2/3. Furthermore, the UNEP also ... See full document

... More recently, another ‘liquefied gas fuel’ has begun to be marketed by the oil company Shell. ‘Gas to Liquids’ (GTL) fuel is a synthetic liquid fuel derived from natural gas that burns more cleanly than conventional ... See full document

... affecting change, particularly in increasing agricultural productivity, spawning productive non-agricultural employment options, and building better links between agriculture, natural resource industries-including ... See full document

... Against those stylized facts, we have the basic monetarist theory, which assumes essentially a constant velocity of money, with every significant variation in that respect being considered as a symptom of disequilibrium ... See full document

... of technological change is not considered since innovation is seen primarily in terms of the creation of radically new products in a high income developed ...any technological or other oligopolistic ... See full document

... Yet it would be wrong to suggest that technical ICT skills and broader digital literacy skills have become so important as to usurp other elements of employability. It is argued that what has emerged is a case of ‘as ... See full document

... about carbon markets, that they know by now the basics about how they work, or do you think there is still a lot of ignorance and lack of information and knowledge about what carbon markets ... See full document

... commitments and were at the forefront of pushing new loopholes on how land-use, land-use change and forestry (LULUCF) are accounted for. Despite pulling out of the Kyoto Protocol, Russia insisted on keeping hold ... See full document

... This paper tells of the contents of a forthcoming volume, which offers a new and original approach to the study of technological change in retail finance. Most business history studies of businesses for the ... See full document

... The second phase of both activities involves using perceptions and judgement to consider the impact of possible future events on the focal issue of concern. HS uses perceptions as a means of interpreting current ... See full document

... emphasized by changes in the context for green technology development. In recent years, interest in eco-innovation has been influenced not only by environmental and sustainability concerns but also by debate, in multiple ... See full document

... Thus, whereas in Romer (1986a) the production function is homogenous of degree one in all its inputs for the sake of simplicity also neglecting that research and development spending (i.e., the creation of new knowledge) ... See full document

... Theoretical perspectives, however, are ambiguous in the relation- ship they suggest between PEU and fi rms' willingness to take further risks such as those associated with innovation. Previous research (Souitaris, 2001) ... See full document

... knights or golden archers—guard palaces from intruders. Others display a more pointed kind of perception, intended to uphold social norms. In one example, found in a thirteenth–century French version of the story of ... See full document