1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910450941503321

Autore

Link Albert N.

Titolo

Technological change and economic performance / / Albert N. Link and Donald S. Siegel

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Routledge, , 2003

ISBN

0-429-23130-X

1-138-81127-0

0-203-41758-5

1-134-48738-X

1-280-05800-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (169 p.)

Collana

Studies in global competition ; ; v. 17

Altri autori (Persone)

SiegelDonald S. <1959->

LinkAlbert N

Disciplina

338/.064

Soggetti

Technological innovations - Economic aspects

Industrial productivity

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Updated edition of: Technological change and productivity growth. c1987.

Published simultaneously in the USA and Canada.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [126]-148) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of figures; List of tables; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Some preliminary concepts; Early theoretical and empirical studies of economic growth; The production function concept of technological change; Alternative frameworks for measuring technical progress and productivity; Trends in productivity growth; The productivity slowdown; Sources of technical knowledge; The technology  productivity growth relationship; Effects of information technology on workers and economic performance; Research partnerships and economic performance; Concluding statement

Definition of symbolsStochastic frontier estimation; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Reviews of the literature on historical and theoretical developments of technology and economic growth including productivity measures, technical knowledge, technological spillovers and stock market



reactions to technology investment.

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910664503403321

Autore

Goleman Daniel

Titolo

Inteligencia ecológica / / Daniel Goleman

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Barcelona, Spain : , : Editorial Kairós, , [2010]

©2010

ISBN

84-7245-780-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (335 p.)

Disciplina

363.738742

Soggetti

Consumer behavior - Environmental aspects

Environmental responsibility - Economic aspects

Environmentalism - Economic aspects

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Spagnolo

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Cubierta; Título; Créditos; Dedicatoria; Sumario; Capítulo 1. El precio oculto de nuestras compras; Capítulo 2. El espejismo "verde"; Capítulo 3. Lo que no sabemos; Capítulo 4. La inteligencia ecológica; Capítulo 5. Una nueva matemática; Capítulo 6. El abismo de información; Capítulo 7. La apertura total; Capítulo 8. Twitters y rumores; Capítulo 9. Comercio justo; Capítulo 10. El círculo virtuoso; Capítulo 11. La sopa química; Capítulo 12. Cuando la amígdala va de compras; Capítulo 13. Preguntas difíciles; Capítulo 14. La actualización continua; Capítulo 15. Pensándolo bien

Capítulo 16. Hacer las cosas bien haciendo el bienAgradecimientos; Notas; Recursos

Sommario/riassunto

Arguing that consumers and manufacturers share the responsibility for a cleaner and healthier environment, this eloquent and timely discussion urges the former to balance the market toward designs, ingredients, and technologies that reflect their ecological sensibilities, while exhorting the latter to modify their industrial processes on the basis of their environmental impacts. Such steps would foment a



radical transparency where products are concerned and make all of the parties in the global marketplace active players in determining the course