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Innovation For sustainability [[electronic resource] ] : African and European perspectives / / edited by Mammo Muchie and Angathevar
| Innovation For sustainability [[electronic resource] ] : African and European perspectives / / edited by Mammo Muchie and Angathevar |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford, : Africa Institute of South Africa, 2013 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (200 p.) |
| Disciplina | 338.064 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
MuchieMammo
BaskaranAngathevar |
| Soggetto topico |
Sustainability - Africa
Sustainability - Europe |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
0-7983-0354-9
0-7983-0356-5 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Preface -- Contributing authors -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. The uptake of environmentally sensitive innovation to transform production systems in sub-Saharan Africa -- Chapter 2. Climate debt owed to Africa: what to demand and how to collect? -- Chapter 3. Education, convergence and carbon dioxide growth per capita -- Chapter 4. Green markets of the future: an economic opportunity also for newly industrializing countries and South Africa? -- Chapter 5. Science for the future: challenges and methods for transdisciplinary sustainability research -- Chapter 6. Conceptualizing sustainable development as a global problem: the fole of strategic knowledge -- Chapter 7. Why radical innovations fail: the case of technological change in German coal-fired power plants -- Chapter 8. In search of green knowledge: a cognitive approach to sustainabile development -- Chapter 9. Innovation for sustainability in a changing world: The South African-German dialogue on science for sustainability -- Chapter 10. The ecological economics synthesis for sustainability: post scriptum conclusion. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910462879103321 |
| Oxford, : Africa Institute of South Africa, 2013 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Innovation For sustainability [[electronic resource] ] : African and European perspectives / / edited by Mammo Muchie and Angathevar
| Innovation For sustainability [[electronic resource] ] : African and European perspectives / / edited by Mammo Muchie and Angathevar |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford, : Africa Institute of South Africa, 2013 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (200 p.) |
| Disciplina | 338.064 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
MuchieMammo
BaskaranAngathevar |
| Soggetto topico |
Sustainability - Africa
Sustainability - Europe |
| ISBN |
0-7983-0354-9
0-7983-0356-5 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Preface -- Contributing authors -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. The uptake of environmentally sensitive innovation to transform production systems in sub-Saharan Africa -- Chapter 2. Climate debt owed to Africa: what to demand and how to collect? -- Chapter 3. Education, convergence and carbon dioxide growth per capita -- Chapter 4. Green markets of the future: an economic opportunity also for newly industrializing countries and South Africa? -- Chapter 5. Science for the future: challenges and methods for transdisciplinary sustainability research -- Chapter 6. Conceptualizing sustainable development as a global problem: the fole of strategic knowledge -- Chapter 7. Why radical innovations fail: the case of technological change in German coal-fired power plants -- Chapter 8. In search of green knowledge: a cognitive approach to sustainabile development -- Chapter 9. Innovation for sustainability in a changing world: The South African-German dialogue on science for sustainability -- Chapter 10. The ecological economics synthesis for sustainability: post scriptum conclusion. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910786244903321 |
| Oxford, : Africa Institute of South Africa, 2013 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
| ||
Innovation For sustainability : African and European perspectives / / edited by Mammo Muchie and Angathevar
| Innovation For sustainability : African and European perspectives / / edited by Mammo Muchie and Angathevar |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford, : Africa Institute of South Africa, 2013 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (200 p.) |
| Disciplina | 338.064 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
MuchieMammo
BaskaranAngathevar |
| Soggetto topico |
Sustainability - Africa
Sustainability - Europe |
| ISBN |
9780798303545
0798303549 9780798303569 0798303565 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Preface -- Contributing authors -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. The uptake of environmentally sensitive innovation to transform production systems in sub-Saharan Africa -- Chapter 2. Climate debt owed to Africa: what to demand and how to collect? -- Chapter 3. Education, convergence and carbon dioxide growth per capita -- Chapter 4. Green markets of the future: an economic opportunity also for newly industrializing countries and South Africa? -- Chapter 5. Science for the future: challenges and methods for transdisciplinary sustainability research -- Chapter 6. Conceptualizing sustainable development as a global problem: the fole of strategic knowledge -- Chapter 7. Why radical innovations fail: the case of technological change in German coal-fired power plants -- Chapter 8. In search of green knowledge: a cognitive approach to sustainabile development -- Chapter 9. Innovation for sustainability in a changing world: The South African-German dialogue on science for sustainability -- Chapter 10. The ecological economics synthesis for sustainability: post scriptum conclusion. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910812262003321 |
| Oxford, : Africa Institute of South Africa, 2013 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Pathways to African export sustainability [[electronic resource] /] / Paul Brenton, Olivier Cadot, and Martha Denisse Pierola
| Pathways to African export sustainability [[electronic resource] /] / Paul Brenton, Olivier Cadot, and Martha Denisse Pierola |
| Autore | Brenton Paul |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, D.C., : World Bank, c2012 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (140 p.) |
| Disciplina | 338.5 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
CadotOlivier
PierolaMartha Denisse |
| Collana | Directions in development. Trade |
| Soggetto topico |
Exports - Africa
Sustainability - Africa |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-280-88197-6
9786613723284 0-8213-9560-2 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Contents; Acknowledgments; About the Authors; Abbreviations; Introduction; Chapter 1 Export Survival: What We Know about Africa; Export Survival: A First Pass at the Evidence; Figures; 1.1 Average Export Survival by Origin Country, 1979-2010; Do African Exports Really Survive Less Long?; 1.2 Average Export Survival by Destination, 1979-2010; 1.3 Sub-Saharan Africa's Exports Relative to Comparator Group, 1960-2010; 1.4 Average Export Survival by Exporter (Origin) Income, 1979-2010; 1.5 Average Spell Survival by Importer (Destination) Income, 1979-2010
1.6 Kaplan-Meier Survival Function for Developing-Country Originating Products in OECD Markets1.7 Kaplan-Meier Survival Function for Sub-Saharan Africa-Originating Products in OECD Markets; 1.8 Average Spell Survival and Exporter-Country Income, 1979-2010; 1.9 Export Survival and Income by Sector, 1979-2010; Tables; 1.1 Cox Regression Results: Estimation of Export Spell Hazard Rates, All Developing Countries; Understanding Entry, Exit, and Survival Decisions; 1.10 Sunk Costs and the Frequency of Exits; 1.11 Number of New Export Lines (HS 6) against Income Levels 1.12 Export Growth Decomposed, 1990-20051.13 Entry and First-Year Entrants' Survival Rates at the Firm Level; Annex 1A: The Basic Analytics of Survival; Annex 1B: The Basic Toolkit of Empirical Survival Analysis; Notes; References; Chapter 2 Countries, Institutions, and Policies; Comparative Advantage; 2.1 Average Spell Survival and Comparative Disadvantage; 2.2 Traveling through Diversification Cones; 2.3 Evolution of Sectoral Shares with Income Levels; Trade Costs and the Business Environment; Boxes; 2.1 Examples of Non-Tariff Barriers and Their Costs in Southern Africa 2.4 Constraints to Survival2.5 First-Year Survival Rates and Business Environment Measures in the Origin Country; 2.6 First-Year Survival Rates and Financial Development; 2.1 Survival Versus Business Environment Measures in African Countries: Correlations; Standards and Their Enforcement; 2.2 A Malian Mango's "Soldier's Run"; Annex 2A: Survey of African Exporters on Export Survival; 2A.1 Survey of African Exporters on Export Survival: Distribution of Exporters by Exporter Type; Notes; References; Chapter 3 Survival, Contracts, and Networks; Exports, Firms, and Survival; Learning and Synergies 3.1 Source of Client Contact, 2009Networks: Migrants and Diasporas; 3.2 Importance of Barriers to Export: Regular Exporters (Number of Responses), 2009; 3.1 Origin and Destination of Emigrant Stocks by Region; 3.2 Origin and Destination of Emigrant Stocks by African Region, Percent of Total Emigration; 3.3 Occupational Changes of Internal and International Migrants: Burkina Faso, 2009; 3.3 Export-Spell Hazard Rate Estimates: Cox Regressions; Notes; References; Chapter 4 Policy Implications; Thinking Strategically: Export-Expansion Paths 4.1 Effect of Prior, Non-OECD Experience on First-Year Survival Rates by Region of Origin |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910452596803321 |
Brenton Paul
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| Washington, D.C., : World Bank, c2012 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Pathways to African export sustainability / / Paul Brenton, Olivier Cadot, and Martha Denisse Pierola
| Pathways to African export sustainability / / Paul Brenton, Olivier Cadot, and Martha Denisse Pierola |
| Autore | Brenton Paul |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington : , : World Bank, , 2012 |
| Descrizione fisica | xiv, 122 pages : illustrations ; ; 23 cm |
| Disciplina | 338.5 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
CadotOlivier
PierolaMartha Denisse |
| Collana | Directions in development. Trade |
| Soggetto topico |
Exports - Africa
Sustainability - Africa |
| ISBN |
1-280-88197-6
9786613723284 0-8213-9560-2 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Contents; Acknowledgments; About the Authors; Abbreviations; Introduction; Chapter 1 Export Survival: What We Know about Africa; Export Survival: A First Pass at the Evidence; Figures; 1.1 Average Export Survival by Origin Country, 1979-2010; Do African Exports Really Survive Less Long?; 1.2 Average Export Survival by Destination, 1979-2010; 1.3 Sub-Saharan Africa's Exports Relative to Comparator Group, 1960-2010; 1.4 Average Export Survival by Exporter (Origin) Income, 1979-2010; 1.5 Average Spell Survival by Importer (Destination) Income, 1979-2010
1.6 Kaplan-Meier Survival Function for Developing-Country Originating Products in OECD Markets1.7 Kaplan-Meier Survival Function for Sub-Saharan Africa-Originating Products in OECD Markets; 1.8 Average Spell Survival and Exporter-Country Income, 1979-2010; 1.9 Export Survival and Income by Sector, 1979-2010; Tables; 1.1 Cox Regression Results: Estimation of Export Spell Hazard Rates, All Developing Countries; Understanding Entry, Exit, and Survival Decisions; 1.10 Sunk Costs and the Frequency of Exits; 1.11 Number of New Export Lines (HS 6) against Income Levels 1.12 Export Growth Decomposed, 1990-20051.13 Entry and First-Year Entrants' Survival Rates at the Firm Level; Annex 1A: The Basic Analytics of Survival; Annex 1B: The Basic Toolkit of Empirical Survival Analysis; Notes; References; Chapter 2 Countries, Institutions, and Policies; Comparative Advantage; 2.1 Average Spell Survival and Comparative Disadvantage; 2.2 Traveling through Diversification Cones; 2.3 Evolution of Sectoral Shares with Income Levels; Trade Costs and the Business Environment; Boxes; 2.1 Examples of Non-Tariff Barriers and Their Costs in Southern Africa 2.4 Constraints to Survival2.5 First-Year Survival Rates and Business Environment Measures in the Origin Country; 2.6 First-Year Survival Rates and Financial Development; 2.1 Survival Versus Business Environment Measures in African Countries: Correlations; Standards and Their Enforcement; 2.2 A Malian Mango's "Soldier's Run"; Annex 2A: Survey of African Exporters on Export Survival; 2A.1 Survey of African Exporters on Export Survival: Distribution of Exporters by Exporter Type; Notes; References; Chapter 3 Survival, Contracts, and Networks; Exports, Firms, and Survival; Learning and Synergies 3.1 Source of Client Contact, 2009Networks: Migrants and Diasporas; 3.2 Importance of Barriers to Export: Regular Exporters (Number of Responses), 2009; 3.1 Origin and Destination of Emigrant Stocks by Region; 3.2 Origin and Destination of Emigrant Stocks by African Region, Percent of Total Emigration; 3.3 Occupational Changes of Internal and International Migrants: Burkina Faso, 2009; 3.3 Export-Spell Hazard Rate Estimates: Cox Regressions; Notes; References; Chapter 4 Policy Implications; Thinking Strategically: Export-Expansion Paths 4.1 Effect of Prior, Non-OECD Experience on First-Year Survival Rates by Region of Origin |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910779111103321 |
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Brenton Paul
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| Washington : , : World Bank, , 2012 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
| ||
Pathways to African export sustainability / / Paul Brenton, Olivier Cadot, and Martha Denisse Pierola
| Pathways to African export sustainability / / Paul Brenton, Olivier Cadot, and Martha Denisse Pierola |
| Autore | Brenton Paul |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington : , : World Bank, , 2012 |
| Descrizione fisica | xiv, 122 pages : illustrations ; ; 23 cm |
| Disciplina | 338.5 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
CadotOlivier
PierolaMartha Denisse |
| Collana | Directions in development. Trade |
| Soggetto topico |
Exports - Africa
Sustainability - Africa |
| ISBN |
1-280-88197-6
9786613723284 0-8213-9560-2 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Contents; Acknowledgments; About the Authors; Abbreviations; Introduction; Chapter 1 Export Survival: What We Know about Africa; Export Survival: A First Pass at the Evidence; Figures; 1.1 Average Export Survival by Origin Country, 1979-2010; Do African Exports Really Survive Less Long?; 1.2 Average Export Survival by Destination, 1979-2010; 1.3 Sub-Saharan Africa's Exports Relative to Comparator Group, 1960-2010; 1.4 Average Export Survival by Exporter (Origin) Income, 1979-2010; 1.5 Average Spell Survival by Importer (Destination) Income, 1979-2010
1.6 Kaplan-Meier Survival Function for Developing-Country Originating Products in OECD Markets1.7 Kaplan-Meier Survival Function for Sub-Saharan Africa-Originating Products in OECD Markets; 1.8 Average Spell Survival and Exporter-Country Income, 1979-2010; 1.9 Export Survival and Income by Sector, 1979-2010; Tables; 1.1 Cox Regression Results: Estimation of Export Spell Hazard Rates, All Developing Countries; Understanding Entry, Exit, and Survival Decisions; 1.10 Sunk Costs and the Frequency of Exits; 1.11 Number of New Export Lines (HS 6) against Income Levels 1.12 Export Growth Decomposed, 1990-20051.13 Entry and First-Year Entrants' Survival Rates at the Firm Level; Annex 1A: The Basic Analytics of Survival; Annex 1B: The Basic Toolkit of Empirical Survival Analysis; Notes; References; Chapter 2 Countries, Institutions, and Policies; Comparative Advantage; 2.1 Average Spell Survival and Comparative Disadvantage; 2.2 Traveling through Diversification Cones; 2.3 Evolution of Sectoral Shares with Income Levels; Trade Costs and the Business Environment; Boxes; 2.1 Examples of Non-Tariff Barriers and Their Costs in Southern Africa 2.4 Constraints to Survival2.5 First-Year Survival Rates and Business Environment Measures in the Origin Country; 2.6 First-Year Survival Rates and Financial Development; 2.1 Survival Versus Business Environment Measures in African Countries: Correlations; Standards and Their Enforcement; 2.2 A Malian Mango's "Soldier's Run"; Annex 2A: Survey of African Exporters on Export Survival; 2A.1 Survey of African Exporters on Export Survival: Distribution of Exporters by Exporter Type; Notes; References; Chapter 3 Survival, Contracts, and Networks; Exports, Firms, and Survival; Learning and Synergies 3.1 Source of Client Contact, 2009Networks: Migrants and Diasporas; 3.2 Importance of Barriers to Export: Regular Exporters (Number of Responses), 2009; 3.1 Origin and Destination of Emigrant Stocks by Region; 3.2 Origin and Destination of Emigrant Stocks by African Region, Percent of Total Emigration; 3.3 Occupational Changes of Internal and International Migrants: Burkina Faso, 2009; 3.3 Export-Spell Hazard Rate Estimates: Cox Regressions; Notes; References; Chapter 4 Policy Implications; Thinking Strategically: Export-Expansion Paths 4.1 Effect of Prior, Non-OECD Experience on First-Year Survival Rates by Region of Origin |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910826627803321 |
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Brenton Paul
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| Washington : , : World Bank, , 2012 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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