Search results for " economy."
showing 10 items of 1490 documents
Eiropas Savienības CO2 emisijas kvotu tirdzniecības sistēma un Latvijas tautsaimniecības ilgtspējīga attīstība
2013
ANOTĀCIJA Promocijas darba mērķis ir, balstoties uz datiem par Eiropas Savienības Emisijas kvotu tirdzniecības sistēmas (ES ETS) darbību Latvijā un ES ETS integrētību Latvijas tautsaimniecības politikā, mikro un makro līmenī izpētīt ES ETS līdzšinējo ietekmi uz Latvijas tautsaimniecības ilgtspējīgu attīstību. Pētījuma ietvaros autore izstrādājusi modeli lēmuma pieņemšanai par tiešo dalību atļauju tirdzniecībā, formulējusi stratēģijas tiešajai dalībai atļauju tirdzniecībā, izvērtējusi ES ETS integrētību Latvijas tautsaimniecības ilgtspējīgas attīstības politikā, novērtējusi ES ETS ietekmi uz Latvijas ES ETS dalībniekiem, izanalizējusi Latvijas ES ETS dalībnieku zināšanas un izpratni par ES E…
The Impact of Internationalization, Strategic Innovation and Managerial Digitalization on the Business Success of FINTECH Enterprises
2020
Promocijas darbs veltīts internacionalizācijas, vadības digitalizācijas un stratēģisko inovāciju ietekmei uz Vācijas mazo un vidējo uzņēmumu biznesa panākumiem finanšu pakalpojumu nozarē. Darba ievadā aprakstīta tēmas aktualitāte un nozīmīgums. Pirmajā nodaļā sniegts literatūras pārskats par panākumu faktoriem finanšu pakalpojumu nozarē. Otrajā nodaļā autore definē terminus “mazie un vidējie uzņēmumi” un “FinTech”, kā arī parametrus, lai novērtētu internacionalizācijas, vadības digitalizācijas un stratēģiskās inovācijas. Trešā nodaļa sākas ar izpētes jautājumiem un modeļa izstrādi ceļa diagrammas veidā, kas ļauj izstrādāt hipotēzes. Pirmajā empīriskā pētījuma daļā veiktas ekspertu intervija…
Key Electoral Institutions and Rules Influencing Proportionality and Partisan Bias in Spanish Politics
2021
The current paper focuses on the Spanish electoral rules governing political competition for the central “Congreso de los Diputados”. It is well-documented that the system as a whole has traditionally favoured one or the other of the two main political parties (PP and PSOE) at the expense of proportionality and the remaining political parties. This paper focuses on some key Spanish electoral rules and investigates how much the observed biases could be altered by introducing some alternative rules taken from the Swedish electoral system, ceteris paribus. Measures of disproportionality are made through the Loosemore–Hanby index and the Gallagher index. The electoral raw data used for our esti…
Sharing economy and dynamic pricing: Is the impact of Airbnb on the hotel industry time-dependent?
2021
Abstract Prior literature has reported significant price and revenue reductions in the hotel industry due to the emergence of Airbnb. Other studies have documented that hotels' price reactions to the penetration of Airbnb depend on their service level, e.g., low/medium-end versus high end. Relying on a large sample from the Italian market, we contribute by showing that the effect of Airbnb on hotels' price decisions does not only depend on incumbents’ quality level, but also on the difference between booking and check-in time. That is, the effect of the penetration of Airbnb on hotels' dynamic price decisions varies over time depending on the core segment hotels target.
Attracting Major Sporting Events: The Role of Local Residents
2006
Abstract The decision where to host major sports events is the result of a political process, involving local and national politicians as well as national and international sport governing bodies. Politicians and local/national sport governing bodies decide whether to apply for an event, while international sports governing bodies select the host cities (nations). Local and national residents play an important role in this process as their opinion will influence whether the political system supports the application and is willing to fund the event. Many event impacts have characteristics of public goods and externalities. This represents a potential welfare economic rationale for the public…
Exploring the role of the sharing economy in disasters management
2020
Abstract Improvements in information and communications technologies (ICTs) have facilitated the inclusion of the sharing economy (SE) in societies more than ever. In the aftermath of recent disasters, the SE played significant roles to help the affected people and support official responders. However, the literature has not effectively explored these roles, and thus, no framework can support the systematic inclusion of the SE in disasters management. This paper aims to address the gap through a two-stage exploratory research approach. First, we conduct a systematic literature review to identify the extent to which the SE is taken into consideration in disasters. After that, we investigate …
Evaluating European Union support for innovation in Spanish small and medium enterprises
2009
Finding funding is one of the main problems small and medium enterprises (SMEs) face, which is why the European Union has set up programmes to support SME development. This paper has two objectives: firstly, to describe the different European funding programmes available to Spanish firms; secondly, to present an empirical study on the use Spanish SMEs (and especially, SMEs in the service sector) make of these programmes in order to innovate, together with an analysis of the importance these funding programmes have on SME innovation.
What shapes Norwegian wind power policy? Analysing the constructing forces of policymaking and emerging questions of energy justice
2021
Abstract This paper employs an assemblage theoretical approach to analyse how Norwegian land-based wind power policies are constructed over time and what forces dominate and resist wind power policy development. The entanglement of policies, technology deployment and (lack of) social acceptance emphasizes the need to critically question what and who influence the construction of energy transition policies and how and what concerns are left out, especially in relation to the tenets of energy justice. We find that wind power policies are primarily influenced by energy authorities, developers and interest organizations, furthering arguments of climate concerns, energy security and economic opp…
Energy recovery from Municipal Solid Waste in EU: proposals to assess the management performance under a circular economy perspective
2017
In 2015 the European Commission issued a package of documents on Circular Economy concerning an integrated revision of legislative proposals on waste management. The aim was to stimulate a European transition towards a circular economy concept, which is expected to foster competitiveness, sustainable economic growth and new jobs generation. Three indicators are proposed in this paper to contribute to the assessment of the energy recovery management performance from MSW in a scenario of circular economy: a) referring to MSW directly used (RMSW) or indirectly used (SRF) as input of thermochemical plants, an indicator can be the percentage of waste having LHV > 13MJ/kg; b) referring to the MSW…
Anaerobic membrane bioreactors for resource recovery from municipal wastewater: a comprehensive review of recent advances
2021
[EN] In a paradigm shift towards a sustainable society based on the Circular Economy, wastewater treatments are rapidly evolving towards simultaneous recovery and reuse of clean water, renewable energy, and nutrients. This review examines recent advances (from 2016 to 2020) in the potential of anaerobic membrane bioreactors (AnMBRs) to serve as the core technology for municipal wastewater (MWW) resource recovery, focusing on the latest technological advances and economic and environmental innovation perspectives. The potentials and limitations of AnMBR for further full-scale application and new platforms to address these challenges are discussed, covering systems based on co-digestion, pre-…