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Format: 1 Online-Ressource (xix, 588 Seiten) , Diagramme, Karten

ISBN: 9781781951514

Series Statement: Elgar original reference

Content: In recent years, there has been a marked proliferation in the literature on economic approaches to ecosystem management, which has created a subsequent need for real understanding of the scope and the limits of the economic approaches to ecosystems and biodiversity. Within this Handbook, carefully commissioned original contributions from acknowledged experts in the field address the new concepts and their applications, identify knowledge gaps and provide authoritative recommendations. -- The Handbook offers a wealth of case studies and further: *identifies the conceptual underpinnings of the economics of ecosystems and biodiversity * demonstrates new research methodologies and their applications *provides authoritative assessment of the recent results and findings in ecosystems services and biodiversity valuation and accounting *provides the reader with the state of the art of the research on the economics of ecosystem services and biodiversity *provides spatial explicit tools for mapping ecosystem services values for land-use planning, including in the context of business and industry. -- This authoritative assessment will appeal to researchers and academics at both the advanced undergraduate and post-graduate levels of environmental economics and ecological economics. Policy-makers in government, business and conservation sectors will find much to engage them as the work will prove essential for implementing effective response policies for the management of ecosystems and biodiversity

Additional Edition: Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe, Hardcover ISBN 9781781951507

Language: English

Keywords: Biodiversität ; Artenreichtum ; Umweltökonomie

DOI: 10.4337/9781781951514

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Format: X, 326 Seiten , zahlr. Ill., graph. Darst. , 24 cm

ISBN: 9781118083468 , 1118083466

Content: Methoden, Designmethode, Designmethoden

Note: Includes index

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Additional Edition: Online-Ausg. Kumar, Vijay 101 design methods Hoboken, N.J : John Wiley & Sons, 2013 ISBN 9781118333068

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Additional Edition: Erscheint auch als Online-Ausgabe Kumar, Vijay 101 Design Methods Hoboken : Wiley, 2012 ISBN 9781118333068

Language: English

Subjects: Computer Science , Economics , General works

Keywords: Management ; Prozessorganisation ; Visualisierung ; Design Thinking ; Innovationsprozess ; Handbooks and manuals

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Format: 1 online resource (267 pages)

Edition: 1st ed.

ISBN: 9780415494533 , 9780203873625

Series Statement: Routledge Studies in Development and Society Series

Content: This book offers a unique theory of dislocation in the form of primitive accumulation. It develops a framework that offers alternative avenues to rethinking dislocation and resettlement, and indeed the very idea of development

Note: Book Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- 1 Debates on dislocation, compensation and resettlement: What does our approach contribute? -- 2 Development and dislocation: Why one cannot be addressed without the other? -- 3 From compensation' to 'resettlement need': The reformist-managerial approach -- 4 De-familiarizing the economy and development -- 5 A critique of received theories of dislocation, compensation and resettlement -- 6 Western Marxism and its theory of primitive accumulation: Limits and limitations -- 7 Primitive accumulation = world of the third Marxian perspective on dislocation -- 8 Two case studies of primitive accumulation in India: Special Economic Zone and Plachimada -- 9 From resistance to resettlement right: Confronting 'subjects of development' and policy paradigms -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index of authors -- Index

Additional Edition: Print version Chakrabarti, Anjan Dislocation and Resettlement in Development Oxford : Taylor & Francis Group,c2009 ISBN 9780415494533

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Format: 1 online resource (254 pages)

Edition: 1st ed.

ISBN: 9780415624077 , 9781136251498

Series Statement: Earthscan Studies in Water Resource Management Series

Content: India is a fast developing economy whose natural resource base, comprising land and water supporting agricultural production, are not only under enormous stress, but also complex and not amenable to a uniform strategy. This book addresses strategies for food security and sustainable agriculture in India, including lessons to be learned in other developing economies across the world

Note: Cover -- Water Management, Food Security and Sustainable Agriculture in Developing Economies -- Copyright -- Contents -- Figures -- Tables -- Contributors -- Acknowledgments -- Acronyms and abbreviations -- 1 Food security and sustainable agriculture in developing economies: The water challenge -- 2 Key issues in Indian irrigation -- 3 Food security challenges in India: Exploring the nexus between water, land and agricultural production -- 4 Redefining the objectives and criteria for the evaluation of large storages in developing economies -- 5 Sector reforms and efficiency improvement: Pointers for canal irrigation management -- 6 Rebuilding traditional water harnessing systems for livelihood enhancement in arid western Rajasthan -- 7 The hydrological and farming system impacts of agricultural water management interventions in north Gujarat, India -- 8 Technology choices and institutions for improving the economic and livelihood benefits from multiple-use tanks in western Odisha -- 9 Future strategies for agricultural growth in India -- 10 Investment strategies and technology options for sustainable agricultural development in Asia: Challenges in the emerging context -- 11 Water management for food security and sustainable agriculture: Strategic lessons for developing economies -- Index

Additional Edition: Print version Kumar, M. Dinesh Water Management, Food Security and Sustainable Agriculture in Developing Economies Oxford : Taylor & Francis Group,c2012 ISBN 9780415624077

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Format: 1 online resource (494 pages)

Edition: 1st ed.

ISBN: 9780521193535 , 9780511927638

Content: Featuring contributions from scholars in eleven different countries, this book was the first to examine the theory and practice of outsourcing and offshoring simultaneously. It includes studies of a variety of different industries, including pharmaceuticals, automobiles, medical records, appliances, human resource management and telecommunications

Note: Cover -- Half-title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Figures -- Tables -- Boxes -- Notes on contributors -- Preface:The reconfiguration of the world economy -- Note -- Part I: Conceptual frameworks and theories -- 1 Global outsourcing and offshoring: In search of the optimal configuration for a company -- Introduction -- The spatial and organizational fragmentation of economic activity -- The driving and constraining factors -- Will high-value or core functions also be outsourced and offshored? -- Causal factors promoting the outsourcing/offshoring of high-value or core functions -- Reducing wages and costs -- Escalating R& -- D costs and risks -- Internal creativity limitations -- The demand for foreign scientific talent -- The growing supply of foreign scientific talent -- Knowledge clusters in emerging countries -- Growing importance of foreign markets (and foreign market feedback) -- Development speed as a response to acceleration in the rate of technical change -- Broadening of knowledge inputs needed for R& -- D or core activities -- Broadening scope of the end-applications of certain technologies -- Deconstruction and routinization or codification of portions of high-value functions -- The quest for flexibility and "leaner" organizations -- Experience and scale economies in external provider companies (or in offshore company service centers) -- Strategic decision-making steps for the optimal allocation of the economic activity of the firm (applies to both outsourcing and offshoring) -- Inhibiting factors (or why jobs still exist in Europe, the US and Japan) -- Embedded or tacit knowledge cannot be externalized efficiently -- The costs of vertical integration are "sunk" but benefits persist into the future -- Delays and "hold-up" risks in global supply chains -- Rising labor and other costs at offshore locations , 6 Towards a better understanding of multinational enterprises' R& -- D location choices -- Introduction -- International location of corporate R& -- D: trends and motives -- Location strategies of MNEs -- Research methodology -- Findings -- Location-specific factors that influence R& -- D location choice -- Human factors -- Scientific and technological factors -- Factors related to regions, agglomeration effects, and networks -- Market or demand factors -- Factors related to infrastructure -- Factors related to the overall environment for R& -- D -- Factors related to financial aspects (including the role of the state in financing research) -- Cost factors -- Conclusion -- References -- 7 Does R& -- D offshoring displace or strengthen knowledge production at home? Evidence from OECD countries -- Introduction -- Theoretical framework and hypotheses -- Empirical analysis -- The model -- Data and variables -- Results -- Concluding discussion and future research agenda -- Notes -- References -- 8 Innovation across tech-firms' boundaries: A knowledge-based view -- Introduction -- Towards a new innovation paradigm for sustainable competitive advantage -- The new competitive realm -- Towards a new framework of innovation -- The new innovation framework for outsourcing -- Resource-based approach to outsourcing -- The new perspective on outsourcing -- The extended enterprise (EE) as an emergent governance structure -- Distributed innovation process -- Strategic search crossing a firms boundaries -- Managing the distributed innovation process -- Knowledge management capability -- Integrative capability -- Case study: Toyota -- Conclusion -- References -- 9 Suitable organization forms for knowledge management at various R& -- D functions in decentralized and cooperative R& -- D networks -- Introduction , Fear of misappropriation and leakage of knowledge to potential competitors -- Inefficiencies resulting from spatial separation -- Certification and quality concerns -- Other transaction cost considerations -- Data privacy and security -- Xenophobia and protectionism in advanced economies -- Erosion of competitiveness in external service provider firms -- Cooperation: neither in-house nor contractually distant -- The strategic objectives of alliances -- Cost reduction -- Risk reduction -- Revenue enhancing or market accessing alliances -- The learning objective -- Joint R& -- D -- Diversifying the product and market portfolio -- Which is more important - alliance structure or process? -- The drawbacks of entangling alliances -- Alliances are now a permanent feature of business -- Concluding remarks: the evolution of economic organization from the Paleolithic to the globalization era -- Notes -- References -- 2 Globalization of R& -- D: Offshoring innovative activity to emerging economies -- Introduction -- Global corporate R& -- D -- From the domestic proprietary model to offshoring -- Changing global environment, availability of skilled labor and R& -- D offshoring -- Pace of offshoring of R& -- D -- A macro-look at the present state of R& -- D in the US -- Ongoing Silicon Valley firm survey -- Domestic outsourcing -- Offshoring -- Innovative capacity -- Nature of activities outsourced and offshored, including R& -- D -- Reasons for offshoring -- Size, innovative dynamism, and offshoring -- Miscellaneous -- Follow-up in-sample interviews -- The view from the other side: management and organization of R& -- D in emerging economies -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- 3 A theory of the outsourcing firm -- Introduction -- Three outsourcing paradoxes -- Increased expediency leads to increased managerial complexity , Increased efficiencies lead to increased learning requirements -- Increased expediency increases strategic complexity -- Test in extremum -- Strategic implications of outsourcing -- Leadership -- Learning -- Risk mitigation -- Managerial implications of outsourcing -- Organizational dimension -- Governance -- Managing boundary-spanning requirements -- Virtualization -- Cognitive dimension -- Culture -- Communication -- Economic dimension -- Technological dimension -- Conclusions -- References -- Part II: The offshoring and outsourcing of R& -- D and innovative activities -- 4 Blurring firm R& -- D boundaries: Integrating transaction costs and knowledge-based perspectives -- Introduction -- Firm boundary decisions in the R& -- D process -- A transaction costs perspective -- Hold-up hazards -- Appropriability hazards -- Alternative theoretical perspectives -- The role of labor costs in governance choices within the R& -- D process -- Neither firm-specific knowledge nor transaction-specific investments in physical assets are required -- Firm-specific knowledge is required but transaction-specific investments in physical assets are not -- Transaction-specific investments in physical assets are required but firm-specific knowledge is not -- Discussion and conclusion -- Notes -- References -- 5 Outsourcing, fragmentation, and integration: The pharmaceutical industry -- Introduction -- Outsourcing, offshoring, and restructuring pressures in the pharmaceutical industry -- Outsourcing -- Offshoring -- Pressures and opportunities in the industry promote restructuring -- Outsourcing and offshoring clinical trials (drug development) -- Standardization and codification in drug development -- Offshoring -- Transaction costs and investments -- Outsourcing and offshoring drug-discovery research -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References , Main tasks of knowledge management activities -- Knowledge diffusion and transferring -- Input-oriented organization -- Output-oriented organization -- Matrix organization -- Knowledge absorption and retention -- Knowledge induction and creation -- Critical factors for the success of decentralized and cooperative R& -- D networks -- A fuzzy ANP model considering confidence level and risk index -- Selection of suitable organization forms for KM at different R& -- D functions -- Conclusion -- References -- Part III: Management issues in offshoring and virtual teamwork -- 10 Changing work practices: Acceptance of virtual work among knowledge professionals engaged in offshoring activities -- Introduction -- Methodology -- Common characteristics of the two globally distributed teams (GDTs) -- Research sites -- Dream -- Core -- Data sources -- Semistructured interviews -- Observations -- Archival data -- Analysis -- Evidence from the field -- Acceptance of virtual work -- Dream -- Core -- Integration with regular workflow -- Dream -- Core -- Sensemaking of offshoring activities -- Dream -- Core -- Perception of differences in competences and identity -- Dream -- Core -- Discussion -- Conclusion -- Note -- References -- 11 Managing globally disaggregated teams: The role of organizational politics -- Introduction -- Knowledge processes and organizational politics in distributed teams -- Perspectives on cross-boundary knowledge coordination -- The role of organizational politics in knowledge processes -- Insights from organizational economics -- Incorporating organizational politics into knowledge management -- Antecedents of organizational politics -- Managing organizational politics -- Empirical and methodological considerations -- Future research directions -- Note -- References , Part IV: Empirical analyses and case studies of outsourcing and offshoring

Additional Edition: Print version Contractor, Farok J. Global Outsourcing and Offshoring Cambridge : Cambridge University Press,c2010 ISBN 9780521193535

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Format: 1 online resource (385 pages)

Edition: 1st ed.

ISBN: 9780415592406 , 9780203840467

Series Statement: Routledge Library Editions: Development Series

Content: Initially published in 1983, in association with the International Labour Organisation (ILO), this book is about the meaning, relevance and process of agrarian reform in contemporary developing countries. It includes seven detailed case studies - one each on Ethiopia, Peru, Chile, Nicaragua, Iran, Kerala, (India) and West Bengal (India). In all the cases, serious contemporary efforts were made to implement agrarian reform programmes and the case studies focus upon selected aspects of this reform process - origins, basic characteristics, problems of implementation and immediate consequences. Each region differs considerably in terms of socio-economic and administrative conditions, but when the reform efforts are placed in their respective historical contexts, several common themes emerge which are dealt with in detail. In all cases, it is clear that agrarian reform is essentially a political process, requiring major social movements and that piecemeal reforms will not solve the grave problems of growth, distribution and poverty in the Third World

Note: Intro -- AGRARIAN REFORM IN CONTEMPORARY DEVELOPING COUNTRIES A study prepared for the International Labour Office within the framework of the World Employment Programme -- Copyright -- Agrarian Reform in Contemporary Developing Countries A Study Prepared for the International Labour Office Within the Framework of the World Employment Programme -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Preface -- Part One: Introduction -- 1. Agrarian Reform in Developing Countries: Issues of Theory and Problems of Practice -- Part Two: Towards Peasant Economy Systems -- 2. Agrarian Reform in Kerala and its Impact on the Rural Economy - A Preliminary Assessment -- 3. Agrarian Reform in West Bengal: Objectives, Achievements and Limitations -- Part Three: On the Road to Collectivism -- 4. Agrarian Reform, Structural Changes and Rural Development in Ethiopia -- 5. The Agrarian Reform in Peru: an Assessment Cristóbal Kay -- 6. Agrarian Reform and Structural Change in Chile, 1965-79 -- 7. Agrarian Reform and Rural Development in Nicaragua, 1979-81 -- Part Four: In Search of Modernism -- 8. The Agrarian Question in Iran Homa Katouzian -- Notes on Contributors -- Index

Additional Edition: Print version Ghose, Ajit Kumar Agrarian Reform in Contemporary Developing Countries Oxford : Taylor & Francis Group,c2011 ISBN 9780415592406

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Format: 1 online resource (337 pages)

Edition: 1st ed.

ISBN: 9781138020191 , 9781317580041

Content: Post-reform India has seen a decline in agricultural growth as well as supplyâdemand imbalance and rising prices. This book presents a comprehensive analysis of domestic and international prices and trade since 1980â81, covering the past quarter of a century. Backed with rich data, it provides comparisons between the pre- and post-liberalisation policies and their effect on farm profitability, domestic prices and prices variability, and examines their possible role in determining the trajectory of agricultural growth since 1991. The book will appeal to students, scholars and researchers of agriculture studies, economics, finance, and development studies, as well as policy makers and agriculture experts

Note: Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- List of Tables -- List of Figures -- Abbreviations -- Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Indian Agriculture under Economic Reforms: A Preliminary Review -- 3. Agricultural Price Policy and Farm Profitability: Examining Linkages -- 4. International Price Trends and Volatility -- 5. Agricultural Trade: Policies and Patterns -- 6. Trade Competitiveness of Indian Agriculture: A Comparison of Domestic and World Prices -- 7. Decomposing Variability in Agricultural Prices -- 8. Evaluation and Conclusion -- Appendix I: Methodology for Measuring Price Volatility -- Appendix II: The Decomposition Model -- Appendix III: Tables -- Appendix IV: Figures -- Bibliography -- About the Author -- Index

Additional Edition: Print version Tripathi, Ashutosh Kumar Agricultural Prices and Production in Post-Reform India London : Taylor & Francis Group,c2014 ISBN 9781138020191

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Format: 1 online resource (320 p)

ISBN: 9781781953693

Series Statement: Edward Elgar E-Book Archive

Content: 'By providing the real-world examples and lessons, the book will guide policy-makers and experts in their efforts in exploring and applying these pathways and tools in the larger context of development policies of nations and the pursuit of a sustainable century.' - From the foreword by Achim Steiner United Nations Under-Secretary-General and Executive Director, United Nations Environment Programme. Using a selection of authoritative and original contributions, this timely book explores the uncertainty surrounding the impact of decisions undertaken to manage ecosystem services worldwide. Invariably, the policies designed and implemented to manage forests, wetlands, and marine and coastal environments often involve conflicts of interest between various stakeholders. This has added an additional layer of complexity in the context of developing countries where institutions and governance are weak or absent. Economic valuation and the subsequent design of innovative response tools such as payment for ecosystem services (PES) have the potential to offer far greater transparency. In the case of LDCs, the identification of suitable institutions for executing these tools is also of vital importance. With a strong policy focus, the contributors synthesise the scientific approaches to PES, valuation, trade-offs, equity and the institutional requirements to operationalize a credible concept of economic value. The book also addresses the behavioral foundations of creating the incentive design and response policies for ecosystem management. This book will prove helpful to ecosystems management researchers and postgraduate students of conservation and development. Conservation managers, decision makers and development practitioners will also find this resource both interesting and beneficial to their work

Content: 1. Values, payments and institutions for ecosystems management : a developing country perspective / Pushpam Kumar and Ibrahim Thiaw -- 2. Making payments for ecosystem services work / Rodrigo Arriagada and Charles Perrings -- 3. Valuing ecosystem services : benefits, values, space and time / Brendan Fisher, Ian Bateman and R. Kerry Turner -- 4. Managing trade-offs in ecosystem services / Thomas Elmqvist T. ... [and others] -- 5. Revisiting the relationship between equity and efficiency in payments for ecosystem services / Unai Pascual ... [and others] -- 6. Are the amounts of payments for environmental services enough to contribute to poverty alleviation efforts in developing countries? / Luis C. Rodriguez, Unai Pascual and Roldan Muradian -- 7. Unifying environmental and social protection : learning from PES and CCT in developing countries / Luis C. Rodriguez ... [and others] -- 8. Exploring the potential of payments for ecosystem services for in-situ agrobiodiversity conservation / Ulf Narloch, Adam G. Drucker, and Unai Pascual -- 9. Paying for international environmental public goods / Rodrigo Arriagada and Charles Perrings -- 10. Institution and ecosystem functions : the case of Keti Bunder, Pakistan / John M. Gowdy and Aneel Salman -- 11. How ecosystem-based restoration can yield a double dividend of adaptation to climate change and enhancement of ecosystem services / James Blignaut -- 12. The ethical foundations of cultural diversity in ecosystems and its role in economic valuation / Ian Parker -- 13. Lessons learned and conclusions / Pushpam Kumar

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DOI: 10.4337/9781781953693

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