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Cover A Modern Guide to the Digitalization of Infrastructure
A Modern Guide to the Digitalization of Infrastructure
Editors:
Juan Montero
and
Matthias Finger
Providing a coherent and multidisciplinary approach to digitalization, this Modern Guide aims to systematize how the digitalization process affects infrastructure-based industries, including telecommunications, transport, energy, water and postal services.
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Monograph Book
Publication Date:
23 Sep 2021
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781839106057
Collections:
Economics 2021
Cover The Global Rise of the Modern Plug-In Electric Vehicle
The Global Rise of the Modern Plug-In Electric Vehicle
Public Policy, Innovation and Strategy
John D. Graham
We may be standing on the precipice of a revolution in propulsion not seen since the internal combustion engine replaced the horse and buggy. The anticipated proliferation of electric cars will influence the daily lives of motorists, the economies of different countries and regions, urban air quality and global climate change. If you want to understand how quickly the transition is likely to occur, and the factors that will influence the predictions of the pace of the transition, this book will be an illuminating read.
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Monograph Book
Publication Date:
23 Apr 2021
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781800880139
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Political Science and Public Policy 2021
Cover Transport, the Environment and Security
Transport, the Environment and Security
Making the Connection
Rae Zimmerman
From a primarily urban perspective, the author illustrates that the fields of transportation, environment (with an emphasis on climate change) and security (for both natural hazards and terrorism) and their interconnections remain robust areas for policy and planning. Synthesizing existing data, new analyses, and a rich set of case studies, the book uses transportation networks as a framework to explore transportation in conjunction with environment, security, and interdependencies with other infrastructure sectors. The US rail transit system, ecological corridors, cyber security, planning mechanisms and the effectiveness of technologies are among the topics explored in detail. Case studies of severe and potential impacts of natural hazards, accidents, and security breaches on transportation are presented. These cases support the analyses of the forces on transportation, land use and patterns of population change that connect, disconnect and reconnect people from their environment and security.
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Monograph Book
Publication Date:
30 Jul 2012
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781781005262
Collections:
Social And Political Science 2012
Cover The Automotive Industry in an Era of Eco-Austerity
The Automotive Industry in an Era of Eco-Austerity
Creating an Industry as if the Planet Mattered
Peter E. Wells
This unique book seeks to combine economic analysis with the environmental research to arrive at a comprehensive understanding of the forces that shape change in the automotive industry. It eschews the usual focus on technologies, and gives more attention to the impact of change on the business models and strategies adopted by the vehicle manufacturers, the scope for new entrants, and the implications for policy-makers. This richly textured book concludes that the achievement of a sustainable automotive industry will not be possible with ‘one best way’, but that myriad technologies and business concepts, grounded in the distinct needs of different places and consumers, will be the basis of the future of mobility.
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Monograph Book
Publication Date:
30 Jul 2010
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781849807203
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Business 2010 and before
Cover The Dynamics of Regions and Networks in Industrial Ecosystems
The Dynamics of Regions and Networks in Industrial Ecosystems
Editors:
Matthias Ruth
and
Brynhildur Davidsdottir
Industrial ecology provides a rigorous and comprehensive description of human production and consumption processes in the larger context of environmental and socioeconomic change. This volume offers methodologies for such descriptions, with contributions covering both basic and advanced analytical concepts and tools to explore the dynamics of industrial ecosystems, concentrating specifically on regions and networks.
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Monograph Book
Publication Date:
29 May 2009
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781848449374
Collections:
Economics 2010 and before
Cover Decision-Making on Mega-Projects
Decision-Making on Mega-Projects
Cost–benefit Analysis, Planning and Innovation
Editors:
Hugo Priemus
,
Bent Flyvbjerg
, and
Bert van Wee
This book enlarges the understanding of decision-making on mega-projects and suggest recommendations for a more effective, efficient and democratic approach. Authors from different scientific disciplines address various aspects of the decision-making process, such as management characteristics and cost–benefit analysis, planning and innovation and competition and institutions. The subject matter is highly diverse, but certain questions remain at the forefront. For example, how do we deal with protracted preparation processes, how do we tackle risks and uncertainties, and how can we best divide the risks and responsibilities among the private and public players throughout the different phases of the project?
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Monograph Book
Publication Date:
29 Feb 2008
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781848440173
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Economics 2010 and before
Cover Moving Towards the Virtual Workplace
Moving Towards the Virtual Workplace
Managerial and Societal Perspectives on Telework
Viviane IIIegems
and
Alain Verbeke

Moving Towards the Virtual Workplace provides the first comprehensive overview of the many impacts of telework/telecommuting adoption, from both a managerial and societal perspective. This book argues that telework will be increasingly adopted in the twenty-first century, representing a far-reaching move toward the virtual workplace, with dramatic implications for the management of the workforce and for society at large.

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Monograph Book
Publication Date:
26 Nov 2003
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781035305056
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Business Archive A
Cover Entrepreneurs and the Transformation of the Global Economy
Entrepreneurs and the Transformation of the Global Economy
Anthony Patrick Ellison
Anthony Ellison cuts through conventional neo-classical interpretations to expose the indispensable contribution of entrepreneurs in driving the market process and, in particular, in accomplishing the deregulation of the transportation, trade, telecommunications and financial regimes both in North America and across the globe. Entrepreneurs have an important role in any economy, but in this seminal study, the author argues that they have played a crucial part in shaping the contemporary global market. Entrepreneurs and the Transformation of the Global Economy situates the emergence of the contemporary global market economy within an historical context.
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Monograph Book
Publication Date:
27 Mar 2002
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781843765356
Collections:
Business 2010 and before