Essays about: "environmental factors affecting international business"
Found 4 essays containing the words environmental factors affecting international business.
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1. Economic development and national environmental performance: A cross-country comparison
University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionenAbstract : The relationship between economic development and environmental performance has gained much attention since the development of the environmental Kuznets curve, which predicted that economic growth would lead to environmental degradation at early stages of development but would eventually improve environmental quality at higher income levels. This assumption of economic growth alone driving both causing and solving environmental issues is a potentially risky idea, and thus, scholars are examining the other potential factors behind the relationship. READ MORE
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2. Practical Idealists. Stories of entrepreneurs running green business in China
University essay from Lunds universitet/LUMID International Master programme in applied International Development and ManagementAbstract : Small and medium enterprises account for more than 90% of all enterprises operating in China, contribute to more than 60% of GDP and create about 80% of country’s jobs (Xinhua 2012). Large scale of the SME industry impacts significantly both on environment and social structures (Randriamalala et al. 2013:88). READ MORE
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3. Structural Change in Swedish Agriculture - An analysis of factors affecting structural change in the Swedish primary sector with a particular focus on dairy farming
University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionenAbstract : During the latter half of the 20th century there has been a continuous decrease in the number of farms in Sweden and agriculture’s importance in economic terms has fallen considerably. This has had significant effects on economic activity in rural areas, on the environment and on the location and size of the food processing industry. READ MORE
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4. The right to health and right to intellectual property in the EU. Analysis of the internal and external policies.
University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionenAbstract : It is very common nowadays to speak of an ''information society'' in which control of information or information based knowledge has replaced control over matter as an ultimate source of economic power. The intellectual creations protected through patents, trade marks, copyrights etc constitute often a huge part of the companies' intangible assets. READ MORE
