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Why organisational diversity matters in a circular economy and society.

open access: yesResour Conserv Recycl
Van Opstal W, Bocken N, Brusselaers J.
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Pollution and informal economy [PDF]

open access: possibleEconomic Systems, 2014
Abstract In this study, we investigate the relationship between the size of the informal economy and the level of environmental pollution/energy use. To this end, we first use different indicators of environmental pollution along with a measure of energy use intensity in a panel dataset consisting of 152 countries over the period 1999–2009 and ...
Ceyhun Elgin, Oguz Oztunali
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Information economy

Digital Library Perspectives, 2018
Purpose This paper aims to describe several methods to expose website information to Web crawlers for providing value-added services to patrons. Design/methodology/approach This is a conceptual paper exploring the areas of search engine optimization (SEO) and usability in the context of search engines.
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Primitives for an Information Economy

Journal of Information Technology, 1989
There are three really fundamental principles of speaking after dinner. The first is to be humorous, the second is to be brief, I am not going to do that, and the third is not to say anything which might offend your audience. So I thought it would be suitable to start off by introducing you to a tabloid journal that you might not all come across ...
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Innovation in the Informal Economy

2016
the central economic and social role of the informal sector is increasingly appreciated. Yet while evidence shows that informal entrepreneurs can drive innovation, research on innovation in developing countries has been devoted mostly to formal sectors, organizations and institutions.
Jeremy de Beer   +2 more
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The Value of Information in Production Economies

Journal of Economic Theory, 2001
For decades, economists have conjectured that the value of information may not be necessarily positive in decision making. Moreover, it is known that Blackwell's theorem [\textit{D. Blackwell}, Ann. Math. Stat. 24, 265-272 (1953; Zbl 0050.36004)] which claims that the value of information is always, does not hold in many economic circumstances.
Eckwert, Bernhard, Zilcha, Itzhak
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MODELS IN THE ECONOMY OF INFORMATION

Annual Review in Automatic Programming, 1985
Abstract This paper deals with some models considering information as an economic ressource as well as capital goods, raw materials, energy and manpower. This approach is not only possible, but quite necessary, because of the increasing weight of information processes at each level of socio-economic activities.
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Unionization and Informal Economy [PDF]

open access: possibleEconomics Bulletin, 2012
In this paper I investigate the relationship between unionization and the size of the informal economy. Using a cross-country panel data for 30 countries over the period from 1960 to 2009, I find a strong and robust negative correlation between unionization and the size of the informal economy.
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