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An institutional analysis of land markets [PDF]
For many years, land markets have been analyzed as though parcels of land were being traded in a frictionless market subject to no rules. To the extent that there were rules which could not be ignored – such as land-use regulations – the effect of these ...
Arno Segeren, Barrie Needham
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Firm development as an integrated process: with evidence from the General Motors-Fisher Body case [PDF]
This paper argues that an adequate approach to the firm should be able to accommodate the complexities of actual firm development. The latter is conceptualized in terms of three general stages: prime movers or drivers of change, change processes, and ...
Dietrich, M., Krafft, J.
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Follow-up action by the Rethinking Impact Workshop participants and organizers [PDF]
The Rethinking Impact Workshop (RIW): Understanding the complexity of poverty and change was held in Cali, Colombia, March 26–28, 2008. The workshop discussed (1) how agricultural and natural-resources research can be more effective in contributing to ...
CGIAR Institutional Learning and Change Initiative +2 more
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Business Law in the Republic of Kosovo: A Comprehensive Legal and Institutional Analysis [PDF]
This article provides an in-depth analysis of the legal and institutional framework governing business activities in the Republic of Kosovo. It examines constitutional guarantees, the main legislation regulating corporate activity, regulatory authorities,
Sead Mehovic
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Governing atmospheric sinks: the architecture of entitlements in the global commons
This article revisits key works on the management of common-pool resources under common property arrangements, in order to elicit a broader notion of collective ownership for analysing institutional arrangements that govern the use of large-scale ...
Jouni Paavola
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"Selection and Imitation in Institutional Evolution: Analysis of Institutional Change in Japan, 1960-1999" [PDF]
This paper presents an empirical framework to analyze institutional changes, and applies it to the evolution of several economic institutions in Japan, specifically main banking system and long- term employment.
Tetsuji Okazaki
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Entrepreneurial entry: which institutions matter? [PDF]
In this paper we explore the relationship between the individual decision to become an entrepreneur and the institutional context. We pinpoint the critical roles of property rights and the size of the state sector for entrepreneurial activity and test ...
Aidis, R., Estrin, S., Mickiewicz, T.
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This paper aims to show that sustainable behavior by firms may be impaired by regulatory restrictions. We challenge the assumption that regulation aimed at curbing greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) in the form of a target to meet the Country’s GHG ...
Antonio Lloret +2 more
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Atlantic trade and regional specialisation in nothern Spain 1550-1650: an integrated trade theory-institutional organisation approach [PDF]
Based on an in-depth study of the northern Spanish economy in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, this paper argues that commercial expansion was a major source of the diverging performance of European regions.
Grafe, Regina
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