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Small is beautiful : economics as if people mattered
\"Small is Beautiful is Oxford-trained economist E.F. Schumacher's classic call for the end of excessive consumption. Schumacher inspired such movements as \"Buy Locally\" and \"Fair Trade\", while voicing strong opposition to \"casino capitalism\" and wasteful corporate behemoths. ... [It] presents eminently logical arguments for building our economies around the needs of communities, not corporations.\"-- Back cover.
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Sustainable Energy Solutions for Climate Change
This book is a call to action on climate change, filled with clear and detailed information on the strategies we need to adopt to ensure a sustainable future for the planet. Unlike other books on the subject, it brings together both the technology and policy issues to provide a truly interdisciplinary approach.
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Study on Energy Efficiency and Flexibility in Machinery and Production
Increasing energy costs, the change from conventional to renewable energy sources and the growing awareness of green production, especially in Germany, are crucial challenges for society and for industry. Renewable energy sources, especially solar and wind power, lead to a limited and volatile energy supply. Therefore, energy is no longer a resource which is available and ready on demand in the future. This change in energy supply hugely influences the production and industrial processes and is leading to alternative forms of production. There are high potentials in terms of energy efficiency and energy flexibility to master the described challenges. This paper presents an overview of the current state of the art in energy efficient and, especially, energy flexible production. The focus is on new aspects caused by the changes in production processes. Furthermore, research action fields concerning the energy flexibility of production machines are shown and explained through a practical example.
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The Choice of Technology: Multinational Firms in Brazil
A case study of the factors influencing the choice of technique by multinational firms in Brazil. The study is based on interviews with 35 foreign firms of different nationalities & in-depth visits to the manufacturing operations of 9 metal-working firms in the US & their subsidiaries in Brazil. Substantial differences in production technique appeared between multinational firms & their Brazilian subsidiaries. However, these differences stem from scale differentials, not cheap labor. Firms see their production functions as nonhomothetic & subject to economics of scale. The isoquants at any particular output level are sharply curved indicating limited possibilities for capital-labor substitution through manipulation of wage rental ratios. Both technical characteristics of the production process & perception bias appear to be components of a full explanation for this lack of factor substitution. 6 Tables, 3 Figures, Appendix. AA.
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