Swot Analysis Of Transition Countries In The Baltic Sea Region

Author : Manja Ledderhos
Publisher : GRIN Verlag
Page : 41 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2002-04-08
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9783638119528

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SWOT analysis of transition countries in the Baltic Sea region by Manja Ledderhos Pdf

Seminar paper from the year 2002 in the subject Organisation and administration - Miscellaneous, grade: 1,7 (A-), Kiel University of Applied Sciences (Business Management), course: Seminar: Selected Topics in English, language: English, abstract: The Baltic Sea Region, including relatively poor countries such as Poland, Latvia, Estonia and Lithuania but also economic giants such as Denmark, Finland or Sweden, is discussed controversially in literature. The Financial Times calls the region an "economic tiger" or even "the Engine Room of Europe" (Burt 1999, 1). Others do not see such good prospective and rather warn that "positive trends should not lead to total optimism ... [because, in their view,] economic integration comprising all states bordering the Baltic Sea is not easily to be visualized in the near future" (NEBI Yearbook 1998, 5). The decision of a company, whether to invest or to go public in a certain country, should be based (mainly) on the analysis of the region which is not always an easy task. The main objective of this paper is thus to analyse the economic situation in the Eastern Baltic Rim countries by looking at the integration process into the EU, the successes in attracting foreign investors, and the success of the transforming process in general by the means of a SWOT analysis. Theoretical information will give the ability to understand Chapters three through seven on strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats of the region.

Author : OECD
Publisher : OECD Publishing
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2005-08-10
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9789264010178

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Housing Finance Markets in Transition Economies Trends and Challenges by OECD Pdf

A comprehensive issue-by-issue and country-by-country study of housing markets and housing finance markets in Central and Eastern Europe.

Author : David J. Galbreath
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2013-10-18
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781317965893

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Contemporary Environmentalism in the Baltic States by David J. Galbreath Pdf

This book examines the relationship between environmentalism and political transition in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. Environmentalism was a strong force behind the nationalist movements preceding the independence of the Baltic States and the subsequent collapse of the Soviet Union. The contributors illustrate how the Baltic States face contemporary environmental challenges through transition, enlargement and integration into the European Union. This edited collection brings the reader through the political, economic and social changes of the post-Soviet Baltic States as a way of examining how transition influences environmentalism. Secondly, the book looks at how the enlargement of the European Union to encompass the Baltic States has influenced political and legal approaches to the environment. Finally, the contributors examine how regional and global environmental narratives have shaped contemporary environmentalism in the Baltic States. From ‘eco-nationalism’ to the world’s first ‘green’ prime minister, environmentalism continues to play an important role in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. This book was published as a special issue of the Journal of Baltic Studies.

Author : Germana Di Domenico,Silvia Spattini
Publisher : Kluwer Law International B.V.
Page : 282 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2008-01-01
Category : Law
ISBN : 9789041126146

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New European Approaches to Long-term Unemployment by Germana Di Domenico,Silvia Spattini Pdf

This ground-breaking book presents incisive studies by sixteen leading academics, labour policymakers, employment services professionals, and employment researchers from Italy, the United Kingdom, Spain, Germany, Belgium, and Poland. The articles provide an excellent overview of employment services experience throughout the EU, and demonstrate that careful application of active labour market measures can produce positive results in combating long-term unemployment. Notable for its emphasis on the proven power of cooperation among various stakeholders in reducing unemployment, New European Approaches to Long-Term Unemployment will be a welcome resource for employment services both public and private, other public labour and employment organisations, and employers, as well as to academics, lawyers, and other interested professionals. -- Provided by publisher.

Author : Walter Leal Filho,A. P. Ubelis
Publisher : Peter Lang Publishing
Page : 564 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : UOM:39015061775501

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Integrative Approaches Towards Sustainability in the Baltic Sea Region by Walter Leal Filho,A. P. Ubelis Pdf

The challenges of sustainable development require that everybody, every institution and every nation work towards long-term strategies in order to move away from unsustainable practices. The same line of thinking applies to all nations around the Baltic Sea. A general challenge for the Baltic Sea region is to broaden the interest of people in discussions of national approaches supporting sustainability. Finding effective instruments to support the process of sustainable development in countries in transition with an emerging and largely inexperienced entrepreneur community and economically fragile, is as important as the promotion of long-term integrated sustainability strategies in countries which have well established democracies. The knowledge of the ongoing changes and the driving social, economic and ecological factors essential for the implementation of sustainable development in countries in transition must be broadened. A special need seen in the three Baltic countries - Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia - as elsewhere in the Baltic region, is the need to avoid development patterns of - business as usual and to gain access to information and to advancements in sustainable development both in Europe and worldwide. The Baltic countries now joining the EU have to build capacity, for example by establishing teams of young researches to draw up sustainable development strategies at the national level, which are consistent with European strategies. A bottom-up flow from the grass-root level is required to change the pattern of development strategies in the Baltic countries. The Conference - Integrative Approaches Towards Sustainability, whose experiences are documented inthis book, was held on 26-29 March, 2003."

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Nordic Council of Ministers
Page : 114 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Rural development
ISBN : 9289305304

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Nordic-Baltic Co-operation on Sustainable Rural Development by Anonim Pdf

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Author : David Pearlmutter,Carlo Calfapietra,Roeland Samson,Liz O'Brien,Silvija Krajter Ostoić,Giovanni Sanesi,Rocío Alonso del Amo
Publisher : Springer
Page : 351 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2017-02-27
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783319502809

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The Urban Forest by David Pearlmutter,Carlo Calfapietra,Roeland Samson,Liz O'Brien,Silvija Krajter Ostoić,Giovanni Sanesi,Rocío Alonso del Amo Pdf

This book focuses on urban "green infrastructure" – the interconnected web of vegetated spaces like street trees, parks and peri-urban forests that provide essential ecosystem services in cities. The green infrastructure approach embodies the idea that these services, such as storm-water runoff control, pollutant filtration and amenities for outdoor recreation, are just as vital for a modern city as those provided by any other type of infrastructure. Ensuring that these ecosystem services are indeed delivered in an equitable and sustainable way requires knowledge of the physical attributes of trees and urban green spaces, tools for coping with the complex social and cultural dynamics, and an understanding of how these factors can be integrated in better governance practices. By conveying the findings and recommendations of COST Action FP1204 GreenInUrbs, this volume summarizes the collaborative efforts of researchers and practitioners from across Europe to address these challenges.

Author : Khalil Hamdani,Lorraine Ruffing
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 319 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2015-03-24
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781317528289

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United Nations Centre on Transnational Corporations by Khalil Hamdani,Lorraine Ruffing Pdf

The United Nations Centre on Transnational Corporations (UNCTC) was established in 1975 and abolished in 1992. It was an early effort by the UN to address the overlapping issues of national sovereignty, corporate responsibility and global governance. These issues have since multiplied and deepened with globalization. This book recounts the UNCTC experience and its lessons for international organizations. This book is not only an insider perspective by two former staff but also a collective memoir of the UNCTC as an international organization that attempted with varying success to defuse the clash between corporates and states that erupted in the turbulent 1970s. This personal account of the UNCTC is a mixture of history, analysis, reflections, and critical commentaries, told in different voices that penetrate the bland persona of international civil service. In this retelling, the authors seek to address misconceptions amongst the more general literature and to seek to provide accounts of both its positive and negative features. The UNCTC experience recounted in this book holds valuable lessons for international organization and will be of interest to student, scholars and practitioners alike.

Author : Andrew Dobson,Derek Bell
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 303 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780262524469

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Environmental Citizenship by Andrew Dobson,Derek Bell Pdf

A multidisciplinary consideration of how effective environmental citizenship can be in achieving sustainability, with theoretical, practical, and ethnographic perspectives.

Author : Davide Astiaso Garcia
Publisher : MDPI
Page : 194 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2021-03-19
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9783036505183

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Building Physics and Building Energy Systems by Davide Astiaso Garcia Pdf

The energy transition is one of the key approaches in the effort to halt climate changes, and it has become even more essential in the light of the recent COVID-19 pandemic. Fostering the energy efficiency and the energy independence of the building sector is a focal aim to move towards a decarbonized society. In this context, building physics and building energy systems are fundamental disciplines based on applied physics applications in civil, architectural, and environmental engineering, including technical themes related to the planning of energy and the environment, diagnostic methods, and mitigating techniques. This Special Issue contains information on experimental studies in the following research topics: renewable energy sources, building energy analysis, rational use of energy, heat transmission, heating and cooling systems, thermofluid dynamics, smart energy systems, and energy service management in buildings.

Author : Kate Johnson,Ian Masters,Gordon Dalton
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2022-09-01
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781000791846

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Building Industries at Sea - ‘Blue Growth’ and the New Maritime Economy by Kate Johnson,Ian Masters,Gordon Dalton Pdf

Throughout the world there is evidence of mounting interest in marine resources and new maritime industries to create jobs, economic growth and to help in the provision of energy and food security. Expanding populations, insecurity of traditional sources of supply and the effects of climate change add urgency to a perceived need to address and overcome the serious challenges of working in the maritime environment. Four promising areas of activity for ‘Blue Growth’ have been identified at European Union policy level including Aquaculture; Renewable Energy (offshore wind, wave and tide); Seabed Mining; and Blue Biotechnology. Work has started to raise the technological and investment readiness levels (TRLs and IRLs) of these prospective industries drawing on the experience of established maritime industries such as Offshore Oil and Gas; Shipping; Fisheries and Tourism. An accord has to be struck between policy makers and regulators on the one hand, anxious to direct research and business incentives in effective and efficient directions, and developers, investors and businesses on the other, anxious to reduce the risks of such potentially profitable but innovative investments.The EU H2020 MARIBE (Marine Investment for the Blue Economy) funded project was designed to identify the key technical and non-technical challenges facing maritime industries and to place them into the social and economic context of the coastal and ocean economy. MARIBE went on to examine with companies, real projects for the combination of marine industry sectors into multi-use platforms (MUPs). The purpose of this book is to publish the detailed analysis of each prospective and established maritime business sector. Sector experts working to a common template explain what these industries are, how they work, their prospects to create wealth and employment, and where they currently stand in terms of innovation, trends and their lifecycle. The book goes on to describe progress with the changing regulatory and planning regimes in the European Sea Basins including the Caribbean where there are significant European interests. The book includes:• Experienced chapter authors from a truly multidisciplinary team of sector specialisms• First extensive study to compare and contrast traditional Blue Economy with Blue Growth• Complementary to EU and National policies for multi-use of maritime space

Author : International Development Research Centre (Canada),International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives
Publisher : IDRC
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Community development
ISBN : 9780889368019

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The Local Agenda 21 Planning Guide by International Development Research Centre (Canada),International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives Pdf

Local Agenda 21 Planning Guide: An introduction to sustainable development planning

Author : United Nations
Publisher : United Nations Publications
Page : 136 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9211126061

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International Accounting and Reporting Issues by United Nations Pdf

This publication contains the proceedings of the 19th session of the Intergovernmental Working Group of Experts on International Standards of Accounting and Reporting (ISAR), held in Geneva from 25-27 September 2002. The session dealt with two main agenda issues: accounting for small and medium-sized enterprises, and transparency and disclosure requirements for corporate governance. The publication also includes three articles which consider developments in accounting education and training in the Baltic countries; international accounting education standards for professional accountants and trends in global education; and the International Accounting Standards Board and its proceedings.

Author : Atis Lejins,Daina Bleiere
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : STANFORD:36105070555490

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The Baltic States by Atis Lejins,Daina Bleiere Pdf

Author : Jeppe Høst,Johan Hultman,Filippa Säwe,Pekka Salmi,Jesper Manniche,Emil Bæk Holland
Publisher : Nordic Council of Ministers
Page : 107 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2018-10-04
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9789289358002

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Nordic fisheries at a crossroad by Jeppe Høst,Johan Hultman,Filippa Säwe,Pekka Salmi,Jesper Manniche,Emil Bæk Holland Pdf

Nordic fisheries at a crossroad explores how Nordic small-scale fisheries can develop to promote high value creation and product specialization. By looking at recent developments among small-scale but land-based food producers we suggest specialization and dedication as the main development strategies. The central notion is to break away from the price-competitive globalised fish markets and develop new products or distribution models. To succeed in this, there is a need for substantive and coordinated efforts to bridge the gap between conventional logics and the new development logics, between supply and demand. The vision should be to develop viable and composite markets for high quality and specialty fish products through dedication and specialization. Markets that go beyond the local and reach supermarkets and consumers on a national and international scale.