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Kommunen entwickeln zunehmend "smarte" Konzepte und Lösungen, die auf Klima-, Umwelt- und Ressourcenschutz abzielen. Nicht selten wird dabei eine Vision einer Smart City als Schlüssel zu nachhaltigeren Städten gezeichnet. Ihr Beitrag zum urbanen Umweltschutz ist in der Praxis allerdings noch wenig untersucht. Ziel des dreijährigen Projektes (Oktober 2017 - September 2020) war es, zu untersuchen, welchen Beitrag "smarte Lösungen" zu bestehenden Umwelt- und Nachhaltigkeitsstrategien leisten können. Um detailliertere Aussagen hierzu treffen zu können, untersuchte das Vorhaben exemplarisch vier Praxiskommunen, deren spezifische Ansätze in Form von Fallstudien aufgearbeitet wurden. Ein weiterer Schwerpunkt des Projekts war das Thema der internationalen Normung und Standardisierung sowie des rechtlichen Rahmens im Bereich Smart Cities. Dabei wurde geprüft, inwiefern eine internationale Normung und Standardisierung förderlich oder hinderlich auf die Umsetzung von nachhaltigkeitsförderlichen und umweltwirksamen Smart City-Ansätzen wirkt.

"In this book the authors have designed comprehensive empirical studies and identified the impacts of access to finance on the Small and Micro Enterprises (SMEs) performance. The authors applied a mix of different methodologies ranging from developing a conceptual framework to an empirical study to investigate how, and to what extent, access to finance influences Small and Micro Enterprises (SMEs) performance. The motivation for the study was that the link between SMEs performance and use of bank credit is inconclusive. The study helps to understand the developed world financial theory and developing countries actual situation; thus, it helps to bridge the gap between theory and practices and strategically inform business decisions. It also helps to micro business owners to think and choose whether to engage in borrowing from the bank or not; and to choose the right financing sources for their micro firms by considering the risk of borrowing from banks ahead. Furthermore, the study could be an important source of scientific evidence to stakeholders and policy makers. It will be also a basis for future studies on understanding SMEs and financing dynamics."

"La crise climatique est au centre de l'actualité de notre planète. Elle fonde les politiques nouvelles qu'il faut d'urgence mettre en œuvre et constitue un défi vertigineux pour les générations futures. Souvent perçue comme trop technique ou complexe, la transition énergétique est pourtant au cœur des solutions et nécessite des données, des analyses et des interprétations étayées. Cet ouvrage collectif vise à « jouer cartes sur table » en croisant les éclairages fournis par l'économie, l'histoire, les relations internationales et la science politique. En douze chapitres, des universitaires français et européens, de générations et de disciplines différentes, proposent une synthèse des réflexions actuelles sur la transition énergétique en France et dans le monde."

Front Matter -- Copyright -- Contents -- Figures -- Tables -- Contributors -- Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- Obituary, János Kornai (1928-2021) -- 1. Introduction: new research pathways in the soft budget constraint approach -- 2. Soft budget constraints and institutional logics in European Football -- 3. Hardening the soft budget constraint in professional team sports: why is it so hard? -- 4. Budget constraints in French professional football: contrasting situations -- 5. Heterogeneity of budget constraints in Hungarian and Polish football -- 6. The soft budget constraint syndrome in Hungarian professional football from a Central and Eastern European perspective -- 7. Is there evidence of softness in the budget constraint in football? Some evidence from English clubs -- 8. Limits of softness in professional team sport clubs -- Index.

International investment law is at a crossroads. Civil society groups, prominent think tanks, and international organisations are calling for widespread reform. At the centre of controversy are international investment agreements (IIAs) and investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS). Over 1,000 legal claims have been brought by foreign investors under IIAs since the mid-1990s, resulting in multi-million dollar fines imposed against governments for policies related to the environment, natural resource governance, and access to basic services among other areas of public concern. Governments targeted by investor claims are pursuing a variety of reforms that range from the incremental to paradigm-shifting. This book provides a timely examination of infringement and reform in Latin America, where governments felt the sting of investor claims sooner and with greater frequency than in other regions.

In 'Pop Culture, Politics, and the News', Joel Penney explores how pop culture news has taken on an important role in contemporary political discourse. Through coverage of topics like Hollywood diversity, celebrity controversy, and 'cancel culture' backlash, entertainment journalism has emerged as a key source of political information and commentary, providing audiences with an accessible lens into some of the most hot-button issues of our time.

Departing from the existing literature, 'The Roots of Engagement' examines the individual-level factors that shape a person's opinions over resource extraction. It looks at what makes some individuals accept extractive activities close to their homes, while other individuals strongly reject them.

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