R. Pearce's Books

The subject of environment economics has become an important focus of debate around the world with experts as well as ordinary citizens concluding that the environment and the economy can no longer be viewed as separate entities. As a result, contemporary environmental issues are increasingly seem from the point of view of their economics effects and their consequences for human well-being now and in the future. Environmental Economics provides a comprehensive introduction to the dynamic relationship between economics and environmental policy. The authors offer a broad overview of important issues, including the changing role of economics during a time of increasing environmental concern, the impact of markets and governmental policy, environmental protection through economic mechanisms, and a practical look at how environmental economics are played out in commercial and scientific arenas.

The second edition of Sustainable Buildings and Infrastructure continues to provide students with an introduction to the principles and practices of sustainability as they apply to the construction sector, including both buildings and infrastructure systems. As a textbook, it is aimed at students taking courses in construction management and the built environment, but it is also designed to be a useful reference for practitioners involved in implementing sustainability in their projects or firms. Case studies, best practices and highlights of cutting edge research are included throughout, making the book both a core reference and a practical guide.

The book uses interview and survey information from 300 of the world's leading industrial enterprises to provide an in-depth investigation of the issues relating to the internationalisation of R & D by multinational enterprises. The viewpoints of central coordinating R & D units and their overseas subsidiaries are analysed. The issues covered include the nature and funding of the work done in overseas facilities; the specialisation of roles in globalised R & D; coordination practices; sources of ideas implemented in R & D programmes and attitudes to government policies.

The focus on this volume is on logic and how the logic of foundational hierarchies may be applied to clarify the relationship between sociological theory and empirical research. The author articulates a logical calculus as a method for theory construction. Contents: Introduction; The Logical Foundations of Analytical Theory; Ontology and Analytical Sociological Theory; The Social Order and Social Structure; Neo-Marxist Theories of the State; An Application of Analytical Theory to Gramsci's and Althusser's Theories of the State; The Relationship Between Theory and Empirical Research; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.

The chapters in this book provide detailed analyses of a range of issues that feed into an overview of the strategic development of the MNE over the past 40 years. This modeled as the evolution of the MNE from a multidomestic hierarchy to a network hierarchy to the contemporary strategic diversity of the heterarchy. The extensive range of empirical and conceptual analysis covers the strategic roles and competitive evolution of subsidiaries; the positioning of R&D labs of MNEs; how MNEs' R&D and product development programmes relate to, and affect the performance of, countries' national systems of innovation; the ways in which dispersed subsidiaries and labs now work to support both the effective use of current competitive technologies and the generation of new sources of competitiveness for global firms. An underlying theme of the book, that is also developed conceptually, is how the global operations of MNEs involve selective involvement with national economies and the implications of this for globalization and economic development.

This book refocuses thinking on how multinational enterprises (MNEs) can achieve a sustained contribution to European transition economies as these countries move from the processes of transformation into pursuit of more sustained development. The authors apply key aspects of recent work on the strategic aims and nature of the contemporary MNE to the transition economy context, and find that the generation and application of technology has particular relevance to the success of MNEs in Central and Eastern Europe. The book is based on the results of two new wide-ranging surveys and includes a thorough review of current literature.

Though it's widely understood that inward foreign direct investment has played a major role in mediating China's emergence into the international economic system, how and why MNEs have implemented their involvement as part of their global strategy is less well understood. This book explores the nature of the MNE in this era of globalization.

1837. America. A hidden letter. Family secrets. And Alf - determined to uncover them. 2015. New Zealand. A forgotten tin trunk. An old coin. And Abi - searching through ancient documents. What was being hidden? Could it be to do with slavery? Finally, across the centuries, Alf & Abi crack the secret. Then, things go VERY bad!

This technical report details the methods and results of the National Action Plan for Salinity and Water Quality drilling programme in the Southern Burnett River sub-catchment. No interpretation of drilling results has been undertaken or outlined in this report.

Geared to entry-level craft workers, Your Role in the Green Environment provides pertinent information concerning the Green environment, construction practices, and building rating systems. The Instructor's Guide includes 'Green' building laboratory exercises in carpentry, electrical, plumbing, and HVAC. The culminating project is a two bedroom home, with kitchen, bathroom, laundry room, and open space. Materials lists, construction methods, and a framing plan are included.

This technical report details the methods and results of the National Action Plan for Salinity and Water Quality drilling programme in the Fitzroy River sub-catchement. No interpretation of drilling results has been undertaken or outlined in this report.

This technical report details the methods and results of the National Action Plan for Salinity and Water Quality drilling programme in the Northern Mary River sub-catchment. No interpretation of drilling results has been undertaken or outlined in this report.

This report is part of the SA02 groundwater investigation programme that was established to provide a broad framework for more refined salinity risk assessment in the catchment types with the highest potential for salinity problems.

This addition to the Britain in Old Photographs series brings together a collection of black-and-white pictures spanning the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Drawn from family albums, local collections and professional photographers, they show the way things were and how they have changed.

This technical report details the methods and results of the National Action Plan for Salinity and Water Quality drilling programme in the Dawson River sub-catchment. No interpretation of drilling results has been undertaken or outlined in this report.

This technical report details the methods and results of the National Action Plan for Salinity and Water Quality drilling programme in the Belyando and Suttor rivers, Southwest Queensland. No interpretation of drilling results has been unertaken or outlined in this report.

This technical report details the methods and results of the National Action Plan for Salinity and Water Quality drilling programme in the Lockyer Creek sub-catchement. No interpretation of drilling results has been undertaken or outlined in this report.

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