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On the concealment of Ante Pavelić in Austria in 1945-1946
Get PDFBased on available American and British documents and thus-far unconsulted papers left behind by Ante Pavelić, the leader of the Independent State of Croatia, the author analyzes Pavelić’s concealment
in Austria and the role of Western agencies therein. Some of the relevant literature indicates that the Catholic Church and Western agencies took part in Pavelić’s concealment. The author concludes that all such conjecture lacks any foundation in the available sources
Evaluating Rural Electrification Projects - Methodological Approaches
Get PDFIn recent years, the international community has expanded efforts in programme evaluation to improve the accountability of development projects. This paper presents approaches to implementing state-of-the-art evaluations in rural electrification projects, taking into account specific challenges that researchers face in such interventions. Furthermore, it suggests a particular approach to assess impacts before an intervention is implemented by surveying the yet non-electrified target region of the project and, in addition, an already electrified region. Besides delivering robust evidence on impacts, results from such ex-ante evaluations provide insights for the project design, thereby reducing the gap between evaluation researchers and practitioners.Impact evaluation, ex-ante impact assessment, electricity access, rural development
European Union Research and Innovation Policy: The Co-production of Policy and Expertise in the Case of Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technologies
Get PDFModelling heterogeneity to estimate the ex ante value of biotechnology innovations
Get PDFAfter more than a decade of GM crops, literature reports farmers and consumers can gain significantly from the technology, despite the intellectual property rights assigned to the innovator. In this paper we assess the effect of heterogeneity on this distribution of benefits. A two dimensional framework is created to assess the ex ante benefits of an innovation. Given this setting and the scarce data often available, a parametric modelling approach is taken. The two dimensions of heterogeneity, spatial and temporal, are explicitly modelled as they have a different importance for different technologies. Using this framework we can simulate different corporate pricing strategies and evaluate the benefits generated under changing heterogeneity. The framework is tested on the introduction of HT sugar beet in the EU-27.Heterogeneity, Parametric modelling, ex ante, Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies,
Does the Development of Alternative Energy Technologies Allow for New Forms of Coopetition?
Get PDFpeer reviewedThe article at hand illustrates how new types of coopetition emerge in the transformation of large technical systems. It builds on the latest literature on coopetition and highlights diverse institutional arrangements for coopetition, their effects on the actual innovation and the potential benefits for the firms involved. In contrast to many incremental innovations, the transformation of large technical systems requires the cooperation of many diverse actors as various resources are needed. This does not only open up the opportunity of new private-private or public-private cooperations but also brings about various new forms of commonly performed practices
Alternative energy technologies as a cultural endeavor: a case study of hydrogen and fuel cell development in Germany
Get PDFpeer reviewedBackground: The wider background to this article is the shift in the energy paradigm from fossil energy sources to renewable sources which should occur in the twenty-first century. This transformation requires the development of alternative energy technologies that enable the deployment of renewable energy sources in transportation, heating, and electricity. Among others, hydrogen and fuel cell technologies have the potential to fulfill this requirement and to contribute to a sustainable and emission-free transport and energy system. However, whether they will ever reach broad societal acceptance will not only depend on technical issues alone. The aim of our study is to reveal the importance of nontechnical issues. Therefore, the article at hand presents a case study of hydrogen and fuel cells in Germany and aims at highlighting the cultural context that affects their development.
Methods: Our results were obtained from a rich pool of data generated in various research projects through more than 30 in-depth interviews, direct observations, and document analyses.
Results: We found that individual and collective actors developed five specific supportive practices which they deploy in five diverse arenas of meaning in order to attach certain values to hydrogen and fuel cell technologies.
Conclusions: Based on the results, we drew more general conclusions and deducted an overall model for the analysis of culture in technological innovations that is outlined at the end of the article. It constitutes our contribution to the interdisciplinary collaboration required for tackling the shift in this energy paradigm
Ali razvoj alternativnih energetskih tehnologij dopušča nove oblike kooperativne konkurence?
Get PDFThe article at hand illustrates how new types of coopetition emerge in the transformation of large technical systems. It builds on the latest literature on coopetition and highlights diverse institutional arrangements for coopetition, their effects on the actual innovation and the potential benefits for the firms involved. In contrast to many incremental innovations, the transformation of large technical systems requires the cooperation of many diverse actors as various resources are needed. This does not only open up the opportunity of new private-private or public-private cooperations but also brings about various new forms of commonly performed practices.Članek obravnava pojav novih oblik kooperativne konkurence (ang. coopetition) pri preoblikovanju velikih tehničnih sistemov. Izhaja iz najnovejše literature o kooperativni konkurenci in podaja pregled institucionalnih oblik kooperativne konkurence, njihovih učinkov na aktualne inovacije in potencialnih koristi za vključena podjetja. V nasprotju z mnogimi postopnimi inovacijami, preoblikovanje velikih tehničnih sistemov zahteva sodelovanje številnih in različnih akterjev in virov. To odpira ne le priložnosti za nova sodelovanja med privatnimi družbami in javno-privatna sodelovanja, ampak tudi prinaša različne nove oblike sicer splošno razširjenih praks
Are EU spatial ex ante coexistence regulations proportional?
Get PDFThe EU is currently struggling to implement coherent coexistence regulations on genetically modified (GM) and non-GM crops in all member states. While it stresses that any approach needs to be “proportionate to the aim of achieving coexistence”, very few studies have actually attempted to assess whether the proposed spatial ex ante coexistence regulations (SEACERs) satisfy this proportionality condition. In this article, we define proportionality as a functional relationship which is weakly increasing in the incentives for coexistence. We propose a spatial framework based on an existing landscape and introduce the new concept of shadow factor as a measure for the opportunity costs induced by SEACERs. This enables comparing the proportionality of (i) rigid SEACERs which are based on large isolation distances imposed on GM farmers versus (ii) flexible SEACERs based on pollen barrier agreements between neighboring farmers. Our theoretical and empirical findings argue for flexibility as rigid SEACERs violate the proportionality condition and, hence, are not consistent with the objectives of the EU.policy analysis, GIS, shadow factor, Agricultural and Food Policy, Crop Production/Industries,
Economic Impact of Rural Development Plan 2007 2013 in Tuscany
Get PDFIn 2007 in every European Union region, involved in the planning of Rural Development Plan (RDP), an independent evaluator should asses the impact of the plan in term of value added and productivity. Each region has adopted different methodologies but few of them have followed the indications of Common and Monitoring Evaluation Framework (CMEF) to evaluate the net value deriving by direct and indirect effect. IRPET, the Independent evaluator of Tuscany, utilising REMI-IRPET model has assed the impact of RDP on the main economic variables until 2020. Among 30 different measures it has been chosen only 5 of them that cover more than 54% of total amount of public and private investments. The economic impacts are also evaluated at provincial level.evaluation, regional model, rural development, Community/Rural/Urban Development,
Attitudeveranderingen, modellen en ex-ante evaluaties
No full textIn de wetenschappelijke literatuur over mobiliteitsgedag spelen attitudes van mensen sinds ongeveer 25 jaar een belangrijke rol. Tot voor kort werden attitudes als min of meer stabiel verondersteld. Recente inzichten geven aan dat attitudes kunnen veranderen onder invloed van mobiliteitsgedrag en de gebouwde omgeving. We stellen dat, als hiervan sprake is, dit belangrijke consequenties zou moeten hebben voor enerzijds modellen, en anderzijds ex-ante evaluaties van mogelijke beleidsopties. In dit CVS-paper leggen we uit waarom attitudes kunnen veranderen, hoe attitudes in de huidige gedragsmodellen zijn opgenomen, en hoe ze de ex-ante beoordeling van mogelijke beleidsopties mogelijk kunnen beïnvloeden. We stellen dat juist innovatieve beleidsopties, meer dan mainstream opties, waarschijnlijk leiden tot attitudeveranderingen, en dat het niet in beschouwing nemen van die veranderingen, het saldo van baten en kosten van die opties negatief kan beïnvloeden. We doen suggesties voor toekomstig onderzoek.Transport and Logistic
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