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The Future of Drug Development for Neglected Tropical Diseases: How the European Commission Can Continue to Make a Difference
No full textIn this article, the four coordinators of neglected tropical disease (NTD) drug development projects funded under the European Commission (EC) Framework Programme 7 argue that the EC should reassess their funding strategy to cover the steps necessary to translate a lead compound into a drug candidate for testing in clinical trials, and suggest ways in which this might be achieved
Intra and Inter organisational determinants of electronic-based traceability adoption: evidences from the French agri-food industry
No full textTraceability, the ability to trace the origin of products throughout the supply chain, has become an instrument to assure food quality and safety in agri-food chains. This process is organized within both institutional and market constraints, yet it integrates also a technological sphere marked by the unprecedented development of information and communication technologies. This paper analyses the factors influencing firms’ behaviour, with regards to adopting electronic-based traceability, in the French agri-food industry. These factors (microeconomic determinants) related to firms’ internal characteristics and the factors related to their environment. We use data from the ICT and Electronic Commerce survey from 2002, carried out by the French National Institute of Statistics (INSEE). A Probit type model is used, which allow us to take into account the firm’s determinants for its organisational choice, differentiating from those adopting (or not) an electronic-based traceability tool. Our main results show that the choices of electronic-based traceability depend on and interact with their own organizational characteristics and those of their competitive, industrial and local environment. Traceability technologies evidence the complementarities between organisational and technological practices. Large industrial firms known for their established identity and a brand image seem distant from standard traceability practices, contrarily to agribusinesses, which are subjected to regulations and look forward to use traceability for both complying with their downstream contracts and add value to their regional specificities.Traceability, Technology adoption, Agri-food industry, Agribusiness, Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety,
From ‘Trial by media’ to ‘Media/trial’. The interaction between news media and justice: the production of news about the genocide trial against Frans van Anraat.
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Home and Mortgage Ownership of the Dutch Elderly: Explaining Cohort, Time and Age Effects
No full textThe relationship between home ownership of Dutch elderly households and age is strongly negative. Other studies suggest that this age gradient should be attributed to a cohort effect. In this paper we investigate where those cohort effects come from. We also observe that mortgage ownership among elderly home-owners increased considerably during the nineties. Using panel data we estimate models explaining home and mortgage ownership by age, cohort, and time effects, as well as other factors. Cohort and time effects are modelled explicitly using macro economic and housing market related variables. We find that the level of GDP per capita when the household head was young is the main factor explaining generation effects in home ownership among the elderly. After accounting for cohort effects it also appears that home ownership decreases slightly with age. Mortgage ownership among elderly home owners rose considerably during the nineties due to house price increases and due to financial innovation in the mortgage market. Cohort effects are also important. A supplementary analysis suggests that those cohort effects are due to the fact that the accidental bequest motive is becoming less important.home ownership, mortgages, cohort effects
Duurzaamheid en lokale belastingen
No full textIn this essay Arjen Schep describes and analyses the possibilities to use taxes of Dutch sub national governments (municipalities and water boards) as instruments for sustainability goals such reducing greenhouse gasses, climate adaptation and circular economy. The author also proposes adjustments to legislation to improve the effectiveness of local taxes as instruments for sustainability goals and describes a new municipal instrument for financing the investment needed to make residential homes sustainable
Duurzaamheid en lokale belastingen
No full textIn this essay Arjen Schep describes and analyses the possibilities to use taxes of Dutch sub national governments (municipalities and water boards) as instruments for sustainability goals such reducing greenhouse gasses, climate adaptation and circular economy. The author also proposes adjustments to legislation to improve the effectiveness of local taxes as instruments for sustainability goals and describes a new municipal instrument for financing the investment needed to make residential homes sustainable
Duurzaamheid en lokale belastingen
No full textIn this essay Arjen Schep describes and analyses the possibilities to use taxes of Dutch sub national governments (municipalities and water boards) as instruments for sustainability goals such reducing greenhouse gasses, climate adaptation and circular economy. The author also proposes adjustments to legislation to improve the effectiveness of local taxes as instruments for sustainability goals and describes a new municipal instrument for financing the investment needed to make residential homes sustainable
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