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Showing 1 to 20 of 20 for “"Oil Crisis"”.
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States, politics, and economic strategies: South Korea and Brazil under military rule
… divided into three sub-periods: before the first oil crisis, between the two oil crises, and after the second oil crisis. Military authoritarians in the two countries tried to achieve rapid economic growth in the context of political stability. They met, however, with various internal and external …
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Petroleum, alcohol, and energy substitution in Brazil: Theoretical and empirical issues
… relevant issue was brought into play by the oil crisis. An import substitution program for energy was implemented by the development of alternative indigenous energy sources. Among these sources, sugar-cane was viewed as a reliable renewable resource for the production of fuel-alcohol and …
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L'anno che non fu? L'anno dell'Europa e la crisi nelle relazioni transatlantiche, 1973/74
… the Chilean coup, the October War, the ensuing oil crisis, the Vietnamese peace treaty. So it is may be not entirely surprising that not much attention has been paid to the Year of Europe, a nebulous American initiative destined to sum up to nothing practical - as Kissinger himself put it, it …
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The position of the emerging countries, Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa (BRICS), in the further development of the multilateral trading system.
… were tied to the price of gold, and the 1973 oil crisis, the need for a well co-ordinated multilateral trading system at the highest level became evident.2 As a result, in 1974, after the first oil shock, an informal intergovernmental organisation namely G group (G5)3 was initiated with a …
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Energy at the Frontier : low carbon energy system transitions and innovation in four prime mover countries
… from fossil fuels, following the first global oil crisis of 1973. The research analyzes the role of readiness, sectoral contributions, and adaptive policy in the scale-up and innovations of advanced, alternative energy technologies. Cases of Brazilian biofuels, Danish wind power, French nuclear …
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Purchasing organisation structure and its impact on supply relationship - An Irish public sector case study
With the financial crisis, it becomes more and more difficult and expensive to obtain funding for infrastructure projects. Public sector procurement is undergoing major changes. Drastic cuts in government budgets re-ignited the debate of centralisation versus decentralisation that was last debated …
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AGGREGATIVE EXPERTISE: A GLOBAL HISTORY OF HOUSING, INFORMATION SCIENCE, AND THE DEPROFESSIONALIZATION OF THE ARCHITECT, 1973-82
In the 1970s, between the oil crisis (1973) and the debt crisis (1982), housing became the primary strategy pushed by international agencies and economists looking to promote national development and manage rural-urban migration. Despite what seemed to be the perfect outlet for architectural …
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Forecasting the S&P 500 index using time series analysis and simulation methods
… and 12 month forecast using the recent credit crisis data, specifically during the time range of 10/2008 - 09/2009. Several methods were used for prediction fit including: Linear Regression, Time Series Models: Autoregressive Integrated Moving Averages (ARIMA), Double Exponential Smoothing, …
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Technoeconomic modelling of coal conversion processes for liquid fuel production
Since the oil crisis of 1973 considerable interest has been shown in the production of liquid fuels from alternative sources. In particular processes utilizing coal as the feedstock have received considerable interest. These processes can be divided into direct and indirect liquefaction and …
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Simulation study of a kanban-controlled production system
… in the American companies until after the oil crisis. To be more flexible and to adapt quickly to changes in the market, many American companies took to the recourse of JIT and have been extremely successful. JIT systems typically employ kanbans as a means of inventory control. A JIT system …
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Optimal investment in an oil-based economy. Theoretical and Empirical Study of a Ramsey-Type Model for Libya.
In a developing oil-based economy like Libya the availability of finance is largely affected by the availability of oil revenues which are subjected to disturbances and shocks. Therefore, the decision to save and invest a certain ratio of the country's aggregate output is, to large extent, …
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Hillitty markkinatalous : Kokoomuksen ja SDP:n talouspoliittinen lähentyminen ja hallitusyhteistyö 1980-luvulla
… policies in an environment where international oil crisis did not eventually lead to the overthrow of capitalism, but instead made the centralized economic planning and state control as well as implementation of Keynesian policies redundant. At the same time the growth of middle class voters …
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Re-thinking Photographic Portraiture of 21st Century Italian Migrants in the Arc Lémanique area
… After the Schwarzenbach initiatives and the oil crisis of the 1970s, Italian migration to Switzerland has decreased. However, with the beginning of the 2007 – 2008 global economic crisis, Italy has witnessed a large new diaspora movement to the traditional countries of migration. Academic …
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Corporate strategy in forward integration of an oil company. A study of the implications of an oil company's diversification into the petrochemical business and the design of appropriate corporate strategies for its achievement.
… is to explore the diversification of a major oil company into the. petrochemical business and then through thorough analysis to recommend the appropriate corporate strategies to be followed by the petrochemical subsidiary of such a company in the 1980's and the 1990's. The petrochemical …
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Hybrid internal combustion engine : driving a vehicle using air compressed in braking
After the oil crisis of the 1970's, stringent government standards placed on automobile manufacturers have led the industry to explore more fuel efficient alternatives to the vehicle with a conventional internal combustion engine/transmission powertrain. This is the motivation behind Mr. David F. …
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Monitoring energy performance in local authority buildings.
… an important function of organisations since the oil crisis of the mid 1970’s led to hugely increased costs of energy. Although the financial costs of energy are still important, the growing recognition of the environmental costs of fossil-fuel energy is becoming more important. Legislation is …
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Transportation Energy Analysis for Single-Family Residential Construction in California
… in California Tyler Langley Since the oil crisis of 1973, energy use in the United States of America has been a growing area of concern. Studies have shown that the construction industry is responsible for almost half of all annual energy consumption. With this awareness, the analysis …
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Macro Economics Essays on Technological Change
… Quantitative exercise shows that in the post-crisis period, within in industry energy-saving technological change accounts for the largest proportion of the aggregate sectoral energy efficiency promotion in the long run. In contrast, in the short run, factor adjustment combined with sectoral …
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And Chaos Whence? Canadian Energy Politics, 1973-1984
This thesis investigates the impact of the 1973 oil shock, its sequel in 1979, and the counter-shock of the mid-1980s on Canada’s socio-economy. Over a decade of uncertainty, beginning when members of the Organization for Petroleum Exporting Countries rapidly increased the price of oil in the …
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The image of Saudi Arabia in the British press, with particular reference to Saudi Arabia's Islamic Mission
… as a whole as the holder of both the largest oil reserves and having the largest long-term oil production capacity in the world. It came to be presented as economically important as a market for British exports both visible and invisible; a country in which a substantial number of British …