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Showing 1 to 20 of 29 for “"TNCs"”.
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Stories of the Sharing Economy: Comparing Narratives and Regulatory Responses to TNCs across American Cities
… to be known as transportation network companies (TNCs), provoke city governance actors and the public to react in many different ways. Some cities take a free market approach, while others opt toward heavy handed regulation. In addition to policy action, there is a great deal of policy narrative …
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Profits versus human rights : accountability for corporate complicity in human rights violations
… state system, transnational corporations (TNCs) have acquired augmented powers at a global level where previously states had been the only players; and yet TNCs have none of the human rights obligations of states, particularly under international law. This dissertation aims to examine why …
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The role of courts in adjudicating human rights violations by transnational corporations
… of globalisation, Transnational Corporations (TNCs) operated in an accountability gap that is often leaving these entities largely unregulated in the context of human rights. While globalization has facilitated growth for such entities by lowering legal, financial and technical restrictions, a …
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Tort Litigation against Transnational Corporations in the English Courts: The Challenge of Jurisdiction
… operations of transnational corporations (“TNCs”). Their success in addressing the challenges of cross-border business operations, however, depends on the rules governing domestic courts’ power to adjudicate disputes. One of the consequences of globalisation is that the territorial focus of …
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The doctrine of absolute liability and the right to a safe environment: issues and challenges in the liability of environmental polluters in Nigeria
… actions against transnational corporations (TNCs) and the Federal Government with a view to recovering damages and enforcing rights via statutory claims (which basically reflects traditional English common law rules on liability). Notwithstanding, it is observed that such claims have not …
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Mobility as a public service : integrating civil rights laws in partnerships between transit agencies and ride-hailing companies
… with Transportation Network Companies (TNCs) such as Uber and Lyft. Proponents of these collaborations emphasize their potential to expand the reach of public transportation systems, while skeptics caution that transit agencies should not divert resources from core bus and rail networks, …
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The Changing Role of Public-Private Partnerships in Urban Transportation: A Case Study of the Rise of P3s in Denver, CO
… agencies, and transportation network companies (TNCs).</p> <p>The purpose of the first study was to examine the recent use of P3s in the Denver Regional Transportation District's (RTD) FasTracks program, a 2004 voter-approved $4.7 billion transit expansion program. After a shortfall in funding, …
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Obstacles to the globalisation of corporate research and development in technologically underdeveloped countries
… case studies of two transnational corporations (TNCs) working in Libya and an interview-based survey with three R&D related managers located in their offices there. Additionally, a questionnaire-based survey was conducted on 30 R&D related managers at 10 Libyan organisations. These methods are …
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The Potential for Using Transportation Network Companies as an Alternative to Transit Station Parking
… adoption of Transportation Network Companies (TNCs) like Uber and Lyft over the past several years presents a potential opportunity to change the tradeoff transit agencies face between P+R or TOD. This thesis explores the potential for transit agencies to utilize TNCs to reduce demand for …
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Hegemony, Private Actors, and International Institutions: Transnational Corporations as the agents of transformation of the trade regime from GATT to the WTO
… and (2) the roles of transnational corporations (TNCs) in this transformation. It provides a neo-Gramscian framework for analysis to fill a void in mainstream approaches in IR/IPE literatures on international regimes, which suffer from inadequacies in capturing the ‚intersubjective‛ nature …
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The impact of ride-hailing services on travel behaviour
… is done to establish a dataset of cities with TNCs operating in them and the duration of operation. The first of the three key questions analyzed in this study is the relationship between public transit and ridesharing. Although the statistical model shows an insignificant covariance, initial …
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Understanding Use of Transport Network Companies(TNC) in Virginia
… with transportation network companies (TNCs) and their use frequency b) Understanding travel choices in alcohol-related situations in Virginia. Ordered logistic regression models were used to identify factors associated with the respondents perceived familiarity with transportation …
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Culture, Power, Difference: Managing Ambivalence and Producing Identity in the Transnational Corporate Offices of Jakarta, Indonesia
… by the national (Indonesian) employees of the TNCs. Finally, I explain how the transnational office space is a space of desire for Indonesian employees due to its perceived connections to a global network of people, information and ideas. How the Indonesian employees of foreign-owned TNCs …
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Bundled mobility passes : a framework for partnership between public transit and new mobility services
… through transportation network companies (TNCs) and microtransit. Competition provided by these services to public transit has often soured the relationship between public authorities and new mobility. However, in the absence of a blanket ban on these services, the public sector needs to …
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A Comparative Analysis of Sorghum and Maize as Bioenergy Feedstock for the US Midwest: Compositional Attributes and System Nitrogen Dynamics
… contents of total non-structural carbohydrates (TNCs) and total fibers (TFs) varied markedly among hybrids/lines. The concentration of TFs were negatively correlated to TNCs (r=-0.8). A higher content of EtOH convertible carbohydrates (TFs plus TNCs) was associated with a higher pool of …
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Splitting rides in transit deserts: Ride-splitting dynamics in Chicago before, during and after the pandemic
Transportation Network Companies (TNCs) might constitute a solution for transit dependent population who live in areas with limited or even non-existent public transit service, also known as “transit deserts”. Ride-splitting was introduced by TNCs as an affordable on-demand mobility option which …
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The effect of liberalisation of foreign direct investment on the economic development of Thailand: an empirical and political economy approach
… it is observed that Transnational Corporations (TNCs) have increasingly benefited from the government‟s investment incentive scheme more than domestic investment projects. This study offers a multi-disciplinary literature review showing that FDI not only generates an inflow of resources into the …
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Governing globalization in South Asia through a legal praxis of human rights, development and democracy
… Western capital and transnational corporations (TNCs). The thesis urges South Asia to govern globalization pro-actively, seeking the virtuous circle of human rights, plural democracy and equitable development. Positive signs have already included national membership in, and constitutional …
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Age-Inclusive Design Framework for On-Demand, Shared Autonomous Vehicles
… in the case of transportation network companies (TNCs). The time to think about age-inclusive design is now for AVs, and I make a case for this here. This thesis explores the following questions: ‘How can we imagine a fully autonomous future if we do not have a viable transportation pathway for …
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Discrimination, regulation, and design in ridehailing
… past decade transportation network companies (TNCs) like Uber and Lyft have replaced, supplemented, and disrupted traditional modes of transportation. The rapid growth of these companies makes equitable access to their platforms an issue that is simply too big to ignore. Indeed, these …
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