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I luoghi e il progetto
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Studio De Ferrari architetti

I luoghi e il progetto : piani, architetture e design dello Studio De Ferrari architetti / prefazione/preface: Roberto Gabetti ; testimonianze/testimonies: Giorgio Bouchard, Piergiorgio Coin, Bert McClure ; testi/texts: Claudio Germak, Maurizio G. Melzi, Agostino De Ferrari ; a cura di/edited by Mario Mastropietro

Milano : Lybra immagine, 1999

Architettura e design

Stakeholders, the environment and society
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Stakeholders, the environment and society / edited by Sanjay Sharma, Mark Starik

Cheltenham ; Northampton : E. Elgar, c2004

New perspectives in research on corporate sustainability

Abstract: The authors examine the role stakeholders play in influencing regulations on global issues such as climate change and national and regional problems. Stakeholder selection of companies and the sustainability issues they choose to target are explored, as are the ways in wich organizations motivate them to partecipate in the evolution of holistic sustainable solutions.

Irresistible Empire
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De_Grazia, Victoria

Irresistible Empire : America's advance through Twentieth-Century Europe / Victoria De Grazia

Cambridge (Mass.) ; London : The Belknap press of Harvard University Press, 2006)

Abstract: Molti aspetti del nostro quotidiano di consumatori che oggi diamo per scontati sono in realtà frutto di un lungo processo storico compiutosi nel "secolo breve". Un processo che questo libro intelligente e spiritoso affronta da un'angolazione che sarebbe piaciuta a Georges Perec: le cose. Una magistrale storia intrecciata dell' Europa e dell 'America all'epoca dell'avvento della società dei consumi.

Agreement on demand
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Agreement on demand : consumer theory in the twentieth century / edited by Philip Mirowski and D. Wade Hands

Abstract: The theory of demand, or consumer choice theory, is prominently featured in the early chapters of every microeconomics textbook - introductory, intermediate, or graduate - and has appeared in essentially the same place and in the same basic form for over a half-century. The theory's basic idea is quite simple, or at least seems to be so once the catechism has been learned. It goes like this.

Cost Benefit analysis and water resources management
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Cost Benefit analysis and water resources management / edited by Roy Brouwer and David Pearce

Cheltenham ; Northampton (MA) : Edward Elgar, (2005)

Abstract: Cost-benefit analysis (CBA) is around 70 years old if we date its first practical application to water resources developments in the USA in the 1930s. The theory of CBA is much older and its origins can be more precisely set in the 1840s with the writings of the French engineer and economist Jules Dupuit.

Sustainable energy in developing countries
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Meier, Peter - Munasinghe, Mohan

Sustainable energy in developing countries : policy analysis and case studies / by Peter Meier, Mohan Munasinghe

Cheltenham ; Northampton : E. Elgar, c2005

Munasinghe Institute for Development series on growth and sustainable development

Abstract: Using a multidisciplinary approach that draws on their in-depth experience in the field of energy, environment, and economics, the authors develop a comprehensive analytical framework. They applay their methodology to four detailed studies of Sri Lanka's energy sector, wich illustrate how to address key energy and environmental policy issues found in many developing counties today. Supplementary case ezamples are presented which also draw on many other countries in Asia and Africa.

A corporate solution to global poverty
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Lodge, George C. - Wilson, Craig

A corporate solution to global poverty : how multinationals can help the poor and invigorate their own legitimacy / George Lodge and Craig Wilson

Princeton Oxford : Princeton University Press, c2006

Abstract: In this book the two authors assert that MNCs have the critical combination of capabilities required to build investment, grow economies, and create jobs in poor countries, and thus to reduce poverty. Furthermore, they contend, MNCs can do so profitably and thus sustainably.

Smart economics
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Walden, Michael L.

Smart economics : commonsense answer to 50 questions about government, taxes, business, and households / Michael L. Walden

Westport ; CT London : Praeger, 2005

Abstract: In this book the author provides an antidote: take fifty of today's top economic issues and explain their mening, implications, and potential solutions in a logical, straightforward, commonsense, and non-partisan way.

Brewing justice
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Jaffee, Daniel

Brewing justice : fair trade coffee, sustainability, and survival / Daniel Jaffee

Berkeley [etc.] : University of California Press, c2007

Abstract: Fair trade is a fast-growing alternative market intended to bring better prices and greater social justice to small farmers around the worls. But is it working? This vivid study of indigenous coffee farmers in Oaxaca, Mexico, offers the first thorough investigation of the social, economic, and environmental benefits of fair trade. It explorers the changing politics of the international fair international fair trade, illuminating the complex dynamic of this alternative market and its relationshio to the global economy.

Fair trade for all
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Stiglitz, Joseph E. - Charlton, Andrew

Fair trade for all : how trade can promote development / Joseph E. Stiglitz and Andrew Charlton

Oxford : Oxford University press, 2005

Abstract: How can the poorer countries of the world be helped themselves trough freer, fairer trade? In this challenging and controversial book, Nobel prize-winning economist Stiglitz and his co-author Charlton present a radical new economic model, designed to open up markets in a way that will allow them to flourish.

Fair trade
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Fair trade : the challenges of transforming globalization / edited by Laura T. Raynolds, Douglas L. Murray and John Wilkinson

London ; New York : Routledge, 2007

Abstract: This book explores the challenges and potential of Fair Trade, one of the world's most dynamic efforts to enhance global social justice and sustainability through market-based social change.

Fair trade
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Nicholls, Alex <19?-> - Opal, Charlotte

Fair trade : market-driven ethical consumption / Alex Nicholls and Charlotte Opal

Los Angeles : Sage, c2005

Abstract: Fair Trade is at a crucial moment in its evolution from alternative trading mechanism to mainstream economic model. The strategic future of Fair Trade is put under careful scrutiny in this timely and thoughtful book. This book will interest advanced undergraduate, postgraduate and MBA students taking courses on business ethics, retail, marketing management ang development economics.

Confronting the coffee crisis
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Confronting the coffee crisis : fair trade, sustainable livelihoods and ecosystems in Mexico and Central America / edited by Christopher M. Bacon ... [et al.]

Cambridge ; London : MIT Press, ©2008

Food, health, and the environment

Abstract: The book presents series of interdisciplinary, empirically rich case studies showing how small-scale farmers manage ecosystems and organize collectively as they seek useful collaborations with international NGOs and coffee companies to create opportunities for themselves in the coffee market. The findings demonstrate the interconnections among farmer livelihoods, biodiversity, conservation, and changing coffee market.

Microfinance
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Microfinance : evolution, achievements and challenges / edited by Malcolm Harper

London : ITDG, 2003

Abstract: This reader brings together fourteen of the most important articles on microfinance to have been published since 1990. These contributions illustrate the major developments in microfinance during the period and, together with the editor's introductory analysis, provide an invaluable overview of the field.

Practical microfinance
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Harper, Malcolm

Practical microfinance : a training manual / Malcolm Harper

London : ITDG Publishing, 2003

Abstract: Microfinance is a powerfull tool for alleviating poverty, enabling poor people to earn a living and take control of their lives. This book provides material and detailed step-by-step guides for twenty-two sessions, including case studies, quantitative exercises and field trips. The sessions cover topics such as sustainability, interest rates, the choice of delivery methodologies and institutiona, impact assessment and delinquency management.

Global backlash
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Broad, Robin

Global backlash : citizen initiatives for a just world economy / edited by Robin Broad

Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, c2002

Abstract: This book allows us to understand more clearly the history and content of the current debates about corporate-led economic globalization. But, more than that, it tells what we can do about it -what peolple are already doing about it.

Le iris tra botanica e storia
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Le iris tra botanica e storia

Torino : Museo regionale di scienze naturali, 2009

I dolcetti di Ganesh
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Deosthale, Arundhati

I dolcetti di Ganesh : India da leggere e da...? cucinare : 5 favole + 5 ricette / Arundhati Deosthale

Bologna : EMI, (2006)

Abstract: Cinque favole che provengono da diversi stati dell'India: I dolcetti di Ganesh dal Maharashtra; La festa del riso dall'Andhra Pradesh; Avanti zucca muoviti dal Madhya Pradesh; Il fantasma goloso dal Kashmir e Shiva e la Vecchia dal Karnataka.

Enemy of none but a common friend of all?
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Giannini, Curzio

Enemy of none but a common friend of all? : an international perspective on the lender-of-last-resort function / by Curzio Giannini

Roma : Banca d'Italia, 1998

Temi di discussione del Servizio studi / Banca d'Italia ; 341

Abstract: The paper explores whether and how current lending-of-last-resort practice can be extended beyond national borders. It argues that what makes lending of last resort effective at the national level is a blend of resources availability, technical discretion, ex-ante supervision, and powers of enforcement.

The evolution of confidence for european consumers and businesses in France, Germany and Italy
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Carnazza, Paolo - Parigi, Giuseppe

The evolution of confidence for european consumers and businesses in France, Germany and Italy / by Paolo Carnazza and Giuseppe Parigi

Roma : Banca d'Italia, 2001

Temi di discussione del Servizio studi / Banca d'Italia

Abstract: The paper examines the evolution of consumer and business confidence indexes in France, Germany and Italy since the mid-eighties, using regressions of the indexes on a set of common macroeconomic variables for each country. Comparison of the results across agents and across countries highlights some differences in behaviour that have emerged in the last 50 years.