INSTITUTIONAL BARRIERS TO PORT INFRASTRUCTURE AND HARBOR DEVELOPMENT

On Barriers to Institutional Composting and Commercial Composting Sustainable Development

Introduction During this research project, we attempted to identify and overcome barriers and resistance to the establishment of organic waste (leaf and yard waste and food waste) collection and diversion programs within public and private institutions in the region that generate large amounts of organic wastes. As only 2.4% of food waste (EPA 1997) is recovered or recycled, there is 97.6% of f...

Institutional and Infrastructure System Development Information and Knowledge

Institutional Barriers and Industry Dynamics

This study demonstrates that new entrants exhibit higher productivity but also higher exit hazard than incumbents in post-liberalization China. We argue this seemingly paradoxical relationship is attributable to institutional barriers, defined as the hindrance in the institutional environment that prevents market selection forces to function. New entrants require higher productivity to compensa...

Assessing the Role of Microorganisms in the Accelerated Corrosion of Port Transportation Infrastructure in the Duluth-Superior Harbor

The economies of coastal communities around the Great Lakes have historically been dependent upon maritime transportation. Urban ports and waterways continue to accommodate expanding trade, growth of tourism, and recreational boating. Even in this challenging economic period, planned expansions in the iron-ore, slab-steel, low-sulfur coal, and nonferrous metals industries and growing tourism in...

The Relevance of Institutional Infrastructure

The contribution of the ‘new economy’ to economic growth in developing countries has so far been minimal. Despite the recent hype, the ‘old economy’ will for long be the fundamental force behind economic growth in transition economies. Nonetheless, in the longer run the ‘new economy’ offers great potential for faster economic growth in postsocialist economies. Realizing this potential is howeve...