a National Sun Yat-Sen University, Department of Business Management, 70 Lianhai Road, Kaohsiung 804, Taiwan b Tainan University of Technology, Department of Business Administration, 529 Jhongjheng Road, Yongkang Dist., Tainan City 710, Taiwan c University of California at Berkeley, Department of Industrial Engineering & Operations Research, 4121 Etcheverry Hall, Berkeley, CA 94720–1777, United...

This research aims to study the lead pollution in the air of Babylon governorate that resulted generally from vehicles exhausts in addition to industrial and human activities.Vehicles number in Babylon governorate increased significantly after year 2003 that resulted with increase in lead emissions into the air.Measurement of lead emissions was done in seven stations distributed randomly in Bab...

1 Department of Industrial Engineering and Management, China University of Science and Technology, No.245, Sec. 3, Academia Rd., Nangang Dist., Taipei City, Taiwan 115, R.O.C. 2 Department of Business Administration, National Taipei College of Business, No.321, Sec. 1, Ji-Nan Rd., Zhongzheng District, Taipei City, Taiwan 10051, R.O.C. 3 Department of Business Administration, Soochow University,...

As measured by the pace of city growth in western Europe from 1000 to 1800, absolutist monarchs stunted the growth of commerce and industry. A region ruled by an absolutist prince saw its total urban population shrink by one hundred thousand people per century relative to a region without absolutist government. This might be explained by higher rates of taxation under revenue-maximizing absolut...

Industrial welfare history presents important challenges to developmental state theories in “late” industrialization. This article expands the debate by examining how nation-states create statutory welfare by addressing institutional variety beyond markets. It is simplistic to argue linear growth of national welfare or of states autonomously regulating markets to achieve risk-mitigation. I cont...

Based on the topological approach, article presents urban plans and development of Ekaterinburg in direct connection with their industrial determinants. The initial topology place created as an settlement, different technological patterns historical circumstances, sets main vector city meridional direction. During periods decline or stabilization activity, when non-industrial tasks come to fore...