A tractable production-externality-based circular city model in which both firms and workers choose location as well as intensity of land use is presented. The equilibrium structure of the city has either (i) no commuting (“mixed-use” form) or (ii) a central business district (CBD) of positive radius and a surrounding residential ring. Regardless of which form prevails, the intra-city variation...

Introduction In this paper we explain recent changes in urban structures and CBD functions in Vienna by entrepreneurial decisions to locate office buildings. The decisions to site office facilities are seen, in turn, as dependent on quantitative and qualitative demand for office space, and on the particular spatial conditions of the local office supply. The question we are dealing with in this ...

INTRODUCTION ..................................................................................... 198 I. THE UTAH BIOPROSPECTING ACT OF 2010 ................................ 200 A. Overview of the Statutory Provisions ................................. 200 B. Lobbying Activity Behind the Utah Bioprospecting Act ... 202 II. LESSONS TO BE DRAWN FROM NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL MODELS OF BIOPROSPEC...

Richard Voith* In a Business Review article nine years ago, we examined the role thataccess toCenterCityPhiladelphia (Philadelphia’s central business district, or CBD) played in people’s choices aboutwhere to live and how to commute.1 That analysis, which was based on 1980 census data, concluded that access toCenterCity both by car and by public transportation helped shape people’s choices in t...

Results: There was no change in overall parent or physician satisfaction in the areas of communication or physician helpfulness. Physicians using CBD were less likely to agree that they provided clear explanations but were also less likely to agree that they “acted bossy during the visit.” There was no correlation between physician and parent satisfaction or between physician satisfaction and p...

1. At the initial meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice (SBSTTA) of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), it was recognised that “a holistic and not merely a conservation-oriented approach” was needed within the CBD. The second meeting of the Conference of Parties (COP) stated in decision II/8 that “...the conservation and sustainable use of bi...

This paper discusses some human, social and organisational issues affecting the introduction of Component-Based Development (CBD) in organisations. In particular, the paper presents the outcome of a case study aimed at assessing organisational obstacles influencing successful application of CBD in the industry. We present some organisational problems experienced by three organisations in adopti...