[1] Biofuelwatch, London Mining Network and Corporate Watch press release for immediate use 19th February 2015 Campaigners warn Government against granting up to £1 billion of tax payers' money for Drax carbon capture scheme White Rose Coal Power plant with Carbon Capture and Storage dubbed " White Elephant " as similar US scheme collapses The US Government has pulled the plug on a flagship car...

This paper explores the politically determined development objectives and the intrinsic logic of government intervention policies in east developed countries. It is argued that the distorted institutional structure in China and in many least developed countries, after the Second World War, can be largely explained by government adoption of inappropriate development strategies. Motivated by nati...

[1] Biofuelwatch, London Mining Network and Corporate Watch press release for immediate use 19th February 2015 Campaigners warn Government against granting up to £1 billion of tax payers' money for Drax carbon capture scheme White Rose Coal Power plant with Carbon Capture and Storage dubbed " White Elephant " as similar US scheme collapses The US Government has pulled the plug on a flagship car...

This paper investigates the applicability and potential use of biometrics for EGovernment services. An in-depth case study is presented outlining the development of E-Government services in Ireland, highlighting potential areas for growth in biometrics and also areas for caution in the implementation of the underlying technologies. Biometrics is becoming an important international standard as a...

One-stop government refers to the integration of public services from a citizen’s point of view. Currently, the realisation of online one-stop government in Europe is in an infant state. The eGOV project recognises that online one-stop government can only realise its full potential if supported by an integrated, open and extensible platform. The aim of the project is to develop and evaluate thi...

There are hopes that e-government will bring many benefits, including efficiency, democratization, participation, and emancipation of citizens. However, despite some evidence that supports these claims there are also cases that digitalization can exclude citizens and build new barriers. This is a special challenge for already disadvantaged groups falling outside the norms. In this study we appr...

This study focuses on how and why firms strategically respond to government signals on appropriate corporate activity. We integrate institutional theory with research on corporate political strategy to develop a political dependence model that explains (a) how different types of dependency on the government lead firms to issue corporate social responsibility (CSR) reports and (b) how the risk o...

The purpose of this paper is to survey methodology of test for fiscal sustainability. The econometrical tests for fiscal sustainability have been improved since the 1980s. We introduce the methods and backgrounds of these tests. Also we apply the tests to the Indonesian and Japanese data. It is important to analyze the sustainability of government bonds consisting with the fiscal system, partic...

in this paper, surface and piezoelectric effects on the vibration behavior of nanowires (nws) are investigated by using a timoshenko beam model. the electric field equations and the governing equations of motion for the piezoelectric nws are derived with the consideration of surface effects. by the exact solution of the governing equations, an expression for the natural frequencies of nws with ...