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Formation of heavy bottom water in the Barents Sea
Formation of heavy bottom water through rejection of brine
during ide freezing is a regular phenomenon in the Barents Sea,
particular on the Novaya Zemlya shelf, but also observed in
other shallow localities of the sea.
Water with temperature around -1°C and salinity above 34.95
is found moving eastwards on the southern side of the Novaya
Zemlya-Franz Josef Land Channel which communicates with the
Polar Sea. The relative high salinity is a result of admixture
from heavy water formed during the freezing process
Governance and Business Models for Sustainable Capitalism
Governance and Business Models for Sustainable Capitalism touches upon many of the central themes of today’s debate on business and society. In particular, it brings attention to a recurrent tension between efficiency, innovation, and productivity on the one hand, and fairness, equity, and sustainability on the other. The book argues that we need radical rethinking of business models and economic governance, beyond the classical doctrine, which sees social and ecological responsibility as lying with public-policy regulation of purely profit-seeking firms. In spite of the popular CSR agenda, business – as we know it today – is both too transient and too limited in its motivation to carry the regulatory burden. We need to adopt a much wider concept of 'partnered governance', where advanced states and pioneering companies work together to raise the social and environmental bar. The book suggests that civil engagements based on moral rather than formal rights, and amplified through the media, may provide a healthy challenge both to autocratic planning and to solely profit-centered commercialization. The book also proposes a triple cycle theory of innovation for sustainability: a novel framing of the efficacy of green and prosocial entrepreneurship as intertwined with political visions and supportive institutions. In addition, the book offers reflections on the ways in which further digital robotizaton may enable transition to an ‘Agora Economy’ where productive efficiency is combined with expanded civic freedoms. Aimed primarily at researchers, academics, and students in the fields of political economy, business and society, corporate governance, business ethics, corporate social responsibility, and sustainability, the book will additionally be of value to practitioners, supplying them with information regarding the challenges associated with the shaping of sustainable or ‘civilised’ market capitalism for a better world
Governance and Business Models for Sustainable Capitalism
Governance and Business Models for Sustainable Capitalism touches upon many of the central themes of today’s debate on business and society. In particular, it brings attention to a recurrent tension between efficiency, innovation, and productivity on the one hand, and fairness, equity, and sustainability on the other. The book argues that we need radical rethinking of business models and economic governance, beyond the classical doctrine, which sees social and ecological responsibility as lying with public-policy regulation of purely profit-seeking firms. In spite of the popular CSR agenda, business – as we know it today – is both too transient and too limited in its motivation to carry the regulatory burden. We need to adopt a much wider concept of 'partnered governance', where advanced states and pioneering companies work together to raise the social and environmental bar. The book suggests that civil engagements based on moral rather than formal rights, and amplified through the media, may provide a healthy challenge both to autocratic planning and to solely profit-centered commercialization. The book also proposes a triple cycle theory of innovation for sustainability: a novel framing of the efficacy of green and prosocial entrepreneurship as intertwined with political visions and supportive institutions. In addition, the book offers reflections on the ways in which further digital robotizaton may enable transition to an ‘Agora Economy’ where productive efficiency is combined with expanded civic freedoms. Aimed primarily at researchers, academics, and students in the fields of political economy, business and society, corporate governance, business ethics, corporate social responsibility, and sustainability, the book will additionally be of value to practitioners, supplying them with information regarding the challenges associated with the shaping of sustainable or ‘civilised’ market capitalism for a better world
Norwegian blue whiting investigation in April/May 1980.
An acoustic survey on the blue whiting stock was conducted from
8 April to 14 May 1980. The area west of the British Isles was
covered twice and then the area around the Farces and further up
to Shetland and the Norwegian coast covered once.
Blue whiting was recorded in the area around the Faroes and along
the slope continously south to the Porcupinebank, with densest
concentrations found off the Hebrides.
The hydrographical situation is presented and also the age and
length compositions, maturity conditions and the length-weight
relationships of the blue whiting in the area.
Higher contributions of young fish were found to represent the
blue whiting stock in the spawning area, than observed in recent
years. Acoustic abundance estimate gave a figure of 5.4 mill.tonnes
of blue whiting, which is 2,5 mill.tonnes lesser than the recalculated
figure of 1979
Is it necessary and feasible to estimate the asset value from oilfield level?
This paper aims to assess the necessity and feasibility of applying the ‘Bottom-up’ approach at the
oilfield level to estimate the asset value of petroleum resources on the Norwegian continental shelf
by following the internationally recommended Net Present Value (NPV) method. The ‘Bottom-up’
approach estimates the resource rent and the asset value first from the oilfield level and then sums
up the oilfields’ results to arrive at an aggregate one. On the contrary, the ‘Aggregate’ approach
considers the entire petroleum extraction industry as one production unit and calculates the
resource rent and the asset value accordingly.
Assessment of necessity is implemented with a simple model, which demonstrates that under some
simple and practical assumptions, the estimates by following the ‘Aggregate’ and the ‘Bottom-up’
approaches may coincide, implying that either of the two approaches can be equally applied in
practice.
Assessment of feasibility is carried out by a thorough investigation on the availability of quality data
at oilfield level. The conclusion is that data needed for applying the ‘Bottom-up’ approach that are in
accordance with the National Accounts’ concepts and of at least equivalent quality as those at the
industry level are hard to be obtained, at least at present
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