Environmental Technology Transfer in a FDI Regime A Developing Country Perspective

The environmental impact of Foreign Direct Investment is still to be explored totally. It is often argued that investment may come to a region or country where environment protection norms are less strict. Investors may be induced to outsource their pollution-intensive production where the expected cost of pollution abatement is significantly less. This gave birth to the much debated idea of 'pollution havens', parallel to low-wage havens. Developing countries are more vulnerable to such cases since the environmental legislation and monitoring is not rigorous over there. Again, many have debated that such 'pollution havens' does not typically exist or at the best, transient in nature. Over the last decade, as a result of its policy towards opening up of the economy to the global markets, the extent of multinational activities and their share in trade and industrial production have risen steadily in India. Viewing this development, this paper primarily attempt to show the very existence of such a pollution haven in Indian scenario, analysing time series data for industrial production and international trade of identified pollution intensive industries in the country. Then it argues that, even if of transient nature, the phasing out of such a pollution haven regime is typically dependent upon the active institutional intervention. One important factor, this paper identifies, is of making of state-of-the-art knowledge base of impact analysis and alternative production possibilities that help design prudent environmental policy regime. Also it searches for the right kind of institutional interface at the international, national and industry level; and endeavours to find the implications thereof.FDI, Environment, Technology Transfer, Developing Country

Mis-Designing the UK Electricity Market

electricity auctions, regulation

Anticompetitive Contracts in the U.K. Pay-TV Market

contracts, raising rivals costs, pay TV

Contracts and Competition in the Pay-TV Market

Contracts, licensing, pay-TV

Toeholds, takeovers and football

auctions, toeholds, vertical integration, sports rights

Title: Gravity Driven Flows over Two-Dimensional Topographies Measurement of the Free Surface using Phase Stepped Interferometry

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Antenatal manifestation of congenital pancreatoblastoma in a fetus with Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome.

Antenatal detection of an isolated abdominal cyst was found to be a pancreatoblastoma in a female fetus with Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome. Prenatal and post-natal features and management of this very rare tumour are discussed. Molecular investigation disclosed a mosaic paternal 11p15 uniparental disomy in the tumoral cells. The prognosis of a congenital pancreatoblastoma is good if complete surgical excision is achieved. However, the association with Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome requires a prolonged follow-up because of the increased risk of developing malignant tumours

Person-centred healthcare research: a personal influence

This commentary assesses the contribution made by the person-centred healthcare research of McCormack et al (2017) to research methodology and our ability to evaluate an organisation’s claims to be person-centred. It discusses the importance of person-centred ethical approaches within rigorous research methodologies