Climate change has emerged as one of the dominant environmental business problems of this century. A key aspect of this challenge is financing and commercializing the technologies which will assist economic transition to a low carbon economy. This paper is focused on examining the levers and...

The European Union Emissions Trading Scheme (EU ETS) is the world’s first regional carbon trading market. Its objective is to link European countries around a common price for carbon as a step towards helping the global economy transition to a low-carbon production base. This article is one of...

Globalisation and technology continue to fuel worldwide competition among cities for the status of an international financial centre. This study introduces novel data on revenues earned from international finance in 2000-14 by city, and investigates their determinants. It shows that IFCs develop...

Purpose -- This paper addresses the paradox that individuals face in seeking to both generate new ideas and be committed to delivering standardised processes in a creative industry. We explore this tension in order to better understand how synergistic benefits are reaped at the intersection of...

The Interlocking World City Network Model (IWCNM) and other office location approaches (OLAs) have become the most widely used empirical models of the world city network (WCN) over the last two decades. Despite numerous methodological improvements, they still rely on Taylor's (2001) legacy of...

This paper seeks to examine the role of asset consulting companies in the context of the global financial crisis and systemic shortcomings in investment management industry. This role is considered in light of recent moves within the finance community to integrate environmental, social and...

In this article we look at the governance of SWFs from the perspective of the competing political interests embedded in the sponsor – the domestic political claims on funds and the principles and practice of governance used to discipline those interests in favour of a long-term perspective...

The level of investment required to finance carbon mitigation projects to stabilize carbon emissions at current levels is estimated to be in the order of USD 200-210 billion annually (UNFCCC 2007). The IEA estimate about around USD 150 billion needs to be invested annually between 2010 and 2050...