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Batteries for electric cars: Fact check and need for action – An update. Are batteries for electric cars the key to sustainable mobility in the future?

Wietschel, Martin; Thielmann, Axel; Gnann, Till; … - 2025

When looking at the key issues along the entire battery value chain, it becomes clear that there are no insurmountable … obstacles to the continued widespread market diffusion of battery-electric cars. However, there are still several technical …

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All against Hollywood: Policies in defence of national cinematography in European countries after World War I

Manetti, Daniela - In: The Journal of European Economic History (JEEH) 52 (2023) 1, pp. 139-172

During the First World War, the film industry of the major European countries experienced a lasting crisis, which necessitated significant restructuring and prompted appeals for state intervention to counterbalance the invasion of American films. As the extent of this crisis did not affect all...

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Location decisions in a changing labour market environment

Frank, Björn - 2003

We study the location of various film-related services (such as camera rental, casting agencies or pyrotechnic services), the main determinant of interest being the human capital specificity. We show that firms which supply services with a lower firm specificity locate farther away from one...

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Audiovisual Services Sector: Can the Philippines Follow "Bollywood?"

Lantin, Angelina M.; Pasadilla, Gloria O. - 2005

The paper is an industry study of the audiovisual services sector, specially the film and television industry in the Philippines. It discusses the importance of the sector in the economy and employment, its strengths and weaknesses, regulations that affect it, and the competitive forces that...

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Differential influence of phytase supplementation on the balance of phosphorus and other elements in laying hens' feed

Sobolewska, Sylwia; Orda, Janusz; Budny-Walczak, Anna - In: Economic and Environmental Studies (E&ES) 15 (2015) 4, pp. 461-468

phosphorus, calcium, manganese and zinc. Phytase supplementation caused a decrease in phosphorus excretion by 8% in the group … with the control group. Zinc excretion was significantly increased in the group receiving 500 FTU (P È 0.01) and in the … group receiving 1000 FTU phytase (P È 0.05). Retention of zinc was lower (P È 0.01) when the birds were fed with feed …

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Saudi Arabia strives to become major player in mineral supply chains: A questionable pillar of Europe's diversification strategy

Schulze, Meike; Schrolle, Mark - 2024

Saudi Arabia has entered the geopolitical competition for mineral resources - and it has done so in a determined manner and with substantial funds at its disposal. As part of its Vision 2030, the Kingdom aims to strengthen local processing and industrial value added. Currently, Saudi Arabia...

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The effect of extreme weather events on child nutrition and health

Amondo, Emily Injete; Nshakira-Rukundo, Emmanuel; … - In: Food Security 15 (2023) 3, pp. 571-596

, droughts reduced calorie, protein and zinc supply, and overall diet diversity by 67%, 37%, 28% and 30%, respectively. We … zinc supply decreased height-for-age z-scores (HAZ) by around 0.139 - 0.164 standard deviations (SD), and increased …

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Agricultural imports, agriculture productivity and economic growth in sub-Saharan Africa

Mwangi, Esther N.; Chen, Fuzhong; Njoroge, Daniel M. - In: Journal of African Trade 7 (2020) 1/2, pp. 15-28

This study investigates the causal links among agricultural imports, agriculture productivity, and economic growth in 40 sub-Saharan African countries over the period 1990-2015. Granger causality tests are applied to infer direction of causality, and the generalized two-stage least squares...

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Development and growth in mineral-rich countries

2008

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Market forces and the continent's growth problem

2009

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