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Seven studies, one previously published elsewhere, explore the corporate response to the environmental imperative in the cooper industries over the past 20 years, emphasizing developing countries and transition economies in Chile, China, Peru, and Russia. The industry is very energy-intensive and one of the most polluting in the world. Academics and practitioners in geography, policy, business, and economics look at how state companies, the main producers during the 1970s, responded; and the extent the which privatization has facilitated technological change, necessary restructuring of the industry, and an adequate response to the environmental imperative. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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The environmental imperative exerts strong pressure on polluting industries in the industrialised countries. Environmentally-friendly technologies are available but often at prohibitive costs. Using evidence from the copper industry, this book addresses the question of how polluting industries in developing and transition economies have responded to this challenge. Technological Change and the Environmental Imperative considers the extent of the success of polluting industries in becoming cost-efficient whilst acquiring less polluting technologies, in the face of fierce competition. The authors also discuss what has been the impact of privatisation on this process and what lessons have been learnt. Against this backdrop, and drawing on case material from Chile, China, Peru and Russia, the book goes on to assess the latest technological breakthroughs, and their possible future impact on cost efficiency and the environment.International organisations, policymakers and industry analysts concerned with environmental issues will find this book of great fascination as will academics and researchers in the fields of development studies, transition economies and environmental studies.
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