Archive for July, 2009
ICTPI2009 in Portugal
The ICTPI 2009 conference in Porto, Portugal, just concluded. I presented a paper during the “New Frontiers in Science and Technology” session. My presentation was entitled ”Mechanism of Corporate Environmental Management: Empirical Study of Japanese and U.S. Firms.” I talked about the relationship between external pressure about environmental activity and corporate environmental management strategy. I was the only person from [...]
Posted: July 15th, 2009
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Tolls in Texas
As the debate goes on in Texas over whether to continue to finance road construction with tolls, there is new evidence that increasing tolls charged to cross the bridges between El Paso and Ciudad Juarez does not affect traffic volumes. With such inelastic demand for border crossings by foot, car, or truck, local policymakers may have more leeway [...]
Posted: July 9th, 2009
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