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on Confederation of Independent States |
| By: | Becker, Jörg (Ed.); Matzner, Martin (Ed.) |
| Abstract: | BPM research has been of great importance in Germany since the early 1990s. In Russia, increased competition and new IT possibilities have only recently forced both companies and governmental institutions to start taking benefits from BPM. Against this background, the workshop PropelleR 2012 brought together German and Russian BPM researchers as well as practitioners in order to discuss recent BPM trends and challenges. The guiding question addressed by PropelleR 2012 was: 'How can the growing complexity of business processes in German-Russian relations be addressed by a holistic BPM approach?' This report includes a set of articles that reflect the PropelleR workshop participants' viewpoints on this question. -- |
| Keywords: | Business Process Management,PropelleR,Russia,German-Russian Year of Science 2011/2012 |
| Date: | 2013 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:zbw:ercisw:15&r=cis |
| By: | Kiselev, Sergey; Romashkin, Roman; Nelson, Gerald C.; Mason-D'Croz, Daniel; Palazzo, Amanda |
| Abstract: | Global climate change presents long-term risks to agriculture. In general, global climate change is expected to positively affect Russian agriculture. In high and middle latitudes, global warming would expand the growing season. Acreages of agricultural crops may expand toward the north, although yields would likely be lower due to less fertile soil. However, in the south there is a possibility of drier climate, which has a negative impact on crop yields and livestock productivity. In addition, climate change is expected to increase the scarcity of water resources and encourage weed and pest proliferation, and it is expected to increase the short-term risks associated with an increase in extreme weather events and natural disasters. This paper uses data on current conditions to simulate future scenarios and examine possible impacts on crop production in the Russian Federation. It also considers adaptive measures for agriculture in response to climate change. -- |
| Keywords: | climate change,agriculture,food security,IMPACT model |
| JEL: | Q17 Q18 Q24 Q25 Q54 |
| Date: | 2013 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:zbw:ifwedp:201316&r=cis |
| By: | Nick, Sebastian (Energiewirtschaftliches Institut an der Universitaet zu Koeln); Thoenes, Stefan (Energiewirtschaftliches Institut an der Universitaet zu Koeln) |
| Abstract: | In this study, we develop a structural vector autoregressive model (VAR) for the German natural gas market. Our setup allows us to analyze the determinants of the natural gas price in a comprehensive framework. In particular, we illustrate the usefulness of our approach by disentangling the effects of different fundamental influences on gas prices during three recent supply interruptions: The Russian-Ukrainian gas dispute of January 2009, the Libyan civil war in 2011 and the withheld Russian exports in February 2012. Our results show that the natural gas price is affected by temperature, storage and supply shortfalls in the short term, while the long-term development is closely tied to both crude oil and coal prices, capturing the economic climate and the energy specific demand. |
| Keywords: | natural gas; structural vector autoregression; SVAR; supply interruption; security of supply |
| JEL: | Q41 |
| Date: | 2013–02–13 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ris:ewikln:2013_002&r=cis |
| By: | Kawai, Masahiro (Asian Development Bank Institute) |
| Abstract: | Infrastructure connectivity in Northeast Asia—comprising the northeastern People’s Republic of China, Japan, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, the Republic of Korea, Mongolia, and the Russian Far East—has been hindered by limited intergovernmental cooperation. The paper finds that total infrastructure investment needs for Northeast Asia excluding Japan and the Republic of Korea (in transport, energy, information and communication technology, and the environment) could be $63 billion per year over the next 10 years. Of this total, $13 billion would have to be mobilized every year from external sources. The paper considers three options to fund these needs in addition to traditional financing by bilateral and multilateral agencies: (i) special and/or trust funds newly set up in existing multilateral development banks (MDBs), (ii) a structured infrastructure investment fund supported by MDBs, and (iii) a new subregional multilateral development bank. It suggests that the first two have potential, but recommends against establishing a new development bank. |
| Keywords: | infrastructure development and connectivity; subregional cooperation programs in asia; northeast asian infrastructure forum; northeast asian infrastructure fund |
| JEL: | F15 F36 F55 O19 Q01 |
| Date: | 2013–02–17 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ris:adbiwp:0407&r=cis |