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Tomorrow’s fill-up could come from plastic waste
February 6, 2013 Editor 0
We use oil to make plastics. So, in theory, couldn’t we break down used plastic back into its components and get oil back out again? Yes. And the idea isn’t just theoretical. A number of companies (as well as some innovative individuals) are already using different versions of a technology called pyrolysis to convert waste […]
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The oil and gas industry
October 1, 2012 Editor 0
THE view of the oil industry in popular culture is conflicted. People can never quite decide whether it is a world of glamour or of sordidness. Elektra King, the oil tycoon from the James Bond film “The World Is Not Enough”, was both unspeakably evil and irresistibly alluring. In “Dallas”, an American soap opera, viewers […]
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Return Migration and the Survival of Entrepreneurial Activities in Egypt
September 13, 2012 Editor 0
Publication year: 2012 Source: World Development, Volume 40, Issue 10 Francesca Marchetta The literature shows that temporary international migrants have a high propensity to opt for an entrepreneurial activity upon return, but the prospects of survival of these activities have not been explored.
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Innovation Financing, Industrial production and the Growth of Nigeria¡¦s Non-oil Exports
November 5, 2011 Editor 0
The paper examines the role industrial development plays in encouraging non-oil export in Nigeria by seeking to identify the inert problem militating against Nigeria’s industrial growth. Though non-oil export had a significant effect on industrial growth, the sector was not significant enough to drive an upward growth in the Nigerian domestic economy. The paper therefore […]
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