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Vietnam's Development Success Story and the Unfinished SDG Agenda 越南的发展成功故事和未完成的可持续发展议程

TransportRN: Transportation & Sustainability (Topic) Pub Date : 2020-02-01 DOI: 10.5089/9781513527024.001

Anja Baum

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Comparative Study of the Automotive Industry in Azerbaijan 阿塞拜疆汽车工业的比较研究

TransportRN: Transportation & Sustainability (Topic) Pub Date : 2019-05-22 DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.3485607

O. Huseynov

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Computational Fluid Dynamics Analysis of Homogeneous Charge Compression Ignition Engine 均质装药压缩点火发动机的计算流体动力学分析

TransportRN: Transportation & Sustainability (Topic) Pub Date : 2019-03-20 DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.3356388

Pushp Upadhyay, B. Tripathi, K. B. Rana

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Chevy Volt: Pricing and Capacity Decisions in Response to Government Incentives for the Electric Vehicle Industry 雪佛兰Volt:政府对电动汽车产业激励的定价和产能决策

TransportRN: Transportation & Sustainability (Topic) Pub Date : 2015-07-28 DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.2634490

A. Elias, Anton Ovchinnikov, Gal Raz

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Sustainability is the Answer - Now What Was the Question? 可持续发展是答案——现在的问题是什么?

TransportRN: Transportation & Sustainability (Topic) Pub Date : 2012-10-29 DOI: 10.2139/SSRN.2168255

Rebecca M. Bratspies

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