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Meaning Making by Managers: Corporate Discourse on Environment and Sustainability in India
Nambiar, Prithi; Chitty, Naren - In: Journal of Business Ethics 123 (2014) 3, pp. 493-511
The globally generated concepts of environment and sustainability are fast gaining currency in international business … discourse. Sustainability concerns are concurrently becoming significant to business planning around corporate social … key factor in determining company approaches to sustainability. But what do corporate managers understand by …
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Environmental non-governmental organizations: key players in development in a changing climate—a case study of Mali
Ménard, Gabriel - In: Environment, Development and Sustainability 15 (2013) 1, pp. 117-131
Developing countries are often most impacted by climate change. While the work of international environmental organizations has received considerable public and academic attention, local environmental non-governmental organizations (ENGOs) also play a key role in assisting local populations...
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Are sustainable cities “happy” cities? Associations between sustainable development and human well-being in urban areas of the United States
Cloutier, Scott; Larson, Lincoln; Jambeck, Jenna - In: Environment, Development and Sustainability 16 (2014) 3, pp. 633-647
-Being Index (<CitationRef CitationID="CR8">2012</CitationRef>), and four US city sustainability indices: the Green City Index … happiness when measuring urban sustainability and highlight the need for future research that assesses the influence of specific …
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Sustainability: characteristics and scientific roots
Quental, Nuno; Lourenço, Júlia; Silva, Fernando da - In: Environment, Development and Sustainability 13 (2011) 2, pp. 257-276
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The Literature Aftermath Of The Brundtland Report ‘Our Common Future’. A Scientometric Study Based On Citations In Science And Social Science Journals
Schubert, András; Láng, István - In: Environment, Development and Sustainability 7 (2005) 1, pp. 1-8
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Debates on Sustainable Development: Towards a Holistic View of Reality
Osorio, Leonardo; Lobato, Manuel; Castillo, Xavier - In: Environment, Development and Sustainability 7 (2005) 4, pp. 501-518
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Water Resource Management in Botswana: Balancing Sustainability and Economic Development*
Rahm, Dianne; Swatuk, Larry; Matheny, Erica - In: Environment, Development and Sustainability 8 (2006) 1, pp. 157-183
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The Development of Managerial Competencies: A Collaborative Inquiry into the Practice of Sustainability
Bidart, Marcos Carneiro de Novaes; Brunstein, Janette - In: International Journal of Action Research 9 (2013) 2, pp. 246-269
organisational-level questions and possibilities for sustainability. The general objective was to investigate, using a co …-operative methodology, the competency development of managers, by introducing the sustainability discussion in this organisation …
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Leveraging brand value through corporate responsibility
Pakseresht, Ashkan; Mark-Herbert, Cecilia - In: International Journal of Sustainable Development 17 (2014) 3, pp. 281-297
Measurements of corporate values are associated with a number of challenges. The needs for making measurements relate to making strategic decisions for internal and external stakeholders. Traditionally, these estimates of, for example, brand value, have been expressed purely in terms of...
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The causal relationship between house prices and growth in the nine provinces of South Africa: evidence from panel - Granger causality tests
Chang, Tsangyao; Simo-Kengne, Beatrice D.; Gupta, Rangan - In: International Journal of Sustainable Economy 6 (2014) 4, pp. 345-358
This paper analyses the causal relationship between housing activity and growth in nine provinces of South Africa for the period 1995-2011, using panel causality analysis, which accounts for cross-section dependency and heterogeneity across provinces. Our empirical results support unidirectional...
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