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Collaborating for sustainability: strategic knowledge networks, natural resource management and regional development

Higginson, Nancy; Vredenburg, Harrie - In: International Journal of Sustainable Economy 2 (2010) 3, pp. 334-351

knowledge resources needed to be successful in today's global economy. Firms in natural resource-based industries such as mining … leaders in establishing innovative sustainability initiatives that integrate a range of stakeholder interests. Using a case … working to incorporate sustainability principles into their strategies. …

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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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Impact of foreign direct investment on economic growth in CEMAC region: an analysis of transmission mechanisms

Nkoa, Bruno Emmanuel Ongo - In: International Journal of Sustainable Economy 6 (2014) 4, pp. 303-326

The aims of this paper are firstly to access the contribution of foreign direct investment (FDI) to economic growth in countries of the countries CEMAC region, and secondly to show how these foreign investments contribute to the growth of the CEMAC. The basic theory is that of endogenous growth....

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Impact of renminbi exchange rate expectation on China's foreign exchange reserves: an empirical analysis

Du, Jiancheng; Ge, Jiaoju; Qiao, Jin - In: International Journal of Sustainable Economy 6 (2014) 4, pp. 327-344

Compared with the previous researches giving scattered and qualitative discussions about the exchange rate expectation China's foreign exchange reserves (FER), this paper conducted an empirical research by adding the exchange rate expectation. Starting from the evolution path of RMB exchange...

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Green productivity: clarifying terminology and concepts

Besco, Laurel - In: International Journal of Sustainable Economy 6 (2014) 4, pp. 406-425

Employing and adjusting conventional productivity measures to represent the (mis)use of natural capital in production processes has recently generated increased interest. However, the literature relating to natural capital and productivity is highly fragmented, at times uses different...

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Surreptitious structure of the Turkish financial crisis 2000-2001

Ozkaya, Ata - In: International Journal of Sustainable Economy 6 (2014) 4, pp. 359-380

In this paper, we develop a comprehensive framework to obtain a 'broad definition' of overall public debt stock accumulation in Turkey. To do this first, we identify 'invisible balance' of public sector incurred from politically backed (informal) off-budget debt-creating transactions among...

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Postharvest loss estimation of cut rose (Rosa hybrida) flower farms: economic analysis in East Shoa Zone, Ethiopia

Aman, Mohammed - In: International Journal of Sustainable Economy 6 (2014) 1, pp. 82-95

Despite the sector's role of sustaining economic growth, there is considerable loss in rose cut flower production due to improper postharvest handling. This study's survey was conducted from first week of February to last week of April, 2011 in three districts of East Shoa Zone, Ethiopia for...

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Rule of law and the environmental Kuznets curve: evidence for carbon emissions

Castiglione, Concetta; Infante, Davide; Smirnova, Janna - In: International Journal of Sustainable Economy 4 (2012) 3, pp. 254-269

In response to the growing body of literature on the relationship between the environment and institutions, this study investigates how the rule of law influences the turning point of the environmental Kuznets curve (EKC). Using Bradford et al.'s (2005) and Leitão's (2010) alternative...

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Are stock markets influenced by sustainability matter? Evidence from European companies

Moneva, Jose M.; Ortas, Eduardo - In: International Journal of Sustainable Economy 1 (2008) 1, pp. 1-16

performance of a company and its financial performance measured by stock market value. Belonging to the Dow Jones Sustainability … Index, disclosing a Global Reporting Initiative Sustainability Report and Sustainable Ratings are used as proxies for … sustainability. This article is based on sustainability as a multivariate issue, and exploratory factor analysis is used to model the …

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Residents' perceptions of tourism impacts and sustainable tourism development

Ogorelc, Anton - In: International Journal of Sustainable Economy 1 (2009) 4, pp. 373-387

Studying ecological, economic and socio-cultural impacts is a critical component of understanding how tourism affects destination communities. This study examined the residents' perceptions of positive and negative impacts of tourism on the host community. The main characteristics of the...

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