Eco-innovations are crucial for reducing the environmental damages arising from economic activities, and are one of the main drivers of a successful transition towards sustainable development and remedying essential climate change problems. This book provides an overview of recent advances in...

Making Innovation Last considers the long term success of a firm. Authored by a trio of top international scholars who present pioneering new work on what it takes to create long term growth, the book examines the internal conditions that are likely to encourage sustainable innovation, as well...

Making Innovation Las t considers the long term success of a firm. Authored by a trio of top international scholars who present pioneering new work on what it takes to create long term growth, the book examines the internal conditions that are likely to encourage sustainable innovation, as well...

Networks of firms have been in the focus of management research for several years. Recently, special attention has been paid to so-called business webs. Business webs are networks of firms which provide complements to a common product architecture. In the past, research focused on management...

1 Introduction -- 2 The Main Features of the FDI Phenomenon.- 3 The Environmental Effects of FDI -- 4 The Competition for FDI and Its Effect on Environmental Standards -- 5 The Cross-Border Environmental Performance -- 6 Recent Trends and Prospects in the FDI Dynamic -- 7 Concluding Remarks.

While intercity passenger transport counts for about 2% of the total passenger transport volume the share of the total passenger kilometers traveled is estimated more than one third. In many countries the major part of intercity transport is performed by car and air and as a result, the...

The pursuit of sustainable development and smart growth is a main challenge today in countries around the world. Social capital is an asset of their territorial communities. It is also a precondition for national and local policies that aim to better the economic base and quality of life for...

Chapter 1: Overview -- Chapter 2: Ethics and Finance: The Unresolved Puzzle -- Chapter 3: Exploring the Role of Banks in Sustainable Development -- Chapter 4: Emerging Practices in Sustainable Banking -- Chapter 5: Sustainability in Banks: Emerging Trends -- Chapter 6: Being a Sustainable Bank:...

This book analyses various aspects of social responsibility, corporate responsibility, sustainability and governance. Rather than focusing narrowly on a single perspective, it investigates a number of problems and scenarios that can all be considered an aspect of one of these fields, and shows...