Das Handbuch gibt einen Überblick über zentrale Methoden der empirischen Organisationsforschung. Ein Schwerpunkt liegt auf den Analysepotenzialen existierender Datenbestände und den Anwendungsfeldern quantitativer sowie qualitativer Erhebungsmethoden in der Organisationsforschung. Durch die...

Informationsmanagement in der Bedarfswirtschaft -- Strategische Informationssystemplanung -- Aufbau- und Ablauforganisation -- Information und Process Engineering -- Nutzung webbasierter Plattformen -- Datenschutz und Datensicherheit -- Controlling des Informationsmanagements.

This book provides an interdisciplinary account of how technological advances - mainly in the domains of energy and transportation - contribute to the transformation towards a more sustainable economic system. Drawing on methods from engineering, the management sciences and economics, which it...

1. Introduction -- 2. Spatial Disparities and Poverty: The Case of Three Provinces in the Philippines -- 3. Decomposing Poverty Change in India: Within- and Between-Group Effects Across Regions, 2004-05 and 2009-10 -- 4.Pathways Out of Rural Poverty and the Role of Agriculture in Four...

This study develops a new indicator for national and global sustainability. The main components of the EIIW-vita indicator are: the share of renewable energy, the genuine savings rate, and the relative "green export" position of the respective countries; it is in line with OECD requirements on...

The book explores the geo-chemical, physical, social and economic impacts of climate change on water supplies. It contains examples and case studies from a wide range of countries, and addresses the need to promote sustainable water use across the world

This edited volume provides a critical evaluation of financing options for sustainable development in Africa. While sustainability has long been the watchword for development programs, and while many African countries have taken initiatives to develop integrated frameworks that tackle...

Grundlegung -- Terminologische und konzeptionelle Grundlagen -- Vertiefung des Modells nachhaltiger Austauschrelationen -- Multinationale Unternehmen an der BoP: Reflexionen im Lichte von Corporate Citizenship -- Empirische Relevanz der behandelten Konzepte an der BoP -- Konklusion und Ausblick.

This volume looks at the critical issues of industrial policy and sustainability. It assesses the gap between how developed and developing countries have integrated sustainability issues in their industrial policies, and how they should have ideally done so. The book looks at the specific issues...

Einführung -- Grundlagen des Nachhaltigkeitsmanagements -- Messung des ökonomischen Erfolgs -- Beziehungen zwischen Nachhaltigkeitsmanagement und wirtschaftlichem Erfolg -- Benchmark-Analyse der Effizienz des Nachhaltigkeitsmanagements -- Schlussbetrachtung und Ausblick.