Environmental management practices are common in large companies, but rare in small businesses even though, collectively, their environmental footprint is substantially greater. There is, therefore, a crucial need to engage small businesses in practices that reduce their environmental impact and...

It could be argued that the quest for integration is at the core of sustainable developmentimplementation issues. Although there is no simple answer to the integrationchallenge there is no doubt that organisational integration and coordinationcomprise a critical ingredient in any prescription...

In order for policy makers to plan effectively for sustainable development, there is a need for measures of welfare that consider changes in the natural capital stock. Current measures based on conventional national accounting are flawed because they are based solely on flow measures and do not...

This thesis investigates the application and implications of supply chain management as a modern management model in regulating corporate outsourcing activities within the Greater Pearl River Delta. Globalisation has accelerated the application of supply chain management as a mechanism to...

This paper studies the impact of European bank mergers and acquisitions on changes in key safety and soundness measures of both acquirers and targets. We find that capitalization, profitability and liquidity show signs of statistically and economically signifi cant mean reversion for acquirers....

En este estudio investigamos los determinantes de las emisiones denominadas en dólares de deuda a largo plazo por parte de la banca europea. Para ello empleamos una base de datos que permite explorar los factores que, según la literatura, explican las emisiones en moneda extranjera. Incluimos...

Este documento es uno de los primeros en investigar los determinantes en la emisión de bonos por parte de las entidades bancarias europeas. Utilizamos una base de datos única de en torno a 50.000 bonos emitidos por 63 bancos de 14 países europeos para comprobar explícitamente una serie de...

Abstract The development of every nation is measured through its grade of industrialization and especially its transportation system development. But this development can only be achieved by respecting and fulfilling the goals of sustainable mobility. This paper presents the concept of...