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The social impact of liberalisation of plastic bottles in Malta

Briguglio, Michael; Aquilina, Diana - In: International Journal of Green Economics 4 (2010) 3, pp. 275-291

This paper analyses the social impact of liberalisation of plastic bottles in Malta, wherein the system of returnable glass bottles has effectively been replaced by a system of disposable plastic bottles. The paper applies concepts such as Ulrich Beck's (1992) 'risk society', and Michael...

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Evolution of environmentally sustainable practices: the case of the US carpet industry and CARE

Rusinko, Cathy A. - In: International Journal of Sustainable Economy 2 (2010) 3, pp. 258-276

This paper contributes to the literature by examining evolution of voluntary environmentally sustainable practices (ESPs) in the US carpet industry. The case illustrates the importance of an integrated and multi-stakeholder industry group – Carpet America Recovery Effort – in supporting use...

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Recycling construction materials in a developing country: four case studies

Srour, Issam M.; Chehab, Ghassan R.; Gharib, Nicolas - In: International Journal of Engineering Management and … 3 (2012) 1/2, pp. 135-151

This study identifies, documents, and assesses the existing levels of awareness and implementation of sustainability …, designers, and contractors supplemented with four case studies illustrating the recycling of construction demolition waste (CDW … which were limited to green design efforts and uncoordinated attempts at recycling construction demolition materials. The …

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Ecologically-oriented enterprises in Hungary

Zsuzsanna GyÅ‘ri; Ócsai, András - In: World Review of Entrepreneurship, Management and … 10 (2014) 1, pp. 52-65

In this paper, we describe how we conducted in-depth empirical research about the value-background and coping strategies of ecologically-oriented enterprises in Hungary. It is a common belief that companies that have an ecological orientation are at a disadvantage on competitive markets because...

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Developing cross-border regional innovation systems with clean technology entrepreneurship: the case of Øresund

Kiryushin, Peter; Mulloth, Bala; Iakovleva, Tatiana - In: International Journal of Innovation and Regional Development 5 (2013) 2, pp. 179-195

of research, we aim to study the role of entrepreneurship in one particular industry - cleantech - in the development of …

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Managing core competences to create value for customers

Neganova, Irina Sergeevna - In: World Review of Entrepreneurship, Management and … 6 (2010) 4, pp. 304-317

This article investigates the role of company's core competences in increasing product value for customers. The conceptual model included the steps of managing a company's core competences confirms that developing core competences makes company's products more valuable for its customers and thus...

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Bank shares restore under recent industry bailouts

Yiannaki, Simona Mihai - In: World Review of Entrepreneurship, Management and … 6 (2010) 4, pp. 336-349

This paper structures ten effective implications/lessons of the most recent bank bailouts of 2007-2009 in the Western economy model when analysing actual shareholders' value retrenchment or growth opportunities. The author finds that recent bank bailouts relate to: global bailout...

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The moderating effect of feminist identity on transformational leadership and sales performance relationship

Cinar-Altintas, Fusun; Altintas, M. Hakan; Isin, F. Bahar; … - In: World Review of Entrepreneurship, Management and … 7 (2011) 2, pp. 192-211

The purpose of this article is to evaluate the moderating effect of perceived feminist identity of women sales managers on transformational leadership and sales performance relationships. A web-based questionnaire was used and 140 women managers replied. Three main scales were used for analysis:...

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'E-banking' initiatives in Indian banks – a case of business process reengineering (BPR) implementation

Datta, Saroj K.; Kundu, Sukanya - In: World Review of Entrepreneurship, Management and … 7 (2011) 2, pp. 174-191

The intention of the paper is to find out whether e-banking initiatives in Indian public sector banks (PSBs) can be considered as a successful case of BPR implementation. Attempt has been made to study e-banking solutions adopted by Indian PSBs and to evaluate their performance in improving the...

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Positive reputation – a factor of success – using the example of German food retail companies

Klotz, Jill; Vignali, Claudio - In: World Review of Entrepreneurship, Management and … 6 (2010) 4, pp. 291-303

The positive impact of a well organised reputation management has been sufficiently discussed in literature. It strikes that the majority of the studies is limited to the positive impact on major enterprises. It was found, that in particular, medium-sized companies with flat hierarchy structures...

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