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Youths' Social Traits in Water Management as a Precursor for Good Water Governance
Gatt, Kevin - In: International Journal of Information Systems and Social … 7 (2016) 3, pp. 16-26
Today's youths are yesterday's future generation and tomorrow's guardian of future generations. Successful water governance requires the sustainable management of water resources which in turn implies the maximisation of economic, social and environmental goals. This research, whilst focusing on...
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Towards Self Energy-Management and Sustainable Citizens' Engagement in Local Energy Efficiency Agenda
Scorza, Francesco - In: International Journal of Agricultural and Environmental … 7 (2016) 1, pp. 44-53
EU 2020 targets and global challenges concerning energy efficiency in public and private sectors generated a great number of local and sectorial approaches mainly oriented to investment promotion in energy technologies including buildings renovations. RES diffusion also generated impacts on...
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Assessing the Correlation Between Environmental Awareness and Variability of Employees' Positions in Aviation and Aerospace Industries
Maleviti, Eva; Stamoulis, Evangelos - In: International Journal of Aviation Systems, Operations … 3 (2016) 1, pp. 20-33
The purpose of this study is to assess the awareness and attitudes of employees in Aviation and aerospace industries. This paper belongs to a wider research project, on environmental management in aviation and aerospace industries. The main scope of this research is to evaluate the level of...
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Sustaining Partnerships between Schools and Industry: A Minerals and Energy Case
Flynn, Matthew; Pillay, Hitendra; Watters, James J. - In: International Journal of Adult Vocational Education and … 7 (2016) 4, pp. 72-84
, there are very few articles in the literature that seek to understand the sustainability of industry-school partnerships … sustainability of such partnership arrangements. The author reports on a large-scale government led industry-school partnership, the … Gateway to Industry Schools Program, established in Queensland, Australia. Central to this initiative is the Queensland …
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Measuring Agreement Among Ranks: Sustainability Application
Garwood, Kathleen Campbell; Strandberg, Alicia Graziosi - In: International Journal of Business Intelligence Research … 7 (2016) 1, pp. 45-62
Is it possible to compare rankings from different sources when the individual rankings of the top x elements differ? To investigate this question, 2015 sustainable rankings from 4 sources that have ranked the top globally most sustainable corporations are considered (Corporate Knights, Fortune's...
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Digital (or Virtual) Hoarding: Emerging Implications of Digital Hoarding for Computing, Psychology, and Organization Science
Oravec, Jo Ann - In: International Journal of Computers in Clinical Practice … 3 (2018) 1, pp. 27-39
This article outlines hoarding issues involving virtual goods (including databases, videos, images, avatars, and digital documents) in workplaces, households, and personal contexts. It explores the implications of the growing literature on digital or virtual hoarding for psychological as well as...
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Five Drivers of Eco-Innovation: Insights from Parsimonious Model Using a Content Analysis Approach
Fernando, Yudi; Xin, Wah Wen; Gani, Anisha Banu Dawood - In: International Journal of Disease Control and … 1 (2016) 1, pp. 12-31
, global warming a growing demand for environmentally friendly products. Complexity of sustainability issues in operations …-innovation and its impact to business and environmental sustainability. This paper focuses on determinants of drivers of eco …
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A Decision Support System for Sustainable Waste Collection
Strand, Mattias; Syberfeldt, Anna; Geertsen, André - In: International Journal of Decision Support System … 9 (2017) 4, pp. 49-65
complexities of optimal waste collection and improve sustainability—not least from the environmental perspective. The DSS proposed …
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Green Information Technology Usage: Awareness and Practices of Philippine IT Professionals
Hernandez, Alexander A. - In: International Journal of Enterprise Information Systems … 13 (2017) 4, pp. 90-103
address environmental sustainability. This study aims to understand the level of awareness and practices of IT professionals … business objectives and activities to attain environmental sustainability. Practical and theoretical implications are presented. …
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A Feasibility Study in Energy Harvesting from Piezoelectric Keyboards
Page, Tom - In: International Journal of Energy Optimization and … 6 (2017) 2, pp. 1-23
The aim of the study was to investigate as to whether piezoelectric energy harvesting could be a viable contributor to a source of renewable energy for the future. Here, a keyboard usage study was conducted using a data gathering computer program called WhatPulse in which participants and their...
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