This book discusses applied life cycle and supply chain management approaches for the sustainable development of tourism in Asian countries. The book describes the current state of the tourism industry in Asia from a perspective of sustainability, and analyzes the trade-offs between the three...

Chapter 1: Panama, Supply Chain Security, and the Rise of Globalization -- Chapter 2: The Canal and American Ascendancy -- Chapter 3: A Success Story made in Panama -- Chapter 4: The Canal of Panama and the Natural Gas Revolution -- Chapter 5: Macro-Trends Impacting the Future of the Canal and...

China is currently the world’s largest oil importer and is on track to becoming the biggest consumer of liquefied natural gas (LNG). This dependency is viewed as a strategic vulnerability, especially as China’s ties with the USA are worsening and Beijing has growing concerns about...

Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: Circular Economy research: From theory to practice -- Chapter 3: Conceptualization of Circular Economy 3.0: synthesizing the 10Rs hierarchy of value retention options -- Chapter 4: Working with new conceptualization of Circular Economy 3.0 -- Chapter 5: The...

Renewable raw materials are becoming increasingly important as an alternative resource base in industrial networks. Consequently, research for methods improving the efficient use of renewable resources in production processes with by-products is crucial. The aim is cascade utilization, thus the...