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Positive Deviance for a Sustainable World: Linking Sustainability and Positive Organizational Scholarship
Hoffman, Andrew J. - 2010
This chapter examines the linkages between the positive organizational scholarship (POS) and the sustainability … contributions. POS can help sustainability make a shift from addressing “deficit gaps” to instead addressing “abundance gaps ….” Sustainability can help expand the scope of the POS research domain from explaining how people and organizations can flourish, to …
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The Capital Theory Approach to Sustainability: A Critical Appraisal
Stern, David I - 1995
This paper examines critically some recent developments in the sustainability debate. The large number of definitions … of sustainability proposed in the 1980's have been refined into a smaller number of positions on the relevant questions … account is taken of the uncertainty involved in sustainability analysis of any sort. In addition, by focusing on a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009451660
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The Barriers present in more developed countries and less developed countries slowing the implementation of substainability
Giovine, Luke - 1996
In 1996 the natural resource base of the world is being depleted at a rate far below the sustainable level. This is very evident in less developed countries (IDC), where raw limited natural resources are being poorly utilized and/or exported to more developed countries (MDC). The More Developed...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009458734
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Business sustainability and undergraduate management education in Australia
Fisher, Josie; Bonn, Ingrid - 2009
sustainability and the appropriate strategies required to improve business sustainability. In addition, there are international calls … for educators to address sustainability in their programs. The aim of this study was to investigate the extent to which … business sustainability is being incorporated into undergraduate business and management courses in Australian universities …
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A Comparative Analysis of Water Quality Sampling Decisions in Aquifers
Rajagopal, Rangaswamy; Kuchibhatla, Ramana - 1995
No single set of sampling decisions is optimal for all monitoring programs. Cost-effective decisions will have to be made in an adaptive framework, constantly changing yet having a basic structure. The major objectives of this paper are to develop and illustrate such a model structure for...
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The Point-of-Use Water Treatment Industry: Expert Opinion on Regulation.
Rajagopal, Rangaswamy; Tobin, Graham A - 1990
Concerns over declining water quality have led many home owners to install point-of-use water treatment units to improve potable supplies. This industry has grown considerably in recent years. However, some questions have been raised regarding misleading advertising and improper claims being...
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Beyond k-Anonymity: A Decision Theoretic Framework for Assessing Privacy Risk
Lebanon, Guy; Scannapieco, Monica; Fouad, Mohamed; … - 2009
An important issue any organization or individual has to face when managing data containing sensitive information, is the risk that can be incurred when releasing such data. Even though data may be sanitized before being released, it is still possible for an adversary to reconstruct the original...
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14.123 Microeconomic Theory III, Spring 2009
Eso, Peter - 2009
This half-semester course discusses decision theory and topics in game theory. We present models of individual decision-making under certainty and uncertainty. Topics include preference orderings, expected utility, risk, stochastic dominance, supermodularity, monotone comparative statics,...
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Full Circle : a collection of prototypes
Finn, Angela L. - 2008
sustainability: that of the well being of fashion industry workers in Australia and New Zealand (people). This collection formed the … source local/make local/sell local approach also has great benefits in terms of environmental sustainability. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009438058
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Occupier perceptions of green workplace environment: The Australian experience
Kato, Hikari; Too, Linda; Rask, Ann - 2009
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to shed light on the perceptions by occupiers of green workplace environments. It examines how occupiers (both management and employees) perceive and evaluate the role of green workplace environments, and subsequently assesses the effectiveness of a green...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009441669