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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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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 …
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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...
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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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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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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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Bangladesh and thus examines the arbitrary moves by the regulatory bodies, in the name of promoting 'good corporate governance …/growth in emerging countries such as Bangladesh.Practical implications - This new evidence from an emerging market enhances our …
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in Bangladesh. An extended Cobb-Douglas stochastic frontier profit function wasused to assess profit efficiency and … profit loss of rice farmers in Bangladesh in a survey data of 360 farmsthroughout the 2008-2009 growing seasons. Model …
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In July of 1998, Bangladesh was in the grip of the worst flood of its history. It damaged a lot of assets all over the … devastating affect on Bangladesh that couldn't be measured accurately in figures. Out of 64 districts, 55 were inundated and …
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