Globally, buildings are responsible for approximately 40% of the total world annual energy consumption. Most of this energy is for the provision of lighting, heating, cooling, and air conditioning. Increasing awareness of the environmental impact of CO2, NOx and CFCs emissions triggered a...

Intro -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1 The Promise of FDI for Sustainable Development -- 2 The Emergence of Mexico's Enclave Economy -- 3 Globally Networked, Environmentally Challenged: A Profile of the IT Industry -- 4 Wired for Sustainable Development? IT and Late Industrialization -- 5...

The research determines the level of financial risk in the Russian healthcare system and identifies prospects for improving the current Russian practice of financial risk management in healthcare when providing high-tech medical care for sustainable development (using Russia as an example). The...

In our paper, we examine the simultaneous impact of the agglomeration economy (AE) and the innovation ecosystem (IE) on the competency development of SMEs in the Piemonte region in three high-tech sectors: aerospace, mechatronics, and automotive. This study focuses on the critical challenge for...