The systemic conceptual pattern of the investigated rural community – Clopotiva village – is the result of a functional rural system structured by three main components: the physical (natural) subsystem, the social subsystem and the economic subsystem. As regards the existing relationships...

The importance of knowing the country’s national wealth level and structure is determined by the fact that these factors condition the sense and content of the development of a country on short, medium and long term. A study of the World Bank made in 2006 proves that the sustainable...

As it is known, sustainable development reveals economic, social and ecologic aspects circumscribed to the sustainability of the stock of natural capital and to the energy matter entropic flows which affects the relation environment-economy-society in terms of externalities and of the...

This study investigates the relationship between environmental concern, environmental effort and their impact on company performance. Results based on survey data from sixty companies indicate that there is a positive correlation between environmental concern and effort. In addition, positive...

This paper discusses the constraints as well as the opportunities to sustainable development in third world countries. The argument is made that sustainable environments cannot be achieved in the third world unless the living standards of residents in the third world are raised substantially to...

This paper presents a perspective on the current situation of sustainable development in relation to companies‟ strategies and the role that management innovation may have to improve this situation. Starting with a brief analysis of the concept of sustainable development, we link it to the...

The concept of "Green Economy" is heavily debated recently because it is considered to be essential for the future global economy. This concept aims to find practical solutions that can be applied in international affairs regarding the environment development as a result of the massive problems...

The heavy losses of China’s thermal power industry have attracted lots of attention. Besides the adjustment of power price, how to improve its poor performance becomes an important issue. Combining the cost Malmquist with the Luenberger index, this paper introduces a new method to measure the...

We argue that there is no clear definition of the concept sustainable passenger transport to help guide politicians in solving challenges at the global or regional level. Rather, the use of the concept has to an increasing extent reflected socially desirable attributes of local- and...

The 2012 UN Conference on Sustainable Development Rio+20 generated a wide range of mostly negative reactions. Even before the conference, there was widespread doubt about the possibility of success. As soon as the conference closed, analysts highlighted its failures and criticized the outcome...