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Morse, Stephen - In: International Journal of Global Environmental Issues 9 (2009) 1/2, pp. 110-129

This paper critically reviews the application of a post-development analysis to sustainable development by employing a defined target for post-development analysis – the Environmental Kuznets Curve (EKC). Data from the 2005 Environmental Sustainability Index (ESI) for 146 countries are used to...

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The global sustainability challenge: from agreement to action

Juma, Calestous - In: International Journal of Global Environmental Issues 2 (2002) 1/2, pp. 1-14

The United Nations General Assembly will hold the World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD) in Johannesburg in 2002. The aim of the summit is to review progress in the implementation of sustainable development goals adopted in 1992 at the historic United Nations Conference on Environment...

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Why only few CDM projects? The case of reforestation projects and remote sensing

Brandt, Urs Steiner; Svendsen, Gert Tinggaard - In: International Journal of Global Environmental Issues 13 (2013) 1, pp. 25-42

CDM projects have large potentials but also face significant obstacles that have so far limited their applicability. Two serious problems that an effective contracting faces are the presence of private information and the lack of sufficiently precise output measures. In a principal-agent...

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Innovative trends in human resource management: a case study of Lithuanian and Latvian organisations

Lobanova, Liudmila; Ozolina-Ozola, Iveta - In: International Journal of Transitions and Innovation Systems 3 (2014) 2, pp. 131-152

The article discusses innovative trends and significant aspects of human resource management practices in the context of high-performance human resource management regarding the challenges of sustainable development and the needs of innovations deployment to management practice. The authors...

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The technology of adaptive complex systems as an adequate synergy tool of knowledge, innovation and technology features designing universal sustainable development of country

Rutkauskas, Aleksandras Vytautas; RaÄinskaja, Irena; … - In: International Journal of Transitions and Innovation Systems 3 (2014) 2, pp. 104-114

This paper examines the concept of technology and content transformation, when the object of cognitive and impact becomes humanitarian and social processes. For this purpose, it is invoked that knowledge and innovation of social and humanitarian type and the equivalent of technology serve...

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Sustainability humanistic education: a new pedagogy for a better world

Raphaely, Talia; Marinova, Dora - In: International Journal of Education Economics and Development 4 (2013) 2, pp. 170-189

than alleviates the threats. The history of the emerging area of sustainability education is reviewed, including brief … discussion on educational discourses, namely: humane education, environmental education, ecopedagogy, education for sustainable … development, education for a culture of peace and sustainability, participatory education and humanistic education. Drawing on …

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Towards a balanced scoreboard for assessing manufacturing processes sustainability

Araujo, Juliano Bezerra De; Oliveira, João Fernando … - In: International Journal of Business Performance Management 13 (2012) 2, pp. 198-221

Industries can contribute for sustainable development by using cleaner and more efficient technologies. In view of that, to satisfactorily evaluate their processes performance, sustainability indicators turn out to be a crucial point. The present work has as its main objective providing a...

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A framework for innovation in a global NGO: building financial, institutional and programmatic sustainability

Kickul, Jill; Gundry, Lisa K. - In: International Journal of Innovation and Regional Development 5 (2013) 1, pp. 3-25

A case-based approach is presented to analyse a Universal NGO's framework in introducing new innovations related to its sustainability programme. The Universal NGO examined has a unique approach to sustainability wherein partnerships with local NGOs are formed to implement programmatic...

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Towards a conceptual framework for development of sustainable development indicators for an urban setup

Nathan, Hippu Salk Kristle; Reddy, B. Sudhakara - In: International Journal of Sustainable Development 15 (2012) 3, pp. 187-205

Bruntland Commission's report led to popularisation of notion of sustainability and a boom in the development of sustainable development indicators (SDIs). Numerous efforts have been made worldwide in constructing SDIs at global, national, and local scales, but India has been lacking in such...

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Are economic globalisation and sustainable development compatible? Business strategy and the role of the multinational enterprise

Garrod, Brian - In: International Journal of Sustainable Development 1 (1998) 1, pp. 43-62

Much concern has been generated in recent times regarding the pivotal role played by multinational enterprises in determining the environmental implications of continuing economic globalisation. Yet, although some commentators have cast multinationals as an enemy of sustainable development,...

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