infancy. This is reflected by the lack of well‐established, light‐weight, deployable, easy‐to‐use, standards for metadata and … information retrieval. We provide an introduction to the architecture, standards and software solutions in use by subject gateways …

ultimate idea is to create a sustainable business platform in both the environmental and economic sense of the word, so …

supporting a training and certification program in strategic planning and strategic management. this paper aims to address this … strategic planning can become a recognized profession. Findings – The steps leading to professional certification are: an … accepted set of standards for strategic‐planning practitioners needs to be developed and a widely recognized practitioner …

voluntary standards, or private regulations, on the social and environmental performance of business and finance, to promote … sustainable development; in order to stimulate more innovation and research in this field. Design/methodology/approach – The paper … responsibility (CSR) standards which now influence significant amounts of international trade and investment, thereby presenting new …

influence of corporate sustainability networks, indices, standards and the awareness of sustainability management tools on their … sustainability management tools. Standards are also found to have a positive influence, while the influence of networks and indices …

, standards, comprehensive measurement schemes, and rule‐based specifications of responsibility. Constructed examples and emerging … that the use of detailed work descriptions, standards, comprehensive measurement schemes, and rule‐based specifications of …

described and compared in terms of quality standards such as ISO, TickIT and CMM. Each of these standards is decomposed further … in the quality standards used, there are a number of similar characteristics. In essence the underlying philosophies of …