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Towards an Inclusive Model of Sustainable Growth

Roseta-Palma, Catarina; Ferreira-Lopes, Alexandra; … - Unidade de Investigação em Desenvolvimento … - 2008

Models of economic growth are typically based on the use of one or more stocks of productive assets to create goods for utility-generating consumption. The roles played by man-made capital, natural capital and human capital have been explored, often separately, in the literature, and more...

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The independent effects of environmental, social and governance initiatives on the performance of UK firms

Humphrey, Jacquelyn E; Lee, Darren D; Shen, Yaokan - In: Australian Journal of Management 37 (2012) 2, pp. 135-151

We investigate the effect of environmental, social and governance factors on the financial performance of UK firms. We examine the three factors separately to disentangle the relation of each with performance. We find no difference in the performance of firms with high or low environmental,...

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Relationship Between Growth and Prosperity in the 100 Largest U.S. Metropolitan Areas

Fodor, Eben - In: Economic Development Quarterly 26 (2012) 3, pp. 220-230

This study examines the relationship between growth and economic prosperity in the 100 largest U.S. metropolitan areas to determine whether certain benefits commonly attributed to growth are supported by statistical data. The annual population growth rate of each metro area from 2000 to 2009 is...

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Rio+20: Successes and Failures

Dasgupta, Partha; Barde, Jean-Philippe - In: Review of Environment, Energy and Economics - Re3 (2012) June

In the aftermath of Rio+20, failures and successes can be assessed: if the reform of UNEP, the battle against environmentally harmful subsidies and the acknowledgement of Green Growth as a pillar of Sustainable Development fall below expectations, the voluntary pledges made in Rio and the...

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From Idea to Impact: Funding Invention for Sustainability (Innovations Case Discussion: KickStart)

Novy-Hildesley, Julia - In: Innovations: Technology, Governance, Globalization 1 (2006) 1, pp. 31-42

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Expanding Possibilities at the Base of the Pyramid (Innovations Case Discussion: KickStart)

Simanis, Erik; Hart, Stuart - In: Innovations: Technology, Governance, Globalization 1 (2006) 1, pp. 43-51

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TARGETING THE POOR VERSUS FINANCIAL SUSTAINABILITY AND EXTERNAL FUNDING: EVIDENCE OF MICROFINANCE INSTITUTIONS IN GHANA

ANNIM, SAMUEL KOBINA - In: Journal of Developmental Entrepreneurship (JDE) 17 (2012) 03, pp. 1250016-1

on the achievement of financial sustainability causes an institution to target non-poor clients. Using data on 2,691 MFI … clients and non-clients from Ghana, we revisit the microfinance argument of serving poorer clients and sustainability, and in …

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Integrating Mental Health and Development: A Case Study of the BasicNeeds Model in Nepal

Raja, Shoba; Underhill, Chris - eSocialSciences - 2012

The BasicNeeds model of Mental Health and Development (MHD), Nepal emphasizes user empowerment, community development, strengthening of health systems, and policy influencing. The Nepal program was chosen because this allows highlighting operations in a fragile state where the government is...

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Corporate rhetorical strategies in the legitimation of genetically modified foods

Gauthier, Jeffrey; Kappen, Jeffrey A. - In: Journal of Communication Management 21 (2017) 3, pp. 218-235

their products is challenged by stakeholders’ sustainability concerns. Design/methodology/approach The approach involves … rhetorical analysis of texts addressing the implications of genetically modified foods for sustainability. The rhetorical logic … address stakeholders’ sustainability concerns was identified. Findings Ethos was found to be used to address validity …

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Smart communities and smart growth ‐ Maximising benefits for the corporation

Hughes, Charlie; Spray, Richard - In: Journal of Corporate Real Estate 4 (2002) 3, pp. 207-214

a context of smart growth, ethical investment, brownland regeneration and sustainability and seeks to explore the …

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