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SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT OF ECONOMIC COMPETITIVENESS THROUGH INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RECOVERY

Năstase, Gabriel I.; Năstase, Dragoş Ionuţ G. - In: Theoretical and Applied Economics 5(558)(supplement) (2011) 5(558)(supplement), pp. 311-320

breakthrough, ensuring sustainability of future development and economic competitiveness of Romania. …

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Lessons Learned from Implementing the Sustainable Development Program in the State of Acre in Brazil

Dengel, Cristina; Horton, John - Inter-American Development Bank - 2011

The IDB's strategy in Brazil seeks to promote and further the reform and modernization of the public sector, to support efforts to improve the competitiveness of Brazilian goods, to support the efforts to reduce social inequalities and poverty and, finally, to address the problems of...

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Climate Policy under Sustainable Discounted Utilitarianism

Dietz, Simon; Asheim, Geir B. - CESifo - 2011

Empirical evaluation of policies to mitigate climate change has been largely confined to the application of discounted utilitarianism (DU). DU is controversial, both due to the conditions through which it is justified and due to its consequences for climate policies, where the discounting of...

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VIABILIZANDO O DESENVOLVIMENTO SUSTENTÁVEL ATRAVÉS DO GIRASSOL: DISCUSSÕES ANALÍTICAS E EVIDÊNCIAS EMPÍRICAS PARA O SUL DO BRASIL

Silva, Leonardo Xavier da; Tillmann, Eduardo Andre - Sociedade Brasileira de Economia e Sociologia Rural - SOBER - 2008

Este estudo busca descrever as possibilidades de desenvolvimento, conceituado pelas idéias de Ignacy Sachs (2002), através de benefícios ao produtor rural, mais especificamente, ao engajado na agricultura familiar, fazendo-se referência àqueles situados nos municípios correspondentes ao...

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Initiating sustainable development reporting: evidence from New Zealand

Bebbington, Jan; Higgins, Colin; Frame, Bob - In: Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal 22 (2009) May, pp. 588-625

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to document organizations' self descriptions of why they initiated sustainable development (SD) reporting and explore these explanations using an institutional theory framework. Design/methodology/approach – Constructs organizational narratives from...

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Path dependence and path creation: Framing the extra-financial information market for a sustainable trajectory

Caron, Marie-Andrée; Turcotte, Marie-France B. - In: Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal 22 (2009) February, pp. 272-297

Purpose – This paper aims to analyze so-called sustainability, corporate social responsibility or citizenship reports … whether they represent path creation (adherence to the sustainability ideal) or path dependence (the expression of traditional … business interests and practices). Findings – The study findings show that companies adopt the sustainability reporting …

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Words not actions! The ideological role of sustainable development reporting

Milne, Markus J.; Tregidga, Helen; Walton, Sara - In: Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal 22 (2009) November, pp. 1211-1257

” sustainability. But critical analysis and interpretation within a wider framework reveal a narrow, largely economic and instrumental …

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Environmental Management and Sustainable Development in India: Issues and Challenges

Hans, V. Basil; Jayasheela - In: Journal of Global Economy 6 (2010) 2, pp. 83-94

In the rural economy land is the site of production. Our villagers live and work with close relationship with nature; they love and adore nature. Intensification of resource use and diversification of occupation (even if we call it as technological advancement) pose serious challenges to balanced...

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CSR and Environmental Reporting in the Czech Republic and Romania: Country Comparison of Rules and Practices

JINDRICHOVSKA, Irena; PURCAREA, Irina - In: Journal of Accounting and Management Information Systems 10 (2011) 2, pp. 202-227

This paper focuses on the development of corporate social responsibility, with special emphasis on environmental issues in two countries that have recently joined the EU: the Czech Republic and Romania. The article analyses the short tradition of Corporate Social Responsibility reporting in both...

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Quel développement pour une filière fondée sur le partage d'une ressource localisée ?

Levy, Rachel; Belis-Bergouignan, Marie-claude - In: Revue d'économie régionale et urbaine juin (2011) 3, pp. 469-497

In this article, through the case study of the Aquitaine forest-wood-paper filière, we emphasize the need for integrating a stronger consideration of natural resources in the analysis in terms of innovation systems. Based on the main specificity of this sector, i.e. its important dependence on...

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