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Sustainable development requires the transformation of societies into knowledge societies. ICTs are increasingly becoming repositories of knowledge and information, which has implications for the field of knowledge management. In this paper, we attempt to conduct a preliminary analysis to identify the factors that influence the sustainability of knowledge societies. A Knowledge Societies Index (KSI)...
Due to rapid urbanization, the concept of smart cities is becoming increasingly popular. Smart city projects aim to improve the living conditions for the society at large, thereby creating sustainable, long term benefits. But, do smart cities aid in the development of knowledge societies? Or, are knowledge societies the necessary perquisites to smart cities? Can a causal relationship be established...
Cereal production systems in the Eastern Indo-Gangetic Plains (E-IGP) are traditional, with low yield and low farm income, and they have largely missed out on the benefits of the Green Revolution. To enhance productivity, alleviate environmental and management constraints, and enhance farmers’ income in the rice–wheat cropping system of the E-IGP, new approaches that are more productive and sustainable...
In the knowledge economy, a firm's longevity and sustainability does not necessarily have to be always supported by a great financial performance. The intellectual capital has become a major corporate strategic asset to generate sustainable competitive advantage and superior financial performance. Mutual trust, in internal and external relationships, makes a positive contribution to the company's...
Infrastructure investment decisions consider future infrastructure demand projections from freight models, the quality of which depends on fidelity of input freight data. The Freight Analysis Framework Version 2.2 (FAF2.2) being a primary source of freight data for infrastructure planning provides commodity origin-destination flows for 114 zones within the USA. Freight disaggregation approaches using...
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