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The impact of a proactive environmental strategy on environmentally sustainable practices in service firms: The moderating effect of information use value

Jeremy Galbreath, Chia‐Yang Chang, Daniel Tisch

Business Strategy and the Environment > 32 > 8 > 5420 - 5434

Demonstration of environmental sustainability is increasingly seen as important to gaining legitimacy, consumer favour and competitive advantage for service firms. To explore this prospect further, we employed resource‐based theories to study the effect of a proactive environmental strategy (PES) on environmental practices. We argue that the relationship between a PES and environmental practices is...

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Quality engineering challenges on the way to sustainability

Hamrol, Adam, Hamrol, Adam

Management and Production Engineering Review > 2020 > 11 > 4

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Lean integration in maintenance logistics management: a new sustainable framework

Hammadi, Salima, Herrou, Brahim, Hammadi, Salima, Herrou, Brahim

Management and Production Engineering Review > 2020 > 11 > 2

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Environmental sustainability orientation, competitive strategy and financial performance

Albert Danso, Samuel Adomako, Joseph Amankwah‐Amoah, Samuel Owusu‐Agyei, more

Business Strategy and the Environment > 28 > 5 > 885 - 895

Extant research has established that environmental sustainability orientation (ESO) has a positive influence on performance outcomes. Nevertheless, several contingencies tend to affect the strength of this relationship. In this study, we draw on natural resource‐based theory to introduce competitive strategies as moderators in the ESO–performance nexus. Using time‐lagged data obtained from 269 firms...

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Scaling up sustainability: Concepts and practices of the ecovillage approach

Bijay Singh, Martina M. Keitsch, Mahesh Shrestha

Sustainable Development > 27 > 2 > 237 - 244

Since the Brundtland definition, practitioners and theoreticians have strived to deal with incoherencies in the concept of sustainability or sustainable development, partly because the concept is defined on a global level and applied through local level initiatives. Explanatorily, describing the three sustainability dimensions (social, economic and ecological), the pillar model of sustainability has...

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Robust Designs for Scalability

Jody Clarke, Chris Dede

Learning and Instructional Technologies for the 21st Century > 1-22

One-size-fits-all educational innovations do not work because they ignore contextual factors that determine an intervention’s efficacy in a particular local situation. Identifying variables within the intervention’s setting that represent important conditions for success and summarizing the extent to which the impact of the intervention is attenuated by variation in them can provide prospective adopters...

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The Contribution of the Social Teaching of the Catholic Church in the Construction of a New Concept of “Sustainability”

Antonio De Feo

Agriculture and Agricultural Science Procedia > 2016 > 8 > C > 792-797

In the Bible we find, in the “book of Genesis”, two accounts of creation, which refer to two experiences, two different cultural and theological traditions.The Synoptic reading of the tracks offers the possibility of a deep reflection on what are the concepts “of creation such as universe and of creation such as making” and the role of the man in the creation with its functions of guardian and manager...

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A simulation-based decision support for eco-efficiency improvements in production systems

A. Sproedt, J. Plehn, P. Schönsleben, C. Herrmann, more

Journal of Cleaner Production > 2015 > 105 > Complete > 389-405

Environmental sustainability is an everlasting concern of our modern society and has been gaining importance in practice and academia over the last decades. For being a major contributor to global environmental pollution, stakeholder pressure on manufacturing companies is increasing to reduce their environmental impacts, while simultaneously delivering high value goods and services at competitive...

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Using the theory of planned behavior to identify key beliefs underlying pro-environmental behavior in high-school students: Implications for educational interventions

Astrid de Leeuw, Pierre Valois, Icek Ajzen, Peter Schmidt, more

Journal of Environmental Psychology > 2015 > 42 > Complete > 128-138

This study relied on the theory of planned behavior (TPB) to identify the beliefs that influence young people's pro-environmental behavior. High-school students completed a questionnaire regarding the performance of pro-environmental behaviors early in the school year and reported on their behavior toward the end of the year. In addition to the standard TPB constructs, the initial questionnaire assessed...

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Strategies to alleviate poverty and grassland degradation in Inner Mongolia: Intensification vs production efficiency of livestock systems

David D. Briske, Mengli Zhao, Guodong Han, Changbai Xiu, more

Journal of Environmental Management > 2015 > 152 > Complete > 177-182

Semi-nomadic pastoralism was replaced by sedentary pastoralism in Inner Mongolia during the 1960's in response to changes in land use policy and increasing human population. Large increases in numbers of livestock and pastoralist households (11- and 9-fold, respectively) during the past 60 yrs have variously degraded the majority of grasslands in Inner Mongolia (78 M ha) and jeopardize the livelihoods...

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The Mars imperative: Species survival and inspiring a globalized culture

Donald C. Barker, D.C. Barker

Acta Astronautica > 2015 > 107 > Complete > 50-69

Humanity has crossed a unique technological threshold enabling self-guided survival, a first in the history of life on Earth. From a human perspective the Earth may be considered as a single interconnected ecosystem, and given our tenuous understanding and control over the environment as well as our own behaviors, ever-looming specters of social collapse or even extinction dictate enacting immediate...

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Developing Energy Estimation Model Based on Sustainability KPI of Machine Tools

Jumyung Um, Adam Gontarz, Ian Stroud

Procedia CIRP > 2015 > 26 > Complete > 217-222

Since eco-efficiency of manufacturing resource has been emphasized, various sensors to measure energy consumption have been developed and machine tool builders also provide data of energy consumption of their own products. Due to the variety and complexity of machine tools, however, an enormous amount of data is generated and can lead to uncertainties in further interpretation. The data relating to...

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Historical and technical developments of potassium resources

Davide Ciceri, David A.C. Manning, Antoine Allanore, D. Ciceri, more

Science of the Total Environment > 2015 > 502 > Complete > 590-601

The mining of soluble potassium salts (potash) is essential for manufacturing fertilizers required to ensure continuous production of crops and hence global food security. As of 2014, potash is mined predominantly in the northern hemisphere, where large deposits occur. Production tonnage and prices do not take into account the needs of the farmers of the poorest countries. Consequently, soils of some...

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Optymalizacja a maksymalizacja i minimalizacja

Tadeusz Oleksyn

Ekonomika i Organizacja Przedsiębiorstwa > 2015 > 8 (787) > 3-14

We współczesnej ekonomii i w zarządzaniu maksymalizacja, minimalizacja i optymalizacją są terminami szczególnie często używanymi. Celem artykułu jest refleksja nad dążeniami do maksymalizacji, minimalizacji i optymalizacji oraz obszarami, gdzie takie dążenia są uprawnione. Celem jest także zidentyfikowanie ujemnych skutków maksymalizacji i minimalizacji – szczególnie wówczas, gdy wykazywany jest brak...

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Building sustainable energy systems: Homeostatic control of grid-connected microgrids, as a means to reconcile power supply and energy demand response management

Franco Fernando Yanine, Federico I. Caballero, Enzo E. Sauma, Felisa M. Córdova, more

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews > 2014 > 40 > Complete > 1168-1191

The issue of worldwide over consumption and squandering of electrical energy has resulted in what one might call an energy obesity problem in terms of energy intake and its expenditure. It is indeed something that must change if modern society is to become sustainable someday. This is to be realized in conjunction with adequate government policies and innovative strategies aimed at effectively integrating...

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A critical analysis of hazard resilience measures within sustainability assessment frameworks

Elizabeth C. Matthews, Meredith Sattler, Carol J. Friedland, E.C. Matthews, more

Environmental Impact Assessment Review > 2014 > 49 > Complete > 59-69

Today, numerous sustainability assessment frameworks (SAFs) exist to guide designers in achieving sustainable performance in the design of structures and communities. SAFs are beneficial in educating users and are useful tools for incorporating sustainability strategies into planning, design, and construction; however, there is currently a substantial gap in the ability of existing SAFs to incorporate...

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Keeping track of ‘corporate social responsibility’ as a business and management discipline: case of Pakistan

Zahid A. Memon, Yi-Ming Wei, Mark Gregory Robson, Muhammad Aamir Obaid Khattak, more

Journal of Cleaner Production > 2014 > 74 > Complete > 27-34

Many universities worldwide have been incorporating corporate social responsibility into their business and management curricula, research and training programs. In this study, we investigated the extent to which corporate social responsibility is introduced as an academic discipline in the business and management schools in Pakistan. We also cited general opinions on corporate social responsibility...

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Biofuels adoption in Nigeria: Attaining a balance in the food, fuel, feed and fibre objectives

Nelson Abila, N. Abila

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews > 2014 > 35 > Complete > 347-355

The drive towards economic development in Nigeria brings about the pursuit of many competing objectives whose attainments depend on limited resources. Biofuels adoption has been set as an important path, among other options, for pursuing economic growth and development for the country. The Federal Government of Nigeria (FGN) is currently promoting the production, processing and utilization of biofuels...

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Thresholds models of technological transitions

Paolo Zeppini, Koen Frenken, Roland Kupers, P. Zeppini, more

Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions > 2014 > 11 > Complete > 54-70

We present a systematic review of seven threshold models of technological transitions from physics, biology, economics and sociology. The very same phenomenon of a technological transition can be explained by very different logics, ranging from economic explanations based on price, performance and increasing returns to alternative explanations based on word-of-mouth recommendation, convergence of...

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Two-echelon multiple-vehicle location–routing problem with time windows for optimization of sustainable supply chain network of perishable food

K. Govindan, A. Jafarian, R. Khodaverdi, K. Devika, more

International Journal of Production Economics > 2014 > 152 > Complete > 9-28

Increasing environmental, legislative, and social concerns are forcing companies to take a fresh view of the impact of supply chain operations on environment and society when designing a sustainable supply chain. A challenging task in today's food industry is distributing high quality perishable foods throughout the food supply chain. This paper proposes a multi-objective optimization model by integrating...

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The impact of a proactive environmental strategy on environmentally sustainable practices in service firms: The moderating effect of information use value

Quality engineering challenges on the way to sustainability

Lean integration in maintenance logistics management: a new sustainable framework

Environmental sustainability orientation, competitive strategy and financial performance

Scaling up sustainability: Concepts and practices of the ecovillage approach

Robust Designs for Scalability

The Contribution of the Social Teaching of the Catholic Church in the Construction of a New Concept of “Sustainability”

A simulation-based decision support for eco-efficiency improvements in production systems

Using the theory of planned behavior to identify key beliefs underlying pro-environmental behavior in high-school students: Implications for educational interventions

Strategies to alleviate poverty and grassland degradation in Inner Mongolia: Intensification vs production efficiency of livestock systems

The Mars imperative: Species survival and inspiring a globalized culture

Developing Energy Estimation Model Based on Sustainability KPI of Machine Tools

Historical and technical developments of potassium resources

Optymalizacja a maksymalizacja i minimalizacja

Building sustainable energy systems: Homeostatic control of grid-connected microgrids, as a means to reconcile power supply and energy demand response management

A critical analysis of hazard resilience measures within sustainability assessment frameworks

Keeping track of ‘corporate social responsibility’ as a business and management discipline: case of Pakistan

Biofuels adoption in Nigeria: Attaining a balance in the food, fuel, feed and fibre objectives

Thresholds models of technological transitions

Two-echelon multiple-vehicle location–routing problem with time windows for optimization of sustainable supply chain network of perishable food

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