Doing environmental concerns in consulting engineering

eBUSINESS SCHEME FOR ENGINEERING CONSULTING SERVICES

Despite the availability of ICT tools and infrastructures, civil engineers and design consultants still don't take full advantage in their daily activities of the eBusiness scheme which may open the door of the global market to providers of specialized consulting services. This perspective may allow even small consulting offices to get in contact with potential clients located in any part of th...

Environmental Concerns, Environmental Policy and Green Investment

Environmental regulators often use environmental policy to induce green investment by firms. However, if an environmental policy fails to exert a long-run effect on regulating the economic agents' behavior, it may be more reasonable to think of the firm as the leader in the game, since the investment in green technology is usually a strategic decision. In this paper, we consider a three-stage S...

Sandbars in the Colorado River: an Environmental Consulting Project

The National Park Service funded a study to determine the impact of water released from the Glen Canyon Dam on sandbars downriver through Grand Canyon National Park. The project involved considerable amounts of messy and missing data. Some of the challenges faced and lessons learned during this project are described.

Service operations strategy, flexibility and performance in engineering consulting firms

In this paper, the relationship between operations strategy and performance through ̄exibility as a moderating variable is analysed within the service setting of engineering consulting ®rms in Spain. A framework for service strategy dimensions is suggested while manufacturing ̄exibility dimensions are applied to service operations considering necessary adaptations. A path analysis model is applie...

Environmental Taxation and Redistribution Concerns