Nowadays, users join several on-line social networks (OSNs) so that design and development applications able to work on multiple OSNs is a challenging issue. However, OSNs present relevant differences from both the adopted terminology (similar concepts have different names) and the supported technology (for example, in the APIs provided for data extraction). Consequently, the heterogeneity of O...

Although numerous principles have been identified as being important for successfully integrating social and ecological factors in collaborative management, few authors have illustrated how these principles are used and why they are effective. On the basis of a review of the ecosystem management and collaboration literature, we identified eight factors important for integrative, collaborative e...

This study aimed to evaluate the effect of type of players on ecosystem accounting system using structural equations. In total, 84 activists in the field of environmental accounting (ecosystem) were selected through convenience sampling. Subjects filled the 22-item questionnaire of components of actor network and the 25-item questionnaire of ecosystem accounting. Given the fact that the signifi...

In response to the facts that some Asian developing countries were experiencing the fastest rate of industrialisation and urbanisation, several international initiatives called for a better and ‘sustainable’ urban management. Development of management tools including strategic environmental assessment (SEA), life cycle assessment (LCA), cost benefit analysis (CBA), and environmental managemen...

The term business ecosystem was originally established more than 20 years ago. In the seminal article ''Predators and prey: a new ecology of competition'' [1], Moore proposes an ecological approach to explain the co-evolution of companies within a business ecosystem by adopting a complex interplay of cooperative and competitive strategies. According to Moore, business ecosystems evolve in four ...

Green infrastructure (GI) and ecosystem services (ES) are promoted as concepts that have potential to improve environmental planning in urban areas based on a more holistic understanding of the complex interrelations and dynamics of social-ecological systems. However, the scientific discourses around both concepts still lack application-oriented frameworks that consider such a holistic perspect...