Sustainability is a key challenge for humanity in the 21st century. Ecosystem services-the benefits that people derive from nature and natural capital-is a concept often used to help explain human reliance on nature and frame the decisions we make in terms of the ongoing value of nature to human wellbeing. Yet ecosystem service science has not always lived up to the promise of its potential. De...

The increasing interconnectedness and complexity of production processes raise the susceptibility of production systems to failure. Therefore, the ability to respond quickly to failures is increasingly becoming a competitive factor. The research project "Sustainable failure management in manufacturing SMEs" is developing a methodology to identify failures in the production and select preventive...

 Cost-competitive with petroleum fuels  Long-term stable price for budget forecasting  Made from sustainable, renewable Biomass residuals  Storable and pumpable liquid similar to petroleum fuels  Clean burning fuel without the sulfur and particulates from petroleum fuels  Low greenhouse gas emissions Sustainability issues have become an important part of the supply chain for operati...

The demand for sustainable alternative construction materials to cement in modern technology cannot be underemphasized. This paper presents a non-fired green brick with an agriculture residue namely, rice husk. Although, high plasticity brown clay deposits are widely distributed in Malaysia and rice husk is a well known agriculture residue, research works on non-fired green brick with rice husk...

The paper aims to explain the process that is commonly used to create and maintain a competitive intelligence system in organizations and to provide the most common benefits of competitive intelligence for organizations.A review of literature on Competitive intelligence within organizations is reviewed to explore their current state, tools to collect, analyze, and communicate competitive inform...

Programme Fifth Framework – Promoting Competitive and Sustainable Growth Contract Number GTC/2000/28022 Document Identification 14D01AEN10 File Name 14D01AEN10_PositionPaperSimulationModellingIssues Classification Publicl Version 1.0 Date of Issue 17/01/02 Author Aena Contributing Partners Ineco, Onera, CPADOR, RCAUEB

At its core, the issue of sustainability, perhaps the critical issue of this millennium, is not an ecological one. It is, we would argue in this paper, a cultural one. Strategists have long recognized that for an organization (country, business) to be competitive, it is not enough that it have “the competitive edge”. Its advantage must be sustainable over time. If our basic resources are not su...

Using a multi-method survival analysis, we explore the drivers behind DotCom success and failure. Specifically, we test the impact of industry-, firmand e-commerce-specific factors on a DotCom’s sustainable competitive advantage.

Does the need for sustainable development hinder businesses’ ability to create value? Is firm’s competitiveness negatively affected by considering that need? After quickly reviewing the main literature contributions on the relationship between business and society, and drawing from resource-based view of the firm and sustainable development literature, this paper presents a proposal for a dynam...