Das von der Deutschen Bundestiftung Umwelt (DBU) geförderte Forschungsprojekt 'SIEGER' ist ein wichtiger Baustein für Überlegungen und Analysen zum Nutzen und zur Qualitätssicherung von hochwertigen Umwelt- und Nachhaltigkeitswettbewerben. Es stellt die Möglichkeiten der konzeptionellen und...

Increasing food demand will most likely be met with agricultural intensification and land clearing, exacerbating environmental consequences associated with food supply. The mechanisms and trade-offs between agriculture and the environment are heterogeneous and not well understood, yet key to...

Das von der Deutschen Bundestiftung Umwelt (DBU) geförderte Forschungsprojekt „SIEGER“ ist ein wichtiger Baustein für Überlegungen und Analysen zum Nutzen und zur Qualitätssicherung von hochwertigen Umwelt- und Nachhaltigkeitswettbewerben. Es stellt die Möglichkeiten der konzeptionellen...

Private actors have been actively working on standards that certify products and their production processes to minimize negative externalities. The number of Voluntary Sustainability Standards (VSS) has been increasing over the last few decades, raising interest in understanding their impact on...

Auf dem Weg zur Etablierung einer angemessenen Informationssicherheit bestehen diverse Herausforderungen, wie - Berücksichtigung des stetigen Wandels – forciert durch Digitalisierung und Transformation, - Identifikation und Einhaltung der immer komplexer werdenden gesetzlichen und...

"The Standard for Program Management - Fifth Edition identifies program management principles and performance domains and provides guidance on the principles of program management that guide the behaviors and actions of organizations, professionals, and stakeholders who work on or are engaged...

FOREWORDPreface About the Author and ContributorsIntroduction and Book Organization 16PART ONE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND GENERATIVE AI: FORCES BEHIND THE DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION 44Chapter 1. Artificial Intelligence: A Transformational Technology 45Chapter 2. Generative AI: A "Spark from AGI"...

This paper studies the effect of external managerial social networks on strategic flexibility and organizational learning, considering three groups of analysis (Non-QM, ISO and TQM firms). At the present, there is a wide variety of alternatives for managing quality in organizations, such as ISO...

Panama's statistical system is well established by a legal framework that generally provides the necessary authority for the collection and compilation of statistics. Panama has a well-developed macroeconomic statistical system and the government recognizes the importance of good statistics for...

Klappentext: Digitalisierung, Vernetzung und Künstliche Intelligenz verändern unser Leben in grundlegender Weise! Wir müssen die verschiedenen Entwicklungen verstehen und analysieren, wie sie sich gegenseitig verstärken und auf unser "normales", analoges Leben wirken. Welche Konsequenzen...

Cambodia has achieved remarkable economic development and political stabilization in recent years. Continuous high growth has heightened demand for high quality financial reporting and auditing in the corporate sector and in the government sector. This report on the observance of standards and...

This report assesses the Republic of Georgia's corporate governance (CG) policy framework, as it stands in December 2021. The report on the observance of standards and codes (ROSC) highlights recent improvements in CG regulations, assesses actual practices, makes policy recommendations, and...

Corruption in state-owned enterprises has a unique ability to undermine governments, markets and citizens' wellbeing. While international standards promote integrity in the state-owned sector, their implementation remains a challenge. This handbook describes an innovative peer-learning programme...

The ISO 9001:2015 certificate of quality is nowadays the most renowned quality standard in the world. Standardised quality has become an imperative competitive advantage on the market for all serious business organisations. The fluctuation of the number of certificates of quality indicates to...

Is green consumerism beneficial to the environment and the economy? To shed light on this question, we study the political economy of environmental regulations in a model with neutral and green consumers where the latter derive some warm glow from buying a good of higher environmental quality...

Is green consumerism beneficial to the environment and the economy? To shed light on this question, we study the political economy of environmental regulations in a model with neutral and green consumers where the latter derive some warm glow from buying a good of higher environmental quality...

The purpose of this paper is to examine, from the perspective of international trade, the general characteristics of the operation of technical regulations, technical standardization and conformity assessment procedures (quality infrastructure) adopted by Chile, Mexico and Colombia. Next, the...

Neben der Aufmerksamkeit, die der Blockchain-Technologie (BT) durch ihren Einsatz in Kryptowährungen zuteilwurde, hat sich für die BT einigermaßen unbemerkt von der Öffentlichkeit ein weiteres Einsatz-feld entwickelt: das in der Lieferkette. Lieferketten sind in den vergangenen Jahren immer...