Government environmental regulations, along with increasing awareness and demand from customers for firms to be sustainable, are driving firms to implement new technologies to enhance the sustainability practices of their firms. Given a finite implementation horizon and a target improvement...

The benefits and impact of new manufacturing technology have been documented extensively in the literature. Management of the maintenance function is receiving more attention in the trade journals, but limited studies have been published in the academic literature. This study (following the...

The Finnish Presidency will launch a European Network of Living Labs on November 21, 2006. This is the first step towards a New European Innovation System (EIS). There is an urgent need to improve European-wide aspiration for innovation towards job creation and growth. There is also an urgent...