This study undertakes a critical analysis of measures of environmental and sustainable socioeconomic welfare from the perspective of political economy. One of the prime motivations for such an inquiry is that Gross Domestic Product (GDP) provides an inadequate measure of social and ecological...

Micro economic variables and the macro economic variables affecting the measurement of the profitability of the company therefor it becomes an interesting study. The goal of this research is to investigate the influence of micro economic variables (COGS) and the important macro economic...

Magistro baigiamajame darbe nagrinėjami pagrindiniai finansų, kuri peraugo į ekonominę, krizę nusakantys 2005–2009 metų Baltijos šalių ir Europos Sąjungos (ES-27) makroekonominiai ir finansiniai rodikliai ir pateikiamos krizės įveikimo priemonės, remiantis 1992 m. Švedijos...

The basic structure of our research for this article focuses on identifying, with arguments, reasoning for the following question: „How do we explain the switch between industry and services as a determinant of growth/prosperity for the 28 member countries of the EU?” In order to answer this...

The basic structure of our research for this article focuses on identifying, with arguments, reasoning for the following question: „How do we explain the switch between industry and services as a determinant of growth/prosperity for the 28 member countries of the EU?” In order to answer this...

The dissertation has been written within the post graduate program of the German Research Foundation (DFG) on “Business Aspects of Loosely Coupled Systems and Electronic Business”. This program focuses on research related to the diffusion of innovations in the digital age. Accordingly, the...

Successfully implementing ICT projects is a significant challenge for ICT managers. This paper addresses this problem by adding insights regarding critical success factors of B2B portals in the automotive industry to the existing knowledge in the field of ICT. It might be argued that if acompany...

Collective investments have become a very popular investment vehicle in South Africa because it is, among other things, transparent, liquid and easily accessible. Growing investor knowledge, good market returns and its suitability for diversification, which minimizes risk, also contributes to...

The UK government has started to demand a “whole-life, whole-system” view of newcontracts within the UK rail industry; requiring the industry to transform the way itdoes business in order to deliver this new paradigm. This paper describes the work ofa collaborative academic-industry research...

Corporate engagement in water sustainability from a supply chain perspective is limited but growing, as a clear business case is manifesting. Increasingly, water is becoming a serious risk for companies with global operations, since water stress and water access problems are growing. To date,...