The implementation of the education criteria for performance excellence (ECPE)—the education version of the Baldrige criteria—is driven by the growing need for performance excellence in higher education. Ironically the criteria meant for performance excellence have no theoretical...

The purpose of this paper is to explore corporate perspectives on the development and use of sustainability reports. Interviews with experts from 35 Canadian corporations were conducted. The research showed that the content of the reports was determined by following standards, conducting an...

There is a growing body of research on the theory and practice of sustainable supply chain management (SSCM). However, relatively little research has been conducted on the extent to which corporations have integrated sustainability principles into the management of their supply chain and the...

Turkey has recently initiated a project to revise its nuclear policy. The revised nuclear energy policy considers searching for possible alternative locations for future nuclear power plants in Turkey. At the most basic level, the public cannot accurately evaluate whether it is willing to...

We review the literature on sustainable supply chains during the last decade; 2000–2010. We analyze the literature from different perspectives. We then provide frameworks for sustainable supply chain management and performance measures. We also provide a case study to illustrate the experience of a...

On global perspective, it is observed that developing economies need a boost up to grow faster to overcome from poverty trap. This trap can be overcome by investment on large scales which results into augmenting productive capacity of an economy, increases the level of employment and promotes...

In this paper we present a modified Duckworth/Lewis method. The key modification is an improved functional form for the model describing the runs to be scored in an innings. In the course of our work we compare several alternative methods for resetting targets in limited overs cricket that have...

This study is focused on analyzing exchange rates on foreign private investment in Pakistan. Times series data from periods 1973 to 2012 was used for the analysis. The results of estimation suggest that an exchange rate and gross domestic product are the most important variable that affects...