This paper makes a vital contribution to the fields of sustainability studies, environmental policy-making and green business planning by presenting evidence that contradicts widely accepted conventional wisdom about the relative environmental efficiency of countries as determined by resource...

This paper makes a vital contribution to the fields of sustainability studies and environmental policy making by presenting evidence that contradicts widely accepted conventional wisdom about the relative environmental efficiency of countries.Significant findings include the existence of...

This exploratory study uses model-based cluster analysis to group countries based on statistical similarities in terms of income, development, carbon emissions, and self-reported happiness. Several characteristics of the resulting clusters are noted. The least developed cluster, generating just...

Most studies investigating the environmental impact of business activities across countries do so from a macroeconomic vantage point. While this widely accepted methodology has its merits, the purpose of this research is to present an alternative form of analysis focusing on consumption per...

This article has three goals. First, the authors review the available data on the phenomenon of cyber-extortion - the practice of demanding money in exchange for not carrying out threats to commit harm that would involve a victim's information systems. Second, the authors investigate why...

This paper examines how habitat restoration techniques, such as revitalizing shellfish beds and restoring wetlands, can be used as a way to clean estuarine waters from the effects of Nitrogen (N) pollution, and, in doing so, satisfy the statutory requirements and policy intent of the Clean Water...

This article makes a critical contribution to the fields of environmental and corporate law. It explains a problem in the citizen enforcement of environmental statutes: the issue of how to establish and secure standing to sue. The article then recommends a novel solution based in corporate law:...

Promoting sustainability means working to ensure that our society, economy, and businesses have the necessary means to continue for future generations. A patchwork of state efforts meets with varying levels of success and only has a limited effect in ensuring that as a nation, the United States...