La Serreta endokarst (SE Spain): a sustainable value?

Advanced DInSAR analysis on mining areas: La Union case study (Murcia, SE Spain)

The town of LaUnion (SE, Spain) is located within a metal mining area that has been exploited since the Roman period. This historic exploitation has left behind a high concentration of abandoned underground mining galleries. Currently, an industrial area is subsiding due to the collapse of one of these galleries in May 1998. In this paper, an advanced Differential Interferometry SAR (DInSAR) me...

Creating sustainable value

Executive Overview Just as the creation of shareholder value requires performance on multiple dimensions, the global challenges associated with sustainable development are also multifaceted, involving economic, social, and environmental concerns. Indeed, these challenges have implications for virtually every aspect of a firm’s strategy and business model. Yet, most managers frame sustainable de...

Creating Sustainable Value: A Framework for IS Value Sustainability

More than two decades of research on information systems (IS) value still leaves the issue of IS value in an organization a less understood concept. Considering that information systems require significant investments and commitment, the compelling issue for organizations, from a strategic perspective, is to sustain and prolong the value accorded by IS to the firm. In this study, we propose a f...

Value System for Sustainable Manufacturing

Re-envisioning Sustainable Oil-Palm in SE Asia

In Southeast Asia, expansion of oil-palm agriculture, in combination with other industries (logging, fiber, and mega-dams), is transforming significant portions of the landscape threatening biodiversity, key ecosystem services, and human cultural diversity. While transformative answers to these multifaceted environmental issues seem daunting, the conservation biology literature provides a road ...