Land use/land cover change has been attracting increasing attention in the field of global environmental change research because of its role in the social and ecological environment. To explore the ecological risk characteristics of land use change in the Poyang Lake Eco-economic Zone of China, an eco-risk index was established in this study by the combination of a landscape disturbance index w...

The integration of the environmental dimension is crucial in industrial activity. Designers should integrate new constraints to adapt their approaches and methodologies framework eco-innovation products consumer goods. This paper proposes a method integrating ecological aspects into innovation process. We analyze different tools proposed literature determine relevant parameters consider for ass...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to shed more light on the crucial initiation stage of service innovation in professional service firms (PSFs) by individual professionals and the implications for knowledge management. Design/methodology/approach – The paper builds theory, based on an in-depth review of the relevant literature. The developed theory is illustrated with a case study of Price...

Open innovation has received an increasing amount of attention from innovation scholars and practitioners alike. As a specific type of open innovation, collaborative innovation combines knowledge inflows and outflows and is thus at the core of open innovation. To better understand this coupled process of open innovation, this chapter provides an overview of the theoretical perspectives on open ...

ECP Newsletter 2000-6 JEMAI “Environmental accounting” is now attracting the attention of Japanese industry. In the past, environmental audit, eco-labeling, EPE, LCA and other techniques have been developed to support environmental management by enterprises. Eco-materials and eco-design focusing on environmental harmony of raw materials, materials and products have been developed and are used. ...

Annually, it is estimated that about 4 billion units of consumer electronics for mobile communications are produced worldwide. This could lead to various ecological imbalances unless the design and disposal of the products are handled optimally. To illustrate how industry looks at and responds to the increasing social awareness, this article describes how sustainability is successfully implemen...

The evolution of Eco Industrial Parks (EIPs) in Italy is a development opportunity for many territories and companies. Starting from the initial experiences in the 1980s, the Eco Industrial Parks model has spread throughout many of the central and northern regions of the country. The key element of Italian Eco Industrial Parks is the management body, an entity provided by national legislation t...

It is now an accepted fact, in gender and development writing at least, that women in many Third World societies play a vital role in the management of natural resources. Because their activities are often supported by a deep knowledge of resource management issues, women should play an integral role in every environmental project. Nevertheless, many environmental projects have emerged--such as...