In this paper the relation between ICT-innovations and the culture of public administration is explored. Recent research shows that, regarding these kinds of innovations, there often is a one-sided focus on efficiency and customer orientation and a dominant belief in ICT as a neutral instrument in the hands of government. One of the consequences is an underestimation of the role of organization...

Abstract Campus decision makers are increasingly expected to adopt ‘campus innovations’ (affecting real estate and different facilities), not only from the market demand‐led (external campus innovations), but also developed by university's own scientists (internal innovations). The adoption of latter can be driven hindered many unique factors that have dealt with before. To provide insight into...

Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO), based on regional and multicultural cooperation, has focused on the improvement of living standards, collective as well as individual prosperity of people and economic development of member’s states. Since February 1992 ECO has been expanded to ten as the result of collapse of the Soviet Union. Of course, gas and oil are very important factors in this re...

Background To assess whether early health economic modeling helps to distinguish those healthcare innovations that are potentially cost-effective from those that are not potentially cost-effective. We will also study what information is retrieved from the health economic models to inform further development, research and implementation decisions.   Methods We performed s...

This paper identifies the Quality Function Deployment (QFD) as a tool in eco-design that can be used to identify customer desires, needs and requirements and to evaluate and characterise them into different categories, thereby building up an overall picture of customer value. It further argues that QFD can be more effective to the extent that it incorporates green engineering objectives, becaus...

The environmental orientation of companies is key for firms to gain a competitive advantage against peers. However, the high level novelty and uncertainty involved with eco-innovations requires additional knowledge capabilities that go beyond firm can be achieved through cooperation. Thus, it crucial analyse how cooperation affects elements drive eco-innovation. This study tests impact on while...

The paper analyzes the changes that have occurred in retail trade under influence of eco-friendly trends Russia. defines terms ecologization and retail. There are three main directions development: commodity ecologization, greening business processes consumer environment. presents an analysis innovations each areas greening. elements introduction eco-packaging into product range eco-packages. F...

Developing sustainable island tourism must be thoroughly evaluated in consideration of ecological, economic, and social factors on account of the fragility of island ecosystems. This study evaluated the ecological footprint (EF) and ecological capacity of Liuqiu Island from 2010 to 2015 using the EF model, establishing an indicator to estimate the value of ecosystem service and eco-security. Th...