MALIGNANT TRANSFORMATION of cells may be accompanied by a change in responsiveness to hormonal stimulation. Since hormones exert their effects on cells by binding to specific receptors, the responsiveness of normal or neoplastic tissue to hormonal stimulation is at least partly determined by the presence and concentration of hormone receptors. A number of experimental tumours possess cell-membr...

W ith the mass-market adoption of networking technology, the Web has often been used as a synonym for the Internet. In recent years, renewed user interest in the Web comes from cloud services such as GoogleDocs, multimediarich portals such as YouTube and Megavideo, and social networking sites such as Facebook and Twitter. Although we still refer to this rich set of applications simply as the We...

The first objective of the paper is to expose the Green Information Systems (Green IS) management framework comprising the enabling capabilities of Green IS, moderating concepts, and relationships to environmental sustainability. The second objective is to demonstrate the framework’s verification using the focus group method and member checking. The achievement of these objectives establishes t...

In the research on the intersection of information systems (IS) and eco-sustainability, various terms such as Green IT, Green ICT, Green IT/IS, Green IS and Sustainable IS are used. These conundrums of terms can lead to ambiguity and confusion in the theory and practice of Green IS. What constitutes the “Greenness” in a Green IS and its loci are largely elusive. This paper proposes that Green I...

Sustainability has emerged as relevant topic of strategic management during the last years – and it is supposed to become a game-changing megatrend (Lubin and Esty, 2010). Hoewever, business executives are struggling to identify sustainability-based sources of competitive advantage and to integrate environmental aspects into their corporate strategy. In addition, the strategic role of informati...

The concept of “Green Infrastructure” (GI) is gaining political momentum and has been rapidly introduced in both planning theory and policy, especially in US and Europe (see Lennon, 2014). Yet, it does not have a single widely recognised or accepted definition (Wright, 2011). The term has been adopted by various disciplines (e.g., land conservation, urban design and landscape architecture), som...

Green computing refers to the practice and procedures of using computing resources in an environment friendly way while maintaining overall computing performance. Global warming is the continuing rise in the average temperature of the Earth’s climate system due to a range of factors. Scientific understanding of the various causes of global warming has been increasing since the last decade. Clim...

Since their initial appearance in the scientific literature, the terms "green" and "sustainable" have been increasingly used and are nowadays ubiquitously present in the terminology of several research areas. The seminal origin of what is considered “green chemistry” today might be ascribed to the launch of the Responsible Care® initiative by the American Chemistry Council (ACC) [1] and to the ...