The Biosphere Reserve (BR) concept aims at encouraging sustainable development (SD) towards sustainability on the ground by promoting three core functions: conservation, development, and logistic support. Sweden and Ukraine exemplify the diverse governance contexts that BRs need to cope with. We assessed how the BR concept and its core functions are captured in national legislations. The result...

Sustainable energy systems of the future will no longer be able to rely on the current paradigm that energy supply follows demand. Many of the renewable energy resources do not produce power on demand, and therefore there is a need for new market structures that motivate sustainable behaviors by participants. The Power Trading Agent Competition (Power TAC) is a new annual competition that focus...

The shift toward sustainable electricity systems is one of the grand challenges of the 21 century. Decentralized production from renewable sources, electric mobility, and related advances are at odds with traditional power systems where central large-scale generation of electricity follows inelastic consumer demand. Information systems innovations can enable new forms of dynamic electricity tra...

Sustainable innovation is the inexhaustible source of development of enterprises. Within fierce market competition, only by depending on continuous innovation can an enterprise exist and develop. By conducting an exploratory factor analysis and a confirmatory factor analysis, this paper proposes a theoretical model, dividing enterprise sustainable innovation ability into three aspects: knowledg...

Rural Development is a priority in Europe and it is supported by specific, financial programmes. At the same time, sustainability is the key word for the European Union to construct programmes and policies for all human activities. However, measuring sustainability of rural areas is not easy, due to their particular features. The improvement of knowledge on sustainability in rural areas is impo...

In each time period, the demand of passengers for each route are finite and airlines compete for earning more profits. The complex competition among airlines causes problems, such as complicating flight planning and increasing empty seats for some routes. These problems increase air pollution and fuel consumption. To solve these problems, this research studies the cooperation of the airlines wi...

in early 21st century, rapid and all- inclusive global change has transformed so much the working environment of organizations that the organizations and their managers are obliged to find new ways for their actions to adapt to global change and evolution, so that they can survive in the domestic and global competition arena. in fact, an organization will be successful that can achieve a sustai...

In this paper we present energy efficiency targets indicators of sustainable development and discuss the role competition, on promoting enhancing sustainability pricing issues. For purpose, statistical evidence indicators, highlight degree competition electrical markets in various member states effect prices targets. The empirical results indicate that higher markets, lower prices. Furthermore,...

In an increasingly competitive market, banks are constantly searching for sustainable competitive advantage to help them maintain their edge against competition. Over the years, banks have tried various drivers for competitive advantage, none of which were sufficient barriers for competitors. Understanding the behavior of their customers and using this knowledge to drive the interaction with cu...

Title of Document: THREE ESSAYS IN SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT Sang Won Yoon, PhD, 2014 Directed By: Ramón E. López Professor Agricultural and Resource Economics The first chapter derives an empirically testable set of propositions on the determinants of environmental aid as a non-market solution for trans-border pollution. The donor country balances environmental benefits against the social costs ...