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Redefining prosperity : resource productivity, economic growth and sustainable development [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
This report seeks to stimulate debate on how we define prosperity and addresses the inadequacies of standard definitions of Gross Domestic Product and economic growth as yardsticks for well-being.Publisher ...
Sustainable Development Commission
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I will if you will : towards sustainable consumption [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
Report is summarised in 'I will if you will : towards sustainable consumption : a summary'.The Sustainable Consumption Roundtable (Great Britain), a joint initiative between the National Consumer Council and the Sustainable Development Commission ...
Sustainable Consumption Roundtable (Great Britain)
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Participatory research for sustainable agriculture: the case of the Italian agroecological rice network

open access: yesEuropean Journal of Futures Research, 2020
Since the Green Revolution, worldwide agriculture has been characterized by a typical top–down approach. The degree of autonomy, creativity, and responsibility of farmers has been limited by the continuous external inputs of chemicals, machinery, advice,
Elena Pagliarino   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Localization of Pharmaceutical Clinical Research in Europe [PDF]

open access: yesHospital Practices and Research, 2017
Background: Clinical research is a specific phase of the production process in the pharmaceutical industry in which companies test candidate drugs on patients in order to collect clinical evidence about safety and effectiveness.Objective: This paper is ...
Greta Falavigna, Roberto Ippoliti
doaj   +1 more source

Consumers’ Green smartphone practices concerned with power consumption optimisation

open access: yesCleaner and Responsible Consumption, 2023
The advent of smart multifunction smartphones has led to a significant issue of abnormal battery depletion. This raises the issue of a need for green practices that enable smart power-saving management in smartphones to optimise power consumption and ...
Ling Chai Wong   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Model definitions to identify appropriate benchmarks in judiciary

open access: yesJournal of Applied Economics, 2022
In this manuscript we present a comparative analysis of benchmarks based on technical efficiency scores computed using Data Envelopment Analysis with two different model specifications.
G. Falavigna, R. Ippoliti
doaj   +1 more source

The next steps : an independent review of sustainable development in the English regions [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
Summarised in 'The next steps : an independent review of sustainable development in the English regions : executive summary'.The Sustainable Development Commission's independent review of the progress of sustainable development in the English regions ...
Sustainable Development Commission
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The impact of institutional performance on payment dynamics: evidence from the Italian manufacturing industry

open access: yesJournal of Business Economics and Management, 2020
This work aims to shed new light on the relation between institutional performance and firm dynamics. Considering the Italian manufacturing industry and a panel of 3 years, the authors investigate the relation between the time needed by courts to enforce
Greta Falavigna, Roberto Ippoliti
doaj   +1 more source

Sustainable Growth of Airline Companies: Challenges and Prospects Assessment [PDF]

open access: yesSHS Web of Conferences, 2021
Due to the sufficient openness of the Russian air transportation market, such factors as demand and investment activity, exchange rate fluctuations, economic sanctions against large companies and other unfavorable conditions lead to a slowdown (sometimes
Slepneva T.A., Svishcheva N.V.
doaj   +1 more source

Sustainable growth with sustainable resources

open access: yesLibrary Management, 2016
Purpose– Libraries are situated in an ever-changing research, teaching, learning, and scholarly communications environment. Faculty and students have new and different expectations that are compelling libraries to expand their offerings. At the same time, their broader institutions are also facing changing times and academic libraries are being asked ...
Sorensen, Charlene   +1 more
openaire   +1 more source

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