Environmental innovation: in search of a meaning, Fernanda Angelo, Prof. Charbel Jabbour and Prof. Simone Galina
Fernanda Dias Angelo, Prof. Simone Vasconcellos Galina University of Sao Paulo (USP), Ribeirao Preto Brazil Prof. Charbel Jose Chiappetta Jabbour The Sao Paulo State University (UNESP), Bauru Brazil DOI: 10.1108/20425961211247734 Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to propose a definition of the term “green/environmental innovation”, based on a systematic literature review. Design/methodology/approach: The literature review conducted in […]
The role of properly structured public-private partnerships in promoting economic development, Prof. Michael Busler
Prof. Michael Busler William J. Hughes Center for Public Policy Richard Stockton College, Galloway USA Email: michael.busler@stockton.edu DOI: 10.1108/WJEMSD-07-2013-0039 Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to find the characteristics that determine the success of public-private partnerships (PPPs) in promoting economic development and specifically to determine the long- and short-term public involvement. Design/methodology/approach: A grounded […]
A “recursive framework” of corruption and development: Comparison between economic and sustainable outcomes, Joseph Forson
Joseph Ato Forson Graduate School of Public Administration National Institute of Development Administration, Bangkok Thailand Email: datoeagle@yahoo.com DOI: 10.1108/WJEMSD-05-2016-0027 Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to provide a conceptual framework on the relationship between corruption and development. The paper demonstrates how the impact of corruption on economic development might vary substantially from sustainable development (SD). […]
Caribbean sustainable livelihoods: the development of a concept, Corinne Gregoire
Corinne Gregoire Cipriani College of Labour and Cooperative Studies, Valsayn Trinidad and Tobago Email: corinnegregoire@gmail.com DOI: 10.1108/20425941211244289 Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to begin charting the discussion of sustainable livelihoods (SLs) towards the Caribbean. Its aim is to put this debate within a Caribbean context and start the process of building the theory that […]
Water Governance and Technologies in the South-West National Capital Region of Delhi: Challenges of Transformative Sustainable Change, Prof. Pranav Desai
Prof. Pranav N. Desai Professor, Centre for Studies in Science Policy, School of Social Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi India DOI: 10.47556/B.OUTLOOK2017.15.15 Purpose: The significance of water governance and inclusive urbanisation is reflected in the recently launched sustainable development goals. The present study is an attempt to focus on the Gurgaon-Manesar urban complex that […]
Africa’s second half-centenary: sustainable human development/citizen security?, Prof. Timothy Shaw
Prof. Timothy M Shaw The University of the West Indies Trinidad & Tobago Email: Timothy.Shaw@sta.uwi.edu DOI: 10.1108/20425945201100013 Abstract: Africa faces an unanticipated ‘second chance’ at the start of the second decade of the 21st century: how many ‘developmental’ versus ‘fragile’ states by 2020? The interrelated prospects for both BRICs & the continent are being transformed […]