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Managing Green Business Model Transformations
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ISBN: 3642447872 3642288472 9786613706140 3642288480 1280795751 9783642288470 Year: 2012 Publisher: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer,

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Environmental sustainability creates both tremendous business opportunities and formidable threats to established companies across virtually all industry sectors. Yet many companies tackle the issue in a superficial or passive way through increased environmental reporting, the use of “greenspeak” in their corporate communication activities or isolated efforts to create green products or reduce pollution. In contrast, there are a small but increasing number of firms that employ a holistic approach to sustainability and consider fundamental changes to their existing business models. By ignoring the opportunities of Green Business Model Transformations, companies exclude themselves from a large variety of potential means to create economic value. In addition to ordinary product and process innovations, they can change “the rules of the game” within an industry towards environmental sustainability. This can facilitate the commercialisation of new green products that would not be competitive otherwise targeting new customer segments with previously unmet needs improved economics of value creation by developing a green architecture of the firm and its business network Green Business Model Transformations, however, are challenging ventures in many respects: Firstly, it is difficult to develop and accurately assess the prospects of new, green business models due to uncertainties and inherent complex systemic characteristics. It can therefore be very challenging for individual managers of established companies to question the status quo and seize new, green opportunities. The implementation of Green Business Model Transformations therefore requires strong change capabilities: The stakes are high, many otherwise disconnected parts of the organisation are involved, and the subject matter is complex in nature. As a result, there is a great need for guidance in management practice that current research does not address. This publication aims to fill this gap with a general approach to Managing Green Business Model Transformations by defining a process to evaluate green business models and providing a methodology for their realisation.

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Business planning. --- Engineering economy. --- Industrial management. --- Management -- Environmental aspects. --- Manufacturing processes -- Environmental aspects. --- Strategic planning -- Environmental aspects. --- Management --- Civil & Environmental Engineering --- Engineering & Applied Sciences --- Business & Economics --- Civil Engineering --- Management Theory --- Environmental aspects --- Business enterprises --- Green products. --- Environmental aspects. --- Earth-friendly products --- Environmentally safe products --- Engineering. --- Management. --- Organization. --- Planning. --- Engineering economics. --- Sustainable development. --- Engineering Economics, Organization, Logistics, Marketing. --- Innovation/Technology Management. --- Sustainable Development. --- Commercial products --- Green marketing --- Recycled products --- Organisation --- Development, Sustainable --- Ecologically sustainable development --- Economic development, Sustainable --- Economic sustainability --- ESD (Ecologically sustainable development) --- Smart growth --- Sustainable development --- Sustainable economic development --- Economic development --- Administration --- Industrial relations --- Organization --- Economy, Engineering --- Engineering economics --- Industrial engineering --- Creation (Literary, artistic, etc.) --- Executive ability --- Business administration --- Business management --- Corporate management --- Corporations --- Industrial administration --- Management, Industrial --- Rationalization of industry --- Scientific management --- Business --- Industrial organization


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A Feasible Basic Income Scheme for Germany : Effects on Labor Supply, Poverty, and Income Inequality
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ISBN: 3319240625 3319240641 Year: 2016 Publisher: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer,

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This book analyzes the consequences that would arise if Germany’s means-tested unemployment benefits were replaced with an unconditional basic income. The basic income scheme introduced is based on a negative income tax and calibrated to be both financially feasible and compatible with current constitutional legislation. Using data from the German Socio-Economic Panel (GSOEP) the author examines the impact of the reform on the household labor supply as well as on both poverty and inequality measures. It is shown that by applying reasonable values for both the basic income and the implied marginal tax rate imposed on earned incomes, efficiency gains can be reconciled with generally accepted value statements. Furthermore, as the proposal includes a universal basic income for families, child poverty could be reduced considerably. The estimates are based on the discrete choice approach to labor supply.


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Haperende hersenen
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ISBN: 9789460030581 Year: 2015 Publisher: s.l. Balans

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Als er iets in onze hersenen verandert, veranderen wij zelf. Dat maakt hersenaandoeningen zo ingrijpend. Vrijwel iedereen krijgt in zijn leven te maken met een of andere hersenaandoening: zelf, of in de naaste omgeving. Toch is er bij de meeste mensen maar weinig over bekend. In dit boek geeft Iris Sommer mensen met verschillende aandoeningen een gezicht en een stem. Aan de hand van hun ervaringen worden ontstaan, verschijnselen, diagnostiek en behandeling toegelicht. Of het nu gaat om de ziekte van Parkinson, schizofrenie, bipolaire stoornis, alzheimer, multiple sclerose, dwangstoornis, de ziekte van Huntington, een ticstoornis of niet-aangeboren hersenaandoeningen: hersenaandoeningen hebben veel met elkaar gemeen. Ze leiden tot klachten die tot op zekere hoogte vergelijkbaar zijn, net als de mogelijkheden tot preventie en behandeling. En dat is geen wonder, want deze aandoeningen treffen allemaal hetzelfde brein.


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Project management for building construction : 35 years of innovation at Drees & Sommer
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ISBN: 3642108733 9786612837807 128283780X 3642108741 Year: 2010 Publisher: Heidelberg : Springer,

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Without professional project management, successful execution of major projects is no longer conceivable today. Very practice-oriented, and building on more than 35 years of innovation in the field of project management, this book outlines profiles of the most important market participants, the essential contents of the planning and construction process as well as the tasks of the project manager, his or her methods and tools. Particularly, the obligation of the project manager is pointed out when it comes to carrying out the process of project execution in a transparent and effective manner in order to guarantee, together with the other project participants involved, the maximum degree of usefulness, design, sustainability and profitability at specified costs and deadlines. The book addresses project managers, project developers and construction experts but also to the responsible representatives of the clients and investors who have recognized that sustainable and economical design are going to be the topics of the future in the building and property industries.


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Private Equity Investments : Drivers and Performance Implications of Investment Cycles
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ISBN: 3658002336 3658002344 1283909529 Year: 2013 Publisher: Wiesbaden : Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden : Imprint: Springer Gabler,

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Private equity experienced dramatic fluctuations in investment activity in line with the turbulences of financial markets in recent years. Claudia Sommer develops a theoretical framework of factors driving private equity investment activity and the resulting performance implications. Using a data set of more than 40,000 European transactions, she applies a variety of econometrical approaches and shows how neoclassical aspects, information asymmetries, agency conflicts, and market timing contribute to the dynamics in the private equity market. In a performance analysis of more than 1,300 European funds she reveals the resulting performance implications.


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Cultural dynamics of climate change and the environment in Northern America
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ISBN: 9004300716 9789004300712 9789004298835 9004298835 Year: 2015 Publisher: Brill

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Global warming interacts in multiple ways with ecological and social systems in Northern America. While the US and Canada belong to the world’s largest per capita emitters of greenhouse gases, the Arctic north of the continent as well as the Deep South are already affected by a changing climate. In Cultural Dynamics of Climate Change and the Environment in Northern America academics from various fields such as anthropology, art history, educational studies, cultural studies, environmental science, history, political science, and sociology explore society–nature interactions in – culturally as well as ecologically – one of the most diverse regions of the world. Contributors include: Omer Aijazi, Roland Benedikter, Maxwell T. Boykoff, Eugene Cordero, Martin David, Demetrius Eudell, Michael K. Goodman, Frederic Hanusch, Naotaka Hayashi, Jürgen Heinrichs, Grit Martinez, Antonia Mehnert, Angela G. Mertig, Michael J. Paolisso, Eleonora Rohland, Karin Schürmann, Bernd Sommer, Kenneth M. Sylvester, Anne Marie Todd, Richard Tucker, and Sam White.

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Climate and civilization. --- Climatic changes / social aspects / north america. --- Climatic changes --- Gesellschaft. --- Global warming / social aspects / north america. --- Global warming --- History / americas (north, central, south, west indies). --- History / north america. --- Human beings / effect of climate on. --- Human beings --- Klimaänderung. --- Massenmedien. --- Science / earth sciences / meteorology & climatology. --- Social science / general. --- Umwelt. --- Social aspects --- Social aspects. --- Effect of climate on. --- Nordamerika. --- North America. --- Climatology --- Acclimatization --- Medical climatology --- Changes, Climatic --- Changes in climate --- Climate change --- Climate change science --- Climate changes --- Climate variations --- Climatic change --- Climatic fluctuations --- Climatic variations --- Global climate changes --- Global climatic changes --- Climate change mitigation --- Teleconnections (Climatology) --- Warming, Global --- Global temperature changes --- Greenhouse effect, Atmospheric --- Climatic factors --- Environmental aspects --- Environmental protection --- Environmental policy --- Environmental policy. --- Canada. --- United States. --- Environment and state --- Environmental control --- Environmental management --- Environmental quality --- State and environment --- Environmental auditing --- Environmental quality management --- Protection of environment --- Environmental sciences --- Applied ecology --- Environmental engineering --- Political aspects --- Government policy --- AB --- ABSh --- Ameerika Ühendriigid --- America (Republic) --- Amerika Birlăshmish Shtatlary --- Amerika Birlăşmi Ştatları --- Amerika Birlăşmiş Ştatları --- Amerika ka Kelenyalen Jamanaw --- Amerika Qūrama Shtattary --- Amerika Qŭshma Shtatlari --- Amerika Qushma Shtattary --- Amerika (Republic) --- Amerikai Egyesült Államok --- Amerikanʹ Veĭtʹsėndi͡avks Shtattn --- Amerikări Pĕrleshu̇llĕ Shtatsem --- Amerikas Forenede Stater --- Amerikayi Miatsʻyal Nahangner --- Ameriketako Estatu Batuak --- Amirika Carékat --- AQSh --- Ar. ha-B. --- Arhab --- Artsot ha-Berit --- Artzois Ha'bris --- Bí-kok --- Ē.P.A. --- EE.UU. --- Egyesült Államok --- ĒPA --- Estados Unidos --- Estados Unidos da América do Norte --- Estados Unidos de América --- Estaos Xuníos --- Estaos Xuníos d'América --- Estatos Unitos --- Estatos Unitos d'America --- Estats Units d'Amèrica --- Ètats-Unis d'Amèrica --- États-Unis d'Amérique --- Fareyniḳṭe Shṭaṭn --- Feriene Steaten --- Feriene Steaten fan Amearika --- Forente stater --- FS --- Hēnomenai Politeiai Amerikēs --- Hēnōmenes Politeies tēs Amerikēs --- Hiwsisayin Amerikayi Miatsʻeal Tērutʻiwnkʻ --- Istadus Unidus --- Jungtinės Amerikos valstybės --- Mei guo --- Mei-kuo --- Meiguo --- Mî-koet --- Miatsʻyal Nahangner --- Miguk --- Na Stàitean Aonaichte --- NSA --- S.U.A. --- SAD --- Saharat ʻAmērik --- SASht --- Severo-Amerikanskie Shtaty --- Severo-Amerikanskie Soedinennye Shtaty --- Si͡evero-Amerikanskīe Soedinennye Shtaty --- Sjedinjene Američke Države --- Soedinennye Shtaty Ameriki --- Soedinennye Shtaty Severnoĭ Ameriki --- Soedinennye Shtaty Si͡evernoĭ Ameriki --- Spojené staty americk --- SShA --- Stadoù-Unanet Amerika --- Stáit Aontaithe Mheirice --- Stany Zjednoczone --- Stati Uniti --- Stati Uniti d'America --- Stâts Unîts --- Stâts Unîts di Americhe --- Steatyn Unnaneysit --- Steatyn Unnaneysit America --- SUA --- Sŭedineni amerikanski shtati --- Sŭedinenite shtati --- Tetã peteĩ reko Amérikagua --- U.S. --- U.S.A. --- United States of America --- Unol Daleithiau --- Unol Daleithiau America --- Unuiĝintaj Ŝtatoj de Ameriko --- US --- USA --- Usono --- Vaeinigte Staatn --- Vaeinigte Staatn vo Amerika --- Vereinigte Staaten --- Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika --- Verenigde State van Amerika --- Verenigde Staten --- VS --- VSA --- Wááshindoon Bikéyah Ałhidadiidzooígí --- Wilāyāt al-Muttaḥidah --- Wilāyāt al-Muttaḥidah al-Amirīkīyah --- Wilāyāt al-Muttaḥidah al-Amrīkīyah --- Yhdysvallat --- Yunaeted Stet --- Yunaeted Stet blong Amerika --- ZDA --- Združene države Amerike --- Zʹi͡ednani Derz͡havy Ameryky --- Zjadnośone staty Ameriki --- Zluchanyi͡a Shtaty Ameryki --- Zlucheni Derz͡havy --- ZSA --- Canada (Province) --- Canadae --- Ceanada --- Chanada --- Chanadey --- Dominio del Canad --- Dominion of Canada --- Kʻaenada --- Kanada --- Ḳanadah --- Kanadaja --- Kanadas --- Ḳanade --- Kanado --- Kanak --- Province of Canada --- Republica de Canad --- Yn Chanadey --- Jianada --- Global environmental change --- The environment --- Social impact of environmental issues


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Social Capital as a Resource for Migrant Entrepreneurship : Self-Employed Migrants from the Former Soviet Union in Germany
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ISBN: 3658291419 3658291400 Year: 2020 Publisher: Wiesbaden : Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden : Imprint: Springer VS,

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In her explorative study that is based on data from 62 qualitative interviews, Elena Sommer examines the use of social capital for entrepreneurial activities of self-employed migrants from the former Soviet Union in Germany. She analyses what type of social capital is used by migrants as a resource for the formation and development of small businesses and how entrepreneurial social networks of migrants change over time. The study illustrates that the use of business-related social relationships of the interviewed self-employed depends on the company's market strategy as well as on access to relevant social networks. Contents • Migrant Self-Employment and Social Embeddedness • Social and Labour Market Integration of Migrants from the Former Soviet Union in Germany • Russian-Speaking Migrant Market • Mixed Market and Mainstream Market Businesses • Transnational Entrepreneurial Activities Target Groups • Researchers and students in the fields of social sciences, sociology, geography, migration research and economics • Practitioners in integration work, business promotion and start-up consulting The Author Elena Sommer is a researcher and a member of the Operations Team of the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (SHARE ERIC) at the Max Planck Institute for Social Law and Social Policy. Her research interests include migration and integration research, social capital and social networks, cross-national survey methodology, and intergenerational family relationships.


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The laughter of Adam and Eve : poems
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ISBN: 0809332795 9780809332793 9780809332786 0809332787 1299906583 Year: 2013 Publisher: Carbondale : Crab Orchard Review : Southern Illinois University Press,

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American poetry


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10 lessons in public health
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ISBN: 1421409054 9781421409054 9781421409528 1421409526 9781421409047 1421409046 Year: 2013 Publisher: Baltimore

Foundational Fictions : The National Romances of Latin America
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ISBN: 0520913868 0585271410 9780520913868 9780585271415 0520071107 9780520071100 0520082850 9780520082854 Year: 1991 Publisher: Berkeley, California : University of California Press,

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National consolidation and romantic novels go hand in hand in Latin America. Foundational Fictions shows how 19th century patriotism and heterosexual passion historically depend on one another to engender productive citizens.

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