Climate Change, Supply Chain Management and Enterprise Adaptation: Implications of Global Warming on the Economy

Climate Change, Supply Chain Management and Enterprise Adaptation: Implications of Global Warming on the Economy
Author: Pappis, Costas P.
Publisher: IGI Global
Total Pages: 354
Release: 2010-08-31
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1616928026

Mounting scientific evidence shows that Earth?s climate is dramatically changing due to the greenhouse emissions caused by human activities, notably by burning fossil fuels for energy production and transport. Climate Change, Supply Chain Management and Enterprise Adaptation: Implications of Global Warming on the Economy aims to provide one among many diverse responses to a growing sense of urgency fed by climate change and experienced by international institutions, governments, local authorities, and enterprises. It provides an interdisciplinary treatment of issues raised by climate change in connection with its implications for society, environment and economy, particularly at the company and the supply chain levels.

Globalization of Management Education

Globalization of Management Education
Author: AACSB International
Publisher: Emerald Group Publishing
Total Pages: 355
Release: 2011-02-09
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0857249428

In this comprehensive report, the AACSB Task Force explores broad globalization trends in management education that command the attention of any individual or institution striving to navigate in today's environment.

Climate Change Adaptation and Food Supply Chain Management

Climate Change Adaptation and Food Supply Chain Management
Author: Ari Paloviita
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 228
Release: 2015-08-20
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1317634020

The success of the entire food supply chain depends on the prosperity of farms and local communities. The direct climate change risks faced by the agricultural sector are therefore also risks to businesses and food supply chains. Hence the importance of resilience at farm level, community level and business level when looking at food supply chain policy and management. Climate Change Adaptation and Food Supply Chain Management highlights the issue of adaptation to climate change in food supply chains, the management and policy implications and the importance of supply chain resilience. Attention is given to each phase of the supply chain: input production, agriculture, food processing, retailing, consumption and post-consumption. European case studies demonstrate the vulnerabilities of contemporary food supply chains, the opportunities and competitive advantages related to climate change, and the trans-disciplinary challenges related to successful climate adaptation. The authors argue for a redefinition of the way food supply chains are operated, located and coordinated and propose a novel approach enhancing climate-resilient food supply chain policy and management. This book will be of interest to students, researchers, practitioners and policymakers in the field of climate adaptation and food supply chain management and policy.

Information Technology Governance and Service Management: Frameworks and Adaptations

Information Technology Governance and Service Management: Frameworks and Adaptations
Author: Cater-Steel, Aileen
Publisher: IGI Global
Total Pages: 495
Release: 2008-08-31
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 1605660094

Increasingly, information technology governance is being considered an integral part of corporate governance. There has been a rapid increase in awareness and adoption of IT governance as well as the desire to conform to national governance requirements to ensure that IT is aligned with the objectives of the organization. Information Technology Governance and Service Management: Frameworks and Adaptations provides an in-depth view into the critical contribution of IT service management to IT governance, and the strategic and tactical value provided by effective service management. A must-have resource for academics, students, and practitioners in fields affected by IT in organizations, this work gathers authoritative perspectives on the state of research on organizational challenges and benefits in current IT governance frameworks, adoption, and incorporation.

Adaptive Environmental Assessment and Management

Adaptive Environmental Assessment and Management
Author: C. S. Holling
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 1978
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 9781932846072

This book develops an adaptive approach to environmental impact assessment and management and is based on a study initiated by a workshop convened in early 1974 by SCOPE (Scientific Committee on Problems of the Environment). CS Holling discusses the nature and behavior of ecological systems and its issues, limitations, and potential of environmental assessment. Further, he discusses how we can incorporate impact assessment studies with actual environmental planning and decision making.Crawford Holling received his B.A. and M.Sc. at the University of Toronto (1952) and his Ph.D. at the University of British Columbia (1957). He worked in the laboratories of the Department of the Environment, Government of Canada. Since then, he has been, at various times, Professor and Director of the Institute of Resource Ecology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada, and Director of the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), Vienna, Austria. He now occupies the Arthur R. Marshall Jr. Chair in Ecological Sciences at the University of Florida and has launched a comparative study of the structure and dynamics of ecosystems.

Business Adaptation to Climate Change

Business Adaptation to Climate Change
Author: Jorge E. Rivera
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 309
Release: 2022-05-12
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1108835724

A seminal global analysis of the adaptation strategies of businesses and corporations in response to climate change.

Adaptive and Integrated Water Management

Adaptive and Integrated Water Management
Author: Claudia Pahl-Wostl
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 437
Release: 2007-12-15
Genre: Science
ISBN: 3540759417

Sustainable water management is a key environmental challenge of the 21st century. This book presents the very latest studies, methods and innovations for managing our water resources from the first International Conference on Adaptive and Integrated Water Management, held in November 2007 in Basel, Switzerland. The book addresses a wide interdisciplinary audience of scientists and professionals from academia, industry, and those involved in policy making.

Migration, Risk Management and Climate Change: Evidence and Policy Responses

Migration, Risk Management and Climate Change: Evidence and Policy Responses
Author: Andrea Milan
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 231
Release: 2016-11-14
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 3319429221

This edited volume explores the circumstances under which vulnerable communities can better adapt to climate and environmental change, and focuses in particular on the centrality of migration as a resilience and adaptation strategy for communities at risk. The book features important case studies where migration is being used as a risk management strategy in the Pacific, Sub-Sahara Africa, Latin America, and Europe. Its comparative analysis reveals common patterns in enhancing local resilience through migration across diverse regional, socio-economic, cultural, and political contexts. This book is a contribution to the global discussion about the future of migration policy, especially as climate and environmental change is expected to grow as one of the most pressing challenges of our time.

Handbook of Research on Management Ideas and Panaceas

Handbook of Research on Management Ideas and Panaceas
Author: Anders Ă–rtenblad
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Total Pages: 545
Release: 2015-12-18
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1783475609

Over time management ideas and panaceas have been presented alternately as quick fix cures for all corporate ills and the emperor’s new clothes, beset by flaws and problems. This Handbook provides a different approach, suggesting that management ideas and panaceas should not be either adopted or rejected outright, but gives guidance in the art of assessing and applying management ideas and panaceas to various situations and contexts. The contributors discuss the ways in which researchers, organizational actors and higher educational institutions (HEIs) can more wisely test the relevance of management ideas and panaceas, and adapt these to fit organizations in various contexts. They conclude that, in order to accomplish wiser relevance-testing and adaptation, there is a need for diversity, critical examination and transparency. All students, scholars and researchers in management and organization with an interest in the adaptation and translation of management ideas and panaceas, will find this book to be of interest. Reflective practitioners will find the focus on context illuminating and helpful.