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Governance of Sustainability
How to embed the concept of sustainability is one of the key questions boards of directors and top management teams discuss in times of societal change and environmental challenges. These reflections are driven not only by self-reflection but also by capital market pressures and the consensus of public opinion. Unlike other issues on the corporate agenda, sustainability calls for a distinct approach to governance and raises questions about the foundation of corporate governance: the corporate purpose. This book presents various perspectives on corporate governance of sustainability and sustainable corporate governance, bringing together viewpoints from 16 practitioners and academics. It offers practical insights, introduces new perspectives, and invites readers to reflect on their own approaches to integrating sustainability into corporate governance.
OECD Reviews of Risk Management Policies Future Global Shocks Improving Risk Governance
This report provides strategic advice on preparing for and responding to potential global shocks.
Environmental Economics and Development
This outstanding new collection surveys the relationship between the environment and development, and highlights some of the tensions that are implicit in the notion of sustainable development. Environmental Economics and Development is organized into six sections: general aspects; resource utilization and management; valuation and accounting of environmental change; environmental policy instruments; adjustment, trade and the environment; and distributional issues. These areas include general features of environment-development interfaces, operational valuation and accounting methods and economic approaches to environmental policy instruments in developing countries and in the international context.
Strategic Transport Infrastructure Needs to 2030
Transcontinental Infrastructure Needs to 2030/50 explores the long-term opportunities and challenges facing major gateway and transport hub infrastructures -- ports, airports and major rail corridors – in the coming decades.
Monetizing Data
The Digital revolution promises trillions of dollars in created value by 2030. Consultants and researchers are projecting massive and disruptive disruption in entire industrial sectors. As a results, PwC reports in their DigitalIQ report that 73% of executives say that they are investing in internet of things (IoT) and 54% in artificial intelligence. So we are experiencing a deluge of digital investments, programs, and large-scale transformations. Despite this tsunami of activities, many IoT Initiatives stall in the Proof of Concept phase and few are already considered a success. Recently, Siemens revealed that less than a fifth (18%) of surveyed companies analyze more than 60% of production...
Accounting, Auditing und Management
Der Wettbewerbsdruck auf den internationalen und nationalen Märkten nimmt stetig zu. Um dauerhaft zu bestehen, müssen Unternehmen in allen Bereichen flexibel agieren und sich neuen Entwicklungen stellen. Das Buch von Michael Henke und Hilmar Siebert beleuchtet Optimierungspotenziale in Accounting, Auditing und Management. Die Leser erfahren unter anderem, wie sie - ein effektives Supply Risk Management einführen und Risiken der Unternehmensleitung überwachen, - die Richtlinien des COSO ERM in der Internen Revision effizient umsetzen, - durch alternative Finanzierungsmöglichkeiten Fremdkapitalkosten senken, - mit gezieltem Recruiting den kommenden Fachkräftemangel in der Logistik bewältigen und - mit unterschiedlichen Bewertungsmethoden Immaterielle Vermögensgegenstände bewerten können.
Advances in Production, Logistics and Traffic
The series of Interdisciplinary Conferences on Production, Logistics and Traffic (ICPLT) address the research community as well as practitioners in these fields with special attention to links and interfaces between the three disciplines. The fourth ICPLT in particular deals with technology from intralogistics to automated trucking driving as well as the societal aspects of commercial transport. To contribute to a high-level and beneficial exchange between authorities in politics and municipalities with researchers and practitioners in production and logistics management the ICPLT has asked for contributions from the three disciplines to better understand innovative technologies, best practi...
Understanding Chinese Society
This second edition of Understanding Chinese Society provides a comprehensive, readable, and well-grounded introduction to the key issues affecting contemporary China. A thorough analysis is undertaken not only of China’s family patterns, education system, status, hierarchy, and ethnic diversity, but also of China’s mass media, legal system and social control, work, and cultural expression. As well as being thoroughly updated and revised throughout, this edition offers new chapters on urbanization, the environment, and civil society in China. A team of international experts guide students though social issues including: What are the key features of the family and marriage institutions in...
