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This book contains eight chapters and provides a holistic view of the area of sustainability. Sustainable development is a development that meets the needs of the present without endangering the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. Sustainability aims to benefit industries, businesses, and the environment by improving productivity and efficiency through embedding sustainable operations, environmental monitoring and technology, and competitive systems and practices. We hope that after reading this book, more individuals will be interested and encouraged to do research and writing pertaining to sustainability issues.
COVID-19 has wreaked havoc on certain industries calling for a sharp increase in the attention paid to the existing business model, strategies, processes as well as practices. COVID-19 has put them to the test of resilience and agility. Multiple concerns and considerations are at play for these industries to restore business sustainability by looking at more radical approaches to preserving their businesses. This book explores the effect of COVID-19 leading to discussions within the scope of resilience, agility, and sustainability among some selected industries such as manufacturing, airlines, e-hailing, and SMEs, and also explores the emerging Work-from-Home trends as a result of COVID-19. As the main contribution of this scholarly work, the book also introduces Resilience-Agility Business Scenario Matrix for identifying plausible organizational scenarios and COVID Business Matrix (CoBuM) for a Remade World.
This is an open access book. Business Innovation and Engineering Conference 2022 brings together contributions from students and scientists dealing with different aspects of business innovation and management, and we believe that there is also an equal number of promising study projects and prospectus results. The conference will be held at School of Business, IPB University, Bogor, Indonesia at August 11-12, 2022. This conference is held with the goals of: 1. Exchanging information on recent research issues related to business innovation, and engineering in Southeast Asia and the world in general; 2. Expanding international cooperation network; 3. Generating internationally reputable and nationally accredited publications; and 4. Initiating Business Innovation and Engineering (BIEC) as a communication forum related to business innovation, and engineering in Southeast Asia.
Environmental Management Systems (EMSs) offer an approach to regulatory policy that lies somewhere between free-market and traditional command-and-control methods. Worldwide, hundreds of thousands of private firms have adopted or are considering adopting these internally managed systems for improving environmental performance. In the United States, the Environmental Protection Agency has established a special recognition for firms that adopt EMSs. Already, numerous state agencies have proposed or adopted 'green-tier systems' that allow firms with EMSs to be exempted from otherwise applicable requirements. Yet while private- and public-sector interest in EMSs is booming, limited empirical evi...
Adolescent Addiction: Epidemiology, Assessment, and Treatment presents a comprehensive review of information on adolescent addiction, including prevalence and co-morbidity rates, risk factors to addiction, and prevention and treatment strategies. Unlike other books that may focus on one specific addiction, this book covers a wide range of addictions in adolescents, including alcohol, cannabis, tobacco, eating, gambling, internet and video games, and sex addiction. Organized into three sections, the book begins with the classification and assessment of adolescent addiction. Section two has one chapter each on the aforementioned addictions, discussing for each the definition, epidemiology, ris...
Academic Writing Essentials is a writing reference for masters and doctoral students whose first language is not English. This book will assist you in adjusting to the expectations of writing in English for a higher degree. It offers guidance on strategies and conventions that apply in most forms of postgraduate-level writing. Academic Writing Essentials is designed to facilitate self-study. Annotated examples from journal articles, writing frames and simple explanations help you to understand language, style and organizational features, and to apply the knowledge directly in your own writing. Features : Planning writing, Developing ideas, Integrating sources, Documenting sources, Synthesizing literature & Writing analytically. Highlights: Research proposal, Article review, Case analysis report & Literature review paper. Academic Writing Essentials is designed to facilitate self-study. Annotated examples from journal articles, writing frames and simple explanations help you to understand language, style and organizational features, and to apply the knowledge directly in your own writing.
Design and development research, which has considerable implications for instructional design, focuses on designing and exploring products, artifacts and models, as well as programs, activity, and curricula. Instructional Technology Research, Design and Development: Lessons from the Field is a practical text on design and development research in the field of instructional technology. This book gives readers an overview of design and development research and how it is conducted in different contexts and for various purposes. Further, this reference source provides readers with practical knowledge on design and development research gained through investigation of lessons learned in the field.