Case studies Acknowledgements We are grateful to the following for permission to reproduce copyright material: ‘Getting to know you’ (Acreman, S. and Pegram, B.), originally published in Research Magazine, November 1999, pp. 36–41. In some instances we have been unable to trace the owners of copyright material, and we would appreciate any information that would enable us to do so. Case 1 Nike sprints ahead of the competition? Nike was founded by Bill Bowerman, the legendary University
Words: 9175 - Pages: 37
MasterCard Incorporated Company Profile Publication Date: 17 Jun 2011 www.datamonitor.com Europe, Middle East & Africa 119 Farringdon Road London EC1R 3DA United Kingdom t: +44 20 7551 9000 f: +44 20 7551 9090 e: euroinfo@datamonitor.com Americas 245 5th Avenue 4th Floor New York, NY 10016 USA t: +1 212 686 7400 f: +1 212 686 2626 e: usinfo@datamonitor.com Asia Pacific Level 46 2 Park Street Sydney, NSW 2000 Australia t: +61 2 8705 6900 f: +61 2 8088 7405 e: apinfo@datamonitor.com MasterCard
Words: 8789 - Pages: 36
A ROAD MAP FOR NATURAL CAPITALISM Business strategies built around the radically more productive use of natural resources can solve many environmental problems at a profit. BY AMORY B. LOVINS. L, HUNTER LOVINS. AND PAUL HAWKEN O ARTWORK BY CRAIG FRAZIER N SEPTEMBER i6, 1 9 9 1 , 3. Small gTOUp of s c i c n t i s t s w a s Isealed inside Biosphere II, a glittering 3.2-acre glass and metal dome in Oracle, Arizona. Two years later, when the radical attempt to replicate the earth's
Words: 9179 - Pages: 37
Book 3 - Technology, use and potentialities of Latin American starchy tubers Chapter 18 Starch-based plastics Olivier Vilpoux1 & Luc Averous.2 18.1. Introduction Brazil disposes of approximately 240,000 tons of waste per day, an amount lower than that in the USA (607,000 t./day), but fairly above those in countries such as Germany (85,000 t./day) and Sweden (10,400 t./day). Of that total, a large amount goes to open waste deposits. Only a small quantity is disposed of in appropriate places
Words: 8897 - Pages: 36
Fedoroff Agric & Food Secur (2015) 4:11 DOI 10.1186/s40066-015-0031-7 Open Access REVIEW Food in a future of 10 billion Nina V Fedoroff* Abstract Over the past two centuries, the human population has grown sevenfold and the experts anticipate the addition of 2–3 billion more during the twenty-first century. In the present overview, I take a historical glance at how humans supported such extraordinary population growth first through the invention of agriculture and more recently
Words: 8979 - Pages: 36
October 2011: 1 | | Cabinet approves Bill to share mining profits | * Mines and Mineral Development and Regulation (MMDR) Bill, 2011 * Provides for mining companies to keep aside 26% of their net profits for a Mineral Development Fund to be used for development and rehabilitation of project-affected people in the tribal areas of the country * For the non-coal companies, amount will be equivalent to the royalty they pay * Appointed a regulatory body for overseeing the functioning of
Words: 37383 - Pages: 150
Summary: This is a five-week crash course in business, corporate, and global strategy – developing an understanding of strategy while exposing you to the challenge and rewards of negotiating your position as an opportunistic entrepreneur in a complex organization! Each block will provide you with information about (1) yourself, (2) fundamental perspectives in strategic management and global strategy, and (3) the interdependence of strategy formulation and implementation. The topics and concepts
Words: 10022 - Pages: 41
SOLAR PARABOLIC TROUGH 1.0 System Description Parabolic trough technology is currently the most proven solar thermal electric technology. This is primarily due to nine large commercial-scale solar power plants, the first of which has been operating in the California Mojave Desert since 1984. These plants, which continue to operate on a daily basis, range in size from 14 to 80 MW and represent a total of 354 MW of installed electric generating capacity. Large fields of parabolic trough collectors
Words: 10011 - Pages: 41
See, e.g., McClesky v. Kemp, U.S. (). See, e.g., Cotton Brothers Baking Co. v. Industrial Risk Insurers, F.d (th Cir. ). See, e.g., Thornburgh v. Gingles, U.S. (). See, e.g., Sprayrite Service Corp. v. Monsanto Co.,
Words: 11643 - Pages: 47
Environmental assessment of bio-based polymers and natural fibres Dr. Martin Patel*), Dr. Catia Bastioli**), Dr. Luigi Marini**), Dipl.-Geoökol. Eduard Würdinger***) *) Utrecht University, Department of Science, Technology and Society (STS), Copernicus Institute, Padualaan 14, NL-3584 CH Utrecht, Netherlands; Phone: +31 30 253 7634; Fax: +31 30 253 7601; E-mail: m.patel@chem.uu.nl **) Novamont, Via Fauser 8, I-28100 Novara, Italy; Phone: +39 0321 699 611; Fax: +39 0321 699 600; E-mail:
Words: 22173 - Pages: 89
