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Ecology of the New Economy : Sustainable Transformation of Global Information, Communications and Electronics Industries.
Title:
Ecology of the New Economy : Sustainable Transformation of Global Information, Communications and Electronics Industries.
Author:
Park, Jacob.
ISBN:
9781909493261
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (284 pages)
Contents:
Title page -- Copyright page -- Contents -- Foreword -- Introduction: Atom to bits: e-sustainability in the global economy -- Part 1: Sustainability challenges and implications of a global information economy -- 1. Sustainable business strategies in the internet economy -- 2. E-logistics and the natural environment -- 3. Greening the digitised supply net -- 4. Dot.com ethics: E-business and sustainability -- 5. Practising corporate citizenship in a global information economy -- 6. The internet and sustainability reporting: Improving communication with stakeholders -- Part 2: Business strategies for a sustainable world -- 7. Is e-commerce sustainable? Lessons from Webvan -- 8. Information technology, sustainable development and developing nations* -- 9. The environmental impact of the new economy: Deutsche Telekom, telecommunicationsservices and the sustainable future -- 10. Environmental impacts of telecommunications services: Two life-cycle analysis studies -- 11. Exploring the global-local axis: Telecommunications and environmental sustainability in Japan -- 12. Product-oriented environmental management: The case of Xerox Europe -- Part 3: Old-economy concerns in a new-economy world -- 13. Information and communications technologies: Boon or bane to sustainable development? -- 14. Information and communications technologies and business travel: Environmental possibilities, problems and implications -- 15. How fabulous fablessness?Environmental challenges of economic restructuring in the semiconductor industry -- 16. Micropower: Electrifying the digital economy -- 17. Extended producer responsibility and the european electronics industry -- 18. Sustainable trade in electronics: The case of the Indian components sector -- Bibliography -- Abbreviations -- Biographies -- Index.
Abstract:
This work explores, documents and raises awareness of sustainability concerns arising from the emerging global information economy. The information economy is defined in the broadest sense possible, including software, hardware, telecommunication and advanced communication technologies.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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