| Description |
284 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Foreword / Jonathan Lash -- Introduction: Atom to bits: e-sustainability in the global economy / Jacob Park and Nigel Roome -- Pt. 1. Sustainability challenges and implications of a global information economy. 1. Sustainable business strategies in the Internet economy / Klaus Fichter. 2. E-logistics and the natural environment / Joseph Sarkis, Laura Meade and Srinivas Talluri. 3. Greening the digitised supply net / Michael Totten. 4. Dot.com ethics: e-business and sustainability / James Wilsdon. 5. Practising corporate citizenship in a global information economy / Duane Windsor. 6. The Internet and sustainability reporting: improving communication with stakeholders / William B. Weil and Barbara Winter-Watson -- Pt. 2. E-business strategies for a sustainable world. 7. Is e-commerce sustainable? Lessons from Webvan / Chris Galea and Steve Walton. 8. Information technology, sustainable development and developing nations / James R. Sheats. 9. The environmental impact of the new economy: Deutsche Telekom, telecommunications services and the sustainable future / Markus Reichling and Tim Otto. 10. Environmental impacts of telecommunications services: two life-cycle analysis studies / Manfred Zurkirch and Inge Reichart. 11. Exploring the global - local axis: telecommunications and environmental sustainability in Japan / Brendan Barrett and Ichiro Yamada. 12. Product-oriented environmental management: the case of Xerox Europe / Frank de Bakker and David Foley -- Pt. 3. Old-economy concerns in a new-economy world. 13. Information and communications technologies: boon or bane to sustainable development? / Josephine Chinying Lang. 14. Information and communications technologies and business travel: environmental possibilities, problems and implications / Peter Arnfalk. 15. How fabulous fablessness? Environmental challenges of economic restructuring in the semiconductor industry / Jan Mazurek. 16. Micropower: electrifying the digital economy / Seth Dunn. 17. Extended producer responsibility and the European electronics industry / Lassi Linnanen. 18. Sustainable trade in electronics: the case of the Indian components sector / Mohammad Saqib, Yoshika Singh and Ritu Kumar |
| Summary |
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 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-263) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Industrial management -- Environmental aspects.
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High technology industries -- Communication systems.
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Information technology -- Management.
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High technology industries.
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Sustainable development.
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Information technology -- Environmental aspects.
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Social responsibility of business.
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| Author |
Park, Jacob, editor
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Roome, Nigel J., 1953- editor
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| LC no. |
2014497626 |
| ISBN |
1874719470 |
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