Journal•ISSN: 1477-7835
Management of Environmental Quality: An International Journal
Emerald Publishing Limited
About: Management of Environmental Quality: An International Journal is an academic journal published by Emerald Publishing Limited. The journal publishes majorly in the area(s): Sustainability & Sustainable development. It has an ISSN identifier of 1477-7835. Over the lifetime, 1195 publications have been published receiving 22061 citations. The journal is also known as: MEQ.
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TL;DR: The North Pacific Fur Seal Treaty and the Theory of International Cooperation as mentioned in this paper is an example of a game with multiple equilibria and games with multiple equilibrium games, and the game of side payments is a classic example of such games.
Abstract: 1. Introduction 2. The North Pacific Fur Seal Treaty and the Theory of International Cooperation 3. Transnational Cooperation Dilemmas 4. Games with Multiple Equilibria 5. Customary Rights and Responsibilities 6. International Environmental Agreements 7. The Treaty Participation Game 8. The Montreal Protocol 9. Tipping Treaties 10. Compliance and the Strategy of Reciprocity 11. The Depth and Breadth of International Cooperation 12. Trade Leakage and Trade Linkage 13. The Side Payments Game 14. Summary 15. Global Climate Change and the Kyoto Protocol
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TL;DR: In this article, the authors investigate the impact of EMS certification on the performance of firms, including economic and environmental aspects and perceived customer satisfaction, and find that certification impacts positively on both the environmental and economic performance of enterprises.
Abstract: Purpose – To investigate the impact of EMS certification on the performance of firms, including economic and environmental aspects and perceived customer satisfaction.Design/methodology/approach – The purpose of this study is hypotheses testing in order to explain the variance in the dependent variable (firms' performance in terms of economic and environmental aspects) by establishing the nature of the relationship between the dependent variable and the independent variables through the testing of the hypotheses.Findings – The results reveal that certification impacts positively on both the environmental and economic performance of enterprises. Respondents perceived “enhanced corporate image” to be the strongest impact of certification, and they believe that the benefits obtained from EMS certification far outweigh the cost of its implementation.Research limitations/implications – The study only surveyed ISO 14001‐certified firms. Future research should include non‐certified firms.Practical implications –...
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TL;DR: In this article, the authors present the critical success factors for successful implementation of an environmental management system (EMS), which is based on a major research project recently completed, which involved three phases of fieldwork: preliminary interviews, a questionnaire survey and in depth interviews.
Abstract: The implementation of various management systems and standards has become an important activity for organisations irrespective of their size, sector or nature of the business Even with a history of implementing change across the organisation, managers continue to experience resistance and challenges when implementing and maintaining the systems/standards, whether they be in quality, occupational health and safety, environmental or any other area Based on a major research project recently completed, this paper presents the critical success factors for successful implementation of an environmental management system The project involved three phases of fieldwork: preliminary interviews, a questionnaire survey and in‐depth interviews A brief summary of the findings from each of these phases of research is presented Based on the findings, the paper discusses the critical success factors for the successful implementation and maintenance of EMS
228 citations
TL;DR: The authors examines theories of resilience and change, offering readers a thorough understanding of how the properties of ecological resilience and human adaptability interact in complex, regional-scale systems and discusses the practical implications of new theoretical approaches and their role in the sustainability of human-modified ecosystems.
Abstract: Scientists and researchers concerned with the behaviour of large ecosystems have focused in recent years on the concept of "resilience" Traditional perspectives held that ecological systems exist close to a steady state and resilience is the ability of the system to return rapidly to that state following perturbation However, beginning with the work of CS Holling in the early 1970s, researchers began to look at conditions far from the steady state where instabilities can cause a system to shift into an entirely different regime of behaviour, and where resilience is measured by the magnitude of disturbance that can be absorbed before the system is restructured This volume examines theories of resilience and change, offering readers a thorough understanding of how the properties of ecological resilience and human adaptability interact in complex, regional-scale systems The book addresses the theoretical concepts of resilience and stability in large-scale ecosystems as well as the empirical application of those concepts in a diverse set of cases In addition, it discusses the practical implications of the new theoretical approaches and their role in the sustainability of human-modified ecosystems
211 citations