The Ecology of the New Economy: Sustainable Transformation of Global Information, Communication and Electronics Industries

A special themed issue of Greener Management International (Issue 32)
1. Auflage 2001
ISBN: 978-1-78353-097-7
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 115 Seiten

This special issue sets out to provide a forum to stimulate discussion and to provoke further examination of information, communication, computing and electronic (ICCE) technologies and their impacts on society and the environment .

Autoren/Hrsg.

Roome, Nigel

Park, Jacob

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Table of ContentsEditorial World Review Introduction: Global Sustainability and Information Economy: Old Challenges, New PerspectivesNigel Roome, Erasmus Centre for Sustainable Development and Management, Erasmus University, Netherlands, and Jacob Park, Department of Government and Politics, University of Maryland, USAInformation Technology, Sustainable Development and Developing NationsJames R. Sheats, Hewlett-Packard Co., USAMicropower: Electrifying the Digital EconomySeth Dunn, Worldwatch Institute, USAHow Fabulous Fablessness? Environmental Challenges of Economic Restructuring in the Semiconductor IndustryJan Mazurek, Public Policy Institute of California, USAEnvironmental Impacts of Telecommunication Services: Two Life-Cycle Analysis StudiesManfred Zurkirch, Swisscom Ltd, Switzerland, and Inge Reichart, Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Testing and Research, SwitzerlandExploring the Global–Local Axis: Telecommunications and Environmental Sustainability in JapanBrendan Barrett, United Nations University/Institute of Advanced Studies, Japan, and Ichiro Yamada, NTT Lifestyle and Environmental Technology Laboratories, JapanThe Political (New) Economy of Sustainable Development in AsiaBeth Ahlering, Judge Institute of Management Studies, University of Cambridge, UK