| Description |
1 online resource (xxviii, 720 pages) : illustrations |
| Summary |
In this work, the authors offer a unified, transdisciplinary approach for achieving sustainable development in industrialized nations. They present an insightful analysis of the ways in which industrial states are unsustainable and how economic and social welfare are related to the environment, public health and safety. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
1. The multidimensional concept of sustainability -- Concern for a global future -- The emergence of sustainable development -- 2. Economic development, globalization, and sustainability -- Economic development and prosperity: current theory and debate -- Globalization: technology, trade regimes, capital flows, and the international economy -- Globalization and sustainability -- 3. Industrial policy and the role of the firm in pursuing sustainable development -- The importance of technological innovation -- Organizational innovation and learning: the role of the industrial firm in achieving sustainable development -- Government policies to foster innovation, economic growth, and employment -- 4. National, regional, and international efforts to advance health, safety, and the environment -- Government intervention to protect the environment, public/worker health and safety, and consumer product safety -- Regional and international regimes to protect health, safety, and the environment -- 5. International trade and finance -- Trade regimes and sustainability -- Financing development -- 6. Strategic policy design for sustainable transformations -- Pathways to sustainability: co-optimizing economic development, the environment, and employment. |
| Note |
Print version record. |
| Subject |
Sustainable development.
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Sustainable development -- Technological innovations.
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Sustainable development -- Developed countries.
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Globalization.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Development -- Sustainable Development.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Environmental Economics.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- International -- Economics.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Hall, Ralph P., author.
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| Added Title |
Transforming the industrial state |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Ashford, Nicholas Askounes. Technology, globalization, and sustainable development. New Haven, Conn. ; London : Yale University Press, ©2011 9780300169720 (DLC) 2011927542 (OCoLC)711045567 |
| Standard No. |
9786613355843 |
| ISBN |
9780300177602 (electronic bk.) |
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0300177607 (electronic bk.) |
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