Technology, globalization, and sustainable development : transforming the industrial state /: transforming the industrial state. ([2011])

• Record Type: Book
• Other Titles: Transforming the industrial state
• Further Information: Note: Nicholas A. Ashford, Ralph P. Hall.
• Authors: Ashford, Nicholas Askounes; Hall, Ralph P
• 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.
• Publisher Details: New Haven : Yale University Press
• Publication Date: 2011
• Copyright Date: 2011
• Extent: 1 online resource (xxviii, 720 pages), illustrations
• Subjects: 338.9/27; Sustainable development; Sustainable development -- Technological innovations; Sustainable development -- Developed countries; Globalization; Développement durable; Développement durable -- Innovations; Développement durable -- Pays industrialisés; Mondialisation; sustainable development; globalism; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Development -- Sustainable Development; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Environmental Economics; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- International -- Economics; Globalization; Sustainable development; Developed countries
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780300177602; 0300177607; 1283355841; 9781283355841; 9786613355843; 6613355844
• Related ISBNs: 9780300169720; 0300169728
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
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