This edited open access volume explores the role of forest bioeconomy in addressing climate change. The authors put a particular focus on planetary boundaries and how the linear, growth-oriented economy, is coupled with climate change and environmental degradation. Biobased products and sustainable production paths have been developed, but how can they be scaled in order to lead to an economic…
Dalam dunia bisnis yang semakin kompleks dan global, integritas, tanggung jawab sosial, keadilan, dan keberlanjutan merupakan kunci sukses dalam menjalankan bisnis. Buku berjudul “Pengantar Etika Bisnis” yang ditulis oleh K. Bertens ini merupakan sebuah karya yang mengulas tentang pentingnya etika dalam dunia bisnis. Buku ini memberikan pengantar yang komprehensif tentang konsep-konsep dasa…
This open access book covers the use of data science, including advanced machine learning, big data analytics, Semantic Web technologies, natural language processing, social media analysis, time series analysis, among others, for applications in economics and finance. In addition, it shows some successful applications of advanced data science solutions used to extract new knowledge from data in…
This open access book explores new research directions in social inequality and urban segregation. With the goal of fostering an ongoing dialogue between scholars in Europe and China, it brings together an impressive team of international researchers to shed light on the entwined processes of inequality and segregation, and the implications for urban development. Through a rich collection of e…
This open access book reviews the importance of ecological functioning within rangelands considering the complex inter-relationships of production agriculture, ecosystem services, biodiversity, and wildlife habitat. More than half of all lands worldwide, and up to 70% of the western USA, are classified as rangelands—uncultivated lands that often support grazing by domestic livestock. Th…
This open access book includes a selection of contributions from the Life Cycle Management 2019 Conference (LCM) held in Poznań, Poland, and presents different examples of scientific and practical contributions, showing an incorporation of life cycle approach into the decision processes on strategic and operational level. Special attention is drawn to applications of LCM to target, organize, a…
This open access book reflects aims of the Blue Circular Economy (BCE) project, which focused on small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) aiming to create value using circular economy concepts related to products and services within fishing gear recycling in the Northern Periphery and Arctic (NPA) area. Cluster establishment and operation were carried out in collaboration with academia, indust…
This open access book represents a journey documenting the development of tools and methodologies over 3 decades and asks where the future lies. It further develops seminal work carried out under the auspices of the Capacity building in Sustainability and Environmental Management (CapSEM) project co-funded by the EU Erasmus programme from 2016-2019 as well as research projects such as IGLO-MP20…
This open access edited book brings together a number of theories under the umbrella of humanistic governance to develop a persuasive alternative perspective on governance, particularly for democratic organisations such as co-operatives. It examines how we can move beyond a profit-first approach to governance, into a framework that prioritises human dignity in all aspects of an operation. Thi…
“Jika semua kitab Islam hilang, dan yang tersisa hanya Ihya ‘Ulumiddin, ia dapat mencukupi semua kitab yang hilang tersebut” —–Imam Nawawi, Ulama dan penulis kitab Riyad Al-Shalihin Boleh jadi jalan yang kita lalui sekarang ini jauh dari tujuan. Ibarat panggang jauh dari api. Maksud hati merengkuh kebahagiaan, justru kepedihan dan kesusahan yang diraih. Hal ini sangat mungkin terj…