Strategies for Sustainable Technologies and Innovations

Contents: Introduction: Foundational Considerations in Balancing Innovatory Processes and Sustainable Development Practices in Comparative Light PART I: BUILDING SUSTAINABLE TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION SYSTEMS 1. Sustainable Innovation Responses to Global Climate Change Paul Shrivastava 2. Understanding Eco-innovation for Enabling a Green Industry Transformation Tomoo Machiba 3. Sustainable Development through Innovation? A Social Challenge Corinne Gendron 4. Appraisal of Corporate Governance Norms: Evidence from Indian Corporate Enterprises Rabi Narayan Kar 5. Codes of Conduct and other Multilateral Control Systems for Multinationals: Has the Time Come - Again? Tagi Sagafi-nejad 6. Appropriate Technology Movement Sanjeeb Kakoty PART II: STRATEGIC IMPLICATIONS AND ASSESSMENT 7. Eco-Social Business in Developing Countries: The Case for Sustainable Use of Resources in Unstable Environments Roland Bardy and Maurizio Massaro 8. Entrepreneurship Development at Small Scale: Key for Sustainable Economic Development Sanjay Bhale and Sudeep Bhale 9. Entrepreneur Profile and Sustainable Innovation Strategy Sandrine Berger-Douce and Christophe Schmitt 10. Benchmarking Sustainable Construction Technology in the Building and Transportation Sectors Salwa Beheiry and Ghassan Abu-Lebdeh 11. The Eco-logistics Improvement in France: Towards a Global Consideration of Inland Waterway Transport Within the Supply Chain Strategy Thierry Houe and Renato Guimaraes 12. Integrating Sustainability and Technology Innovation in Logistics Management Matthias Klumpp, Sascha Bioly and Stephan Zelewski 13. Sustainable Development, a New Source of Inspiration for Marketing Innovation? Focus on Five Major Trends and One Innovative Project in Customer Relation Marketing Gael Le Boulch and Remy Oudghiri