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Towards genuine progress on the Genuine Progress Indicator 在真正进展指标方面取得真正进展

International Journal of Environment, Workplace and Employment Pub Date : 2008-12-29 DOI: 10.1504/IJEWE.2008.022259

M. Harris

引用次数: 3

Reward for environmental performance: using the Scanlon Plan as catalyst to green organisations 奖励环境绩效:使用斯坎伦计划作为绿色组织的催化剂

International Journal of Environment, Workplace and Employment Pub Date : 2008-12-29 DOI: 10.1504/IJEWE.2008.022255

Jacob Massoud, B. Daily, J. Bishop

引用次数: 30

Response to "Income, sustainability and the 'microfoundations' of the GPI" 对“GPI的收入、可持续性和‘微观基础’”的回应

International Journal of Environment, Workplace and Employment Pub Date : 2008-12-29 DOI: 10.1504/IJEWE.2008.022258

Philip A. Lawn

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引用次数: 11

Book Review: Full Employment Abandoned: Shifting Sands and Policy Failures by William Mitchell and Joan Muysken 书评:《被抛弃的充分就业:流沙和政策失败》，作者:威廉·米切尔和琼·梅斯肯

International Journal of Environment, Workplace and Employment Pub Date : 2008-12-29 DOI: 10.1504/IJEWE.2008.022266

Philip A. Lawn

引用次数: 1

Australian electricity supply: orientations to growth and prospects for sustainability 澳大利亚电力供应:增长方向和可持续性前景

International Journal of Environment, Workplace and Employment Pub Date : 2007-10-02 DOI: 10.1504/IJEWE.2007.015289

Gregory Smith

引用次数: 0

Partnering for sustainability in the workplace 为工作场所的可持续发展而合作

International Journal of Environment, Workplace and Employment Pub Date : 2007-10-02 DOI: 10.1504/IJEWE.2007.015290

Philip C. Kimmet

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引用次数: 8

Economic growth, the environment and employment: challenges for sustainable development in China 经济增长、环境和就业:中国可持续发展面临的挑战

International Journal of Environment, Workplace and Employment Pub Date : 2007-10-02 DOI: 10.1504/IJEWE.2007.015288

Dodo J. Thampapillai, Xun Wu, Lawrence R. Sunderaj

引用次数: 6

Measuring the impact of voluntary environmental protection instruments: perceptual vs. archival techniques 衡量自愿性环境保护工具的影响:感性vs.档案技术

International Journal of Environment, Workplace and Employment Pub Date : 2007-10-02 DOI: 10.1504/IJEWE.2007.015287

D. Annandale, A. Morrison‐Saunders, M. Hughes

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引用次数: 5

Pricing carbon: an ecological economics perspective on the McKibbin?Wilcoxen proposal for Australia 碳定价:McKibbin的生态经济学视角?威尔考森提议澳大利亚

International Journal of Environment, Workplace and Employment Pub Date : 2007-10-02 DOI: 10.1504/IJEWE.2007.015291

Judith Mcneill, J. Williams

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引用次数: 1

Environmental macroeconomics: from the IS?LM?EE model to a social welfare approach 环境宏观经济学:来自IS?LM?EE模型到社会福利的方法

International Journal of Environment, Workplace and Employment Pub Date : 2007-01-01 DOI: 10.1504/IJEWE.2007.019285

Carlos Morales

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引用次数: 1