Transforming sustainability strategy into action

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Don Sayre

Everything you need to know in order to comply with the ISO 14000 series and create and implement a successful environmental management system for a competitive advantage is detailed in this volume. If you are truly looking for that advantage to edge out your competition, this guide will take you through the language, prepare you for meeting the requirements, and show you how to implement each with ease, while optimizing available resources. This guide also links you to helpful elements from the ISO 9000 quality standards, with practical tips on management from expert sources and the author's 25+ years of experience.

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John T. Willig

Many of the best and most successful companies are no longer content to do the minimum required to achieve compliance with environmental regulations. Instead, a new standard of environmental excellence has arisen. A high-quality environmental system is now seen both as a means to regulatory compliance and as a very cost-effective way of increasing the efficiency and effectiveness of operations in general. In this way, the environmental audit often serves as a significant driver for improvement within the overall management system. Auditing for Environmental Quality Leadership details these new techniques and practices in environmental auditing and shows how their place in a Total Quality Environmental Management System can help companies achieve environmental excellence and a competitive advantage.

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Soo-Hung Terence Tsai, Borshiuan Cheng

This collection of essays covers a number of topics related to the growth of high-tech industries in the Greater China region. Essay titles include 'Dragon Appearing in the Field', 'The Cradle of Technology', 'Science Parks in Taiwan', and 'The Model of Taiwan's High-Tech Industry'.

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Anthony L. Miele

FROM PATENT TO PROFIT Patents and patent strategies are increasingly pertinent to the success of information age businesses, from affecting valuations to gaining tax advantages to increasing the starting price per share when taking a company public. Patent Strategy illustrates the impact patents can have on technology-driven businesses' tactical and strategic efforts. Here is step-by-step guidance to the patent process, the laws, and basic strategies-from a business-goal perspective-so that middle and upper-level managers can recognize the significance of patents in relation to a particular business and can incorporate proper patent management efforts into their business framework. In addition, this book serves as an invaluable reference for management and executives when making patent-related decisions such as whether a patent infringement study must be performed; whether the budget for patent matters should be increased or decreased; whether attempts should be made to license certain patent technology; and whether the firm should sue for patent infringement. Case studies throughout the book give you a specific business context within which to consider the concepts introduced Statistics are presented to assist you in assessing various issues, planning patent strategies, and implementing patent management programs