Thesis (Ph.D.)--Bowling Green State University, 2005. / Document formatted into pages; contains xi, 96 p. Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (M.A.)--St. Paul Seminary. / Includes bibliographical references.

"Ethics and Economics in the Course of Economic Thinking History" is the essay topic of the disertation. It aims at the description and definition of both terms in the history and it refers to their interactive links and separation in the past. Firstly, both terms are explained and then the most significant representatives and trends are mentioned. Due to their thoughts, ideas and opinions there was a possibility to develop the individual sciences. The theoretical part pays attention to current terms Green Economy and Green Growth which should help to solve the questions of the environment and its saving in the future. Both terms try to find the right solution that would reduce the environmental risks, decrease poverty and support economic growth with the tenable development, and other important topics. The practical part also pays attention to Green Economy. A wide range of societies is questioned about their awareness of the term Green Economy and other things that are connected with it. The survey was made in the South Bohemia region where a big number of societies was addressed. The result shows that more than a half of respondents is not aware of the term Green Economy at all. However they use and follow Green Economy principles so that they respect and live up to them unknowingly.

Purpose - The subject of green management and its connection to motivational factors is relatively unexplored in existing literature, especially regarding SMEs in the Nordic Countries. The paper aims to investigate frequencies of motivational factors as SMEs present them, suggest the theoretical prioritization of motivational factors for green management practices, and factors impact on different levels of green management. The reason for this is to help SMEs to better understand what motivational factors to prioritize to further their green management development.                          Design/Method - The chosen research method of this paper is quantitative, and the empirical data is collected through questionnaires distributed using business networks in the Nordic Countries. Furthermore, the research takes an abductive approach, with a positivist paradigm, and a mixture of ontological, epistemological, and method research assumption. Findings - This paper has found that at different levels of green management practices specific factors of motivation should theoretically be prioritized based on a regression model. Furthermore, the suggested prioritization is different from presented by the sample of this paper.                                                          Research Implications - Theoretically, the thesis suggests a conceptual map of existing frameworks and the motivational factors presented. Practically, SMEs can draw from this study to see if their prioritised motivation for implementation of green management is effective or if they can further improve it.

Esta dissertação é um estudo sobre o cinema de Eugène Green. A sua estrutura se dividirá de acordo com o que se supõe ser - do ponto de vista da recepção do espectador - o aspecto central de seus filmes: de um lado, Green conduzirá o seu espectador a se relacionar com o filme pela via da \"leitura\"; de outro, pela via do \"empirismo\". Essa importante distinção dará início a uma série de desdobramentos que serão tratados ao longo da análise de dez cenas selecionadas dos seus dois primeiros longas metragens: Toutes les nuits (2001) no primeiro capítulo e Le Monde vivant (2003) no segundo. Na conclusão da dissertação, trataremos ainda de uma questão suscitada a partir da colocação, lado a lado, dos dois filmes acima citados. / This dissertation is a study of Eugène Green\'s films. Its structure will be divided according to what we suppose to be - in terms of the spectator\'s reception - the central aspect of his films: on one hand, Green will lead the spectator to establish with the film a connection based on the \"reading\"; on the other hand, a connection based on the \"experience\". This important distinction will be developed throughout the analysis of ten selected scenes from Green\'s first two feature films: Toutes les nuits (2001) in the first chapter, and Le Monde vivant (2003) in the second. At the end of the dissertation, a final question will be brought to light by putting together both films.

The global warming phenomenon and its environmental impacts have seen the emergence of the green consumer who has become more aware of their power of demand through their consumption choices as they express their own attitudes, values, thoughts, feelings and behaviours in this regard. Organisations have taken cognisance of these trends and taken steps to exploit the opportunity by developing goods and services aimed at meeting the demands of the new consumer. This, in spite of the fact that knowledge of the variables, specifically green consumer profiles, awareness, knowledge and trust in influencing purchasing behaviour remains incomplete. The purpose of this treatise was to determine a clearer understanding of the relevance of these variables to enable marketers to craft more effective marketing strategies, thereby unlocking the profit potential of the green consumer. A model for green product purchasing behaviour was proposed based on extant literature and an empirical evaluation. An empirical analysis was conducted on a sample of 597 consumers over the age of 18 within the Fast Moving Consumable Goods (FMCG) sector in South Africa. The main goal was to establish the relationships of the hypothesised model between the independent variables of green consumer profiles, green product trust, green product awareness and green product knowledge with the dependant variable green product purchase behaviour. There was a high prevalence of African and European female respondents in the 26 to 55 age group, living and working in the coastal areas of South Africa, predominantly Port Elizabeth, earning an income between 10 000 and 30 000 rand per month. The sample was consistent with the psychographic profile of the green consumer as described in the literature, which is characterised as a consumer that takes personal responsibility for environmental solutions, who believes they can make a contribution to solving environmental issues, incorporates green living into daily lives, considers environmental issues when making purchasing decisions, is knowledgeable of, deliberately seeks out and is prepared to pay a premium for environmentally friendly products. When analysing the relationships and the significances of the differences of the independent variables to the dependant variable in the hypothesised model, it was established that the independent variables green consumer profiles, green product awareness and green product trust were significantly related to the dependent variable. A MODEL FOR GREEN PRODUCT PURCHASING BEHAVIOUR green product purchase behaviour. This was in line with and supported the reviewed literature in this regard. It was also established that green product knowledge did not reflect any significant relationship to green product purchase behaviour. This finding did not correspond with the literature as significant relationships with green product knowledge and general environmental behaviour including green product purchase behaviours have been established therein. The findings further demonstrated that the independent variable green consumer profiles displayed the most significant relationship to green product purchase behaviour, followed by green product awareness and then green product trust. When considering the significance in the differences in strengths of these relationships it was noted that although green product awareness and trust may influence green product purchase behaviours it was a combination of psychographic variables reflecting a consumer’s general attitudes and beliefs towards the green agenda that displays the most significant relationship to green product purchase behaviour. Despite the fact that the study was limited to the South African FMCG sector, the profile of the green consumer in the literature was dated, the cause and effect relationships between the variables were not tested and the fact that the hypothesised model was limited to only four independent variables, the above findings may, from a marketing perspective, have practical application for marketing strategies aimed at increasing green product purchasing behaviour. The results imply that directing green marketing initiatives to consumers that are most inclined to purchase and consume green goods or services being those that fall within the biographical and psychographic parameters outlined in this treatise will result in the desired outcomes. Furthermore, marketers should also pursue initiatives that are known to support and increase the amount of green product trust that consumers have in green products, green communications and the organisation. Marketers can also benefit from well formulated green awareness campaigns as the success of these campaigns will yield greater green product awareness which could increase green product purchase behaviours and purchases of green products still further.

Épicure, Aristote, Pascal, Nietzsche, Le Dalaï Lama,- et beaucoup d’autres -, ont interprété la notion de bonheur, chacun à sa façon, ce qui explique l’existence d’une multitude de définitions. Pour les uns, le bonheur résulte de la satisfaction des désirs physiques, pour d’autres, de l’harmonie entre l’homme et le monde. Des penseurs modernes accusent le progrès technique de nuire au bonheur humain. Que signifie alors le terme « bonheur » ? Et comment peut-on être heureux ? Julien Green, écrivain du XXe siècle, n’a pas donné de réponse directe à ces interrogations. Ses romans ne semblent raconter que le mal de vivre : solitude, ennui existentiel, passion dévastatrice, clivage du moi, tout conspire à colorer ses textes de noir. La perte de l’identité aggrave le désarroi. Ni les rêves ni les souvenirs de l’enfance ne soulagent les malheureux qui évoluent dans cette grande prison qu’est le monde. Le bonheur est l’objet d’une quête qui commence par la recherche de la pureté incarnée par l’enfance, symbole du paradis perdu dans lequel il est impossible de retourner. Bien qu’elle soit effrayante, la mort semble encore une issue au malheur. Mourir croyant prépare le bonheur dans un autre monde. La quête du bonheur se déplace vers un plan spirituel. Green suggère que la foi est une source certaine du bonheur. L’écriture procure aussi du bonheur. Ecrire permet de dire l’indicible et de soulager le Moi démantelé. La quête du bonheur révèle que ce bonheur est possible, et qu’il peut triompher de l’Angoisse de l’existence. / Epicurus, Aristotle, Pascal, Nietzsche, Dalaï Lama, and many others, have interpreted the notion of happiness, each one in his own way, which explains the existence of a multitude of definitions. For some, happiness is the result of satisfying physical desires, for others, it’s the result of harmony between man and the world. Modern thinkers accuse technical progress of harming human happiness. In this context, what does the term “happiness” then mean? And how can we be happy? Julien Green, a twentieth century novelist, hasn’t given a direct answer to these queries. His novels only deal with suffering. Solitude, existential spleen, devastating passion, splitting of the ego, everything conspires to color all his novels in black. Loss of identity exacerbates the confusion. Neither dreams for dreamers nor memories of childhood relieve the unfortunate who operate in this world which is like a great prison. Happiness is the object of a quest which begins with the search of purity embodied in children who are the symbol of a lost paradise in which it is impossible to return. Although death is scary, it seems to be a way out of grief. Dying as a believer insures happiness in another world. The quest of happiness becomes spiritual. Green suggests that faith can certainly bring happiness. Writing not only brings happiness, but also allows the characters to say the unsayable and relieve the dismantled ego. The quest of happiness shows that happiness is possible, and that it can overcome the anxiety of existence.

Le rayonnement d'une source ultrasonore située sur l'une des interfaces d'une plaque anisotrope est étudié. Le calcul du tenseur de Green est effectué dans le cas général d'un problème 3D. Une décomposition en multiples réflexions /réfractions, constituant une série de rayons au sein de la plaque, est utilisée pour une comparaison théorie-expérience dans le cas d'un mono cristal de Cuivre. La vitesse de phase et la vitesse d'énergie sont mesurées en fonction de la fréquence ou de la direction d'observation, pour une plaque de carbone-époxy unidirectionnels, et comparées avec la théorie. / The ultrasonic radiation from a source located on one of the interfaces of an anisotropic plateis studied. The calculation of the Green tensor is performed in the general case of a 3Dproblem. Decomposition into multiple reflections /refractions, as a series of rays in the plate,is used for comparison between theory and experiment in the case of a single crystal of copper. The phase velocity and energy velocity are measured in terms of frequency ordirection of observation, for a plate of unidirectional carbon-epoxy, and compared withtheory.

Climate change has been a topic of discussion for quite some time now. International Relations Theory, which is widely used to study the politics of the world also has a subfield of Green Theory in IR which concerns itself with world politics in a combination of the environment.This study has been conducted as part of an investigation to study the effects of green theories on green policymaking, specifically in the case of China. For the study, a qualitative study was conducted where trends of environmental governance related results were examined to draw a conclusion to the research questions.This study is in hope to present the case of China which ranks among the most contaminated nation and is also a major contributor to the global environmental crisis of ecological damage. It presents how China has been able to turn the tables and has become a case exemplar instead for the world to follow in environment protection owing to strong laws and implementation by its government.

Thesis (Master of Construction (Construction Management))--Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2019 / This study examines the influence of a green building concept on the value of a building. Comprehensive literature was carefully reviewed to provide an overview on the concept of green building and its influence on the value of a building, subject to its overall benefits in South Africa. Several studies have been conducted giving guidelines for the determination of the best capitalisation rates needed for valuing green building properties. However, the information is still inadequate in providing evidence of the relationship between green building features and its influence on the value of a building, leaving most buildings with green features undervalued. This is a peculiar concern this research seeks to bring to notice and with its limited scope proffer possible recommendations and conclusions. A quantitative approach was adopted, facilitating the collection of data through the use of a questionnaire survey that involved randomly selected construction professionals in the Western Cape Province of South Africa. The motive behind the adoption of the quantitative method is to facilitate a reliable manner of satisfying the established aim and objectives for determining current practices in valuing green buildings. The above description paved the way for the use of theoretical, statistical and mathematical techniques for computation and interpretation of data to support objective reasoning and measures. Data was analysed with the application of descriptive and inferential statistical analysis tools, wherein the mean values and one-way analysis of variance were carefully determined. The findings demonstrate that the benefits of green building are critical for enhancing a building’s value. The benefits are divided into tangible and intangible benefits to classify impact on a building value. The classification of the impact cut across reduction of the consumption of energy and water, lowering operating cost and developing flexible design options. Some of the significant features of the green building include water metering, a photovoltaic solar panel system, electrical sub-metering, high performance building façade and skylight and borehole water. Further findings indicate that kitchen and water-closet (WC) water efficient fittings is ranked highest with a mean value (MV) of 3.91, followed by megawatt photovoltaic solar plant with an MV of 3.79, and water metering for monitoring and leak detection with an MV of 3.74. In light of the MVs, it is evident that these features significantly influence the value of a green building. Subsequently, the features are classified as: eco-friendly materials and energy conservation feature; water saving and renewable energy feature; safety feature; natural day light and control feature; sun shade and light feature; water management and flooring feature, and special utility feature. Information as gathered in the study demonstrate that the current practices engaged in valuing green building projects do not specifically differ among construction participants, although the perceptions of construction professionals regarding the most significant green building features that enhance the value of a building is on the average. Modalities towards promoting the concept and value of green building require resolute actions that should be implemented by the Green Building Council of South Africa. This concerns the creation of new growth strategies to escalate the awareness and implementation of a green building concept. Based on the benefits and significant features of green building, as determined through respondent affirmatives, this study broadens the view of construction professionals on the influence of a green building concept on the value of a building in South Africa.