Biofuels: An Introduction of Market and Impacts -- Technologies, Production Costs, and Support Policies -- Biofuels and Global Food Crisis.-Impact on Land -- Biofuels and Poverty -- Oil Price and Biofuels -- Biofuels and Climate Change Mitigation -- Policies for Biofuels: Direct Subsidies to...

Interest in biofuels began with oil shocks in the 1970’s, but the more rapid development and consumption of biofuel industry in recent years has been primarily driven by mandates, subsidies, climate change concerns, emissions targets and energy security. From 2004 to 2006, fuel ethanol grew by...

Do environmental regulations harm international competitiveness? In answer to this question, this book focuses on the impact of regulatory policies on competitiveness and employment at the firm level. It investigates the trade-off between environmental regulations and competitiveness across...

The first book to gather cutting-edge research on this complex relationship, Corporate Environmental Strategy and Competitive Advantage presents conceptual ideas and empirical findings, as well as a valuable review of extant literature and future directions for researchers. At an organizational...

In recent years our understanding of corporate sustainability has moved from exploitation to exploration, from corporate environmental management to sustainable entrepreneurship, and from efficiency to innovation. Yet current trends indicate the need for radical innovation via entrepreneurial...

Zunehmende Umweltprobleme sind die Bürde, die das vergangene auf das neue Jahrtausend übertragen hat. Fraglich bleibt dabei auch, welche ökologische Rolle dem Nachfrager zukommen sollte und mit welchen Mitteln ein umweltschonendes Verbraucherverhalten gefördert werden kann. Ökonomische...

Problemstellung und Ziel der Untersuchung -- Stand der Forschung: ein Literaturüberblick -- Forschungsleitende Hypothesen und Wirkungsmodell -- Fallstudien -- Telefonische Breitenbefragung -- Schlussfolgerungen und Handlungsempfehlungen.

Responding to change -- The decision context -- A brief philosophy of adaptive ecosystem management -- Contesting sustainability : who will own the word? -- Introducing and grounding a procedural approach -- Heuristic proceduralism : a general method -- Tools of the adaptive trade --...

Die nachhaltige öffentliche Beschaffung in der politischen Diskussion -- Die Förderung umweltfreundlicher Beschaffung auf internationaler Ebene -- Umweltfreundliche Beschaffung in Europa — Ergebnisse einer Befragung unter öffentlichen Beschaffern -- Umweltfreundliche Beschaffung in der...