Am 17. und 18. März 2005 findet in der britischen Botschaft in Berlin die diesjährige "CESifo International Spring Conference" statt. Am ersten Tag werden die wirtschaftlichen Perspektiven wichtiger Weltregionen behandelt. Im Mittelpunkt des zweiten Tages steht die konjunkturelle Entwicklung...

With increasing awareness that innovative technology alone is insufficient to make sustainable lifestyles a reality, this book brings into sharp focus the need to create radical new business models. This insightful book provides a theoretically grounded but also realistic account of how the...

1. The automotive industry in crisis : economic and environmental failure -- 2. Diversity and the industrial ecology metaphor -- 3. Contemporary global diversity and cultures of automobility -- 4. Emergent diversity in the global automotive industry : the policy agenda -- 5. Alternative business...