In the October issue of INTERECONOMICS the author already published an article on "Environmental issues and the Developing Economies". The present continuation deals with the effects which the adoption of environmental controls in the developed countries may have on the developing economies.

The increasing use of digital networking in complex industrial processes opens up new potential for more sustainability. This paper delivers the fi rst empirical fi ndings on the relevance of digitalisation for improving material effi ciency in German industry based on a unique dataset including...

Given the ecological, economic and social problems around the world, the search is on for a new, alternative concept capable of showing a way out of these global problems. A concept with a claim to have a vital contribution to make, which has been under discussion since the 1980s, is that of...