The UEFA European Football Championship 2008TM (EURO 2008) was the largest sports event ever organized in Switzerland. The host nations Austria and Switzerland emphasized the sustainability of the event. Through their analysis the authors argue that well-known principles of sustainability and...

This book provides insight into the implementation of Life Cycle approaches along the entire business value chain, supporting environmental, social and economic sustainability related to the development of industrial technologies, products, services and policies; and the development and...

This book provides an interdisciplinary account of how technological advances - mainly in the domains of energy and transportation - contribute to the transformation towards a more sustainable economic system. Drawing on methods from engineering, the management sciences and economics, which it...

Employing a three-dimensional approach, this book discusses inclusive innovation for socio-economic growth and development, and the implications for human security within the context of developing and emerging economies. Focusing on a new and innovative area of research, Inclusive Innovation for...

This book finds that the R&D and technological innovation of a country is not a result, but a factor, of sustained economic growth. Bazhal develops Schumpeter's theory to argue that genuine economic growth - especially in transitioning and developing countries - is only possible with innovation....

Preface -- Introduction -- Part I: Theory and Methods -- Part II: Fields of Analysis: Clean Personal Road Transportation and Energy- Efficient Housing -- Part III: Research and Policy Implications: Mastering the Challenges of Socio-Technical Transitions in Theory and Practice

In the recent past, environmental innovations have led to a considerable reduction of many pollutants, however, further innovation is required to tackle remaining pollution sources. This work analyses the significance and the effects of framework conditions on innovation activities that...

Chapter 1: Editors’ Introduction -- Part I: Expert Overviews -- Chapter 2: Developing Meaningful Composite Environmental Indices with DEA -- Chapter 3: Modelling the Generation of Pollutants in Environmental Economics -- Chapter 4: Environmental Productivity Growth in Consumer Durables -- Part...

Claudia Lubk analyzes the transferal between the guiding principle of sustainability and the policy field of labor market policy. She discusses both separately to elaborate the most important aspects necessary to make the transition towards sustainable labor market policy. In addition, the...

Historische Entwicklung der Energiewirtschaft in Großbritannien -- Zielsetzung der zukünftigen Energie- und Umweltpolitik -- Künftige Entwicklungspfade der Stromwirtschaft -- Entwicklung der Kosten der Stromerzeugung und Großhandelspreise -- Auswirkungen auf den Umwelt- und Klimaschutz --...