In recent years, development policy has responded to an increasing concern about natural resource degradation by setting up innovative payment for environmental services (PES) programs in developing countries. PES programs use market and institutional incentives in order to meet both...

This book explores environmental challenges in the Baltic region from an economic perspective. Featuring contributions by regional experts from Nordic, Baltic and Eastern European countries it addresses the response to eutrophication caused by increased nutrients in the sea from agriculture,...

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...

Nachhaltigkeit, Corporate Social Responsibility, Klimawandel und Umweltschutz sind in den Medien vielfach diskutierte Themengebiete und finden zunehmend Eingang in das gesellschaftliche Leben. Konsumenten sehen sich daher beim Kauf vieler Produkte vermehrt ökologischen Alternativen gegenüber....

Darwin fährt Auto – Lehren aus der Natur! -- Wie der Auslesewettbewerb funktioniert -- Welcher Automobilhersteller hat die besten Überlebenschancen -- Die Karten werden neu gemischt: Vom Aufstieg und Fall wesentlicher Marktspieler -- Zehn Gründe, warum die deutsche Automobilindustrie...

This book identifies factors of information system (IS) integration that influence supply chain agility and illustrates how IS integration can achieve greater supply chain agility. Also considering the consequent operational impacts that arise from IS-enabled supply chain agility, the author...

Maximilian Lantelme examines the historical growth and decline developments of large German family and non-family businesses between 1971 and 2011. Based on a sample of the 143 largest German companies in 1971 and in 2011, the author investigates the long-term development of each company and...

This book identifies the driving forces behind globalization and proposes innovative ways for small and medium enterprises to confront them. More than ever, sustainable competitive advantage requires SMEs to continually adapt their strategy and confront new and current competition in the...

This book examines knowledge-intensive entrepreneurship (KIE) with a focus on the European textile and apparel industries. The primary purpose is to review the extant academic literature related to the European textile and apparel industries and reflect on that review empirically using a new and...

The production of beer today occurs within a bifurcated industrial structure. There exists a small number of large, global conglomerates supplying huge volumes of a limited range of beers, and a plethora of small and medium breweries producing a diverse range of beers sold under unique brands....