Innovationsförderung durch umweltorientierte Kooperation -- Grundlagen und Rahmenbedingungen der betrieblichen Umweltinnovationen -- Konzeptionelle Grundlagen und Gestaltungsmöglichkeiten umweltorientierter Kooperationen -- Theoretische Kooperationsansätze und deren Beitrag zur...

This book explores the environmental competitiveness of 133 countries around the world, presenting an index evaluation system to facilitate a comparative analysis of environmental competitiveness on a global scale. This is a new way to measure competitiveness in the light of the contradiction...

Green Business Process Management - Towards the Sustainable Enterprise" consolidates the global state-of-the-art knowledge about how business processes can be managed and improved in light of sustainability objectives. Business organizations, a dominant part of our society, have always been a...

China and Taiwan are two of the fastest growing economies of the newly industrialized countries. Much of their growth has come from multinational companies; partly, it has often been assumed, because the region provides a 'pollution haven' which the multinationals would not enjoy elsewhere....

Grundfragen der ökonomischen Analyse des Öffentlichen Rechts -- Staat, Verfassung, Demokratie -- Ökonomische Theorie von Institutionen und Organisationen -- Theorie staatlicher Entscheidungen -- Öffentliche Finanzen -- Wirtschaftsrecht -- Umweltökonomik.

In this book, a resource-oriented perception of sustainable management is presented. Firms that decide to act more sustainable have to bear in mind that they do not only need resources for economic activities today, but that they will need these tomorrow as well. This leads to contradictory...

This volume examines the relationships among social ecology, innovation, sustainable development and economic growth. Using the principles of Quintuple Helix innovation system, the authors argue that social ecology and environmental management are supporters and drivers of innovation,...