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Theories for Sustainable Futures
Holling, C.S. - 2000
From p. 1: "Sustainable development and management of global and regional resources is not an ecological problem, nor an economic one, nor a social one. It is a combination of all three. And yet actions to integrate all three typically have short-changed one or more. "Sustainable designs driven...
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Non-Scalar Economy: An Incentive-Based Approach for Managing Pollution and Attaining Economic Sustainability
Safaei, F. - 2007
In the current economy, the cost of damage to the environment is often external, which is likely to lead to over-exploitation and inadequate provisioning. There are a variety of incentive-based schemes, such as effluent taxes or tradable permits, which attempt to confront the polluting agents...
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A Political Economy Application of the “Tragedy of the Anticommons”: The Greek Government Debt Crisis
Major, Ivan - In: International Advances in Economic Research 20 (2014) 4, pp. 425-437
<Para ID="Par1">The tragedy of the anticommons unfolds when separate social agents—be they private owners of a property who intend to use the property for their own economic benefit or political actors who pursue their political objectives—do not hold effective rights to use their economic or political...</para>
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Business Strategies for Transitions towards Sustainable Systems
Bakel, Bakel, J.C.; Loorbach, Loorbach, D.A.; Whiteman, … - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), … - 2007
the innovation of societal systems. Sustainability issues at the level of societal sectors or domains cannot be addressed …This paper develops a strategic perspective for business to address persistent sustainability issues by contributing to … present the case of transition management in the Netherlands – an approach combining systems analysis with new modes of …
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Growing the green economy – globally
Henderson, Hazel - In: International Journal of Green Economics 1 (2007) 3/4, pp. 276-298
Strategies for global sustainability and growing the green economy must address current economic models driving today … coefficients are needed for steering societies toward sustainability and quality of life. …
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SUSTAINABILITY DIMENSIONS AND INCOME PROSPECTS FOR THE FARMING SYSTEMS IN THE NEW MEMBER STATES
Cristoiu, Adriana; Cobos, Blanca Lucena; … - European Association of Agricultural Economists - EAAE - 2007
) the economic dimension as the leading one in terms of the overall sustainability rank position farming systems achieved …An investigation carried out at the farming system level on the sustainability dimensions and agricultural income …
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Business Strategies for Transitions towards Sustainable Systems
Bakel, J.C. van; Loorbach, D.A.; Whiteman, G.M.; Rotmans, J. - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), ERIM … - 2007
the innovation of societal systems. Sustainability issues at the level of societal sectors or domains cannot be addressed …This paper develops a strategic perspective for business to address persistent sustainability issues by contributing to … present the case of transition management in the Netherlands – an approach combining systems analysis with new modes of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005051722
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Economics and the Resumption of Commercial Whaling
Conrad, Jon M.; Bjorndal, Trond - 1991
"There is now strong scientific evidence that several species of baleen whale and possibly the sperm whale, have recovered to levels that would support commercial harvest. The stock of fin whales (Balaenoptera physalus) off the eastern coast of Iceland and the minke whale (Balaenoptera...
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Modeling Factors with Influence on Sustainable University Management
Dumitrascu, Oana; Ciudin, Rodica - In: Sustainability 7 (2015) 2, pp. 1483-1502
’ participation in extracurricular activities, have a positive influence on the sustainability of university management. The results … of the study have shown that the university sustainability may be influenced by a number of factors, such as students … implicitly also the sustainability of university management. The originality of the paper consists in the relationships study …
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УЧЕТ ВЛИЯНИЯ ЧЕЛОВЕЧЕСКОГО ФАКТОРА НА ФИНАНСОВУЮ УСТОЙЧИВОСТЬ СЕЛЬСКОХОЗЯЙСТВЕННОГО ПРОИЗВОДСТВА...
ИВАНОВИЧ, ОГОРОДНИКОВ ПЕТР; … - In: ЭКОНОМИКА РЕГИОНА (2012) 3, pp. 232-239
Анализ функционирования сложных производственных систем в АПК — крупных растениеводческих хозяйств и животноводческих комплексов — показывает, что основа...
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