There is currently much hope about environmental innovation and green technologies, notablyas a response to the threat of climate change. This paper offers a critical perspective on the roleof technological innovation to solving environmental problems, based on considering empiricaleconomic...

Die Befassung mit den (politischen) Gestaltungsmöglichkeiten des technischen Wandels ist für die Suche nach Ansatzpunkten einer ökologisch nachhaltigeren Entwicklung in zweierlei Hinsicht interessant.

In logistics sustainability concepts such as CO2 footprint measurement, greenlogistics or empty transport reduction are developed and used in relative isolationfrom important future technology trends such as RFID, GPS or processautomation. This research contribution seeks for an integrated view...

Innovationen sind vor dem Hintergrund einer wachsenden internationalen wirtschaftlichenVerflechtung eine der elementaren Voraussetzungen für dasÜberleben im internationalen Wettbewerb. Auf gesamtwirtschaftlicher Ebenewerden Innovationen als entscheidende Impulsgeber für den...

Strong growth in disposable income has driven, and is still driving, consumption to unprecedented,but not sustainable levels. To explain the dynamic interplay of needs, need satisfaction, andinnovation underlying that growth a behavioral theory of consumption is suggested and discussedwith...

This paper analyses the link between sustainability-related innovation and sustainability performance and the role that family firms play in this. This theme is particular relevantfrom a European point of view given the large number of firms that are family-owned. Governments often support...

With regard to the rationale of a sustainable development, those innovation processesare of relevance which at the same time contribute to the wealth of our society and tosafeguarding our natural bases of life. In a sustainability perspective, resource efficiencyand pollution reduction are...