This paper analyses the adoption of energy-efficiency enhancing technologies by heterogeneous firms. The fact that … energy use does not only cause external environmental costs through pollution, but also directly affects the profitability of … energy use. The analysis focuses in particular on the efficiency of the market-led adoption and diffusion process under …

countries, compatible with the sustainability of the processes concerning the Earth system. Mainly by focusing on the energy-environment … development, characterized by the role of fossil fuels and by the progressive dominance of those with a higher energy and density …

the environment from the perspective of ecological economics, business management, environmental and urban studies. Key …

The article presents the opportunities of implementation of market mechanisms in environment protection and using its … market mechanisms in environment protection. The article argues also for convergence these solutions with the idea of …

of the environment as possible. As a concept it gives responses to environmental problems in the field of industry and … technology and aims to enable management of human activity on a sustainable basis by minimizing energy and materials usage … a systems methodology for the analysis of material and energy flows. Thereby an investigation of the connection between …