Responding to change -- The decision context -- A brief philosophy of adaptive ecosystem management -- Contesting sustainability : who will own the word? -- Introducing and grounding a procedural approach -- Heuristic proceduralism : a general method -- Tools of the adaptive trade --...

"Since the 1992 Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro, the concept of sustainable development has become the basis for a vast number of "green industries" from eco-tourism to carbon sequestration. In The "Greening" of Costa Rica, Ana Isla exposes the results of the economist's rejection of physical...

This book provides the latest empirical research findings on how sustainable development can work not just for organizations, but for the global economy as a whole, covering various fields, including economics, finance, and marketing; operations management; communication sciences; sociology; and...

This chapter examines the importance and development of competitive advantages amongst ecopreneurial firms, by examing 64 enterprises in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. The chosen enterprises fulfilled two prerequisites: they have made solutions for ecological problems to its core business,...