Recently, we have introduced a new bioeconomic indicator in order to avoid the difficulties in evaluating the process and technologies for sustainability. In this paper, we wish to improve this new indicator for the analysis of sustainability. Indeed, the indicator has been based on the exergy...

During a time in which the subject of climate change is deemed high on the list of priorities of many governments, it is important to assess to what extent policies in this field are achieving meaningful results. The link between energy usage and global warming is clear and today in the European...

With the shift from petroleum-based to biomass-based economies, global biomass demand and trade is growing. This trend could become a threat to food security. Though rising concerns about sustainability aspects have led to the development of voluntary certification standards to ensure that...

Zukünftig wird das wirtschaftliche Wachstum vor allem durch die kapital- und wissensintensiven Industrien getragen. Die forschungsintensive Pharmabranche gehört dabei zu den zentralen Zukunftsbranchen. Die Studie untersucht die Chancen der Pharmaindustrie in Deutschland anhand einer...